Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 12 credit hours
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The post-baccalaureate certificate in Integrative Studies with a focus in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice is a 12-credit hour program to equip students to become diversity and social justice facilitators, trainers, activists, and agents of social change. The program aims to familiarize students with the complexities of diversity, the management of diversity and inclusion in work settings, the enhancement of cultural competencies, and the skills necessary for effective social changes.
This certificate will complement students’ learning and academic profile in a variety of liberal arts and professional degrees, from sociology to business administration and political science to nursing. The certificate will allow students who choose to continue with a graduate degree in sociology and allied fields.
The courses included in the certificate will be a combination of face-to-face, online and hybrid. Qualifying electives currently exist in various modalities across departments for this interdisciplinary program. The practicum course will be exclusively face-to-face and offered at least once a year. There are enough qualifying electives across the curriculum to guarantee sufficient elective course options every semester.
Admission
- Graduate School application and $40 fee
- Official copies of all postsecondary transcripts
- Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree prior to enrollment
Program application materials may be uploaded during the application process. Official transcripts must be sent directly from the University attended. Please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions with questions regarding the application submission process at graduateadmissions@siue.edu.
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Curriculum
This post-baccalaureate certificate requires the completion of 12 credit hours, six of which must be at the 500-level (including INTG 590 and at least one 500-level elective). The courses will be a combination of face-to-face, online, and hybrid. Qualifying electives currently exist in various modalities across departments for this interdisciplinary program.
The capstone course, INTG 590 “Practicum in Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice” will be an exclusively face-to-face offering and is required of all students in the program. The practicum will be offered at least once a year. In this course, students are expected to show a comprehension of key concepts in diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice. Students will create, complete, facilitate and review an original seminar training demonstrating proficiency.
When initially enrolling in the program, students will declare which two departments they want to divide their electives between. Students select three electives distributed between the two departments, two in one department and a third in the other. At least one of these electives must be a 500-level course.
The following is a list of applicable elective courses. In the event new relevant courses are developed, they will be added to this list.
Sociology
- SOC 411: Social Movements
- SOC 502: Seminar in Intergroup Relations
- SOC 542: Seminar in Gender and Gender Inequality
- SOC 423: Social Justice and Leadership
- SOC 590: Special Topics (topics vary)
- HIST 424: Holocaust
- HIST 433: American Slavery Through Biography
- HIST 439: Aid to Africa: Humanitarianism and Development in African History
- HIST 500A: Seminar and American History (topics vary)
- HIST 500D: Seminar in World History (topics vary)
- POLS 440: African American Politics
- POLS 441: Women and Politics in America
- POLS 446: Gay and Lesbian Politics
- POLS 453: Ethnic Politics
- ENG 410: Rhetoric, Writing and Citizenship
- ENG 416: Language and Society
- ENG 417: Language and Ethnicity
- ENG 445: Young Adult Literature
- ENG 488: Rhetoric, Politics, and the Law
- ENG 521: Topics in Literature and Culture
- ENG 526: Studies in African American Texts
Exit Requirements
The post-baccalaureate certificate program requires the completion of 12 hours of coursework with a minimum 3.0 cumulative graduate GPA, including completion of INTG 590 and three (3) elective courses. To be retained in the program, students must have a 3.0 GPA after nine (9) hours of coursework.
