The purpose of Kent State’s diversity requirement is to help educate students to live in a world of diverse communities, many of which are becoming increasingly permeated with cultural and ideological differences. The study of diversity is intended to promote awareness of local and global differences, to identify shared values, to improve understanding of one’s own culture, and to encourage people to explore and respect differences.
The diversity requirement is part of the university’s broader efforts to encourage, both at the university and beyond, the development of communities in which all members and their contributions are recognized and valued. Diversity courses provide opportunities for students to learn about such matters as the history, culture, values and notable achievements of people other than those of their own national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, physical and mental ability, and social class. Diversity courses also provide opportunities to examine problems and issues that may arise from differences, and opportunities to learn how to deal constructively with them.
Courses that satisfy the diversity requirement aim to give students significant opportunities to:
- Address diversity issues, particularly those involving unequal and/or discriminatory treatment
- Compare positive and negative implications of various parochial or "...centric" perspectives
- Encourage global awareness and sensitivity
- Engage issues of racial or ethnic perceptions, attitudes and stereotypes
- Examine patterns and trends of diversity in the United States
- Explore ways to communicate and participate constructively in a diverse community
- Foster appreciation of aesthetic dimensions of other traditions and cultures
- Learn systematic approaches to understanding cultural differences and commonalities
- Learn systematic techniques for dealing constructively with problems arising out of cultural differences
- Participate in special programs that promote understanding other peoples
- 学习西方和非西方文化的世界context or from a comparative perspective
- Understand how one’s own culture shapes one’s perceptions, ideology and values
It is understood that not every course will address all of these criteria.
Requirements
As part of the requirements for any bachelor's degree at Kent State, all students must satisfy the diversity requirement, consisting of one course addressing domestic (U.S.) issues and one course addressing global issues.
At least one course must come from theKent Core. Students may satisfy the second diversity requirement in one of three ways:
- They may complete the second diversity course from theKent Core, which also will count toward fulfilling the Kent Core.
- They may complete any non-Kent Core diversity course. This course may also count toward major or minor program requirements or may be used as an elective.
- They may, with approval from their dean, satisfy the second diversity requirement by completing one semester of study in another country.
Diversity Criteria and Guidelines
Domestic Diversity Focus
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFS 23002 | BLACK EXPERIENCE II: 1865 TO PRESENT (DIVD) (KHUM) | 3 |
| AFS 30010 | AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| AFS 33100 | 非洲AMERICAN FAMILY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) | 3 |
| AFS 33110 | BLACK WOMEN, CULTURE AND SOCIETY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) | 3 |
| AFS 33171 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| AFS 33310 | AFRO-LATINX COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. (DIVD) | 3 |
| ARTH 42059 | AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND VISUAL CULTURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ARTH 42065 | FEMINIST AND QUEER ART AND CULTURAL THEORY (DIVD) | 3 |
| COMM 26000 | CRITICISM OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE (DIVD) (KHUM) | 3 |
| COMM 35912 | GENDER AND COMMUNICATION (DIVD) | 3 |
| COMM 46605 | COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (DIVD) | 3 |
| CRIM 36800 | LGBTQ POPULATIONS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM (DIVD) | 3 |
| CRIM 37311 | MINORITIES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE (DIVD) | 3 |
| CRIM 37411 | WOMEN IN CRIME AND JUSTICE (DIVD) | 3 |
| CRIM 37511 | IMMIGRATION: LAW, CRIME AND JUSTICE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ECON 32083 | THE ECONOMICS OF POVERTY (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 21001 | INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 21002 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 21003 | INTRODUCTION TO LGBT LITERATURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 33005 | NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 34021 | WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 35301 | LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) | 3 |
| ENG 41001 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN SCHOOLING (DIVD) (WIC) | 3 |
| ENGR 31000 | CULTURAL DYNAMICS TECHNOLOGY (DIVD) (WIC) | 3 |
| GEOG 17064 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| GERO 14029 | INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| HDF 24011 | INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 12070 | EARLY AMERICA: FROM PRE-COLONIZATION TO CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (DIVD) (KHUM) | 3 |
| HIST 12071 | MODERN AMERICA: FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION (DIVD) (KHUM) | 3 |
| HIST 31104 | MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA, 1607 TO PRESENT (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 41056 | THE INVENTION OF AMERICA: 1492-1714 (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 41057 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S WORLD: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 41056 | THE INVENTION OF AMERICA: 1492-1714 (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 41057 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S WORLD: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA (DIVD) | 3 |
| HIST 41071 | IDEAS IN ACTION: U.S. INTELLECTUAL HISTORY (DIVD) | 3 |
| MDJ 20001 | MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| MUS 22131 | SURVEY OF ROCK MUSIC HISTORY (DIVD) | 3 |
| MUS 42161 | HISTORY OF JAZZ (DIVD) | 3 |
| MUS 42165 | HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY POPULAR MUSIC (DIVD) (WIC) | 3 |
| PACS 11001 | INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| PH 44000 | HEALTH DISPARITIES (DIVD) (WIC) | 3 |
| PHIL 31035 | PHILOSOPHY AND JUSTICE (DIVD) | 3 |
| PHIL 31040 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (DIVD) | 3 |
| PHIL 31070 | AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| PHIL 31072 | AMERICAN INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| POL 10100 | AMERICAN POLITICS (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| POL 40183 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| POL 40470 | WOMEN, POLITICS AND POLICY (DIVD) | 3 |
| POL 40620 | POLITICS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (DIVD) | 3 |
| PSYC 11762 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| PSYC 20651 | CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| PSYC 21211 | PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| PSYC 40625 | DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLE AND IDENTITY (DIVD) | 3 |
| RPTM 36040 | INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN LEISURE SERVICES (DIVD) | 3 |
| RPTM 36085 | LEISURE AND CULTURE (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 12050 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS) | 3 |
| SOC 32560 | SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 32565 | SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 32569 | MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 32570 | INEQUALITY IN SOCIETIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 42315 | SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 42568 | RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| SOC 42879 | AGING IN SOCIETY (DIVD) | 3 |
| SPAD 25000 | SPORT IN SOCIETY (DIVD) | 3 |
| SPED 23000 | INTRODUCTION TO EXCEPTIONALITIES (DIVD) | 3 |
| THEA 41113 | THEATRE IN A MULTICULTURAL AMERICA (DIVD) | 3 |
| THEA 41115 | LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD) | 3 |
| WMST 30091 | KEY CONVERSATIONS THROUGH WOMEN'S STUDIES (DIVD) | 3 |
Global Diversity Focus
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFS 23001 | BLACK EXPERIENCE I: BEGINNINGS TO 1865 (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| AFS 24407 | INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN STUDIES (DIVG) | 3 |
| AFS 32050 | AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG) | 3 |
| AFS 34000 | INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG) | 3 |
| AFS 37100 | AFRICANA WOMEN’S LITERATURE (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 18210 | INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| ANTH 18420 | INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| ANTH 48212 | KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48245 | PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48250 | MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48262 | PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF AMAZONIA (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48360 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48630 | PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES (DIVG) | 3 |
| ANTH 48830 | HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (DIVG) (ELR) (WIC) | 3 |
| ARTH 22010 | INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART (DIVG) | 3 |
| ARTH 22021 | ART HISTORY: AFRICAN ART (DIVG) (KFA) | 3 |
| ARTH 42025 | ART OF WEST AFRICA (DIVG) | 3 |
| ARTH 42028 | CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART: 1980-PRESENT (DIVG) | 3 |
| CLAS 21404 | THE GREEK ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| CLAS 21405 | THE ROMAN ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| COMM 35852 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (DIVG) | 3 |
| DAN 27076 | DANCE AS AN ART FORM (DIVG) (KFA) | 3 |
| ENG 31006 | WORLD ENGLISHES (DIVG) (WIC) | 3 |
| ENG 33013 | AFRICANA WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVG) | 3 |
| ENG 33015 | AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG) | 3 |
| ENG 34011 | WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 17063 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| GEOG 22040 | INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL TOURISM (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 22061 | HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| GEOG 32080 | POLITICS AND PLACE (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 36065 | CITIES AND URBANIZATION (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 37040 | GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 37066 | GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 37070 | GEOGRAPHY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 37084 | GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AMERICA (DIVG) | 3 |
| GEOG 37085 | GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (DIVG) | 3 |
| HIST 11050 | WORLD HISTORY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| HIST 11051 | WORLD HISTORY: MODERN (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| HIST 31140 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA (DIVG) | 3 |
| HIST 31141 | EARLY MODERN LATIN AMERICA (C. 1450-1820) (DIVG) | 3 |
| INTS 10504 | THE NEW PANGAEA: YOUR ROLE IN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY (DIVG) | 3 |
| INTS 30570 | PALESTINE AND ISRAEL (DIVG) | 3 |
| INTS 40560 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (DIVG) | 3 |
| MCLS 21417 | MULTICULTURALISM IN TODAY'S GERMANY (DIVG) | 3 |
| MCLS 22217 | DIVERSITY IN TODAY'S RUSSIA (DIVG) | 3 |
| MCLS 28404 | THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (DIVG) | 3 |
| MUS 22121 | MUSIC AS A WORLD PHENOMENON (DIVG) (KFA) | 3 |
| MUS 42181 | POPULAR WORLD MUSIC (DIVG) | 3 |
| NURS 40020 | COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (DIVG) | 4 |
| NURS 44001 | POPULATION-BASED NURSING FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE (DIVG) | 3 |
| PACS 32030 | INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION (DIVG) | 3 |
| PACS 32040 | CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG) | 3 |
| PACS 41010 | RECONCILIATION VERSUS REVENGE: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (DIVG) (WIC) | 3 |
| PH 10002 | INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH (DIVG) | 3 |
| PHIL 11001 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| PHIL 21001 | INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (DIVG) (KHUM) | 3 |
| PHIL 31075 | PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE (DIVG) | 3 |
| PHIL 41491 | SEMINAR IN ASIAN PHILOSOPHY (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 10004 | COMPARATIVE POLITICS (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| POL 10500 | WORLD POLITICS (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| POL 30520 | EUROPEAN POLITICS (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 30530 | ASIAN POLITICS (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 30550 | LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 30560 | MIDDLE EAST POLITICS (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 30570 | PALESTINE AND ISRAEL (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 40540 | POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT (DIVG) | 3 |
| POL 40560 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (DIVG) | 3 |
| REL 11020 | INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) | 3 |
| REL 21021 | MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) | 3 |
| RPTM 26060 | INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL TOURISM (DIVG) | 3 |
| SOC 22778 | 社会职业BLEMS (DIVG) (KSS) | 3 |
| SOC 32673 | URBAN SOCIOLOGY (DIVG) | 3 |
| SOC 42575 | FAMILIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (DIVG) | 3 |
| SPAN 58424 | SPANISH-AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH SONGS (DIVG) | 3 |
| THEA 11000 | THE ART OF THE THEATRE (DIVG) (KFA) | 3 |