# Social Justice and Ethnic Studies (SJS) courses

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/department/social-justice-ethnic-studies

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Spring 2026.

### SJS 001 — Introduction to Social Justice Studies

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **C-ID:** SJS 110
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 2 sections (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/sjs.md)
- General Education: SCC: Area 4; Cal-GETC: Area 4
- Not transferable

Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in the United States. Examines social justice movements and perspectives in relation to ethnicity/race, gender and sexuality, and related intersectional systems of difference in the United States. Analysis of antiracist and feminist perspectives serve as a basis for understanding socio-economic, cultural and political inequities in the United States and globally, and for assessing strategies for creating greater equity and inclusion for all.

### SJS 002 — Introduction to Race and Ethnicity

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **C-ID:** SJS 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 1 section (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/sjs.md)
- General Education: SCC: Area 4, Local District Requirement – Cross-Cultural Studies; Cal-GETC: Area 4

Analysis of race, ethnicity, and racism. Examines the cultural, political, and economic practices and institutions that support or challenge racism, racial and ethnic inequalities, as well as historical and contemporary patterns of interaction between various racial and ethnic groups.

### SJS 030 — Peace, Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule
- General Education: SCC: Area 4; Cal-GETC: Area 4

Introduction to the study of peace, nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution. The course is designed for students interested in the fundamental issues of peace, justice, and conflict resolution in our society. It offers students an opportunity to reflect on the peace writings of both past and contemporary authors and is an examination of justice, peace, and peacemakers in the U.S. and worldwide.