Being aware of the role we can play in educating our students for participation in a multicultural world, the 多样性 & Cultural Enrichment Core Theme Council along with the Educational Achievement Core Theme Council has identified the following six diversity competencies we believe all students who seek an associate in arts and sciences DTA degree should learn through taking at least five credits from diversity courses (course highlighted with a “D” designation) during their term of study at WVC. The diversity requirement for graduation will be in effect starting with new students 2018年秋季.  Every student seeking an associate in arts and sciences DTA degree will need to take at least five diversity credits to graduate.

六个标准

1. Understanding Discrimination and Racism: An understanding of race and racism in the U.S. 同时也在探索其中的意义 of power and privilege, along with historical patterns, marginalization and demographics of American society in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ability and class differences.

2. Self-reflection of Personal Identities and Bias: Self-reflection by students regarding one’s own personal identities, biases and personal prejudices, in a manner that is observable by the instructor.   学生的表达 cultural awareness, sensitivity, diversity and cultural competency.

3. Global or International Issues and Impact on U.S. Culture: Global or international issues, including the flow of people, religion, genocide, human rights violations, cultures, labor, capital, diseases, or resources past or present, across or within geographical borders with an emphasis on the global understanding of the diversity of United States culture and other cultures across the globe.

4. Identity Development and Intersectionality: Exploring how race, class, gender and other categories of difference are socially constructed, flexible, and overlapping; how identities and their representations change over time; how different identities intersect with one another and are shaped by power, privilege and systemic discrimination.

5. Systemic Discrimination and Oppression: Knowledge of the origins and systemic nature of prejudice, discrimination and oppression that has been directed toward people of diverse backgrounds and orientations.

6. Analysis of Public Policy and its Effect on Diverse Populations: Analyzing and critiquing public policies that affect various groups of people in different ways; understanding how social trends impact institutions and lives of individuals; developing conceptual tools for analyzing bias, prejudice, and discrimination in society.

Student learning Outcomes Categories: Cultural 多样性

1. Understanding discrimination and racism
2. Self-reflection of personal identities and bias
3. Global or international issues and impact on U.S. culture
4. Identity development and intersectionality
5. Systemic discrimination and oppression
6. Analysis of public policy and its effect on diverse populations

多样化的课程

-截至2022年6月认证的课程 

AIIS 102 - Introduction to American Indian Studies

AIIS 103 - The Indigenous Pacific Northwest

AIIS 150 - History of American Indian Education

AIIS 170 - Film and Cinema Through the Indigenous Lens

AIIS 202 - Contemporary Topics in American Indian & 本土研究

AIIS 203 - Introduction to American Indian Indigenous Literature

AIIS 209 - Native American History to 1815

AIIS 210 - Native North America 1815 to Present

AIIS 240 - Indigenous Women of North America

ANTH 100 -人类学概览

ANTH 206 -文化人类学

跨文化研究

BIOL 103 - Salmon, Ecosystems and Society

CHST 112 – Chicano/a History: An American Journey

CHST 115 – La Chicana: Gender, History and Intellectualism

CHST 120 -身份，艺术和文化

多元文化文学

英语255 -妇女文学

GEOG 100 – Introduction to Geography

GEOG 102 -世界区域地理

GEOG 150 – Introduction to 可持续性

GEOG 207 -经济地理学

历史147 -美国历史II

HIST 202 - The American Constitution

HIST 215 -美国历史上的女性

HIST 230 - History of the First Peoples of the Plateau Region

HIST 240 -嘻哈历史

历史学家260 -墨西哥的历史

HIST 261 - Latin America: History Through Revolution

人类242 -全球电影

POLS 203 -国际关系

POLS 205 – Contemporary World Problems

POLS 206 -国家和地方政治

SOC 135 -妇女社会学

SOC 151 -种族社会学 & 种族

*出国留学 Courses – Italy, Japan, Costa Rica, Germany etc. 学生必须单独 petition to have study abroad courses meet the diversity requirement.