Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity courses foster greater understanding of the diversity of cultures in the United States and provide knowledge and critical understanding of these cultures. Most courses focus on one or more non-dominant cultures or peoples of the United States. Although some include comparative study with cultures outside the United States, the primary focus is on the experience within the US.

Students may use 3 s.h. of course work approved in this area to partially complete the Distributed General Education component of the General Education Program.

Course List

Effective Fall 2006, 034:018/131:018 has been renamed Gender and Society. Students who took the course previously under the name Women and Society should not take the course again unless they are exercising the Second-Grade-Only option.

Unless otherwise indicated, courses are offered for 3 s.h.

01H:003 Art of Pre-Columbian America, Native America and Oceania
01H:104 American Indian Art
07B:154 Education, Race, and Ethnicity
07B:180 Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher
08G:005/149:005 Literatures of Native American Peoples
08G:011 Literature and Sexualities
016:040 Perspectives: Diversity in American History
016A:112 Chicana/o History
016A:065/129:065 Introduction to African American History
019:165/129:122 African Americans and Mass Communication
025:080 Jazz Cultures in America and Abroad
025:141 History of Jazz
032:016 Religion and Liberation
032:034/129:150 Introduction to African-American Religions
032:060/149:060 Introduction to Native American Religious Traditions
033:075 Cultural Diversity and Identity
034:018/131:018 Gender and Society, 3 or 4 s.h.
034:066 Social Inequality
034:155 Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (Effective Summer 2008)
035:143/048:196 Cuban American Literature and Culture
045:001 Understanding American Culture
103:150/113:173 Language and Gender
113:110/45:105/149:110 Native Peoples of North America
129:060 Introduction to African American Society
129:061/045:030 Introduction to African American Culture
129:062 Foundations in African American Studies (effective Fall 2008)
131:010 Introduction to Women's Studies
131:055 Gender, Race, and Class in the US
149:049 Introduction to American Indian and Native Studies
154:060/008:050/045:060 Sex and Popular Culture in Postwar US