EDD850 Social Justice in a Global World (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): EDD805 , EDD809 , EDD820  
This course address issues of leadership and social justice, its theory, and principles.  Social justice from a local, national, international, and global perspective is examined. The course aims to assist students to think critically, to clarify their assumptions and values, and to develop their own positions on social issues.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze and integrate into one’s understanding the basic principles of social justice.
2. Analyze the similarities and differences of applying social justice in societal and global frameworks.
3. Articulate and evaluate the connection between social justice, human relations and leadership.
4. Compare, contrast, and evaluate different scholars’ theories and concepts of social justice.
5. Analyze, synthesize and evaluate the transnational struggles against injustice.
6. Evaluate how the various theories of social and economic justice respond to and address the causes of poverty, discrimination, exploitation and oppression in human societies.