May 09, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

JS 310 - A Case for Reparations?


This course will analyze, explore, discuss, and debate the broad topic of reparations from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives (historical, sociological, economic, political, etc.). Should the United States make reparations for slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and subsequent racist policies and practices? Why or why not? What domestic and international precedents exist? What factors should be considered? If reparations were to be made, what form might they or should they take?

Credits: 4

Prerequisites/Restrictions: Juniors Only

Core: Junior Seminar AND Engaging Diverse Identities

Notes: Counts as Major/Minor Elective in: Equity Studies