Diverse Perspectives for Professionals Requirements

These courses are required for a Diverse Perspectives for Professionals certificate.

Certificate in Diverse Perspectives for Professionals

Nine total credits, consisting of at least one course from each of the following categories:

Category I: Perspectives in the Social Sciences

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ANTH 171	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
IS 311		3
PSYC 365	Psychology of Women and Gender	3
PSYC 421	Diversity Psychology	3
SOC 110	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 115	Social Problems	3
SOC 250	Diversity in American Society	3
SOC 436	Social Inequality	3

Category II: Perspectives in Indigenous Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
IS 121	Introduction to American Indian Studies	3
IS 151	Popular Culture and American Indians	3
IS 181		3
IS 201	History of the Lakota	3
IS 203	History of the Ojibwe	3
IS 204		3
IS 207	History of the Three Affiliated Tribes	3
IS 221		3
IS 222		3
IS 344	Boarding Schools and Their Legacies	3
IS 346		3
IS 360	Oral Traditions in American Indian Cultures	3
IS 395		3
IS 410	Indigenous Identities	3

Category III: Perspectives in the Humanities

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ENGL 230	Analyzing Worldview through Story	3
ENGL 357	Women Writers and Readers	3
ENGL 365	Black American Writers	3
ENGL 367	Indigenous Literatures	3
HIST 206	History of Canada's First Nations	3
HIST 260	Slaves, Citizens and Social Change	3
HIST 328	Human Rights	3
HIST 332	Women in Early America	3
HIST 333	Women in Modern America	3
HIST 370	African-American History to 1877	3
HIST 371	African-American History since 1877	3
LANG 380	Global Gateways	3
PHIL 103	Introduction to Religious Studies	3
PHIL 105	Religions of Asia	3
PHIL 245	Death and Dying	3
PHIL 251	Ethics in Health Care	3
PHIL 315	Philosophy of Race Postcolonialism	3
PHIL 320	Hinduism	3
PHIL 360	Feminist Philosophy	3
PHIL 380	Buddhism	3
WGS 200	Introduction to Gender Studies	3
WGS 225	The Study of Women	3

The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April.

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