Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
To meet the increased demand in our culture and economy for diversity awareness and action, the multidisciplinary Equity and Inclusion Certificate provides a stand-alone credential, independent of any major or other degree program. Learning will occur across multiple disciplines, allowing students to deepen critical inquiry, discovery, and creative communication, while securing highly marketable career skills. This certificate verifies a solid grounding in diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting pursuit of a variety of careers including human resources, healthcare administration, non-profit management, social services, education, marketing, public policy, social science research, and social justice. The certificate in Equity and Inclusion will equip students to build self-awareness, examine other's; perspectives, address diversity issues in specific contexts, and seek equity and inclusion grounded in social scientific evidence and theory.
Certificate Requirements — 12 credits
The courses for the 6 required credits are all 100/200-level options in UNC's Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC). There is not a necessary sequence for students to complete these courses, allowing students to complete these requirements as they explore their interests, complete their Liberal Arts Curriculum requirements, and complete the requirements for their own major programs.
* Note: Some elective options have pre-requisites which would increase the number of credits required to earn the certificate. Internships, directed studies, waiving of pre-requisites, or course substitutions may be approved at advisor discretion.
Required — 3 credits from the following options
| SOC 237 | Sociology of Race, Racism, and PowerLAB3LAMS | 3 |
| AFS 101 | Development of Black IdentityLAH1LAMS | 3 |
Required — 3 credits from the following options
| GNDR 101 | Gender and SocietyLAB3LAMS | 3 |
| GNDR 240 | Gender, Race, Class, and SexualityLAB3LAMS | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Sociology of GenderLAB3LAMS | 3 |
| SOC 240 | Gender, Race, Class, and SexualityLAB3LAMS | 3 |
Electives — 6 credits
| AFS 396 | African and African American World Views | 3 |
| ANT 316 | Global Conflict and Gender | 3 |
| COMM 223 | Intercultural CommunicationLAB3 | 3 |
| CRJ 475 | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| EDEC 450 | Family Diversity and Engagement Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| GNDR 316 | Global Conflict and Gender | 3 |
| GNDR 380 | Queer Studies | 3 |
| HUSR 399 | Professional Ethics in the Human Services | 3 |
| PHIL 372 | Philosophy of Race | 3 |
| PSY 340 | Psychology & Culture | 3 |
| PSY 467 | Psychology of Prejudice | 3 |
| SOC 305 | Sociology of Disability | 3 |
| SOC 333 | Social Class and Inequality | 3 |