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Revised 12/3/2015
College of Arts and Sciences
Core Curriculum Course Approval Form: Cultural Diversity in the United States
INSTRUCTIONS
● Any course approved to fulfill the Cultural Diversity in the U.S. requirement will clearly
fulfill the objectives and student outcomes approved by the College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Council on April 8, 2010. These are available for review at
http://www.slu.edu/Documents/arts_sciences/2011%20Diversity%20Requirement[1]x.pdf
● A complete syllabus must accompany this submission. The syllabus should be emailed to
fc-corecurriculumcommittee@slu.edu along with this form. The syllabus must include
the following statement of learning outcomes (cut and paste into syllabus):
This course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences Core requirement for
Cultural Diversity in the US.
The Cultural Diversity in the United States requirement is designed to help
students gain a better understanding of the cultural groups in the United States
and their interactions. Students who complete a Cultural Diversity course in this
category will gain a substantial subset of the following skills:
1. Analyze and evaluate how various underrepresented social groups confront
inequality and claim a just place in society.
2. Examine how conflict and cooperation between social groups shapes U.S.
society and culture.
3. Identify how individual and institutional forms of discrimination impact
leaders, communities and community building through the examination of
such factors as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, economic class, age, physical
and mental capability, and sexual orientation.
4. Evaluate how their personal life experiences and choices fit within the larger
mosaic of U.S. society by confronting and critically analyzing their own
values and assumptions about individuals and groups from different cultural
contexts.
5. Understand how questions of diversity intersect with moral and political
questions of justice and equality.
● When filling out this form, please be as specific as possible in your answers, giving
concrete examples of course topics, readings, assignments, exam questions, writing
prompts, classroom activities, and other elements of the course that fulfill the objectives
and student outcomes of the Cultural Diversity in the U.S. requirement.
● Courses must be approved by the CAS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee before
they can be submitted to the Core Curriculum Committee.
