The Diversity Leadership Certificate is an interdisciplinary academic program intended to provide students with a foundational understanding of issues surrounding diversity and inclusion with a focus on the core themes of religion and spiritual traditions, race and ethnicities, gender and sexuality, and age and abilities. Students with an interest in international studies, as well as careers in business, communications, economics, education, environmental science, history, and politics, are invited to consider this certificate as a supplement to their major.
Certificate Admission Requirements
Certificate Requirements
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- IDS3333 - Issues in Diversity Studies (3)
- Complete at least 3 of the following:
- IDS3053 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods (3)
- IDS3152 - Diversity Leadership and Environmental Studies (3)
- IDS3157 - The Environment, Gender, and Sexuality (3)
- IDS4602 - Reviving the Past: Researching Lost Communities (3)
- AML3615 - Harlem, Haiti, and Havana (3)
- ANT2410 - Cultural Anthropology: Global Perspectives, Local Contexts (3)
- ANT3145 - Archaeology of Complex Societies (3)
- ANT3245 - Native American Religions (3)
- ANT3451 - Race Matters: Anthropological Approaches to Racism (3)
- ANT4702 - Culture, Inequality and Global Development (3)
- ASL2510 - Issues of Deafness (3)
- COM4461 - Intercultural Communication (3)
- CPO4784 - Political and Economic Inequality in Comparative Perspective (3)
- EDF2085 - Introduction to Diversity for Educators (3)
- ENC4523 - Writing and Identity (3)
- GEY3001 - Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Overview (3)
- HSC3559 - Disabilities in American Society (3)
- HUM3326 - Theories of Sex and Gender in Humanities (3)
- HUM3806 - Critical Race Theory (3)
- HUM4823 - Queer Theory in the Humanities (3)
- JST3005 - Tenets of Judaism (3)
- PHI3720 - Faith and Reason (3)
- PLA4472 - Employment Discrimination Law (3)
- PLA4530 - Legal Issues of the Elderly (3)
- PLA4886 - Sexuality, Gender, & the Law (3)
- PLA4830 - World Legal Systems (3)
- POS3233 - Public Opinion (3)
- REL2300 - World Religions (3)
- REL3123 - Asian Religions in America (3)
- REL3333 - Hinduism (3)
- REL3340 - Buddhism (3)
- REL3363 - Islam (3)
- REL3403 - Christianity (3)
- SOP3784 - Psychology of Diversity (3)
- SYD3700 - Race and Ethnicity (3)
- SYD3800 - Sex and Gender in Society (3)
- SYO3530 - Social Power and Inequality (3)
- SYO4133 - Family and Aging in Society (3)
- SYO4200 - Religion in Society (3)
- SYO4323 - Community and Diversity (3)
- SYP4454 - Global Inequality and Society (3)
- SYP4730 - Aging in Society (3)
- SYP4732 - Minority Aging and Health (3)
- THE3254 - Queer Theatre (3)
- THE3312 - Theatre History and Dramatic Literature II (3)
- WST3460 - Women, Race and Struggle (3)
Grand Total Credits: 12
A total of 12 credit hours are required for this certificate.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 12 Other Requirements
A grade of "C" (2.0) or above is required in each course used to satisfy the certificate.
At least 12 hours used in the certificate must be earned at UCF. No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
Course substitutions can be made with prior approval from Interdisciplinary Studies.
Internship or Independent Study and international experiences require prior approval from Interdisciplinary Studies to be used in the certificate.
