Dominican University, which began as a Catholic school and now considers itself non-denominational with a “Catholic tradition,” has added a new major. The major, focused on social justice, will become available to new students in the fall.
The school created the major after a growing number of students became interested in social justice careers, according to a university news release. Dominican will be combining courses from its minors entitled “Performing Arts and Social Change” and “Community Action and Social Change” for the major.
Students who major in social justice will have the chance to “examine the links between well-being, social justice, and diverse worldviews.”
Additionally, students will “analyze social injustices and work toward positive social change.”
The major starts off with a class titled “Theory and Practice for Community Action and Social Change,” which “provides foundational frameworks for analyzing oppression, power, and privilege.”
Other courses that students can take range from “Prophets, Psalms, & Social Justice” to “Liberation Theologies.”
Dominican University suggests that possible careers for those studying social justice include “Journalist/Photographer/Filmmaker,“ ”Community Organizer,” “Educator,” “Political Campaign Staffer,” and even a “Socially Engaged Artist.”
The new major is being funded in part by a $30,000 grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion.
According to the spokesperson from the California Federation of College Republicans, “students will be spending $67,385 each academic year ($269,540 after four years)” on their bachelor’s degree in social justice from Dominican University.
Full story at Campus Reform.
Oh, the irony!!!
The Pontifical John Paul II Institute removed the teaching of moral theology and replaced it with studies in social justice.
Can graduates get a decent paying job with this major? Unless mommy and/or daddy paid the fees, the grad owes over $250K so they need a great job to pay that debt.,
If they wanted a decent paying job they should have gone to a trade school
Sure glad they removed the word Catholic from the school’s name. It would be nice if they dropped Dominican as well. Maybe rename the school the University of Social Justice Warriors. Their motto could be, “The school where everybody graduates but no one gets a job.”
I agree, Xavier, remove Dominican from its name. The students can do internships with the Marin Organizing Committee. Unfortunately, the MOC is supported by some (c)atholic churches in Marin. The degradation of our Church continues…
The new major would be great for students intending to pursue careers in social work, criminology or the tattoo arts.
What a shame, that so many formerly-Catholic schools and colleges have abandoned Christ, for worldly, superficial ideologies! With solid Catholic teaching and guidance, graduates of Catholic institutions could go out to transform the world in Christ– and in so doing, many social problems would be solved!
Tragically– we all know where these future “Social Justice” majors will be headed– straight to “Catholic” Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s door, in the Democratic Party– with a briefcase full of strategies for many anti-Catholic, liberal-leftist reforms, for immoral “rights” of leftist groups!!
“analyze”…that’s code for “validating the narrative”…and all for 270K. That kind of bread would go a long way in treating the psychiatric illnesses and addictions of the homeless souls on the streets of the major city to the south….as long as we’re talking about oppression, power and privilege.