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Goal 7: Human Diversity

To increase students' understanding of individual and group differences (e.g. race, gender, class) and their knowledge of the traditions and values of various groups in the United States. Students should be able to evaluate the United States' historical and contemporary responses to group differences.

ID Course title Sort descending Goals Credits
HIST 335 A New Birth of Freedom: U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 335
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
IDST 380 Adult Learning and Social Change IDST 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 311 African American History HIST 311
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 244 African Americans in Minnesota ETHS 244
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
2
LIT 361 African-American Literature LIT 361
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 310 American Indian History HIST 310
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
RELS 322 American Indian Spirituality RELS 322
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 334 American Indian Spirituality ETHS 334
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 232 American Indians in Minnesota ETHS 232
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
2
LIT 342 American Literature: 1870-Present LIT 342
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 328 Anthropology of Immigrants and Refugees ANTH 328
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 399 Applied Concepts in Gender Studies GNDR 399
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ARTS 402 Art in Public Spaces ARTS 402
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 363 Asian American Women: Myths and Realities ETHS 363
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
LIT 368 Asian American Literature LIT 368
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 262 Asian Americans in Minnesota ETHS 262
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
2
HIST 312 Beginnings of American Society: Colonial and Revolutionary History HIST 312
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 375 Black Life in Wealth and Poverty ETHS 375
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 370 Black Thought ETHS 370
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
LIT 362 Black Women Writers LIT 362
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HSDS 307 Blind, Deaf Blind, and Deaf Culture, History and Resources HSDS 307
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 383 Careers in Social Issues: Applied and Public Anthropology and Sociology ANTH 383
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
SOC 383 Careers in Social Issues: Applied and Public Anthropology and Sociology SOC 383
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HSFS 342 Children in U.S. Society HSFS 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
IDST 370 Cinema, Self and Other IDST 370
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 315 Color of Incarceration ETHS 315
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 354 Comparative Latinx and Latin American Gender and Sexuality ETHS 354
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
IDST 425 Comparing Alternatives: Community, Diversity, and Utopia IDST 425
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 342 Contemporary Issues in Black America ETHS 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
SOC 301 Contemporary Sociology SOC 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
WRIT 300 Creative Writers, Identity and Race in the Twin Cities WRIT 300
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
DKTA 100 Dakota Language and Culture DKTA 100
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
4
SOC 306 Deviance and Social Control SOC 306
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HSER 303 Disability Awareness HSER 303
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
CJS 360 Diversity in Criminal Justice CJS 360
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
PSYC 356 Early Childhood Development within a Social/Cultural and Historical Context PSYC 356
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
3
ECON 315 Economics of Diversity ECON 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 499 Ethnic Studies Capstone ETHS 499
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 499T Ethnic Studies Capstone Theory Seminar ETHS 499T
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 380 Fandoms, Stanning, Gender and Sexualities in Popular Culture GNDR 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
SOC 321 Food, Culture, and Society SOC 321
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 336 From Roosevelt to Reagan: American History, 1932-1980 HIST 336
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HSVP 307 Gender Violence in Global Perspective HSVP 307
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 270 Gender, Race and Popular Culture GNDR 270
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
3
GNDR 369 GLBT Issues In Literature and Film GNDR 369
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
COMM 372 Health Communication COMM 372
  • Goal 1: Communication
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 361 History of Asian Americans ETHS 361
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 320 History of Asian Americans HIST 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 302 Immigrant Communities and the Trajectories of Othering ETHS 302
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
EDU 451 Immigrants and Refugees in Urban Schools EDU 451
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
3
GNDR 375 Intersectionality GNDR 375
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
PSYC 212 Introduction to Diversity and Ethics in Psychology PSYC 212
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
3
ETHS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies ETHS 100
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
GNDR 201 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies GNDR 201
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
4
COMM 233 Introduction to Intercultural Communication COMM 233
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
3
SSCI 100 Introduction to Social Science SSCI 100
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
4
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology SOC 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
4
GNDR 220 Introductory Topics in Gender Studies GNDR 220
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
2
LING 346 Language and Gender LING 346
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
LING 327 Language and Society LING 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 352 Latina/o Cultural Politics ETHS 352
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 252 Latinas/os in Minnesota ETHS 252
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
2
ETHS 250 Latino/Hispanic Cultural Competency: Introductory Concepts ETHS 250
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
LIT 383 Latinx Literature of the U.S. LIT 383
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 329 Legacies: History of Women and the Family HIST 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 305 Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations ETHS 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
MGMT 360 Managing a Diverse Workforce MGMT 360
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
MGMT 360T Managing a Diverse Workforce Theory Seminar MGMT 360T
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
4
EDU 203 Multicultural Education EDU 203
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Community Engagement
3
LIT 363 Native American Oral and Written Narratives LIT 363
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ANTH 309 New Neighbors: The U.S. Hmong Community ANTH 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
OJIB 100 Ojibwe Culture and Language OJIB 100
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
4
SOC 343 Perspectives on Community Development SOC 343
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
POL 343 Perspectives on Community Development POL 343
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
PHIL 362 Philosophy and Blackness PHIL 362
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
PHIL 306 Philosophy and Sexuality PHIL 306
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 306 Politics of Mixed Racial Identity ETHS 306
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
PSYC 328 Psychology of African Americans PSYC 328
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
PSYC 368 Psychology of the LGBTQ Community PSYC 368
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
PSYC 335 Psychology of Women PSYC 335
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
SOC 329 Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives SOC 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ANTH 329 Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives ANTH 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
TCID 391 Race and Identity in Video Games TCID 391
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
2
ETHS 381 Race and Racism: Philosophical Problems ETHS 381
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
PHIL 366 Race and Racism: Philosophical Problems PHIL 366
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
RELS 333 Race and Religion RELS 333
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 316 Race and Religion ETHS 316
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 324 Race, Identity, and the Internet ETHS 324
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HSCI 358 Racism and Health HSCI 358
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 364 Slavery and Resistance in North America and the Caribbean HIST 364
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 380 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies ETHS 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
1-4
HSER 415 Spirituality and Helping HSER 415
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
SOC 325 The Body in Society SOC 325
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 315 The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s HIST 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
PHIL 365 The Cultural Politics of GLBT Sexuality PHIL 365
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 365 The Cultural Politics of LGBT Sexuality GNDR 365
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
HSDS 399 The Disability Experience in Television and Film HSDS 399
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 334 The Great Depression of the 1930s HIST 334
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HUM 364 The Harlem Renaissance HUM 364
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HUM 333 The Photo and the Other HUM 333
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4