Certificate in Diversity and Identity in the U.S.
The program in Multicultural Studies offers a Certificate in Diversity and Identity in the U.S., which provides students from all academic backgrounds the opportunity to identify multicultural studies as a particular area of interest. Students will gain a solid foundation in issues of diversity and identity across the many subcultures of the United States as well as their particular area of interest with the discipline.
Students will complete six credits hours of coursework that broadly explores multicultural issues and six credit hours of courses that address more specific topics in the field. Finally, students will present a self-selected project to the Multicultural Studies Committee.
Classes taken as part of a student’s undergraduate major may be used toward the certificate.
Course Requirements
Completion of the Certificate requires 18 credit hours and a 0-credit hour independent research project, distributed in the following manner:
Three core courses
| MULC 2010 Intro to Identity & Diversity in the U.S. | 3 hours |
| MULC 4650 Seminar in Multicultural Studies | 3 hours |
| MULC 4900 Independent Research Project | 3 hours |
Two courses from Category One
Category One represents broad study in multiculturalism.
| ANSO 3960 Ethnic and Minority Relations | 3 hours |
| ANSO 4200 Class, Status, and Power | 3 hours |
| EDUC 3150 Education in a Diverse Society | 3 hours |
| ENGL 2086 Contemporary Multiethnic Literature of the U.S. | 3 hours |
| HLSC 3100 Diversity in Health | 3 hours |
| HRTS 3210 Prejudice and Discrimination | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media | 3 hours |
| MEDC 3800 Studies in Cultural Diversity | 3 hours |
| NURS 4370 Cultural Care Nursing | 3 hours |
| POLT 2070 Politics of Race and Ethnicity | 3 hours |
| PSYC 3650 Prejudice and Discrimination | 3 hours |
| RELG 2420 Religion and Culture | 3 hours |
Two courses from Category Two
Category Two represents in-depth study of particular subcultures.
| ANSO 2040 North American Indians: Pre-Columbian-1870 | 3 hours |
| ANSO 2050 North American Indians: 1870-Present | 3 hours |
| ANSO 4275 Gender and Sex Roles | 3 hours |
| EDUC 2900 The Exceptional Individual | 3 hours |
| HIST 1500 American Studies: Native Americans | 3 hours |
| HIST 2320 African American History | 3 hours |
| HIST 3060 History Roundtable: The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X | 3 hours |
| LEGL 2080 Topics in Law: Gender and Law | 3 hours |
| MATH 4320 Mathematics Methods for Disabled Learners | 3 hours |
| MUSC 1070 Topics in Music: The African American Musical Experience | 3 hours |
| MUSC 3170 Jazz History I | 3 hours |
| MUSC 3180 Jazz History II | 3 hours |
| NURS 3600 Topics in Nursing: Care of Elderly in Diverse Settings | 3 hours |
| PHIL 3370 Philosophy and Women | 3 hours |
| PSYC 2000 Issues in Contemporary Psychology: Sexual Identity LBG Issues | 3 hours |
| PSYC 2000 Issues in Contemporary Psychology: Alien Minds and Cultures | 3 hours |
| PSYC 2000 Issues in Contemporary Psychology: Understanding Gender Difference in Film | 3 hours |
| PSYC 2950 Adulthood and Aging | 3 hours |
| PSYC 3000 Topics in Psychology: Multicultural Issues in Psychology | 3 hours |
| PSYC 3000 Topics in Psychology: Cross-cultural Perspectives of the Child | 3 hours |
| PSYC 4275 Gender and Sex Roles | 3 hours |
| RELG 2050 Religion and Human Values: Malcolm X and the American Dream | 3 hours |
| RELG 2500 Gender, Culture, and Religion | 3 hours |
| WOMN 1010 Studying Women Across the Disciplines | 3 hours |
These lists will be updated periodically. Other relevant courses may be substituted upon petition to and approval by the Multicultural Studies Committee.
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