Cultural Competency Certificate

Program Competencies

1. Students will demonstrate knowledge, self-awareness, and application of basic diversity, inclusion, and equity concepts.
2. Students will demonstrate respect for the dignity of others.
3. Students will recognize that power and privilege influence relationships on interpersonal, intergroup, and institutional levels.
4. Students will demonstrate openness to ideas, beliefs, and practices that challenge their world view and move them to embrace a broader perspective.
5. Students will communicate their own responsibility in leading and promoting equity and justice in a global society.

Program Requirements

Core

SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
IST 250	International Culture and Diversity	3
GST 273	Introduction to Gender Studies	3
GST/SOC/SWK 374	Race, Identity and Intersectionality	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Electives

GST/SOC 300	Class, Power, and Privilege	3
GST/SOC 305	Cultural Anthropology	3
CRIM/SOC 325	Global Inequality	3
SOC/SWK 330	Health Structures and Behavior	3
CRIM/GST/SOC/SWK 337	Sociology of Food	3
CRIM/GST/SOC/SWK 343	Religion and Sexuality	3
GST/SOC 350	Sex and Gender	3
CRIM/GST/SOC/SWK 355	Sociology of the Body	3
CRIM/GST/SOC 380 or SWK 381	Race, Class, Gender, and Crime	3
HST 344	African American History	3
HST 321	The Middle East	3
HST 343	Religion in American History	3
HST 375	Twentieth Century Asian Wars	3
EDSP 365	Including Students with Diverse Needs in the Classroom*	3
LSIM 201	Living in an Information Society	3
NURS 362	Cultural Competency for Health Professionals	3
NURS 410	Rural Public Health	3
NURS 430	Health Disparities	3
POLS 230	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

*EDSP 365 is TEP restricted and designed to be taken with elementary teaching block 2 (EDEE 321, SCI 490, & EDUC 482) or elementary teaching block 3 (EDEE 322, EDEE 323, & EDEE 331).

Total Credit Hours: 18