Dr. Cheryl A. Wall, vice chair of the university’s implementation steering committee for transforming undergraduate education, says the diversity requirement will complement a new global awareness requirement. Students will engage in political and theoretical debates involving race, ethnicity, language, migration and diasporas, gender and sexuality.
“Diversity can be diversity within U.S. culture and society; global awareness has to look at the experiences and cultures and histories of people outside the U.S. borders,” Wall says. “We are well aware that our students will live and work in a globalized environment and economy.”
Beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year, all incoming students will have options of which diversity classes to take. Regardless of major of study, all students will need to take three credit hours to fulfill each requirement. Specific diversity courses, Wall says, will be finalized during the current academic year.
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