The Diversity Leadership Certificate is an interdisciplinary academic program intended to provide students with a foundational understanding of issues surrounding diversity and inclusion with a focus on the core themes of religion and spiritual traditions, race and ethnicities, gender and sexuality, and age and abilities. Students with an interest in international studies, as well as careers in business, communications, economics, education, environmental science, history, and politics, are invited to consider this certificate as a supplement to their major.
Certificate Admission Requirements
Certificate Requirements
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- IDS3333 - Issues in Diversity Studies (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- EDF2085 - Introduction to Diversity for Educators (3)
- SOP3784 - Psychology of Diversity (3)
- SYO3530 - Social Power and Inequality (3)
- SYO4323 - Community and Diversity (3)
- ANT2410 - Cultural Anthropology: Global Perspectives, Local Contexts (3)
- CPO4784 - Political and Economic Inequality in Comparative Perspective (3)
- PAD4446 - Multiculturalism in Public Administration (3)
- PLA4472 - Employment Discrimination Law (3)
- POS3233 - Public Opinion (3)
- HUM3806 - Critical Race Theory (3)
- PLA4886 - Sexuality, Gender, & the Law (3)
General Electives- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- EDF2085 - Introduction to Diversity for Educators (3)
- SOP3784 - Psychology of Diversity (3)
- SYO3530 - Social Power and Inequality (3)
- SYO4323 - Community and Diversity (3)
- ANT2410 - Cultural Anthropology: Global Perspectives, Local Contexts (3)
- CPO4784 - Political and Economic Inequality in Comparative Perspective (3)
- PAD4446 - Multiculturalism in Public Administration (3)
- PLA4472 - Employment Discrimination Law (3)
- POS3233 - Public Opinion (3)
- HUM3806 - Critical Race Theory (3)
- PLA4886 - Sexuality, Gender, & the Law (3)
- REL2300 - World Religions (3)
- REL3123 - Asian Religions in America (3)
- ANT3245 - Native American Religions (3)
- PHI3720 - Faith and Reason (3)
- SYO4200 - Religion in Society (3)
- HUM3326 - Theories of Sex and Gender in Humanities (3)
- HUM4823 - Queer Theory in the Humanities (3)
- SYD3800 - Sex and Gender in Society (3)
- THE3254 - Queer Theatre (3)
- WST3460 - Women, Race and Struggle (3)
- GEY3001 - Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Overview (3)
- HSC3559 - Disabilities in American Society (3)
- PLA4530 - Legal Issues of the Elderly (3)
- SYO4133 - Family and Aging in Society (3)
- SYP4730 - Aging in Society (3)
- SYP4732 - Minority Aging (3)
- ANT3451 - Race Matters: Anthropological Approaches to Racism (3)
- ANT4702 - Culture, Inequality and Global Development (3)
- SYD3700 - Race and Ethnicity (3)
- SYP4454 - Global Inequality and Society (3)
Grand Total Credits: 12
