Diversity Minor Requirements: 25 credits to include the following:
- One course from the following list of Foundation courses (5 credits):
AES 151: Introduction ot the Cultures of American Ethnic Groups
ANTH 330: Religion, Identity and Cultural Pluralism
HSTAA 105: The Peoples of the United States
LSJ 332: Disability and Society: Introduction to Disability Studies
PSYCH 250: Racism and Minority Groups
WOMEN 200: Introduction to Women Studies
COM 495: Communication, Media, and Cultural Difference
- A maximum of 10 credits from a department may be applied toward the Diversity Minor, and a maximum of 10 credits from the student’s major department to be applied toward the Diversity Minor. A minimum of 15 credits must be completed in residence at the UW. There are no limits on the number of credits in a minor that may apply to a different major. For a complete list of course options, see the courses page.
- A minimum of 4 additional courses with one course from four of the five following categories (20 credits): Arts/Cultural, Historical, Global, Contemporary/Institutional, Applications.
These are examples of courses that apply to the different area categories:
Arts/Cultural
AES 212 Comparative American Ethnic Literature (5) I&S/VLPA
ART H 331 Northwest Coast Indian Art (5) I&S/VLPA, w/ ANTH 331
WOMEN 454 Women, Words, Music, and Change (5) I&S/VLPA, w/ ANTH 454
Historical
CHSTU 254 Northwest Latinos: History, Community, Culture (5) I&S
CLAS 326 Women in Antiquity (3) I&S/VLPA
HSTAA 150 Introduction to African-American History (5) I&S, w/ AFRAM 150
Global
ANTH 316 Modern South Asia (5) I&S w/ SISSA 316
GEOG 123 Introduction of Globalization (5) I&S, w/ SIS 123
SIS 470 Human Rights in Latin America (5) I&S w/ LSJ 410
Contemporary/Institutional
COM 306 Media, Society and Political Identity (5) I&S, w/ POL S 306
LING 458 Language and Gender (5) I&S, VLPA, w/ ANTH 450/ WOMEN 450
PHYS 451 Issues for Ethnic Minorities & Women in Science and Engineering (5) I&S
Applications- applied learning opportunities that provide experiences outside the classroom and promote the goals of the Diversity Minor:
Internships
Service Learning
Independent Study
Volunteer projects
Research projects
Study Abroad
Intergroup Dialogues Courses
General Minor Requirements
A minimum 2.00 GPA is required for courses taken to complete a minor. Departments may require a 2.0 (or lower) minimum grade in each course taken for the minor. In such cases, the 2.0 course-grade minimum is specified as part of the minor requirements (shown below). If a 2.0 (or lower) course-grade minimum is not specified, any passing letter or numerical grade is acceptable, so long as the GPA for all courses counted toward the minor is at least 2.00. Courses taken S/NS may not be counted toward a minor.
A student may not complete a major and a minor in the same program. However, there are no limits on the number of credits in a minor that may apply to a different major, and vice versa. For example, some religion courses may count toward the comparative history of ideas minor. A student who minors in comparative history of ideas and majors in comparative religion may count these courses toward both the minor and the major.
Courses in the minor may also count, as appropriate, toward foreign language, Q/SR, writing, and Areas of Knowledge requirements, without restriction. Also note that if the minor is in a school/college different from that of the major, the student must complete the general education requirements for the school/college of the major, but not the minor.
Uncompleted Minors
If a student declared a minor but it does not appear on the graduation application, the Graduation and Academic Records Office will drop it. On the other hand, if a student does list a minor on the degree application, the student must complete that minor or drop it officially, or s/he will not graduate. This protects the student from being graduated when the actual intent is to continue on in order to complete the minor.
Adding Minors After Applying to Graduate
A student who wants to add a minor after the graduation application has been submitted must see his/her adviser, who will update the application and notify the Graduation and Academic Records Office.
Certifying Completion of the Minor
Minors are posted on the student's transcript. A minor must be awarded at the same time the student's first bachelor's degree is awarded. This means:
- A student who doesn't graduate cannot be awarded a minor.
- A student can't earn a minor after graduation.
Applications
Diversity Minor students are strongly encouraged to complete an internship, volunteer project, research project, study abroad, Intergroup Dialogue course, or some applied learning opportunity that promotes the goals of the Minor.
For additional information, please contact the Diversity Minor program office.
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Diversity Minor Course Criteria
Introduction
The Diversity Minor is intended to acquaint students with a broad and introductory understanding of human diversity, domestic and abroad. Upon completion of the minor students should have foundational knowledge of socially constructed identities such as race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, age, ethnicity, and nationality. The central learning goals for the minor are:
(1) To provide an in-depth analysis of at least one socially constructed identity
(2) To teach about the intersections of socially constructed categories, perspectives and experiences
(3) To investigate the phenomena of transnationalism and globalism as they are related to identities and issues of power
(4) To teach students to think critically about power, inequality, marginality and activism.
Foundations Courses
The structure of the minor consists of Foundations and Category courses. For a course to qualify as a Foundations course, it must cover all four of the learning goals above with depth and consistency.
Category Courses
For a course to qualify as a category course it must feature at least one of the four learning goals above and be consistent with a minor category description. The Diversity Minor categories and their descriptions are as follows:
Arts/Cultural Category
These courses explore the customs, traditions, and cultural expressions (art, dance, music, literature, etc.) as they relate to experiences of power, privilege, oppression and activism.*
Global Category
These courses analyze global dimensions of difference: comparative systems of race, gender, etc; international monetary and social policy; colonialism and neocolonialism; immigration patterns and policy, environmentalism and others.
Historical Category
These courses explore the historical precursors of contemporary power relationships and the interconnected histories of various people as they relate to power, privilege and oppression.
Contemporary/Institutional Category
These courses investigate contemporary society and how institutions like education, law, government, religion, science, health, military, and others contribute to the inequitable distribution of power and privilege in society.
Applications Category
In these learning opportunities, students utilize skills and understandings from previous coursework in applied situations such as Intergroup Dialogues courses, internships, research and community service projects that merit academic credit and are related to the learning goals of the minor.
Encouraged
In addition to the course requirements outlined above, courses within the Diversity Minor are encouraged to:
- Use a variety of pedagogical methods
- Utilize extra and co-curricular activities
- Illustrate theoretical concepts with familiar examples
- Integrate academic and practical knowledge
Inadmissible
In accordance with the requirements outlined above, the following courses do not meet the Minor criterion and will not be accepted within the minor.
- A language course that focuses on language acquisition
- A course with a single unit or reading related to these topics
* Efforts to create and maintain non-dominant and marginalized cultures are a form of resistance/activism: i.e. hip-hop, immigrant communities, sexually minority cultures, etc.
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