Course Details

This timely and thought-provoking course offers the opportunity to trace the historical progression of race, ethnicity, and gender in the United States as well as globally. Topics include immigration, assimilation and pluralism, the evolution of dominant-minority groups, colonization and ethnic enclaves, and gender and inequality. Challenges for the present and future of ethnic groups are explored. This course is specifically designed to increase knowledge and improve understanding of diversity issues, and clarify thinking about social inequalities related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Students will learn how to apply this knowledge and information to a readily-applicable unit of study for their students.

Through an informative research-based text, students will gain a deeper understanding of the many reasons American minority groups remain inseparable from the American experience and how the themes and topics learned from this course will continue to shape the future of our society. 

This course is applicable towards the following certificate:
* Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom