DEI Certificate Program
The DEI certificate will help students to learn about a broad variety of human experiences with a primary focus on the struggle and agency of people and communities who have historically been underrepresented, marginalized or underprivileged based on socially constructed characteristics and structures of power. This certificate is earned by taking four 3-credit courses: one course must be from the designated Core DEI courses and the other three may be chosen from the general list of DEI courses, many of which will also count as university curriculum courses toward a chosen major or minor. In addition, students are asked to complete a project/ paper reflecting on aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion either as a part of the core DEI course or as an independent assignment.
An DEI course will have content which:
- Explores social differences and inequalities
- Encourages reflection about one’s own biases and beliefs
- Encourages critique of discrimination
- Examines peoples’ experiences based on gender, religion, socioeconomic status, age, sexual orientation of other socially constructed characteristics
- Promotes a more epistemically egalitarian possibility of dialogue and learning
- Encourages students to listen and learn from other experiences of struggle and agency
- Promotes exploration on how to positively impact social differences and inequalities
Additionally, Core DEI courses will:
- Provide opportunities for students to investigate and analyze how people and communities are related, how they differ, what power relations connects them, what things cause these disparities and how these disparities can be mitigated.
- Explore intersectionality: the simultaneous effects of multiple social constructs, structures, power relations, and identities such as race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality on the human experience and beyond.
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Final Project/Paper ObjectivesThe final project/ paper of the DEI certificate program may be completed as a part of the DEI core course or as an independent assignment to be submitted to the DEI committee prior to graduation.
If completed as an independent assignment, the project/paper should be a culmination of concepts of diversity equity and inclusion that the student has learned from their experiences in the DEI coursework and as a result of their time as a community member at Quinnipiac University. This project/paper should:
• Combine concepts introduced and explored in DEI course to focus on an issue of diversity, equity or inclusion
• Present this issue as it impacts the community (locally or globally)
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Core DEI ClassesEach student must take at least one course from this categoryEN 338 (WGS 338) American Literature by Women of Color
PS 262 Psychology of Women and Gender (WGS 262):
HS 210 Contemporary America
HS 254 Colonial Latin America
PO 313 Development Globalization and Colonialism
WGS 211 (AN 210) Cross Cultural Perspectives on Gender, Sex and Sexuality:
PS 244 Psychology of Prejudice
WGS 252 (AN 252) The Science of Human Diversity: -
General DEI Courses
Students must take courses from this category to equal a total of 4 courses including the Core course(s):LE 250 (WGS 250)
CJ 232 Women in the Criminal Justice System
CJ 253 Sexual Violence
CJ 232 Women in the Criminal Justice System
CJ 253 Sexual ViolenceLE 250 Gender and the Law
LE 350 Federal Indian Law
LE 356 International Environmental law
LE 318 Human Rights Law and Global JusticeEN 223 Hippies, Punks and Rude Boys
EN 235 Literature by Women
EN 265 Black Writers in and Beyond the US
EN 277 Literature of the Americas
EN 340 Immigrant FictionsPS 210 Human Sexuality
PS 284 LGBTQ Identities and CommunitiesHS 208 Twentieth-Century World History
HS 229 Irish History
HS 235 Blood and Revolution in China/ Asian Studies
HS 236 Japan’s Modern Empire/Asian Studies
HS 271 Monks, Kings and Rebels: Mainland Southeast Asia
HS 272 Pirates and Matriarchs: Island Southeast Asia
HS 307 The Holocaust
HS 308 US. Women’s History
HS 309 Women in America: 1920-Present
HS 327 Islamic Societies and Cultures to 1300
HS 332 History of India
HS 333 The Middle East, 1300-1919; Critical Issues
HS 274 Modern India
HS 326 Witches and Werewolves in the Early Modern World
HS 328 Gender in the Non-Western WorldPL 330 Philosophy and Gender
PO 219 Women in Political Though
PO 221 Introduction to Latin America
PO 313 Development Globalization and Colonialism
PO 387 Women in Public PolicySO 202 Gender and Aging
SO 232 Women in the Criminal Justice System
SO 255 Sociology of Families
SO 302 Sexualities
SO 303 Popular Culture and the Media
SO 304 Sociology of Gender
SO 306 Masculinities
SO 284 LGBTQ Identities and CommunitiesSP 203 Environmental Spanish
SP 205 Cultura Puertorriqueña
SP 225 Cultura Cubana
SP 310/311 Spanish for Health Professions
SP 321 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature
SP 329 Spanish American Literature from 1880 to Present
SP 343 Culture of Spain
SP 371 Survey of Spanish-American Literature
SP 373 Latin American Cultures I
SP 374 Latin American Cultures II
SP 376 The Spanish CaribbeanWGS 101 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
WGS 200 Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies
WGS (GT) 202 Gender and Aging
WGS 210 Human Sexuality
WGS 219 Women in Political Thought
WGS 250 Gender and the Law
WGS 232 Women in the Criminal Justice System
WGS 253 Sexual Violence
WGS 255 Sociology of Families
WGS 302 Sexualities
WGS 303 Popular Culture and the Media
WGS 304 Sociology of Gender
WGS 306 Masculinities
WGS 308 US. Women’s History
WGS 309 Women in America: 1920-Present
WGS 311 (MSS 311)Diversity in the Media
WGS 315 (AR 325) Women Artists
WGS 326 Witches and Werewolves in the Early Modern World
WGS 328 Gender in the Non-Western World
WGS 330 Philosophy and Gender
WGS 387 Women and Public Policy
WGS 284 LGBTQ Identities and CommunitiesIn lieu of one 3-credit general IDEAL course, a student may opt to take THREE one-credit micro courses with MCI designation:
MCI-100 Negotiation for Success (1 Credit)
MCI-101 Health, Aging & Intersectionality (1 Credit)
MCI-107 The Case for Race (1 Credit)
MCI-110 Race: A Dangerous Symbol (1 Credit)
MCI 190_01: “Banned” Book Club (1 Credit)
MCI 190_2: Abortion: Activism and Ethics (1 Credit)
MCI 190_03: Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Populations (1 Credit)
MCI 190_DA: Human Rights and Genital Cutting (1 Credit)
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