Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning Undergraduate Certificate

All required coursework must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better (O-10-a).

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Mandatory Online 1-credit courses
EDCI 418	Culturally Responsive Pedagogy	1
EDCI 420	Gender and Sexual Diversity in Schools	1
EDCI 421	Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Schools	1
EDCI 422	Socio-Economic Diversity in Rural Schools	1
EDCI 424	Universal Design in Learning	1
EDCI 426	Working with Native American Students and Communities	1
Selected Emphasis Electives
Select two courses from the following:		6
COMM 335	Intercultural Communication
COMM 432	Gender and Communication
EDSP 300	Educating for Exceptionalities
EDCI 302	Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners
SOC 201	Introduction to Inequity and Justice
SOC 423	Economic (In)Justice
SOC 424	Sociology of Gender
SOC 427	Racial and Ethnic Relations
PSYC 315	Psychology of Women
THE 456	Studies in Theatre, Gender, and Sexuality
THE 445	Theatre and Film of the Holocaust
THE 455	Theatre for Social Change
HIST 213	Race and Ethnicity through the Ages
ENGL 383	(s) African American Literature
ANTH 261	Language and Culture
CRIM 439	Inequalities in the Justice System
SOC 340	Environmental Sociology and Globalization
EDCI 448	Introduction to ENL
Total Hours		12

Courses to total 12 credits for this academic certificate

Learn and Integrate: Students will be able to report on the additional barriers underserved communities face in education. They will also be able to apply practical solutions to better serve these student groups

Think and create: Students will be able to design course pedagogy to meet the needs of all students, including those from historically marginalized populations. 

Communicate: Students will be able to communicate effectively about topics related to diversity and with diverse communities through oral, written, and visual formats.

Clarify purpose and perspective: Students will be able to explain their own positionality given socio-political-historical processes. They will be able to use this knowledge to better inform their work as educators. 

Practice Citizenship: Students will be able to explain the historical contexts that have given rise to our current inequality and design their courses in ways that benefit all students.