Minors
Community Engagement & Social Change
Housed within the Center for Community Engagement, the Community Engagement & Social Change minor is an interdisciplinary program that creates a unique opportunity for students to examine strategies for social change through sustained engagement in Los Angeles and beyond. The Community Engagement and Social Change Minor provides students with a comprehensive understanding of social issues and equips them with the skills needed to create positive change in communities. Through interdisciplinary coursework, internships, and community-engaged learning experiences, students learn to address systemic challenges and promote equity and justice, preparing them for impactful careers in various fields.
Disability Studies
Disability Studies is a groundbreaking field that challenges and changes society’s attitudes toward disability. Led by some of UCLA’s most distinguished faculty, Disability Studies examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability from a variety of perspectives, including arts and humanities, health sciences, social sciences, public policy, technology, and education. At UCLA, the conversation around disability has shifted: from exclusion to inclusion, from limitations to possibilities.
Food Studies
This interdisciplinary minor uses food as a lens for understanding individual, socio-cultural, and global issues. The production, preparation, sharing, consumption, and disposal of food extends across academia to subjects including Art, Anthropology, Environment and Sustainability, Folklore and Mythology, Geography, History, Humanities, Law, Psychology, Public Health, Public Policy, and more. Also, please explore the newly launched UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies.
Social Thought
The social thought minor is designed to teach students to think more deeply and more critically, drawing on the intellectual resources of major thinkers from around the world. Emphasizing social and political thought from the 17th century to today, students read widely to develop an original argument about social life, culminating in a thesis project that constitutes an original contribution to scholarship.