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CURRIC 406

RACE, INTERSECTIONALITY, AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION

3 credits.

Addresses a range of issues to help teachers more thoughtfully and equitably serve their students of color and develop a critical and historical understanding of the racism, marginalization, and exclusion that is endemic to the U.S. public school system. Provides an overview of foundational constructs that are essential for pre-service teachers preparing to teach and serve diverse students and families. Explore how race, racism, and racialization in education intersect with class, gender, dis/ability, religion, sexuality, etc. to shape inequitable schooling conditions and experiences for students of color. Analyze the effects at the individual, interactional, institutional, and societal levels Consider how power always-already enables particular policies and practices that reproduce educational inequities and hence sustain white privilege and dominance.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding race and racial inequalities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply course concepts to their lives outside the classroom by respectfully participating in our multicultural society. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race and ethnicity. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Articulate how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding race and racial inequalities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply course concepts to their lives outside the classroom by respectfully participating in our multicultural society. Audience: Undergraduate

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