Justice, Allyship, Diversity and Equity Undergraduate Certificate
Introduction
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Diversity and equity represent core values of a just society. The goals of the Justice, Allyship, Diversity, and Equity (JADE) undergraduate certificate are three-fold: 1) to facilitate students' understanding of and critical thinking about social inequalities and how various people have been systematically marginalized due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, socioeconomic status, immigration status, religion, and age among other characteristics; 2) to train students to use data to analyze and understand social inequalities; and 3) to equip students with practical strategies and analytical skills for promoting and implementing policies and actions that foster social justice and human equity in educational, community, business, legal and other organizational settings. JADE certificate holders will be trained for a diverse world and workplace, and equipped with substantive knowledge and analytic skills to dismantle oppressive systems. The certificate will prepare students to act as inclusive leaders in diverse organizations within the business, human resources, legal, nonprofit, educational, and public administration sectors.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus or online program.
Declaring This Certificate
- These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their Justice, Allyship, Diversity, and Equity (JADE) advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
General Requirements
Students must satisfy all requirements as outlined below and by the department offering the certificate.
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Certificate Requirements
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Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours from the approved courses below.
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Students must complete a minimum of six upper-division (3000-level and above) credit hours from approved courses.
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Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the certificate and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 2.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
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Students must complete all credits applied to the certificate at CU Denver. (If students have completed a course required for the certificate elsewhere, they may add the needed credits in the form of additional elective credits drawn from the approved elective courses.)
Certificate Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
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The certificate will be awarded at the end of the semester in which the student completes all required courses for the certificate.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following required course: | ||
| SOCY 2001 | Inequalities in Social World | 3 |
| Complete two of the following courses focused on addressing justice, diversity, and equity issues: | 6 | |
| Language, Identity, & Power: International Perspectives | ||
| CLDE Foundations | ||
| Responsive Classroom Communities | ||
| Communication and Diversity | ||
| Religion & Communication | ||
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Communication and Diversity in U.S. History | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Capital Punishment | ||
| Race, Class, and Justice | ||
| Poverty, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Social Foundations and Cultural Diversity in Urban Education | ||
| Illness & Disability Narrative | ||
| Environment, Society and Sustainability | ||
| Multiracial Families and Communities | ||
| International Perspectives through Animation | ||
| Visual Culture: Ways of Seeing | ||
| Through the Lens: Photography and Diversity | ||
| Gender in Contemporary Art | ||
| Drama of Diversity | ||
| Globalization and Regional Development | ||
| Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
| Sustainability in Resources Management | ||
| Climate Change & Society | ||
| Who am I? Cultural Identity, Family, Diverse Soc Sys | ||
| Black and Latino Children in Families and Schools | ||
| Family and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Latino Families in School and Communities | ||
| Abuelos (Grandparents) Latino Families | ||
| Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice in Higher Education | ||
| LGBTQ Family Systems | ||
| Capitalism in America | ||
| Crime, Policing, and Justice in American History | ||
| Social Revolutions in Latin America | ||
| Islam in Modern History | ||
| Red and Blue America: U.S. History, 1973-Present | ||
| Environments of International Business | ||
| Consumer Behavior | ||
| International Marketing | ||
| Race, Gender, Class, & Health | ||
| Introduction to Public Health | ||
| Ethnicity, Health and Social Justice | ||
| Live Long and Prosper: Public Health & Aging | ||
| Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy | ||
| Political Movements: Race and Gender | ||
| Gentrification and Social Equity | ||
| Theories of Social and Political Change | ||
| Psychology of Cultural Diversity | ||
| Religion and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Race, Religion and Belonging in the United States | ||
| Religion & Communication | ||
| Equity & Culture in Science Education: Local/Global | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Sociology of Human Sexuality | ||
| Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. | ||
| Sociology of Education | ||
| Sex and Gender | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Contemporary Asian American Experience | ||
| Global Perspectives on Social Issues | ||
| Race, Culture and Immigration | ||
| Health Disparities | ||
| Aging, Society and Social Policy | ||
| Poverty and Social Inequality | ||
| Hate Groups and Group Violence | ||
| Crime, Justice, and the City | ||
| Complete one of the following courses focused on addressing DEI skills/tools: | 3 | |
| Beginning Arabic I | ||
| Beginning Arabic II | ||
| Intermediate Arabic I | ||
| Intermediate Arabic II | ||
| Beginning Mandarin Chinese I | ||
| Beginning Mandarin Chinese II | ||
| Beginning Mandarin Chinese for International Business | ||
| Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I | ||
| Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II | ||
| Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching through STEM | ||
| Social Studies for Multilingual Learners | ||
| Communication, Citizenship, and Social Justice | ||
| Workplace Communication | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
| Mediation | ||
| Cultural Diversity Awareness in the Workplace | ||
| French Language I | ||
| French Language II | ||
| Second-Year French | ||
| Beginning German I | ||
| Beginning German II | ||
| Elementary Latin I | ||
| Beginning Latin II | ||
| Intermediate Latin I | ||
| Intermediate Latin II | ||
| Managing Individuals and Teams | ||
| Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion in Business | ||
| Ethnographic Research In Public Health | ||
| Conflict Resolution and Public Consent Building | ||
| Non-Profits and Social Change | ||
| Quantitative Methods & Analysis | ||
| Qualitative Methods | ||
| Beginning Spanish I | ||
| Beginning Spanish II | ||
| Spanish Medical Conversation for Beginners | ||
| Spanish Medical Conversation for Beginners II | ||
| Second Year Spanish I | ||
| Second Year Spanish II | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
The Learning Outcomes for the certificate:
1. Understand how justice, allyship, diversity, and equity intersect
2. Recognize the diversity of experiences and perspectives across social groups and cultures
3. Identify factors that contribute to historic and contemporary social inequalities across multiple dimensions including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, socioeconomic status, immigration status, religion, and age
4. Apply foundational theoretical perspectives on the reproduction of inequality in institutional structures, laws, and policies
5. Critically analyze the metrics used for monitoring and evaluating, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizational contexts
6. Develop skills to advocate for, implement and assess policies and actions aimed at fostering justice and inclusion in a variety of social and organizational contexts