Justice Studies

About this opportunity

The BA program in justice studies is an innovative social science and liberal arts program that examines contemporary and historical social justice and inequality in a variety of contexts, including race, gender, sexuality, citizenship, indigeneity and other significant areas.

This program provides a broad approach to understanding justice, both in the legal system and in wider social contexts, including the many social justice issues that occur across countries and cultures. The Bachelor of Arts program provides students the kind of broader perspective required in today's workforce, through a liberal arts focus and the requirement to enroll in language courses.

This program equips students with a dynamic knowledge of the world's justice systems and gives them the skills to create meaningful, real-world change.

Thesis

We value student initiative and creativity  and thus we are open to a variety of formats for the honors thesis. Examples include:  qualitative/quantitative research papers, graphic novellas, film/media projects, and multi-media projects. Justice and Social Inquiry faculty are happy to serve as your thesis director or committee member.

Academic Preparation

Students must work with their Justice Studies Thesis Director to decide the requirements of and format for your thesis project.

Recommended Timeline

Students fare best when they begin thinking about their project as early as their freshman year. By their sophomore year, students will want to have a topic identified and begin to locate faculty with whom they would like to work with on said topic. By fall of junior year, students will assembly their committee and begin to map out a completion plan for their project with the committee. Students may want to use the summer between their junior and senior years to collect data/work on their project. Student must complete their project by mid spring senior year.

Other Honors Opportunities

All JSI faculty welcome you to discuss the possibility of completing an Honors Contract for said class. The type and length of such projects are created on a case-to-case basis with the instructor. Please note, at this time, SST/JSI Graduate Teaching Associates are not eligible to oversee Honors Contracts or Thesis.

JSI also provides a variety of internships in a diverse settings such as attorney's offices, non-profit programs, school and foster programs. Also, many JSI faculty are open to working with students on research projects as well.