diversity
The Liberal & Civic Studies Program has a strong emphasis on issues of race, class, gender, and global issues. This emphasis is manifested in a variety of ways:
- Students in Forum 1 and Forum 2 read and discuss works that address issues of diversity (gender, race/ethnicity, class);
- Students in Forum 1 participate in a multicultural workshop with international students; Forum 1 students also help serve meals and attend a service at Glide Memorial Church;
- All L&CS students take at least 1 anthropology or sociology course that focuses on or emphasizes diversity;
- All L&CS students must demonstrate competency in foreign language (including study of the pertinent cultures);
- L&CS students are encouraged to have their service-learning projects with people from another culture or of handicapped condition;
- Whenever possible, students must include at least 1 course with an ethnic/gender/global focus in their minor field.
Saint Mary's offers many courses that focus on diversity (ethnic/ gender/global) issues. Listed below are a few examples:
- African American History: 1619 to 1865 (History 140), 1865-Present (History 141)
- Contemporary African Literature (English 119)
- Gender and Culture (Anthropology/Sociology 125)
- Gender Politics (Government 106 or Women's Studies 106)
- Growing Up American: Ethnic American Literature (English 153)
- Introduction to Women Studies (Women's Studies 1)
- Multicultural Thought (Collegiate Seminar 124)
- Chicano Culture (Anthropology/Sociology 123)
- Psychology of Gender Difference (Psychology 147)
- Race and Ethnic Relations (Anthropology/Sociology 112)
- Women in America: History of American Women (History 139 or Women's Studies 139)
- Women and Christian Tradition (Religion 130 or Women's Studies 130)
- World Religions (Religion 108)
In addition, virtually all courses in Anthropology/Sociology have a focus on ethnic/ gender/global issues.
