Certificate Curriculum

SOCIAL JUSTICE CORE (6 sem. hrs.)

Two courses from two different disciplines will focus on social justice broadly defined. Students choose from:

• ANT 306 Culture & Power
• ANT-SOC 368 Immigration
• CMM 385 Dialogue, Power & Diversity
• CMS 316 Intercultural Communication
• EDT 340 Educating Diverse Student Populations in Inclusive Settings
• ENG 345 Colonial & Postcolonial Literature
• HST 375 History of US Foreign Relations Since 1750
• POL 333 Politics of Human Rights
• PHL 327 Philosophy of Peace
• PHL 371 Philosophy & Human Rights
• REL 261 Faith Traditions: Human Rights
• REL 475 Theology of Inculturation
• SOC 339 Social Inequality
• VAH 483 PostColonial and Global Art Histories

CONTEXT CORE (3 sem hrs.)

One course from a discipline different than taken above. Students choose from:

• ANT 325 Anthropology of Human Rights
• ANT 352 Cultures of Latin America
• ANT 360 Making Modern South Asia [same as HST 210]
• CMS 414 Global Communication
• CMM 464 International Public Relations
• ENG 335 African American Literature
• ENG 340 Prisons in Literature and Culture
• ENG 346 Literature and Human Rights
• ENG 359 Discourse Analysis
• ENG 374 Visual Rhetoric
• ENG 387 Literature and Ethics
• HST 210 Making Modern South Asia [same as ANT 360]
• HST 368 The Soviet Experiment: From Lenin to Putin
• HST 312 Age of Democratic Revolutions
• HST 314 Modern Europe in Decline 1900-1945
• HST 315 Postwar Europe 1945-1990
• HST 331 History of India
• HST 339 Gandhi's India
• HST 329 American and Middle East
• HST 332 Modern East Asia
• HST 354 History of Women & Gender in the Middle East
• HST 357 Modern Latin America
• HST 358 Social & Cultural History of Latin America
• HST 382 History of Mexico
• HST 383 History of the Caribbean
• HST 386 China in Revolution
• HST 319 The British Empire
• PHL 355 Asian Philosophy
• PHL 363 African Philosophy
• PHL 365 Islamic Philosophy and Culture
• PHL 347 Japanese Philosophy
• PHL 379 Latin American Philosophy
• REL 208 Faith Traditions: Islamic Religious Traditions
• REL 261 Faith Traditions: Human Rights
• REL 322 Latino/Latina Religious Experiences
• REL 358 Liberation Theologies
• REL 207 Faith Traditions: Judaism
• SOC 328 Racial and Ethnic Relations
• SOC 371 Sociology of Human Rights
• VAH 310 History of Art and Activism
• VAH 320 Latin American Art
• VAH 330 Arts of Asia
• VAR 330 Comparative Visual Culture in Film
• CHI 345 Chinese Civilization and Culture
• FRN 341 French Culture & Civilization
• FRN 381 History of French Cinema
• GER 341 German Culture & Civilization
• GER 351 German Film
• ITA 341 Italian Culture & Civilization I
• SPN 341 Spanish Culture & Civilization
• SPN 342 Ibero-American Culture & Civilization
• SPN 480 Spanish & Ibero-American Cinema

Language (0-15 sem. hrs.)

Students demonstrate language proficiency at target level. Proficiency can be demonstrated in one of two ways:

• LNG 101, 141, 201, 202/301 or equivalent
• Placement exam. If taken via credit, 15 hours for Chinese and Arabic and 14 hours for all other languages offered

Leadership (3 sem. hrs.)

Students choose one from the following:

• ASI 372 Professional Ethics in a Global Community-Education
• EGR 373 Professional Ethics in a Global Society
• SOC/POL 426 Leadership in Building Communities
• POL 361 Leadership in Nongovernmental Organizations
• MGT 403 Cross-Cultural Management

Experiential Capstone (1 sem. hr.)

Students choose one from the following: 

• UDI 210 SAIL: Semester Abroad, Intercultural Leadership and Re-Entry
• UDI 267 Global Learning Living Community - Journey towards Global Citizenship
• UDI 377 Creating Inclusive Communities 2.0
• UDI 410 MAXIE Integrate -International and Intercultural Leadership

Total semester hours: 13 to 28

Course descriptions are available in the online catalog (www) >