Perspectives 1: U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
NOTE: Students who started taking classes at Northwestern in Spring 2023 or earlier are not required to complete the US and Global Perspectives (see the the prior degree requirements). The information below pertains to students who start at Northwestern after Spring 2023.
ABOUT U.S. PERSPECTIVES ON POWER, JUSTICE AND EQUITY
This perspective addresses the impact of histories, institutions, and/or social structures on groups and on individuals primarily in the United States, focusing on the interconnected issues of racism/antiracism, equality/inequality and justice/injustice.
Fulfilling U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice and Equity
Students may complete U.S. Perspectives through completion of an approved course with a grade of D or higher. Courses are approved by the Weinberg College faculty committees and can be identified in the Undergraduate Catalog and the quarterly CAESAR class listings. Each year some courses are added to the list and others are deleted; a course must be on the approved list for the year you take it to satisfy the requirement.
A course that is used by a student to satisfy the U.S. Perspectives may at the same time be applied towards a different requirement (such as a major requirement, minor requirement,foundational discipline, or the advanced expression requirement), but one course may not satisfy U.S. and Global Perspectives at the same time.
2024-2025 U.S. Perspectives Courses
See Perspectives on Power, Justice and Equity in the Undergraduate Catalog for learning objectives and a list of courses. Some courses on the list will not be offered in 2024-25, but in a future year. Some courses on the list have prerequisites.
Mid-year updates will appear below as they become available.
| Subject | Number | Title |
| ASIAN_AM | 214-0 | Asian American History (with HISTORY 214-0)2 |
| ASIAN_AM | 303-0 | Advanced Topics in Social and Cultural Analysis1 |
| ASIAN_AM | 376-0 | Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture4 |
| CFS | 391-0 | Field Studies in Social Justice1 (variable credit course; 1 unit can count toward foundational discipline requirements) |
| CFS | 392-0 | Field Studies in Public Health1 (variable credit course; 1 unit can count toward foundational discipline requirements) |
| CFS | 394-0 | Legal Field Studies1 (variable credit course; 1 unit can count toward foundational discipline requirements) |
| CFS | 397-0 | Field Studies in Civic Engagement1 (variable credit course; 1 unit can count toward foundational discipline requirements) |
| HISTORY | 214-0 | Asian American History (with ASIAN_AM 214-0)2 |
| HISTORY | 218-0 | History of Latinas and Latinos in the United States (with LATINO 218-0)2 |
| HISTORY | 303-2 | American Women's History, since 18652 |
| HISTORY | 314-0 | The Civil War and Reconstruction2 |
| HISTORY | 320-0 | The Fourteenth Amendment (with LEGAL_ST 320-0)2 |
| HISTORY | 321-0 | The Vietnam Wars2 |
| HISTORY | 325-0 | History of American Technology2 |
| LATINO | 202-0 | Introduction to Latina and Latino Studies: Movements1 |
| LATINO | 203-0 | Introduction to Latina & Latino Cultural Studies1 |
| LATINO | 218-0 | History of the Latinas and Latinos in the United States (with HISTORY 218-0)2 |
| LATINO | 231-0 | Politics of the Body4 |
| LEGAL_ST | 211-0 | Law and Popular Culture1 |
| LEGAL_ST | 245-0 | Undocumented America (with SOCIOL 245-0)1 |
| LEGAL_ST | 310-0 | Moral Panics1 |
| LEGAL_ST | 312-0 | Surveillance, Policing, and the Law1 |
| LEGAL_ST | 320-0 | The Fourteenth Amendment (with HISTORY 320-0)2 |
| LEGAL_ST | 345-0 | Policing Protest3 |
| PHIL | 324-0 | Studies in African American Philosophy |
| SOCIOL | 245-0 | Undocumented America (with LEGAL_ST 245-0)1 |
| SOCIOL | 277-0 | Native Society: Past and Present1 |
| SOCIOL | 328-0 | Inequality and American Society1 |
1Also FD-Social and Behavioral Sciences
2Also FD-Historical Studies
3Also FD-Ethical and Evaluative Thinking
4Also FD-Literature and Arts