25 Social Justice BA Degree Programs

Guided by experienced faculty and community mentors, students earning a Social Justice Studies degree explore the reality and consequences of systemic oppression. They also learn how to respond to those realities and consequences in ways that alleviate immediate suffering and lead to social transformation.

Enhance your degree in Africana Studies at UNC Charlotte by completing a Concentration in Social Justice and the Law as part of the B.A. degree.

Students in the Social Justice and Human Rights programs examine a wide variety of oppressions such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, anti-immigrant oppression, ableism, economic injustice, animal exploitation, and environmental injustice, as well as related denials of human rights, such as human trafficking, settler colonialism, mass incarceration, use of sweatshop and child labor, unequal access to education, and voter disenfranchisement.

Our Bachelor’s International Social Work (ISW) program offers students the expertise to become social workers without borders. Placing emphasis on our global interconnectedness, students get a chance to explore local social problems from global perspectives, while also appreciating their local context. Our students learn to connect and empower individuals, groups and communities. We address current social issues, such as migration and refugees, sustainability, child protection, human rights and social development.

Choose Sociology at the University of Westminster and you'll never think about society in the same way again. Studying with us means engaging with a dynamic 21st-century subject and exploring current social issues and debates, using the latest research methods.

While defining the importance of education, Dr. King also could have been writing journalism’s mission statement. Those principles have not changed. However, in the 15 years of Morehouse’s journalism program, the discipline has become a rapidly evolving multimedia environment that has chopped down the past’s print, broadcast, and photographic silos.

The Social Justice Bachelor of Arts program offers students a chance to explore the principles of fairness, equality, and human rights. The curriculum is designed to provide a broad understanding of s...

The Bachelor in Social Justice program is designed to explore the principles of fairness, equity, and human rights within society. It offers students a comprehensive understanding of social systems, i...

The Bachelor of Arts in Social Justice & Enterprise explores how individuals and organizations can work towards creating fairer, more equitable communities. The course combines topics like social just...

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Social Justice is designed to help students understand social issues and develop skills to promote equality and fairness. The program covers topics like human righ...

The Crime & Justice Studies (CJS) program brings together the fields of criminology, criminal justice, and justice studies. Bridging the social sciences and humanities, CJS specializes in the study of the criminal justice system's history, policies, politics, and procedures. Our multidisciplinary program meets the needs of undergraduate students interested in entering the fields of law enforcement, the courts, corrections, probation, parole, social services, youth services, public policy, research, non-profit, and non-governmental or community organizations.

The Bachelor of Arts in Social and Cultural Analysis with a specialization in Peace Studies focuses on understanding the complexities of conflict, peace, and social justice within diverse cultural con...

The Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies at ASU offers a multidisciplinary exploration of the justice system, emphasizing the social, political, and cultural factors that influence law, order, and soci...

GESJ is an interdisciplinary program with courses in the areas of Culture and Criticism, Power and Inequality, and Human Rights and Social Justice. We ask how race, class, colonialism, ability, sex, and gender intersect in everyday acts of power, oppression, activism, and resistance. This program will provide you with highly transferrable skills in critical thinking, research, writing, argumentation, analysis, and communication.

A Social Change major from Graceland is a way to give students an education that cultivates and creates a transformative community beyond the walls of the university. The Social Change Major is designed for students in all fields to prepare them to enter the work world as leaders who are enabled to create positive change.