GEP U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Note: This requirement applies to students matriculated Fall 2023 and after. Students matriculated prior to Fall 2023 should use the GEP U.S. Diversity requirement.

Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

  • Choose course(s) from the university approved GEP U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion course list.
  • Special Note:  If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.  Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.

Double-counting

  • A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion course list.
  • A course that satisfies the GEP U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge co-requisite if the course also exists on the university approved GEP co-requisite course list.

Rationale

The study of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the United States provides students the opportunity to consider questions of difference and culture, identity and community, privilege and oppression, and power and responsibility in our nation, and to gain an understanding of how these issues affect both individuals and communities.

Category Objectives

Each course in U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:

  1. Analyze how diverse identities shape and/or are shaped by cultural and societal influences. (For the purposes of the USDEI category, diverse identities include but are not limited to religious, gender, ethnic, racial, class, socioeconomic status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, and/or age identities.)
  2. Analyze and interpret the causes and consequences of historical, social, political, and/or economic processes that produce structured inequalities in the US.
  3. Examine and analyze how social actions and interactions between people of diverse identities affect equality and social justice in the US.
AFS 241Introduction to African American Studies3HUM, , I
AFS 248Survey of African-American Literature3HUM, , I, USD
AFS 305Racial and Ethnic Relations3SS, , I
AFS 343African American Religions3, I, HUM, USD
AFS 344Leadership in African American Communities3IP, , I, USD
AFS 345Psychology and the African American Experience3, I, USD
AFS 346Black Popular Culture3HUM, , I, USD
AFS 372African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-18653HUM, USD, , I
AFS 373African-American History Since 18653, I, HUM, USD
AFS 375African American Cinema3, I, USD
AFS 380Black Feminist Theory3, I, USD
AFS 444African American and African Women Leaders3IP, , I
AFS 448African-American Literature3, I, HUM, USD
AFS 455History of the Civil Rights Movement3HUM, , I, USD
AFS 470The Red Record and The Birth of a Nation3HUM, , I
AFS 548African-American Literature3, I, HUM, USD
AFS 555History of the Civil Rights Movement3HUM, , I, USD
ANT 254Language and Culture3, I, SS, USD
ANT 310Native Peoples and Cultures of North America3SS, , I, USD
ARS 346Black Popular Culture3HUM, , I, USD
BIO 440The Human Animal: An Evolutionary Perspective3, I, USD
COM 292Language, Communication, and Culture3SS, , I, USD
COM 417Communication & Race3, I, USD
DAN 230The Horton Dance Technique and Legacy3, I, VPA
DAN 324U.S. Concert Dance History3VPA, USD, , I
ECI 305Equity and Education3, I, USD, IP
ECI 436Perspectives on English as a New Language3, I, USD
ECI 536Perspectives on English as a New Language3, I, USD
EED 411Diversity & Social Justice in Engineering Education3, I
EED 511Diversity & Social Justice in Engineering Education3, I
ENG 248Survey of African-American Literature3HUM, , I, USD
ENG 249Native American Literature3USD, HUM, , I
ENG 265American Literature I3, I, HUM, USD
ENG 266American Literature II3HUM, , I, USD
ENG 305Women and Literature3HUM, , I, USD
ENG 342Literature of Space and Place3, I, IP, HUM, USD
ENG 375African American Cinema3, I, USD
ENG 410Studies in Gender and Genre3HUM, , I, USD
ENG 448African-American Literature3, I, HUM, USD
ENG 466Transatlantic Literatures3HUM, USD, , I
ENG 470American Literature, Twentieth Century and Beyond3HUM, USD, , I
ENG 476Southern Literature3HUM, , I, USD
ENG 548African-American Literature3, I, HUM, USD
ENV 250Diversity and Environmental Justice3, I, IP
FL 218The Harlem Renaissance in Paris: Paris Noir3VPA, , I, GK
FL 436Perspectives on English as a New Language3, I, USD
FL 536Perspectives on English as a New Language3, I, USD
HI 253Early American History3, I, USD, HUM
HI 254Modern American History3HUM, , I, USD
HI 320Religion in American History3HUM, , I, USD
HI 346The Civil War Era in Popular Culture3HUM, IP, , I, USD
HI 360U.S. Agricultural History3HUM, , I, USD
HI 366Native American History3USD, HUM, , I
HI 369Sexuality in U.S. History3HUM, , I, USD
HI 372African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-18653HUM, USD, , I
HI 373African-American History Since 18653, I, HUM, USD
HI 382History of Capitalism in America3HUM, IP, , I, USD
HI 383Law in the American Story3, I, IP, HUM
HI 446Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction3USD, , I, HUM
HI 448American Women in the Twentieth Century3HUM, USD, , I
HI 450U.S. Labor Since 19003, I, USD
HI 455History of the Civil Rights Movement3HUM, , I, USD
HI 462Southern History since the Civil War3USD, , I, HUM
HI 546Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction3USD, , I, HUM
HI 548American Women in the Twentieth Century3HUM, USD, , I
HI 555History of the Civil Rights Movement3HUM, , I, USD
HI 562Southern History since the Civil War3USD, , I, HUM
HON 314Society's Mirror: Literature in 20th-Century America3HUM, , I
HSS 201Transformative Texts in American Life: Engaging Across Difference3, I, HUM
IDS 210Introduction to American Studies3IP, , I, USD
IS 250Globalizing North Carolina3IP, , I, USD
LPS 302Diversity and Leadership in the Public Sector3, I, USD
MUS 206America's Music3VPA, , I
MUS 360Women In Music3, I, VPA
PHI 319Black Political Philosophy3HUM, , I, USD
PHI 320Philosophy of Race3HUM, , I, USD
PRT 238Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport3, I, USD
PS 303Race in U.S. Politics3SS, , I, USD
PS 306Gender and Politics in the United States3SS, , I, USD
PS 309Equality and Justice in United States Law3SS, , I, USD
PS 313Criminal Justice Policy3, I, USD
PS 418Gender Law and Policies3, I, USD
PSY 345Psychology and the African American Experience3, I, USD
PSY 406Psychology of Gender3SS, , I, USD
PSY 477Psychology of Aging3, I, SS
REL 320Religion in American History3HUM, , I, USD
REL 323Religious Cults, Sects, and Minority Faiths in America3HUM, , I, USD
REL 343African American Religions3, I, HUM, USD
REL 423Religion and Politics in America3, I, USD, HUM
SOC 202Principles of Sociology3SS, , I
SOC 203Current Social Problems3SS, , I
SOC 203ACurrent Social Problems3SS, , I
SOC 204Sociology of Family3SS, , I
SOC 207Language and Society3SS, , I, IP
SOC 211Community and Health3SS, , I
SOC 212Race in America3SS, , I
SOC 304Gender and Society3SS, , I
SOC 305Racial and Ethnic Relations3SS, , I
STS 210Women and Gender in Science and Technology3IP, , I, USD
SW 290The Development of Social Welfare and Social Work in the U.S.3IP, USD, , I
THE 340African American Theatre3, I
USDEI 295US Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Topic1-3, I
WGS 200Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies3, I, USD
WGS 204Sociology of Family3SS, , I
WGS 210Women and Gender in Science and Technology3IP, , I, USD
WGS 215Abolitionist Futures3USD, , I, IP
WGS 220Men and Masculinity3, I, USD
WGS 304Gender and Society3SS, , I
WGS 305Women and Literature3HUM, , I, USD
WGS 306Gender and Politics in the United States3SS, , I, USD
WGS 360Women In Music3, I, VPA
WGS 380Black Feminist Theory3, I, USD
WGS 406Psychology of Gender3SS, , I, USD
WGS 410Studies in Gender and Genre3HUM, , I, USD
WGS 418Gender Law and Policies3, I, USD
WGS 448American Women in the Twentieth Century3HUM, USD, , I
WGS 548American Women in the Twentieth Century3HUM, USD, , I