The certificate in Performing Social Activism allows students to consider the relationship between performance and social activism through scholarship and community engagement. The certificate includes coursework that explores how social activism occurs in and through performance, and how performance can address issues of discrimination, inequality, marginalization, and oppression. Through their course work, students will engage with issues of social activism regarding race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, class, disability, and/or the environment. They will participate in a service-learning project of their design that engages with local communities, gaining real world experience in using performance to explore and work towards social change, inclusivity, diversity, and social justice. This certificate prepares students seeking careers in the arts, politics, community organizing, international development, and the non-profit sector that are dedicated to seeking social justice.

This program was closed for new enrollments effective November 8, 2024 and inactivated on January 2, 2025. Students enrolled on November 8, 2024 will be allowed to complete the program contingent upon proper processes and approvals.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
PERF 223	Aesthetics of Activism	3
PERF 338	Performing Communities	3
PERF 484	Internship	3
Select 3 hours from the following:		3
ANTH 370	Cultural Diversity and Ethics
COMM 338/AFST 338	Critical Race Discourse
COMM 343	Communication in a Diverse World
COMM 431	Rhetoric of Social Movements
FILM 343/WGST 343	Sex, Gender and Cinema
FILM 406	Propaganda and Dissidence
PERF 455/WGST 455	Seminar in Gender, Sexuality, and Performance
PERF 456	Seminar in Identity, Intersectionality, and Performance
PHIL 353/AFST 353	Radical Black Philosophies of Race and Racism
SOCI 413	Social Movements
SOCI 422	Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice
Total Semester Credit Hours		12