The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion major is designed to create professional pathways for students who are interested in careers in diversity, equity, and inclusion. The ability of organizations to strategically leverage the range of skillsets and experience brought by a diverse workforce is a key to their long-term success. This major will help students become those key agents for strategic innovation and organizational health rooted in DEI.
In addition to the specific major requirements described below, students must also complete the General Education Curriculum, and additional degree requirements for Arts and Sciences majors, including focused-course requirements, additional electives, modern language requirements and a Business Studies Minor or Business Studies Major.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ID 101 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | 3 |
| SO 241 | Race and Racism in the United States | 3 |
| MG 228 | Managing Diversity in the Workplace | 3 |
| One course from the following (3 credits): | ||
| LA 104 | Gender and the Law | 3 |
| or | ||
| LA 105 | Race and the Law | 3 |
| or | ||
| LA 106 | Outsiders and the Law | 3 |
| One course from the following (3 credits): | ||
| PS 275 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
or | ||
| GLS 114 | Cross-Cultural Understanding | 3 |
| or | ||
| COM 320 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| Choose either: | ||
| ID 401 | Directed Study in ID | 3 |
or | ||
| ID 420 | Interdisciplinary Internship Arts and Sciences | 3 |
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Choose three courses from the following electives (9 credits): | ||
| EMS 320 | Black Lives Matter: African American Literature & Culture | 3 |
| EMS 330 | American Landscapes | 3 |
| EMS 341 | Cultural Studies and the Body | 3 |
| EMS 342 | Queer and Trans Cultural Studies | 3 |
| GLS 225 | Urban Politics and Policy | 3 |
| GLS 238 | Immigration | 3 |
| HI 350 | Serfs, Slaves and Sojourners: The Minority Experience in the United States | 3 |
| HI 359 | Immigration in U.S. History | 3 |
| ID 211 | Sex, Gender, and Power | 3 |
| LA 101 | Law and Society | 3 |
| LA 107 | Social Justice Law | 3 |
| LIT 255 | Latina/o/x Literature | 3 |
| LIT 260 | Introduction to African American Literary and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| LIT 262 | Native American Literature and Culture | 3 |
| LIT 330 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| LIT 334 | Women in Literature | 3 |
| LIT 337 | Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| LIT 365 | Immigrant and Ethnic Literature | 3 |
| LIT 369 | Sexual Identity and Culture | 3 |
| LIT 370 | Passing in American Literature | 3 |
| LIT 377 | Transgender Literature | 3 |
| PH 140 | Disability, Values & Society | 3 |
| PS 250 | Adult Development and Aging | 3 |
| PS 333 | Gender Psychology | 3 |
| ML 403 | Latinos in the U.S.A. | 3 |
| SO 132 | Issues and Investigations in Sociology | 3 |
| SO 221 | Homelessness and Society | 3 |
| SO 246 | Criminal and Social Justice | 3 |
| SO 248 | Human Trafficking and Global Slavery | 3 |
| SO 295 | Film and Society | 3 |
| SO 320 | Immigrant Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SO 285 | Sociology of Sports | 3 |
| SO 292 | Sociology of Native American Peoples | 3 |
| MG 345 | Organizations, Society and Responsible Management | 3 |