Understanding Human Diversity
The Understanding Human Diversity micro-credential is designed to develop knowledge, skills, understanding of cultural competency. The micro-credential demonstrates to employers and graduate schools that the student has a developed an understanding of social differences and how to think critically about social inequality, race, and gender.
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Earning Criteria
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SOC 3213 Minority Groups: the sociological study of race and ethnicity, including cultural characteristics, social structures, changes, and associated problems. This course will analyze the status of racial, ethnic, and other minority groups within their economic, legal, and social systems.
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SOC 3443 Sociology of Gender: the course focuses on the social construction of gender and the influence of gender on experiences in different social contexts. It will also explore how gender intersects and interacts with other social categories such as race, ethnicity, class, age, ability and sexuality. Lastly, it will examine how gender inequality is built into the structure of social institutions and the individual and social consequences of these inequalities.
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SOC 3463 Social Inequality: through an examination of such topics as inequality of opportunity, education, gender, income, wealth, race/ethnicity, and immigration status this course explores different forms of inequality both globally and in the United States.