Diversity and Equity Graduation Requirement / Faculty Resources

Proposal Form

Access the Diversity and Equity proposal form in Curriculog. 
(Complete section "DEu" for U.S. or "DEg" for Global )

Policy and Committee

• Please refer to the Diversity and Equity Graduation Requirement policy and Senate Resolution regarding the development of the Diversity and Equity graduation requirement.
• The Diversity & Equity Curriculum Committee. Group membership and Charge. 

Defining Diversity & Equity in Course Description 

As a diverse campus that values intellectual engagement as well as community and inclusivity, our goal is to provide students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and experiences that illuminate an understanding of diversity and equity. In a fast-paced and increasingly complex global, social, political, and economic environment, such skills and knowledge provide a critical foundation for social mobility. With these values in mind, we perceive diversity and equity to be defined as follows: 

• Diversity: The term diversity serves as a large umbrella that includes principles of inclusion, social justice, and equity, as well as constructs such as, intersectionality, intercultural proficiency, multiculturalism, pluralism, institutionalized inequality, power, and privilege. 
• Equity means giving everyone what they need to be successful. An equity perspective honors and attends to justice and diversity, signaling that true equality may only be possible by meeting the different needs of people and correcting for systemic exclusion and differential treatment and impact. Achieving equity can sometimes mean helping groups overcome obstacles that have been placed in their way. 

Resources for Submitting Proposals

Multiple resources are available to faculty submitting a Diversity and Equity curriculum proposal:

• Faculty Learning Center for professional development opportunities
• Summer Teaching Institute
• D&E Rubric: Evaluative tool used by proposal review committee
• Diversity  Equity Glossary of Terms
• Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, Maurianne Adams & Lee Anne Bell, Third edition, Routledge, 2016. Available in library and via e-book.

Examples of Approved D&E Proposals

List of Diversity Equity Approved courses and links to the completed proposals

• • ECON 445 full proposal and syllabus
  • ENVS 340 full proposal and syllabus
  • GBST 301 full proposal and syllabus
  • KINE 404 full proposal and syllabus
  • LING 300 full proposal and syllabus
  • SSCI 325 full proposal and syllabus
  • TA 410 full proposal and syllabus

Incorporating "Intentional Integration"
The Diversity and Equity Requirement Proposal requires faculty substantially address core competencies and group representations.

To meet this requirement, D&E content must:

• Form a central organizing framework of the course rather than functioning as a discrete unit, module, or isolated topic.
• Appear across at least 75% of the term (as determined by the number of weeks in the schedule).
• Be explicitly aligned with the designated Knowledge, Disposition, and Skills criteria