University Studies Component Form: Living in Our Diverse Nation
I. Rationale
Please provide a rationale for the course which explains how the course being proposed fits into this
component based on the component's description. For your convenience, the overall description and rationale
for this component are included below.
Overall Description and Rationale for Living in Our Diverse Nation
This component of the University Studies program includes courses that provide students with an
understanding of the importance and implications of human diversity. To develop this
understanding, courses must provide students with opportunities to study the origins of cultural
differences and the “cultural adhesives” that bind people together in the United States of America.
Studying human diversity involves an examination of the influences of one or more of the
following: race, ethnicity, class, gender, age, socioeconomic status, disability, religious beliefs, or
sexual characteristics. Students should explore cultural diversity and interactions in the U.S.,
including diverse cultural values and viewpoints. Courses in the Living in our Diverse Nation
component will expose students to the many facets of a diverse society, while also encouraging
students to develop a self-awareness and self-understanding of the importance and implications of
diversity in their own lives.
Brief Statement of Rationale for Course's Inclusion in Living in Our Diverse Nation
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II. Common Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Each course must address all of the Common Student Learning Outcomes for the component, and list these
Common SLOs along with course-specific SLOs in the model course syllabus (to be attached). For each
Common SLO, list the course SLOs that address the common SLO, describe the opportunities which will be
provided for students to learn the outcome (readings, class discussion and/or activities, applied projects), and
list the means of assessment (exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.) that will be used to determine the level of
student understanding.
LDN 1. Describe and explain various themes and issues relevant to the study of human
diversity.
Course SLO(s) to Address LDN1
Opportunities for Student Learning
(reading, researching, discussing, listening, viewing, etc.)
Means of Assessing Course SLO(s)
(exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.)
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LDN 2. Analyze and interpret evidence of the influence of human diversity on the history and
present culture of the United States.
Course SLO(s) to Address LDN2
Opportunities for Student Learning
(reading, researching, discussing, listening, viewing, etc.)
Means of Assessing Course SLO(s)
(exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.)
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LDN 3. Demonstrate an understanding of social and cultural influences that shape
perspectives of various social groups, while considering the consequences of advantage and
disadvantage.
Course SLO(s) to Address LDN3
Opportunities for Student Learning
(reading, researching, discussing, listening, viewing, etc.)
Means of Assessing Course SLO(s)
(exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.)
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LDN 4. Evaluate claims, arguments, and theories related to the ways in which diversity has
shaped and continues to shape identity and experience in the U. S.
Course SLO(s) to Address LDN4
Opportunities for Student Learning
(reading, researching, discussing, listening, viewing, etc.)
Means of Assessing Course SLO(s)
(exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.)
Submission instructions:
Please submit cover form, all component forms, a model syllabus, and College/School’s course
action form (if needed) to your department chair. Department chairs should then submit these
forms, syllabus, and course action form (if needed) in one email message to
universitystudies@uncw.edu from their UNCW email address.
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