2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction/Foundational Course Requirement | ||
| ENGL/HIST/LAHS/STS 2724 | Introduction to Displacement Studies (3, 7) | 3 |
| Mid-Level Experience Course Requirements | ||
| Required Course | ||
| ENGL 2634 | Writing and Social Justice (1a, 7) | 3 |
| Elective Courses | 9 | |
| Note: One of the electives must be a Pathways course in order to fulfill the Pathways requirements. Also, one of the electives must be a 3000- or 4000-level class. | ||
| Diversity and Community Engagement (3, 7) | ||
| Agriculture, Global Food Security and Health (4) | ||
| Introduction to Appalachian Studies (2, 7) | ||
| Economic History of Diversity and Inclusion (3, 7) | ||
| Forests, Society & Climate (3,4) | ||
| Food, War and Conflict | ||
| Introduction to Human Geography (3) | ||
| Introduction to Earths Climate | ||
| Environmental Justice, Resources and Development (3) | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Geography of Resources | ||
| Climate History: Past, Present, and Future (4) | ||
| Introduction to Data in Social Context (2, 5f) | ||
| Native American History (2, 7) | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Arab-Israeli Conflict (2) | ||
| Geography of Global Conflict | ||
| International Relations | ||
| Global Ethics (2) | ||
| Geography of Global Conflict | ||
| The Evolution of World Order | ||
| Global Environmental Issues: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2) | ||
| Human Rights: Global Issues | ||
| Comparative Politics of Immigrant Inclusion | ||
| Asian American Experience (3, 7) | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Globalization: Sociological Perspectives | ||
| Community Systems Thinking (3) | ||
| Transdisciplinary Problem Solving for Social Issues | ||
| Urban Contention and Mobilization | ||
| Science, Techology, and Environment (2) | ||
| Environmental Ethics and Policy | ||
| Feminist Activism | ||
| Global Feminisms | ||
| Gender, Environment, and International Development | ||
| African-American History (2, 7) | ||
| The Black Woman in the U.S. | ||
| Indigenous Peoples and World Politics | ||
| Appalachian Communities | ||
| The U. S. Policy Process | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Judaism: A Survey of History, Culture, and Heritage (2) | ||
| Capstone Experience Requirement | ||
| LAHS 4214 | Experiential Learning for Social Impact Capstone | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Note- Numbers in parentheses after the course title indicates the Pathways credit they fulfill. For example:
Advanced/Applied Discourse (1a)
Critical Thinking in the Humanities (2)
Reasoning in the Social Sciences (3)
Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (4)
Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking (5f)
Identity and Equity (7)
Hours requirement: A minimum of 18 hours is required to graduate with a Displacement Studies minor. At least one of the three electives you choose must be a Pathways course.
GPA requirement: A GPA of 2.0 is required for the minor. All courses listed on this checksheet are included in the minor GPA calculation.
*Prerequisites: LAHS 4714 requires students to complete LAHS/STS/HIST/ENG 2724 prior to enrollment. Double-counting: Any student pursuing multiple minor degree programs may use up to 50% of courses completed for other minor programs towards completion quotas for this minor (provided, of course, that the course in question is one listed on this program as a requirement or elective). Some courses listed on this minor may have prerequisites, please consult the University Course Catalog, or check with your advisor to make sure that you qualify to take them.
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