This program considers issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We will examine justice, cultural competence, and human diversity through an interdisciplinary social science lens to address the following questions: How do we experience and understand cultural differences? How do these differences shape systems that affect individuals, families, communities, and society? How do we develop the competencies needed to navigate cultural differences in a global world and multinational states? What are the impacts of these considerations on justice? Students will broadly explore the contours of social and cultural differences and their relationships with race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexuality, social class, power, inequity, and justice. Students will learn standard cultural competence models to understand the complexities of human diversity and cultural competence in modern society.
To earn the certificate, students will complete 12 semester hours in academic coursework (see the list, below). Students must also complete 5 points acquired from co-curricular, course-embedded, or immersive experiences. Finally, students must participate in the JEDI Showcase at the end of the academic year to earn 2 additional points to complete the certificate.
CID 1301 | Foundations of Cultural Competence | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
AFAM 200 | Introduction to African American Studies | 3 |
COMS 408 | GLB/Intercultural Communication | 3 |
ENG 443 | Latino/a Literature | 3 |
ENG 444 | African Diasporic Literatures | 3 |
HIST 450 | African American History | 3 |
LALS 101 | Introduction to Latin American & US Latino Studies | 3 |
| 3 |
ENG 355 | Women Writers | 3 |
GDRS 200 | GLB/Introduction to Gender Studies | 3 |
GDRS 340 | Topics in Sexuality Studies | 3 |
GDRS 425 | Gender, Culture, Society | 3 |
GDRS 497 | Special Topics in Gender Studies | 3 |
HIST 473 | Women and Gender in European History | 3 |
HIST 479 | Women, Gender, and Sexuality in United States History | 3 |
LIBS 350 | Seminar in Global Human Rights and Social Justice | 3 |
SOC 312 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
SOC 370 | Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 3 |
| 3 |
ENG 202 | Marginalized Literatures | 3 |
HIST 408 | GLB/Themes in World History | 3 |
HIST 440 | Modern Civil Rights Movements | 3 |
PSCI 333 | GLB/Non-European Polit Systm | 3 |
PSCI 443 | Civil Libs & Civil Rights | 3 |
SOC 1306 | GLB/US-Social Problems | 3 |
SOC 311 | Social Class,Wealth/Power | 3 |
PSY 310 | GLB/US-Psychology and Sociology of Diverse Populations | 3 |
PSY 492 | Health Psychology | 3 |
AG 392 | GLB/Appld Ethics US World Ag | 3 |
Total Hours | 12 |
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