Academic Offerings
We want more than a diverse student body. Here at KU, you can study about the importance of diversity to be successful in business, global competence, and the arts and humanities.
Dr. Deryl Johnson, Professor of Communication StudiesDiversity-Related Academic Program List
Autism Endorsement Certificate
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Minor
English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Specialist Certification
English as a Second Language (ESL), Minor
German Studies: Communication & Culture, B.A.
Modern Language Studies Department (multiple programs)
Multicultural Education, Master of Education
Pennsylvania German Studies, Minor
Special Education Non-Certification (Special Education and Visual Impairment, B.S.)
Special Education, Post-Baccalaureate Certification
Special Education: Visual Impairment, B.S.
Diversity-Related Course Offerings
The following are courses at Kutztown University that represent the wide range of diversity topics available for students in majors, minors, or as electives:
ANT 215: Gender Across Cultures
ANT 241: Race & Ethnicity
ANT/SOC 246: Globalization and Development
ANT 262: Hate Across Cultures
ANT 505: Culture and Learning
ANT 555: Peoples, Cultures, and Adaptations in the Pennsylvania Region
COM 237: Women Writers in Performance
COM 250: Performance of Latino/a Literature
COM 271: Sexualities & Communication in Everyday Life
COM 285: Gender Communication
COM 301: Performance & Culture
COM 341: Voices of American Women
CRJ 232: Diversity in the CRJ System
ENG 132: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Literature
ENG 137: Experiences in AFAM Literature
ENG 234: Ethnic American Literature
ENG 236: Black American Literature: Poetry/Drama
ENG 237: Black American Literature: Novel
ENG 246: Feminist Film Theory
ENG 247: Modern Latin American Literature in Translation
ENG 274: Women, Writing, & Rhetoric
ENG 323: Native American Women Writers
ENG 366: Cultures of American Modernism
HIS 145: Search for Social Justice in America
HIS 150: Minorities in American History
HIS 204 CDCT: History of Gender Dynamics in Africa
HIS 208: History of Racism: Since 1500
HIS 225: A History of the Jewish People in Modern Times
HIS 229: American Urban History
HIS 231: History of Africa to 1800
HIS 240: African American History
HIS 241: History of Women in America
HIS 244: Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
HIS 247: Work and Workers in American History
HIS 261: CDWI: History of Africa Since 1800
HIS 262: The History of Africans in the Americas
HIS 341: Problems in Slavery and Abolition
HIS 437: Indian-White Relations
HUM 211: Women in the Arts
MAT 045: Women in Math
POL 231: Social Movement and Revolutions
PSY 205: Psychology of the Black Experience
PSY 208: Psychology of Gender
PSY 215: Psychology of Prejudice
SOC 207: Families & Social Class
SOC 217: LGBTQ Studies
SOC 222: Rural Poverty
SOC 224: Immigration & Assimilation
SOC 230: Urban Sociology
SOC 235: Sociology of Gender
SOC 241: Race & Ethnicity
SOC 260: Social Stratification
SOC 280: Social Movements
SPA 247: Modern Latin American Literature in Translation
SWK 130: Poverty & Social Welfare
SWK 160: Human Behavior & Social Environment
WGS 217: LGBTQ Studies
WGS 250: Women & Leadership
WGS 251: Women, Money, & Power
WGS 329: Feminist & Gender Theories
This list may not be comprehensive as course offerings do change and additions are made. Also, many faculty members do incorporate diversity or social justice themes into their courses that might not be specifically related or on this list. If you have suggestions to this list of courses to be added or deleted, please email Angelica Mishra, Assistant to the Chief Diversity Officer, at mishra@kutztown.edu.
Please note that not all courses are offered each semester or each year. Offerings may be done in cycles or change due to faculty changes or major/minor offerings.
For more information on courses and course descriptions, please click here for the Kutztown University course catalog.