NURSE 7450: Social Justice in Nursing and Health Research

Course Description

This course provides a guided, in-depth exploration of the history, role, and application of social justice in nursing and other health research. Students will be introduced to concepts and theories related to social justice in research and will explore methodologies commonly used in research with a social justice orientation. As a class, students will apply a social justice approach to a problem area or population. Individually, students will examine their positions vis-à-vis social justice and will conduct a critical assessment of work in their topic of research from a social justice standpoint.