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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.

Additional courses meeting U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
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
HISTORY 214-0 Asian American History (with ASIAN_AM 214-0)2
HISTORY 320-0 The Fourteenth Amendment (with LEGAL_ST 320-0)2
LATINO 203-0 Introduction to Latina & Latino Cultural Studies1
LEGAL_ST 310-0 Moral Panics1
LEGAL_ST 320-0 The Fourteenth Amendment (with HISTORY 320-0)2
PHIL 324-0 Studies in African American Philosophy
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