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In this minor, you’ll explore diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence from multiple perspectives—skills that matter in every career.

You’ll examine the history, values, and communication styles of five American co-cultures, gaining a deeper understanding of how identity shapes experiences. Along the way, you’ll develop practical tools to address privilege and oppression, recognize and respond to prejudice and bias (both conscious and unconscious), and navigate microaggressions.

Through hands-on learning, you’ll sharpen your abilities in active listening, team building, and servant leadership, preparing you to lead with empathy in classrooms, workplaces, and communities. Whether you’re a future teacher, social worker, administrator, or business professional, this minor helps you create environments where everyone can thrive.

What You'll Learn

The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.

Diversity and Inclusion Minor

Required Courses
AAST 200AN INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION5
AAST/HIST 220AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: POST CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT5
Required Electives–choose 10 credits from any courses in AAST, IDST, CHST, GWSS, or SOCI10
Total Credits20

Sample Courses

CHST 335. GENDER REVOLUTION AND POLITICS. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 201.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
Provides a broad overview of the political mobilization of women in Latin American conflicts which challenged authoritarian regimes and other systems of power by exploring the participation of women in revolutionary movements as combatants and other supporting and leadership roles. Systems of oppression such as masculinity, patriarchy, militarism, and violence within the Latin American and U.S. context are examined.

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GWSS 340. TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 201 or equivalent.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
Challenges notions of “global sisterhood” by centering decolonial, Indigenous, post-colonial, queer of color, immigrant, and anti-imperialist feminist activism and theorizing. Employs a gendered lens to global politics, exploring transnational themes such as nationalism, fundamentalism, migration, neoliberalism, representation, “development” and global economies, war and militarism, human rights, and solidarity.

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IDST 321. CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ISSUES. 5 Credits.

Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
This course will examine the contemporary educational, social, political and cultural issues currently impacting Native American communities. Through individual and group research, students will discuss a range of issues including educational reform, community organizing, economic development, land rights, the breakdown of traditional families and culturally relevant program development within various Native American communities. Focus will be on the Native American nations.

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SOCI 320. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. 5 Credits.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 101 or equivalent.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
Offers a sociological examination of the system of racial and ethnic inequalities from a global perspective. It introduces relevant sociological concepts and theories, an overview of historical and contemporary development of racial inequalities, and sociological research in this area of study.

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Africana Studies Program
204 Monroe Hall
Cheney, WA 99004
P: 509.359.2205
E: africanastudies@ewu.edu

The Africana Studies Program at EWU is dedicated to your success. With an Africana Studies major or minor, you’ll sharpen your critical thinking, strengthen your communication skills, and graduate ready to lead, advocate, and thrive in a culturally diverse world.