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This certificate program will introduce you to different dimensions of cultural competence. You’ll learn about the principles of diversity and inclusion. This certificate benefits students, educators, social workers, administrators, business professionals, healthcare workers, law enforcement, criminal justice agencies, non-profits, and more.

In the program, you’ll examine the historical backgrounds, cultural values and communication styles of five American co-cultures. In turn, you’ll be equipped in areas such as:

  • Privilege and oppression
  • The sources and impact of prejudice and discrimination
  • Micro-aggressions and unconscious/implicit bias
  • Engaged listening
  • Team building
  • Servant leadership

What You'll Learn

The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.

Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, Undergraduate

Required Courses
AAST 200AN INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION3
AAST/HIST 220AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: POST CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT5
Required Electives–choose upper-division AAST or any of the following:10
LATINO IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.
LATINO FAMILY IN THE U.S.
GENDER REVOLUTION AND POLITICS
ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS
CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS WOMEN
WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY
AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY I
AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY II
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ISSUES
RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
SEX AND GENDER
GLOBAL MIGRATION
Total Credits18

Sample Courses

CHST 335. GENDER REVOLUTION AND POLITICS. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 201.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
This course provides a broad overview of the political mobilization of women in Latin American conflicts which challenged authoritarian regimes and other systems of power by exploring the participation of women in revolutionary movements as combatants and other supporting and leadership roles. Systems of oppression such as masculinity, patriarchy, militarism and violence within the Latin American and U.S. context are examined.

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GWSS 340. TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS. 5 Credits.

Cross-listed: INST 340.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201 or equivalent.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
This class challenges notions of “global sisterhood” by centering decolonial, Indigenous, post-colonial, queer of color, immigrant, and anti-imperialist feminist activism and theorizing. We employ a gendered lens to global politics, exploring transnational themes such as nationalism, fundamentalism, migration, neoliberalism, representation, “development” and global economies, war and militarism, human rights, and solidarity.

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IDST 321. CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ISSUES. 5 Credits.

Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
This course will examine the contemporary educational, social, political and cultural issues currently impacting Native American communities. Through individual and group research, students will discuss a range of issues including educational reform, community organizing, economic development, land rights, the breakdown of traditional families and culturally relevant program development within various Native American communities. Focus will be on the Native American nations.

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SOCI 320. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 101 or equivalent.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
This course offers a sociological examination of the system of racial and ethnic inequalities from a global perspective. It will introduce students to 1. relevant sociological concepts and theories, 2. an overview of historical and contemporary development of racial inequalities, and 3. sociological research in this area of study.

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Africana Studies

Africana Studies Program
204 Monroe Hall
Cheney, WA 99004
P: 509.359.2847
E: africanastudies@ewu.edu

ewu.edu/africana

EWU Land Acknowledgement

Eastern Washington University resides within the traditional homelands of the Spokane People and other tribes who are connected through their shared history of this region.

This land holds their cultural DNA and it is their Ancestors who are here and bring forth the knowledge of this place—the knowledge that comes from the land.

Learn more at our Office of Native American Affairs.