STAC Launches Human Rights & Social Justice Minor

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” ~Nelson Mandela

On February 1st, 2021, St. Thomas Aquinas College launched a Center for Social Justice and we are proud to announce that our School of Arts and Sciences just added a new minor in Human Rights and Social Justice. The 18 credit course for Human Rights and Social Justice is an interdisciplinary minor that serves the goal of St. Thomas Aquinas College and the School of Arts and Sciences to nurture in students a spirit of civic engagement and global awareness of issues related to human rights and social justice. Internships will be accepted, provided they meet the standard of the minor and get the approval of the advisor.

This minor concerns the promotion and protection of human dignity irrespective of race, color, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, culture, or nationality, and involves an examination of societal problems of hunger and poverty, education, immigration, discrimination, and ecological issues. A minor in Human Rights & Social Justice program seeks to broaden students' understanding of human rights and social justice issues and to learn how to use an interdisciplinary approach to identify and examine problems and solutions. It encourages students to recognize how human rights and social justice causes are intertwined in different fields of study. It prepares students for advanced study in an appropriate discipline where scholarship can focus on human rights and social justice, or in careers which incorporate human rights advocacy, including journalism, filmmaking, law, teaching, policy analysis, or service in government or intergovernmental entities.

For more information, visit the minors page for Human Rights and Social Justice.

St. Thomas Aquinas College is an independent liberal arts college located on 60 acres in Rockland County, NY, which provides education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The College’s approximately 2,000 full and part time students can choose from more than 100 different majors, minors, specializations, and dual degree programs across three Schools: Arts & Sciences, Business, and Education. The College is recognized by U.S. News & World Report in the Top-Tier for Regional Universities, by Colleges of Distinction in both its New York and Catholic editions, by Affordable Colleges Online as a top College in New York for Return on Investment, and is included as a Military Friendly School®. St. Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; its School of Education is a candidate for accreditation by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP); and its School of Business is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE). For more information, visit www.stac.edu.