The following courses satisfy the Diversity Requirement; in addition, some courses may satisfy the requirement by petition. Contact the Registrar’s Office if you wish to petition a course.

Students who complete the four-year curriculum in the Integral Program or in the Liberal and Civic Studies Program satisfy the requirement. Students who withdraw from either program should consult their advisor about the requirement.

APPROVED DIVERSITY COURSES

AH 025 Survey of Asian Art
ANTH 001 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 111 Kinship, Marriage, and Family
ANTH 112 Race and Ethnicity
ANTH 113 Childhood and Society
ANTH 116 New Immigrants and Refugees
ANTH 117 Religion, Ritual, Magic and Healing
ANTH 119 Native American Cultures
ANTH 121 World Culture
ANTH 123 Ethnic Groups in the United States
ANTH 129 Prehistoric Archaeology: Ancient Cultures
SEM 144 Multicultural Thought
SEM 145 World Traditions
ENGL 153 American Ethnic Writers
ENGL 154 Studies in African American Literature
ES 001 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
HIST 001 World History
HIST 140 African American History: 1619-1865
HIST 141 African American History: 1865-present
HIST 153 Latin America: Race and Society
HIST 161 Modern Japan
HIST 162 Modern China
HIST 171 African History to 1850
HIST 172 Africna History since 1850
JAPAN 001 Elementary Japanese
JAPAN 002 Continuing Elementary Japanese
JAPAN 003 Intermediate Japanese
JAPAN 004 Continuing Intermediate Japanese
FREN 129 French Literature Outside Europe
SPAN 140 Latin American Literature I
SPAN 141 Latin American Literature II
SPAN 143 Contemporary Latin American Literature
SPAN 145 Mexican Literature
SPAN 150 Chicano/Chicana Literature
SPAN 161 Culture and Civilization of Latin American
SPAN 162 Culture and Civilization of Mexico
PERFA 014 World Music and Dance
PERFA 113 Jazz and Blues in America
PERFA 130 Foundations of Theatre II: Multicultural Theatre
POL 110 Minority Politics
POL 143 Government and Politics in the Middle East
POL 144 Government and Politics in Asia
POL 145 Government and Politics in Latin America
PSYCH 008 African American Psychology
PSYCH 012 Special Topics: Afro-American Psychology and the Law and Psychology of the Black Family and the Law
PSYCH 165 Cross-Cultural Psychology
TRS 152 Islam: Beliefs and Practices
TRS 153 Eastern Religions
TRS 154 Hinduism
TRS 155 Buddhism
TRS 156 Religions in India

DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT BY PETITION

In addition to the courses which automatically satisfy the diversity requirement, the following courses may sometimes satisfy the requirement, depending on the content of the course in a given semester.  Students who wish to apply one of these courses (or any other course not listed on this page) to satisfy the Diversity requirement must do so through a Special Action Petition to the Office of the Registrar and permission of the Chair of the department in which the course is housed.

ANTH 125 Gender and Culture
ANTH 135 Special Topics
BUSAD 180 International Business
ECON 160 Comparative Economic Systems
ENGL 023 American Voices
ENGL 105 Children's Literature
ENGL 119 Contemporary Literature
ENGL 126 Film: Topics
ENGL 130 Single Author
ENGL 163 The Other English Literature
ENGL 171 Literary Movements
ENGL 173 Women Writers
ENGL 183 Topics in Drama
ENGL 185 Individual Dramatist
HIST 150 Topics in Latin American History
HIST 170 Problems and Issues in African History
FREN 130 Thematic Study of Single Genre
FREN 131 Exploration of a Particular Period
SOC 120 Social Movements and Change
SOC 135 Special Topics
SPAN 130 Special Study
SPAN 131 Exploration of a Particular Period
PERFA 136 Theatre: Special Topics
POL 149 Topics in Comparative Politics
TRS 150 Topics in World Religion
TRS 160 Topics in Religions and Culture
WOMST 100 Research Seminar
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