Development & Social Justice

Overview

Development and social justice focuses on building skills to tackle both macro-level problems of conflict and global development, as well as local efforts toward social justice in our communities.

Career Pathways

International development
Nonprofits
Community organizations
Government
Foreign service

Recommended Pathway Courses

Core Requirements

Anth 101 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Anth 102 Introduction to Archaeology
Anth 103 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
If you're earning the B.S.: Stat 244 Introduction to Probability and Statistics II
If you're earning the B.A.: Ling 232 Language and Society OR Ling 233 Language and Mind OR Ling 390 Introduction to Linguistics
Anth 304 Social Theory OR Anth 305 Culture and Power
Anth 345 Practicing Anthropology
Anth 350 Archaeological Method and Theory
Anth 372 Human Variation

B.A. majors must also complete two years of a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Recommended Anthropology Electives

Anth 379U Practicing Forensic Science (Alternative: Anth 460 Public and Community Archaeology)
Anth 415 Applied Anthropology
Anth 426 Transnationalism and Migration
Anth 432 Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Anthropological Perspective
Anth 490 Anthropology of Violence

Recommended Non-Anthropology Electives

BA 302 Organizational Behavior
CR 307 Conflict Management Skills
Intl 490 Global Sustainable Development
USP 430 Participatory Research Methods for Community Development

Internship Opportunities

Organization Name	Paid or Unpaid	Location
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon
Bonneville Power Administration	Paid	Pacific Northwest
Cascade AIDS Project	Unpaid	Portland, Oregon
Coalition of Community Health Clinics Internship	Varies	Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, Oregon
Green Empowerment	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon
Institute for Community Research	Unpaid	Portland, Oregon
Latino Network	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon
Mercy Corps	Paid	Portland, Oregon; Washington, D.C.; Virtual
Minka Project	Paid	Peru
Monteverde Institute	Unpaid	Virtual; Costa Rica; Hybrid
Multnomah County Health Department	Varies	Multnomah County, Oregon
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
Roots & Routes Intercultural Collaborations	Unpaid	Throughout the world
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Forest Service	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) (Make sure to check both the internships offered by FWS and their partner organizations)	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. National Park Service	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)	Paid	Washington
World Oregon	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon