Social Justice/Social Practice, Minor
The Social Justice/Social Practice Minor gives Pratt students the opportunity to bring their studio and design practice into dialogue with critical and transformative perspectives related to equity and justice. Encompassing issues from racism to the environment, economic inequality to immigration rights, gender justice to the prison industrial complex, the minor is interdisciplinary. It draws from courses across the Institute, including architecture, photography, fashion, communication design, and film/video. Students can prepare themselves to address social justice in their everyday lives and communities, and through their artistic and design practices.
Minor Coordinators
Caitlin Cahill
ccahill@pratt.edu
718.230.2713
Ann Holder
aholder@pratt.edu
718.230.6856
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| SS-434 | Social Justice Praxis Lab | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Chose 12 credits from menus A and B. 1 | 12 | |
| Menu A: Critical, Theoretical, Historical | ||
| The Ethics of Research | ||
| Sexual Politics in Transnational Perspective | ||
| Contfemporary Theories of Gender | ||
| Contemporary Theories of Gender | ||
| Animals:Ethics and Representation | ||
| Gender and Capitalism | ||
| Psychology of Gender/Sex Roles | ||
| Space and Power | ||
| Hip Hop Culture | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| The Human-Animal Relationship | ||
| Special Topics in Gender Studies | ||
| History and Theory of Architecture 4 | ||
MSCI-210 | ||
or MSCI-271 | Ecology for Architects | |
| Special Topics in Music and Sound Studies | ||
| Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics in Cultural Studies | ||
| Issues in Design History | ||
| Topics in Gender Studies: Feminist Film and Film Theory Thought, Politics, and Creativity | ||
| Special Topics in Gender Studies | ||
| The Visual Culture of Violence | ||
| Women in Muslim Worlds | ||
| Middle Eastern Society and Culture | ||
| Sustainability and Fashion | ||
| Menu B: Making, Thinking, Doing | ||
| Social Justice Think Tank | ||
| Shaping the Contemporary City | ||
| I Heart/Break New York: Gentrification & Urban Change | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Art, Culture and Community Development | ||
or SS-512 | Art Culture and Community Development | |
| Community-Based Praxis | ||
| Socially Engaged Media | ||
| SPT: Performance Studies | ||
| Special Topics in Cultural Studies | ||
| Studio in Social Practice | ||
| Design Corps S | ||
| Design Corps Senior Project F and Design Corps Senior Project S | ||
| Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies | ||
| Agit Prop | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Youth in the City | ||
| Media Ecologies | ||
| Big Impact: Artists and Designers Working in a Globalized Age | ||
| Archive Fever | ||
| Methods Of Cultural Analysis | ||
| Visual Analysis | ||
| Special Topics in Cultural Studies | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
| 1 | At least 3 credits must be taken from each menu. No more than 6 credits at the 200 level can be earned toward the minor. |