General Education Program

Campus Location
Office of Instructional Excellence
2121 Euclid Avenue, AC 223
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
corecurriculum@csuohio.edu

Social Diversity (GenEd08)

2 courses, 1 from each category

Minimum 6 credits

Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours

Category 1: African-American Experience

Category Subject Course Skill Areas Effective
AAE Africana Studies AST 200 Introduction to Africana Studies Writing, Oral Communication FA08
AAE Africana Studies AST 201 Introduction to Africana Studies since the 1880s Writing, Critical Thinking FA24
AAE Africana Studies AST 207 African-American Literature Writing, Critical Thinking, Information Literacy FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 208 Womanism/Black Feminism Writing, Critical Thinking, Information Literacy FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 215 History of African-Americans to 1877 Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 216 History of African-Americans Since 1877 Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 300 Black Psychology Critical Thinking, Information Literacy FA12
AAE Africana Studies AST 318 Black America and Africa Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 325 Black America Since 1945 Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 328 Black Gender and Sexuality in U.S. Culture Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 329 Black Resistance in the Age of Jim Crow, 1896-1954 Critical Thinking, Writing FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 347 Studies in African-American Literature Critical Thinking, Information Literacy FA22
AAE Africana Studies AST 350 African American Family Life Critical Thinking, Writing FA14
AAE Africana Studies AST 409 Social Justice Critical Thinking, Information Literacy SP22
AAE Art and Design ART 388 African-American Art Critical Thinking, Writing SP11
AAE Communication COM 332 Interracial Communication Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE Communication Sciences & Disorders CSD 438 Cultural Diversity in Communication Sciences and Disorders Critical Thinking, Oral Communication  
AAE Comparative Religion REL 217 Religion in Black America Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE Comparative Religion REL 317 Religious Ethics of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE English ENG 207 African-American Literature Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE English ENG 208 Womanism/Black Feminism Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
AAE English ENG 241H H: Introduction to Fiction Honors Critical Thinking, Information Literacy FA24
AAE English ENG 347 Studies in African-American Literature Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
AAE History HIS 215 History of African-Americans to 1877 Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE History HIS 216 History of African-Americans Since 1877 Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE History HIS 220H Debates in African American History Critical Thinking, Writing, Oral Communication FA15
AAE History HIS 302 US Slavery, Abolition, and Politics, 1820-1860 Critical Thinking, Writing, Oral Communication SP09
AAE History HIS 317 Civil War and Reconstruction Critical Thinking, Writing, Oral Communication SP09
AAE History HIS 318 Black America and Africa Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE History HIS 325 Black America Since 1945 Critical Thinking, Writing FA10
AAE History HIS 328 Black Gender and Sexuality in U.S. Culture Critical Thinking, Writing FA13
AAE History HIS 329 Black Resistance in the Age of Jim Crow, 1896-1954 Critical Thinking, Writing FA09
AAE History HIS 369 Comparative Emancipation: The End of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere Critical Thinking, Writing, Oral Communication SP09
AAE History HIS 409 Social Justice Critical Thinking, Information Literacy SP22
AAE Political Science PSC 217 Urban Politics and the African-American Experience Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE Psychology PSY 409 Social Justice Critical Thinking, Information Literacy SP22
AAE Social Work SWK 150 The Black Experience and Contemporary Society Critical Thinking, Group Work  
AAE Sociology SOC 380 Racial and Ethnic Inequality Critical Thinking, Writing  
AAE Theatre THE 216 African American Theatre I Critical Thinking, Writing FA10
AAE Theatre THE 318 African American Theatre II Critical Thinking, Writing FA10
AAE Urban Studies UST 202 Cleveland: The African-American Experience Critical Thinking, Information Literacy  
AAE Urban Studies UST 251 The African-American Image on Film Critical Thinking, Information Literacy  
AAE Urban Studies UST 302 Contemporary Urban Issues (Cross-listed with PSM 302) Critical Thinking, Information Literacy  
AAE Women's and Gender Studies WGS 208 Womanism/Black Feminism Writing, Critical Thinking SP24

Category 2: U.S. Diversity

Category Subject Course Skill Areas Effective
USD Anthropology ANT 100 Human Diversity Critical Thinking, Information Literacy  
USD Anthropology ANT 210 Introduction to Native American Studies Group Work  
USD Communication COM 331 Gender & Communication Critical Thinking, Writing  
USD Communication Sciences & Disorders CSD 241 Survey of Deaf Culture Critical Thinking, Group Work  
USD Comparative Religion REL 248 Race, Immigration and Religion in America Critical Thinking, Writing FA12
USD Comparative Religion REL 274 Buddhism and Hinduism in America Critical Thinking, Writing FA12
USD Education Curriculum and Foundations EDB 242 Introduction to Education Writing, Critical Thinking, Oral Communication FA19
USD Education EDC 200 Diversity in Educational Settings Critical Thinking, Group Work, Oral Communication  
USD Engineering Science ESC 305 Disability, Empathy & Technology Writing, Oral Communication SP19
USD English ENG 210 Native American Literature Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
USD English ENG 248 Multicultural Literature of US Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
USD English ENG 348 Studies in Multicultural Literature Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
USD English ENG 359 Studies in Late American Literature Writing, Oral Communication FA20
USD English ENG 363 Gender Issues in Literature Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
USD History HIS 327 American Sexual Communities and Politics Critical Thinking, Writing  
USD Health Sciences HSC 305 Culture and Health Care Critical Thinking, Oral Communication  
USD Health Sciences HSC 346 Women's Health Critical Thinking, Oral Communication  
USD Health Sciences HSC 444 Social Issues in Health Care Critical Thinking, Writing SP09
USD Nursing NUR 404 Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing Writing, Information Literacy FA20
USD Philosophy PHL 254H Philosophy of Gender and Race Critical Thinking, Writing FA15
USD Political Science PSC 305 Cultural Diversity in U.S. Politics Critical Thinking, Writing  
USD Psychology PSY 255 Psychology of Women Critical Thinking, Group Work  
USD Psychology PSY 356 Multicultural Psychology Critical Thinking, Group Work SP12
USD Sociology SOC 201 Race, Class and Gender Quantitative Literacy, Critical Thinking  
USD Sociology SOC 201H H: Race, Class and Gender Honors Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking FA09
USD Sociology SOC 250 Diversity & Sport Writing, Oral Communication  
USD Sociology SOC 317 Sociology of Gender Critical Thinking, Writing  
USD Urban Studies UST 453 Managing Urban Diversity Critical Thinking, Group Work SP09
USD Urban Studies UST 455 Gender and Leadership Group Work, Oral Communication  
USD Urban Studies UST 475 Social Justice and the City (Formerly UST 393) Critical Thinking, Information Literacy SP22
USD Women's and Gender Studies WGS 151 Introduction to Women's & Gender Studies Critical Thinking, Oral Communication  

Previously Approved Social Diversity

Previously Approved African-American Experience

Category Subject Course Effective

AAE

Anthropology

ANT 270 African-American Culture

 Until FA21
AAE English ENG 207H Honors: African American Literature; The City FA08-FA14
AAE History HIS 305 Social Thought of African-Americans FA08-SU14
AAE History HIS 324 Defining Black America Until SU19
AAE History HIS 326 African American History Through Sacred Music SP09-SU19
AAE Philsophy PHL 252 African-American Social Philosophy FA13-SP20
AAE Public Safety Management PSM 302 Contemporary Urban Issues (Cross-listed with UST 302) FA08-FA11
AAE Sociology SOC 215 Black/White Interaction FA08-SU12
AAE Urban Studies UST 203 The African-American Experience: Cleveland FA20-FA24

Previously Approved U.S. Diversity

Category Subject Course Effective
USD Art and Design Art 341 Multicultural Aesthetics FA14-FA18
USD Anthropology ANT 224 Sex, Gender and Culture SP11-FA14
USD Anthropology ANT 243 Language and Gender FA09-SU14
USD Engineering Science ESC 205 Disability, Empathy & Technology (if taken with ESC 305) SP19-FA22
USD History HIS 316H H: History of the American West - Honors FA10-SU23
USD Nonprofit Administration NAD 453 Managing Urban Diversity SP09-FA11
USD Nonprofit Administration NAD 455 Gender and Leadership FA08-FA11
USD Philosophy PHL 253 Philosophy of Feminism SP09-SU14
USD Public Safety Management PSM 453 Managing Urban Diversity SP09-FA11
USD World Languages,
Literatures and Cultures		 WLC 245 Arabic Resources of Cleveland SP09-SP19

Campus Location
Office of Instructional Excellence
2121 Euclid Avenue, AC 223
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
corecurriculum@csuohio.edu