Diversity Curriculum Committee

FUNCTION

1. To promote better diversity in curricular content and process. To review and develop proposals for changes in policies on diversity issues affecting curricular matters.
2. To recommend diversity-related change proposals to the committees involved in curricular approval process, including General Education Review Committee, University Curriculum Committee, Graduate Council, and Race and Ethnic Studies program.
3. To collaborate with other committees and entities for making progress on diversity issues.
4. To review course proposals seeking Diversity Credit and to make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee concerning course proposals seeking Diversity Credit.
5. To take a leadership role in fostering a range of diversity-related experiences on campus.

MEMBERSHIP

9 voting members and 4 non-voting members

Voting members:

• One faculty member elected by and from each constituency (The College of Arts and Communication & Library constituency representation should come from the College, not Library.):
  • College of Arts and Communication
  • College of Business and Economics
  • College of Education and Professional Studies
  • College of Integrated Studies
  • College of Letters and Sciences
• One faculty or academic staff member, elected by and from the Library in even years.
• Two faculty members elected (one in even years, and the other, in odd years) by and from the faculties of humanities and social sciences, e.g., from the departments of: Languages and Literatures, Geography, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, and Women Studies, and Anthropology.
• One faculty member appointed (in odd years) by and from the Race & Ethnic Studies Program.

One non-voting faculty member elected by and from each of the following committees:

• General Education Review Committee (elected in odd years)
• University Curriculum Committee (elected in even years),
• Graduate Council (elected in odd years)
• Race & Ethnic Studies Program Advisory Committee (elected in even years)

TERM

Two year staggered terms, members to be elected as indicated.

-Adopted at All-Faculty Meeting (Extraordinary Session) on 4/2/2019

Current Committee Membership

Additional Information

• Diversity Curriculum Guidelines
  • U.S. Racial/Ethnic Diversity Course Guidelines (updated 2022)
  • Diversity Brochure
• Samples of Diversity Used in Curriculum Proposals
  • History 110: History through Film and Race Ethnic
  • Special Studies: Hmong America History and Culture
• Academic Advising & Exploration Center - U.S. Racial/Ethnic Diversity Courses 

page revised 2022-02-23