University of Arkansas - Fort Smith issued the following announcement on Dec. 7.
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith students now have the option to minor in an important new discipline: Diversity Studies, following approval from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This new minor will allow students to combine courses from multiple disciplines to form a meaningful understanding of the social implications of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in history and the workforce.
Students who choose to minor in Diversity Studies will be required to take Introduction to Diversity Studies and Cultural Anthropology to form a contextual basis for the minor, followed by four more upper-level courses that have a diversity emphasis to them. Classes can be utilized from a range of disciplines that include Anthropology, Criminal Justice, English, Foreign Language, History, Media Communication, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, and Spanish.
Dr. Daniel Maher has been named Coordinator of the Diversity Studies minor. According to Maher, "What makes this minor degree unique is that students can draw from a pool of over 30 classes to build their own degree emphasis. It is a perfect fit for any student who likes to take interdisciplinary perspectives into account."
A Global Studies theme could be made, for example, by taking Languages of the World, History of Latin America, Social Media and Globalism, and International Relations, courses spanning departments from World Languages to Media Communication. A Sex and Gender theme could be created by taking Women and Literature, Modern American Women's History, Psychology of Human Sexuality, and Sex and Gender, with courses in the History and English departments balancing Sociology and Psychology courses. Likewise, a Race and Ethnicity emphasis could be experienced by taking Diversity Through Historical Archaeology, Hate Crimes, Intercultural Communication, and Diversity and Social Economic Justice, with courses in Criminal Justice and Social Work programs helping students develop a robust understanding of real-world applications of the topic.
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Source: University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
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