IMPORTANT NOTE

The requirements below apply to those students with a 2023-2024 catalog year. Students are required by college policy to follow the major (and minor) requirements found in the catalog in effect at the time they declared their first major. To find your catalog year, please visit your Grades and Academic Records found in myOxy and access the catalog that matches your catalog year.

Students interested in majoring in CTSJ are encouraged to take CTSJ 100 during their first year.  Most 100- and 200-level courses are open to first-year students and have no prerequisites. In addition to the six required courses, CTSJ majors must complete five additional elective CTSJ courses.

Placement Information

No placement exams are specifically required for the Critical Theory & Social Justice major. 

Sample 4-Year Plan



Fall

Spring

Year 1

  • Fall FYS course

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Spring FYS course

  • CTSJ 101 (CPGC)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • Foreign Language (4 or 5 units)

Year 2

  • CTSJ 102 (CPRF)

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ 398

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 3

  • CTSJ 300

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ 390 (Junior Seminar)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 4

  • CTSJ 490 (Senior Seminar)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Transfer Credit Policies

Students transferring from another institution in their junior year or students who have taken a leave of absence for more than 1 semester may apply up to two courses from an accredited college or university toward the CTSJ Major requirements, with approval from the department chair. Students should provide the department chair with a course name, description, and syllabus. The department does not apply transfer credits to satisfy the requirements for the CTSJ Minor.  For more general college policies, students should reference the Transfer Credit section of the Catalog for more details.

 

 

Contact Critical Theory & Social Justice
Weingart Hall 102