The university’s major and minor options were plentiful, and gave students many opportunities to pick their major of choice. Last year, Sonoma State University encountered issues with funds and eliminated many majors, minors, and courses to align with the cuts and stay within budget.
This decision impacted many science and arts majors/minors. Some of the departments that housed many of these majors and minors that were included in this cut were Art History, Economics, Geology, Philosophy, Theater/Dance, and Women and Gender Studies. The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts has released a new minor program available to students this semester – The Human Rights Study Minor.
The Human Rights Study minor is a brand-new program as of this semester. It is being promoted to students in classes “such as POLS 250 (Genocide and Atrocity Prevention) and POLS 307 (Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series), which are required courses for the minor, as well as other human rights-related courses,” said Cynthia Boaz, a professor in the department of political science at SSU…