2023-2025 U.S. Diversity Courses

U.S. Diversity Requirement

The following courses from the 2023 and 2024 catalogs are approved for the U.S. Diversity Requirement by the U.S. Diversity Course Requirement Committee. Courses approved as U.S. Diversity after the publishing of the catalog include their approval date. See the note on the Schedule of Classes to verify a course will be applied to the U.S. Diversity requirement on your degree audit. 

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A M D 165 Dress and Diversity in Society. Cr. 3.
A M D 458 / A M D 558 / WGS 458 / WGS 558 Queer Fashions: History, Culture, and the Industry. Cr. 3.

AF AM 201 Introduction to African and African American Studies. Cr. 3. 

AESHM 462X Black Lives Matter: Fashion, Politics, and Resistance Movements. Cr. 3.

AM IN 201 Native People in American Culture. Cr. 3.

AM IN 205 American Indians in the Movies. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 210 Introduction to American Indian Studies. Cr. 3. 
AM IN 225 / ANTHR 225 American Indians of Iowa. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 240 / ENGL 240 Introduction to American Indian Literature. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 311 Federal Indian Law and Policy. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 312 American Indian Education. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 313 / NREM 313 Native Land, Resources, and Water. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 324 / ANTHR 324 Health and Native American Communities. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
AM IN 327X Native American Agriculture. Cr. 3.

ANTHR 322 / ANTHR 522 / AM IN 322 Peoples and Cultures of Native North America. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

ARCH 321 History of the American City. Cr. 3.

ARTGR 388 / ARTGR 588 Graphic Design History/Theory/Criticism II. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

ART H 386 American Art to 1945. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
ART H 395 Art and Theory Since 1945. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


BIOL 307 / WGS 307 / WISE 307 Women in Science and Engineering. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


C J 333X / US LS 333X Latino/as/x in the Criminal Justice Complex. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
C J 335 / AF AM 335 Race, Ethnicity, and the US Criminal Justice System. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
C J 360 / US LS 360 Latinas and Victimization. Cr. 3.

COMST 210 Communication and U.S. Diversity. Cr. 3.

C R P 325 Introduction to Housing. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


ECON 321 / WGS 321 Economics of Discrimination. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

EDUC 405 Social Justice Education and Teaching: Early Childhood and Elementary. Cr. 3.
EDUC 406 Social Justice Education and Teaching: Secondary. Cr. 3.
EDUC 420 / EDUC 520 / US LS 420 Bilingualism & The Education of Latinx Youth. Cr. 3.
EDUC 459 / EDUC 559 Critical Approaches to Teaching Children’s and Adolescent Literature. Cr. 3.

ENGL 346 / AM IN 346 American Indian Literature. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

ENGR 204X LEAD Program Second Year Seminar Course. (approved April 2023)


FS HN 442 Issues in Food & Society. Cr. 2. (approved April 2023)
FS HN 463 / NUTRS 563 Community Nutrition & Health. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


GLOBE 330 / V MPM 330 Global Health Disparities. Cr. 3.
GLOBE 494C Service Learning: U.S. Diversity Project. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


H S 167X The Science of Health Behavior Change. Cr. 3.

HD FS 239 Consumer Issues. Cr. 3.
HD FS 240 Literature for Children. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
HD FS 270 Family Communication and Relationships. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
HD FS 276 Human Sexuality. Cr. 3.
HD FS 283 Personal and Family Finance. Cr. 3.
HD FS 360 Housing and Services for Families and Children. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
HD FS 387 Applying Evidence-Based Practices in Human Services. Cr. 3.
HD FS 479 Family Dynamics through a Social and Cultural Lens. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

HIST 353 / AF AM 353 History of African Americans I. Cr. 3.
HIST 354 / AF AM 354 History of African Americans II. Cr. 3.
HIST 371 / US LS 371 Mexican American History. Cr. 3.
HIST 372 / US LS 372 Latina/o History. Cr. 3.
HIST 380 / WGS 380 History of Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine. Cr. 3.
HIST 386 / WGS 386 History of Women in America. Cr. 3.
HIST 457 / WGS 457 History of American Sexualities. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
HIST 469X History of Racial Violence in Europe and the United States, 1865-1945. Cr. 3.
HIST 473 / AF AM 473 / US LS 473 Civil Rights and Ethnic Power. Cr. 3.


JL MC 140X Identity, Diversity and the Media. Cr. 3.
JL MC 477 Diversity in the Media. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


KIN 360 Sociology of Physical Activity and Health. Cr. 3.


L A 272 Landscape Studies. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
L A 274 The Social & Behavioral Landscape. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

LD ST 322 Leadership in a Diverse Society. Cr. 3.
LD ST 333 / WGS 333 Women, Gender, and Leadership. Cr. 3.


MGMT 472 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations. Cr. 3.

MUSIC 472 History of American Music. Cr. 3.


NRS 440 Population and Community Health Nursing. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


PHIL 235 Ethical Issues in A Diverse Society. Cr. 3.

POL S 333 Democracy and Diversity in America. Cr. 3.
POL S 337X Health Politics and Policy. Cr. 3.
POL S 339 / C J 339 / PHIL 339 Liberty and Law in America. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

POL S 353 Immigration Policy. Cr. 3.
POL S 385 / WGS 385 Women in Politics. Cr. 3.

PSYCH 346 / WGS 346 Psychology of Women. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
PSYCH 347 / US LS 347 U.S. Latino/a Psychology. Cr. 3.


RELIG 210 Religion in America. Cr. 3.
RELIG 334 / AF AM 334 Africana Religions. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)


SOC 235 Social Problems and American Values. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
SOC 277 / RELIG 277 Religion and Society. Cr. 3.
SOC 327 / WGS 327 Gender and Sexualities in Society. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
SOC 330 / AF AM 330 Race and Ethnic Relations. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
SOC 331 Social Class and Inequality. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
SOC 350 Human Diversity in Agriculture and the Food System. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

SP ED 210X Disability in a Diverse Society. Cr. 3.

SPAN 305 / US LS 305 Spanish for Heritage Speakers. Cr. 3.

SP CM 216 America Speaks: Great Speakers and Speeches in American History. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
SP CM 323 / WGS 323 Gender and Communication. Cr. 3.


U ST 105 George Washington Carver Academy Seminar: Freshman
U ST 106 George Washington Carver Academy Seminar: Freshman
U ST 205 GWC/MVP Scholar Seminar
U ST 321 NCORE Scholars: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

US LS 211 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Studies. Cr. 3. 


WGS 201 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies. Cr. 3. 
WGS 203 Introduction to Lesbian Communities. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
WGS 205 Introduction to Queer Studies. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)
WGS 401 Feminist Theories. Cr. 3.
WGS 425 / WGS 525 Intersections of Race, Class and Gender. Cr. 3.

WISE 201 Foundations in Development for Women* in STEM. Cr. 3. (approved April 2023)

WLC 210 / ANTHR 210 Introduction to Asian American Studies. Cr. 3.

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