(3 credits)

Students must complete one course in the diversity area. Courses which meet this requirement will:

• 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.