2008 - 2009 United States Diversity (U)

Recognizing that the understanding of diversity is intimately tied to the concepts of culture, race, language, identity, and inter-group dynamics, as well as their applications to complex situations, United States diversity courses place their focus on the theoretical discussion of these concepts as well as the in-depth analysis of complex situations through these concepts.

United States Diversity courses:

• Require students to demonstrate their grasp of theoretical concepts involving culture, as well as to show that they can use these concepts respectfully to analyze both culture in the real world and the rhetoric about culture.
• Involve in-depth, analytical discussions about the concepts of culture, the similarities and differences between cultures, the real-world consequences of these concepts, both historically and contemporarily, and cultural interactions in the United States, both historically and contemporarily.
• Provide in-depth and focused attention to illustrating and analyzing cultural concepts in complex contexts, preferably including different cultural groups.
• Utilize assignments that emphasize some of the following:
  • the cultural analysis of complex situations.
  • the theoretical concepts of culture as applied to real-world situations.
  • reflexivity of students in terms of their own culture and their position in relationship to other cultures.
  • the improvement of thinking and writing skills as applied to complex problems.
  • the ability of students to think through problems of cultural difference and decide when and when not such difference can be accepted.

For more details regarding the content of United States Diversity courses, please see Social-Cultural Diversity Criteria.

Approved United States Diversity (U) Courses

Communication 102	Communication and the Human Community	(3)
English 265	Native American Literature	(3)
English 365	Black American Writers	(3)
Geography 262	Geography of North America I	(3)
History 220	History of North Dakota	(3)
Humanities 224	Integrated Social Science Inquiry	(2-4)
Indian Studies 121	Introduction to Indian Studies	(3)
Indian Studies 151	White Images of Native Americans	(3)
Indian Studies 171	Hollywood Indians	(3)
Indian Studies 201	History of the Sioux	(3)
Indian Studies 203	History of the Chippewa	(3)
Indian Studies 207	History of the Three Affiliated Tribes	(3)
Indian Studies 212	Trade in Native North America	(3)
Indian Studies 220	Indians in Children's Literature	(3)
Indian Studies 330	Contemporary Plains Indian Culture	(3)
Indian Studies 331	Traditional Plains Indian Culture	(3)
Indian Studies 346	American Indian Women	(3)
Indian Studies 350	Native American Languages	(3)
Indian Studies 352	Native American Philosophical Thought	(3)
Indian Studies 370	North American Indians	(3)
Indian Studies 371	Reservation Government and Politics	(3)
Indian Studies 380	Indians in the 21st Century	(3)
Nursing 490	Transcultural Health Care Theories, Research, & Practice	(3)
Political Science 318	American Political Thought	(3)
Psychology 361	Social Psychology	(3)
Religion 120	Religion in America	(3)
Religion 410	Asian Religions in the United States	(3)
Sociology 250	Diversity in American Society	(3)
Teaching & Learning 433	Multicultural Education	(3)
Women Studies 225	Introduction to the Study of Women	(3)