Human Diversity Application

Course Designator and Number * 🛈

Course Title *

College *

Department *

Faculty Name *

Department Chair Name *

Please select *

Course-Based Options

For any new or existing courses to be credentialed as courses to fulfill the NIU Human Diversity Requirement, please provide your college curriculum committee a course syllabus and fill out the section below regarding the course for which you are seeking the "Human Diversity" designation. This form must be approved by the college curriculum committee and sent to the catalog editor/curriculum coordinator.

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	Yes	No
The course focuses on one or more of the following social categories: gender, ability, race/ethnicity,	Yes	No
citizenship, wealth/material resources, religion, age, sexual orientation.	Yes	No
In cases where the course focuses on only one category, it provides reasonably similar breadth and depth of	Yes	No
study to its social impact.	Yes	No
The course’s approach to diversity includes an analysis of power and addresses people’s differing access to	Yes	No
resources/opportunities in the present or past.	Yes	No
At least 33% of the course material addresses diversity as outlined above.	Yes	No
At least 33% of the course grade comprises assignments/assessments focused on diversity as outlined above.	Yes	No

Non-course Based (College-sponsored)

For college-sponsored non-course based experiences to be credentialed as NIU Human Diversity experiences, please provide your college equity team a course syllabus and fill out the section below regarding the activity for which you are seeking the "Human Diversity" designation.

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	Yes	No
The activity entails a minimum of 48 hours of work, corresponding to 33% of a 16-week course:	Yes	No
16 contact hours and 32 hours of work outside of class.	Yes	No
The activity focuses on one or more of the following social categories: gender, ability, race/ethnicity,	Yes	No
citizenship, wealth/material resources, religion, age, sexual orientation.	Yes	No
In cases where the activity focuses on only one category, it provides reasonably similar breadth and depth of	Yes	No
study to its social impact.	Yes	No
The activity’s approach to diversity involves an analysis of power and addresses people’s differing access to	Yes	No
resources/opportunities.	Yes	No

Course syllabus upload *

Activities (Non-college-sponsored)

Activities not sponsored by a college will be directed to the Committee for Multicultural Curriculum Transformation.

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	Yes	No
The activity entails a minimum of 48 hours of work, corresponding to 33% of a 16-week course:	Yes	No
16 contact hours and 32 hours of work outside of class.	Yes	No
The activity focuses on one or more of the following social categories: gender, ability, race/ethnicity,	Yes	No
citizenship, wealth/material resources, religion, age, sexual orientation.	Yes	No
In cases where the activity focuses on only one category, it provides reasonably similar breadth and depth of	Yes	No
study to its social impact.	Yes	No
The activity’s approach to diversity involves an analysis of power and addresses people’s differing access to	Yes	No
resources/opportunities.	Yes	No