INTRODUCTION INTO CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF FAMILIES
An introduction to racially and culturally diverse families with application to personal life. Focuses on structural factors impacting all families, such as demographic, economic, and historic trends, which illuminate the similarities and distinctions among and within racial and ethnic groups.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of diversity of family structures, roles, and relationships. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate understanding of concepts (race, ethnicity, minority, etc.) essential to the discourse on family diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify historical and current social experiences and relate those to family dynamics of diverse cultural groups. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate differences between stereotyping and generalizations about culturally diverse families, while also acknowledging within-group diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect upon your own family, and broaden your exposure to other kinds of family experiences. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of diversity of family structures, roles, and relationships. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate understanding of concepts (race, ethnicity, minority, etc.) essential to the discourse on family diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify historical and current social experiences and relate those to family dynamics of diverse cultural groups. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate differences between stereotyping and generalizations about culturally diverse families, while also acknowledging within-group diversity. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect upon your own family, and broaden your exposure to other kinds of family experiences. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027