Minor Checksheet
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College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Diversity and Community Engagement Minor
For Students Graduating in Calendar Year 2015
Required Courses (6 credit hours)
Take each of the following courses:
SOC 2034: Diversity and Community Engagement (3 credit hours)
SOC 4294: Diversity and Community Engagement Minor Capstone Seminar (3 credit hours) –
Should be taken as the final course for fulfillment of the minor unless granted permission by the instructor.
Elective Courses (12 credit hours)
Choose four courses (12 credit hours) in four of the five areas on the approved minor List. At least 9 hours must be taken at the 3000-4000 level. Alternately, students may complete three credits hours in three of the five areas, and an additional three credit hours in an approved experiential learning project.
This experiential learning project must be approved by the minor director.
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Additional Requirements
Departmental pre-requisites for these courses must be satisfied.
A minimum of 18 credit hours is required.
A maximum of 6 credit hours may be taken within the same program to fulfill the electives requirement.*
A maximum of 6 credit hours may be taken at the 1000-2000 level, including the foundations course.
All courses must be taken A/F.
A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the minor is required.
* Due to the Department of Sociology offering both the foundational and capstone courses, students will be allowed to take one additional course in this department. For the purposes of this minor, Africana Studies, American Indian
Studies, and Women and Gender Studies are considered separate programs. Similarly, in the Religion and Culture
Department, Religion, Humanities, and Appalachian Studies will be counted as separate programs .
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ELECTIVE COURSES FOR DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MINOR
Area 1: Expressive Cultures
AAEC 2244 (AHRM 2244): FOOD AND CULTURE: CULTURAL TRADITIONS, CONFLICT, AND
POSSIBILITIES -Sophomore standing is required.
AFST 2774: BLACK AESTHETICS
AFST 4774: BLACKS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS -Pre: 1714
APS 4404 (HUM 4404): APPALACHIAN FOLK CULTURE
COMM 2104 (AINS 2104) (HUM 2104): ORAL TRADITIONS AND CULTURE
COMM 3204 (HUM 3204): MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION
ENGL 2804 (AINS 2804): CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURES -Pre: 1106 or
H1204 or COMM 1016
ENGL 3304 (AINS 3304): THE LANGUAGES OF NATIVE AMERICA -Pre: 1106 or H1204 or
COMM 1016
ENGL 3654: ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 3624: APPALACHIAN LITERATURE
ENG 3634 (AFST 3634): AFRICAN AMERCAN LITERATURE
REL 2234 (WGS 2234): WOMEN, ETHICS, AND RELIGION
REL 2324: ISLAM
REL 2744 (AFST 2744): THE BLACK CHURCH IN AMERICA
REL 3014 (WGS 3014): WOMEN AND GENDER IN ISLAM -Pre: WS 2324
REL 3704 (HUM 3704) (JUD 3704): CHRISTIANS, JEWS, AND THE IDEA OF JUDEO-
CHRISTIANITY
HUM 4404: APPALACHIAN FOLK CULTURE -Pre: 3 REL credits
SPAN 3474: MODERN SPANISH-CARIBBEAN CULTURE & LITERATURE –Pre: 3304
SPAN 3684: CROSSING THE BORDER: LIVING THE LITERATURE –Pre: 2106
WGS 2224: WOMEN AND CREATIVITY -Pre: 1824
Area 2: Historical Legacies
AFST 2354: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
AFST 3174 (HIST 3174): AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
AFST 3175, 3176 (HIST 3175, 3176): AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY
AFST 4704: HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE -Pre: 1715
APS 4404 (HUM 4404): APPALACHIAN FOLK CULTURE
COMM 2104 (AINS 2104) (HUM 2104): ORAL TRADITIONS AND CULTURE
HIST 3105, 3106: WOMEN IN US HISTORY
HIST 3164: SEXUALITY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 3205, 3206: U.S. SOUTH
HIST 3214: HISTORY OF APPALACHIA
HIST 3264: THE UNITED STATES IN LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 3784: ORIGINS OF THE STATE -Pre: 2014 (3015 or 3016)
SPAN 2754: INTRO TO SPANISH-AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
SPAN 3444: EARLY SPANISH-AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE -Pre: 3304
Area 3: Global Perspectives
COMM 4044 (IS 4044): INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION- Pre: Senior standing required
ENGL 3644: POSTCOLONIAL CULTURAL STUDIES -Pre: 1106
FL 4104 (MGT 4104): GLOBAL CULTURE –Pre: Junior standing required
FR 3314: INTRODUCTION TO FRANCOPHONOE STUDIES –Pre: 3304
GEOG 2034: GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CONFLICT
GEOG 4214 (WGS 4214) (UAP 4214): WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN A
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -Pre: UAP 3344 or UAP 3354
HIST 3554: AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
IS 2054 (GEOG 2054) (PSCI 2054): INTRODUCTION TO WORLD POLITICS
IS 2064 (GEOG 2064) (PSCI 2064): THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND WORLD POLITICS
ISE 4304: GLOBAL ISSUES IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
PHIL 2304: GLOBAL ETHICS
PSCI 3684 (AINS 3684): INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND WORLD POLITICS
STS 2054 (HIST 2054): ENGINEERING CULTURES
UAP 4764 (SOC 4764) (GEOG 4764): INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -Junior standing required
WGS 3214: GLOBAL FEMINISMS -Pre: 2264
Area 4: Community and Society
AEE 4304: COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT -Pre: Junior standing
AFST 2454: RACE AND RACISM
AFST 3454: AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
AHRM 4664: UNIVERSAL DESIGN
APS 3464 (AHRM 3464) (GEOG 3464) (HD 3464) (HUM 3464) (SOC 3464) (UAP 3464):
APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES –Must have completed one 2000-level course in any cross-listing department
APS 4414 (HUM 4414): CRITICAL ISSUES/APPALACHIA
ECON 3014: ECONOMICS OF POVERTY–Pre: (2005 and 2006)
ECON 3024: ECONOMIC JUSTICE –Pre: (2005 and 2006)
ECON 4124: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT–Pre: (2005 and 2006)
HD 2314: HUMAN SEXUALITY
HD 4364: GENDER AND FAMILY DIVERSITY-Pre: 2304
HTM 3484: SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACT OF TOURISM
HUM 2514: THE ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
PSCI 3255, 3256: THE POLITICS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND GENDER -Pre: 1014 or 1024
PSCI 3724: POVERTY AND WELFARE POLICY -Pre: 1014 or 1014H
PSYC 2084: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY – Pre: 2004
SOC 2024: MINORITY GROUP RELATIONS
SOC 2514: APPALACHIAN SOCIAL ISSUES
SOC 3004: SOCIAL INEQUALITY -Pre: 1004
SOC 3014: GENDER RELATIONS -Pre: 1004
SOC 3614: GENDER AND WORK IN THE U.S. -Pre: 1004
SOC 3714: SOCIOLOGY OF AGING -Pre: 1004.
STS 3324 (WGS 3324): PERSPECTIVES ON THE BIOLOGY OF WOMEN -Pre: WGS 1824
STS 4704 (WGS 4704): GENDER AND SCIENCE -Pre: 1504 or WGS 2244
TA 4304: THEATRE OUTREACH –Theater majors only. Instructor consent required.
WGS 2244: WOMEN AND SCIENCE -Pre: 1824
WGS 2254: FEMINIST ACTIVISM -Pre: 1824
WGS 2264: RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER -Pre: 1824
WGS 2284: LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER ISSUES
WGS 4704 (STS 4704): GENDER AND SCIENCE -Pre: 2244 or HST 1504
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Additional courses may be substituted for fulfillment of any of the aforementioned areas at the discretion of the minor advisor. A Course Substitution Form must be submitted. A current syllabus and course description are required for these additional courses to be considered towards the fulfillment of requirements for the Diversity and Community Engagement Minor.
Area 5: Experiential Learning
Experiential learning projects are educational opportunities that occur outside of the confines of a traditional classroom. These projects must include work related to the issues of diversity and community engagement. A student will receive three credit hours for an experiential learning provided they fulfill all of the requirements.
Examples of experiential learning projects are, but may not necessarily include the following examples:
Service learning
Volunteer projects
Internships related to diversity or community work
Undergraduate research projects
Conflict resolution programs
Experiential Learning Projects will receive credit hours under SOC 4964: Field Study.
The minor director must approve all experiential learning projects . Please refer to the Experiential Learning
Project Handbook for guidelines and procedures.
Minor Director
Ryan Rideau rrideau@vt.edu
(540) 231-0910
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