Diversity and Development course options

For the Diversity and Development requirement, students may choose any level HDFS course or one from the approved list below.

The Human Development and Family Science degree option requires six credits to complete this requirement. The Developmental Science for Health Professions degree option requires three credits to complete this requirement.

• AFAM 100N – Black Freedom Struggles
• AFAM /WMNST 101N – African American Women
• AFAM/WMNST 102 - Women of the African Diaspora 
• AFAM/SOC/WMNST 103 – Racism & Sexism 
• AFAM 105N – Afro-Latin America: Race & Revolution
• AFAM 110N – Intro to African American Studies 
• AFAM 111N – Intro to Anti-Black Racism in the US
• AFAM 116 – Muslims in America
• LHR/AFAM 136 – Race, Gender, & Employment
• LTNST 100 – Intro to Latina/o Studies 
• AFAM 303 – Race and Gender in the Americas
• AFAM/WMNST 364N – Black & White Sexuality
• SOC 409/AFAM 409 – Racial and Ethnic Inequality in America
• AFAM 492/EDTHP 492 – Identities, Power, and Perceptual Pedagogies in Teaching and Learning
• AFR 230N – Language and Social Justice (GH/GS/IL)
• ANTH 45N – Cultural Diversity: A Global Perspective (GH/GS/US/IL)
• ANTH 100N - Anthropology of Race & Racism (GN/GS/US/IL)
• BBH 251 - Straight Talks I: Advanced Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Peer Education (US)
• BBH/AFAM 302 - Diversity & Health (US)
• BBH 305 – Intro to Global Health Issues
• BBH 315 - Gender & Biobehavioral Health (US)
• BBH 407 - Global Health Equity
• BBH 452- Women’s Health Issues
• BIOL 155 – Biology of Aging
• CAS 200 - Language, Culture, and Communication (US/IL)
• CAS 271N - Intercultural Communication (GS/GH/IL/US)
• CSD 269 - Deaf Culture (GS/US/IL)
• CRIM J 150N – Safe & Sound: The Intersection of Criminal Justice and Public Health
• ENGL 228 – Intro to Disability Studies (US/GH) (pairs with RHS 100)
• PHIL 8 – Gender Matters (GH)
• PHIL 9 – Race, Racism, & Diversity (GH/US)
• PSYCH 231 - Intro to Psychology of Gender
• PSYCH 232 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
• PSYCH 370 - Psychology of the Differently Abled
• PSYCH 422 – Human Sexuality
• PSYCH 432 – Multicultural Psychology in America
• PSYCH 443 – Treatment and Educ in Developmental Disabilities
• PSYCH 479 - The Psychology of Gender
• RHS 100 - Intro to Disability Culture (GS)
• SOC/WMNST 110 – Sociology of Gender
• SOC 119N - Race, Ethnicity, & Culture
• RLST/WMST 137 – Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
• WMNST 101 – Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies
• WMNST 104 – Women and the American Experience
• WMNST 105N – Living in a Diverse World
• WMNST 116 – Family and Gender Roles in Modern History
• WMNST 227 – Introduction to Queer Theory
• WMNST/ENGL 245 – Introduction to LGBTQ Studies