Diversity (DIV)
(3 credits)
Students must complete one course in the diversity area. Courses which meet this requirement will accomplish some or all of the following:
- Compare/contrast intersectional structural inequalities within society, including those that maintain privilege.
- Examine the ways structural inequality, including privilege, has shaped/continues to shape the lived experiences of the individual and/or multiple groups within society.
- Discuss materials written or co-written by members of diverse groups that explain their lived experience in their own voices.
- Compare/contrast materials written or co-written by members of diverse groups that explain their lived experiences in their own voices with materials written by majority group members.
- Describe the contributions of diverse individuals within the area of study.
- Examine how one’s multiple social identities, including privileged identities, inform/impact one’s interactions with others.
- Critically apply the language and methodologies used by scholars of diversity within the respective field.
- Distinguish facts from opinion regarding diversity within the field and society broadly.
- Describe the need for a social justice and equity-based approach to the field.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CM-213 | Gender and the Media | 3 |
| CM-384 | Media Criticism | 3 |
| ED-270 | Diversity & Multicultural Ed | 3 |
| ED-304 | Best Practices for English Language Learners | 3 |
| ED-339 | Children's Literature: Multicultural Literature for PK-9 | 3 |
| EN-115 | LGBTQ+ Narratives | 3 |
| EN-120 | Race in Comics | 3 |
| EN-132 | World Literature | 3 |
| EN-164 | Fairy and Folk Tales From Around the World | 3 |
| EN-167 | Literature and Human Rights | 3 |
| EN-170 | Search for Identity | 3 |
| EN-210 | U.S. Literature (Beginnings-1865) | 3 |
| EN-211 | U.S. Literature (1865-Present) | 3 |
| EN-322 | Community Writing | 3 |
| EN-358 | Disability Stories, Disability Studies | 3 |
| EN-370 | Antislavery Literature | 3 |
| GE-102 | Human Spaces: Culture, Society, and Environment | 3 |
| HC-202 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| HI-155 | World History Through Film | 3 |
| HI-178 | A History of Ghana | 3 |
| HI-205 | Native America | 3 |
| HI-217 | US Social History | 3 |
| HI-252 | Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 |
| HI-263 | The Modern Middle East, 1900-present | 3 |
| HI-274 | The History of Gender and Sexuality in America | 3 |
| HI-278 | African History Before 1800 | 3 |
| HI-279 | African History Since 1800 | 3 |
| HI-320 | Citizen Nation | 3 |
| HI-327 | Out of Place: Displacement, Refugeehood, Migration in or of the Middle East | 3 |
| HI-336 | Race, Sex, and Power in the American South | 3 |
| IS-100 | Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies | 3 |
| LA-357 | Latinx Podcasts | 3 |
| NU-340 | Nursing Science II: Pediatrics (Track I) | 4.5 |
| NU-346 | Nursing Science II: Pediatrics (Track III) | 3.5 |
| NU-432 | Advanced Nursing Perspectives in Chronic Illness (Track II) | 3 |
| PH-151 | Race, Gender, and the Law | 3 |
| PH-231 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PH-240 | Political Theory | 3 |
| PH-241 | Genocide and Human Rights | 3 |
| PH-242 | Race, Nation, Class, Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| PH-251 | Mass Violence Against Women | 3 |
| PH-254 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
| PH-327 | Feminist Medical Ethics | 3 |
| PO-120 | Global Politics | 3 |
| PO-203 | Gender, War and Peace | 3 |
| PO-204 | Women in Politics | 3 |
| PO-205 | Poverty and Development | 3 |
| PO-243 | City Politics | 3 |
| PO-264 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| PO-320 | Citizen Nation | 3 |
| PO-327 | Global South Leadership in the United Nations | 3 |
| PS-361 | Psychology of Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PS-362 | Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination | 3 |
| PS-363 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| SO-110 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| SO-190 | Sport and Society | 3 |
| SO-200 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| SO-201 | Prejudice, Privilege, and Power | 3 |
| SO-228 | Latinx Experiences in the U.s. and the World | 3 |
| SO-303 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SO-307 | Puerto Rican Diaspora | 3 |
| SO-312 | Youth, Race, and Public Space | 3 |
| SO-318 | Worcester and Its Discontents | 3 |
| SO-320 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SO-350 | Wealth, Poverty, and Power | 3 |
| SO-360 | Urban Sociology | 3 |
| UR-201 | Introduction to Urban Policy | 3 |
| UR-213 | Human Identity and Urban Environment | 3 |
| UR-214 | Urban Demography | 3 |
| UR-220 | Immigrant City | 3 |
| UR-280 | The Queer City | 3 |
| UR-310 | Organizing for Social Change in Urban Communities | 3 |
| UR-312 | Worcester:A City & Its People | 3 |
| WO-100 | Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| WO-115 | Intro to Queer Theory | 3 |
| WO-210 | Lesbians in the United States | 3 |
| WO-302 | Women of Color in Media | 3 |