Understanding Diverse Perspectives

(LER–DIV)

Students must demonstrate an understanding of the range of human experiences and perspectives across social categories, such as gender, class, race, ethnicity, religious background, able-bodiness, or sexual orientation. Designated courses across the curriculum that emphasize one or more of these categories fulfill this requirement.

• ANT 234 - Religion, Myth, and Symbol (3 Cr.)
• ANT 275 - Language Myths (3 Cr.)
• COM 213 - Making Sense of Popular Culture (3 Cr.)
• COM 257 - Intercultural Communication (3 Cr.)
• ED 103 - Adolescent Development (3-4 Cr.)
• ENG 256 - Multiethnic American Literature ()
• ENG 275 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (3 Cr.)
• ENG 285 - Contemporary Literature From India, Africa, and Australia (3 Cr.)
• FR 245 - Bouillon De Culture—Introduction to French Studies (4 Cr.)
• FR 256 - Exploring Literature (19th and 20th Centuries) (4 Cr.)
• FR 258 - Current Events in Fifth-republic France (4 Cr.)
• GER 250 - Special Topics in Modern German Culture (4 Cr.)
• HIS 110 - American Society and Culture: 1607-1876 (3 Cr.)
• HIS 111 - American Society and Culture: 1865 to the Present (3 Cr.)
• JS 105 - The Jewish Experience ()
• JS 270 - Current Trends in Israeli Cinema (3 Cr.)
• LAM 105 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (3 Cr.)
• LAM 268 - Latin American History: Pre-Columbian to the Present (4 Cr.)
• LAM 280 - Selected Topics in Latin American Studies (3 Cr.)
• PHL 105 - Personal and Community Ethics (3 Cr.)
• PHL 115 - Race, Gender, and Sexuality (3 Cr.)
• PSY 219 - Cultural Psychology (3 Cr.)
• RLG 130 - Introduction to World Religions (3 Cr.)
• RLG 207 - Islamic Thought (3 Cr.)
• RLG 212 - New Religious Movements (3 Cr.)
• RLG 236 - Womanist Theology (3 Cr.)
• RLG 237 - Black Religious Thought I (3 Cr.)
• RLG 273 - Queer(y)ing Religion (3 Cr.)
• SOC 220 - Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (4 Cr.)
• SP 263 - Spanish in the Workplace: Language and Culture (3 Cr.)
• SP 265 - The Intrepid Dialectologist: Learning Spanish Through Dialects and Service Learning (3 Cr.)
• SPE 100 - Special Education: Historical, Philosophical, and Legal Foundations (4 Cr.)
• WS 100 - Confronting Inequality: Women in Contemporary American Society (3 Cr.)
• WS 192 - Politics for Every Woman (3 Cr.)
• WS 227 - Becoming Visible: Fictions of International Female Identity (3 Cr.)
• WS 230 - Contemporary Feminisms: Diverse Voices (3 Cr.)
• WS 242 - Women and Environmental Justice (3 Cr.)