2021-2022 College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 College Catalog [Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

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SOC 2113 - Cultural Diversity

3 Credits
This course will provide students with the tools to cope in the modern world, in which cultural sensitivity and empathy are necessary skills for employees, particularly in the social services and counseling fields. Students will learn to work within multi-racial, multi-ethnic environments, with co-workers of different faith, age, sexual orientation, and cultural perspective

Course Level Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Recognize differences between people of different cultures, religions, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and ages. (GEO 2, 4)
2. Discuss prejudice, discrimination, assimilation and privilege and be able to apply these concepts to real life scenarios presented in assignments and/or classroom activities. (GEO 1,3,4)
3. Describe how a culturally diverse society may impact daily interactions in your future professional endeavors. (GEO 1,2,4)
4. Demonstrate how to work effectively in diverse teams. (GEO 1,4)
5. Identify personal beliefs and values and describe the possible origins which may have contributed to their development. (GEO 2, 3)
6. Recognize how personal beliefs and values can influence individual and team work. (GEO 2,4)
7. Describe society’s current role in maintaining oppression and marginalization of certain vulnerable groups and explain the rationale which facilitates these events. (GEO 1,3,4)
8. Identify barriers to cultural competency in the workplace and be able to apply learned concepts to address the barriers. (GEO 3)



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