Dear GEP: On Feb 7, I asked the list: "I am curious to know about undergrad graduation requirements that include taking at least one course (or more) in which the majority of readings must be A) written by non-US/Western Europe authors; or B) about non US/Western Europe subjects. I am especially interested in A." Here are the responses (I accidentally deleted at least one):
Mills College in California. "Our current Core Curriculum<https://www.mills.edu/academics/undergraduate/catalog/core-curriculum-review.php> (adopted 2 years ago) includes requirements covering Race, Gender, and Power (primarily domestic) and International Perspectives. The latter focuses on "thinking about the world beyond Europe and North America." Although there isn't a specific policy for those courses to have a particular mix of authors or topics, in practice, for a class to be approved to meet those requirements, at least a quarter of the readings have to be by representatives of the peoples being represented." Manhattan College has a global/non-Western requirement of two courses for undergraduates: https://manhattan.edu/academics/schools-and-departments/school-of-liberal-arts/majors-and-minors/core-curriculum.php Harvard requires undergraduates to complete at least one course that examines a non-US/non-Western Europe culture and the issues that it faces. The Boston College Cultural Diversity- A course that focuses on non western European Countries or U.S.A, courses that focus on Native American, minority, Russian, Asian or African cultures can constitute this requirement. Courses that also focus on culture as a theory count as well. University of Massachusetts Boston U.S.A/ World Diversity requirement- courses that focus on: race, age, culture, gender, social class and disability on a national or international level may count. University of Vermont- Students must take a course about Racism in the United States and a second course in either Racism in the United States or A course on global human and societal differences ( Currently a proposal). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
