SOCL355 American Diversity: On Being Different
What makes each of us different from others? What makes us similar?,
Learners, unique individuals, will be engaged in discussion around difference and similarity and reflect on their current identity and future roles as members of a diverse, global society. This interdisciplinary course will address the advantages, challenges and opportunities presented by a diverse workplace and society, an America where the melting pot never really melted into one unilateral national culture. The course will examine the historical roots of today’s demographics in America and consider how our population compares to those of other societies. We will also engage in dialogue about the controversies which swirl around this issue today. Special emphasis will be placed on the multicultural experience in American society in regard to race, class, gender, age, political, physical, and other more subtle forms of diversity. Each student will engage in reflection in order to better understand how as citizens of the world we are paradoxically all alike and different at the same time—each an individual tile that makes up the mosaic of our human experience.
Corequisite
None
Distribution
General Education
Notes
This course is no longer offered.