Diversity Studies Minor

To earn a Diversity Studies minor, students must apply in writing to the Chair of the English, History, or Sociology Department. To complete the minor, no more than two (2) courses may be taken in a single department. No more than three (3) 100-level courses may be included in the minor. No course may fulfill both major and minor requirements but courses in the minor may be used to fulfill general education requirements. At the discretion of the Chair of the English, History, or Sociology Department, some of the courses* taken for undergraduate credit as part of study abroad programs may be used to complete the Diversity Minor. Only one (1) course may be taken within the student’s major subject area. Courses in the minor may also be used to fulfill general education requirements. To complete the course residency requirement for a minor, a minimum of three (3) course-credits (12 semester hours) in the minor must be taken at Framingham State University.

The Diversity Studies Minor requires five (5) courses from the following list:

Art & Music:

• ARTH 200 Art and Social Values
• ARTH 285 The Art of Asia
• ARTH 288 Latin American Art
• MUSC 171 World Music Cultures
• MUSC 212 Music, Dance, and Ritual in the Pacific
• MUSC 220 Women in Music

Communication Arts:

• COMM 234 Intercultural Communication
• COMM 245 Cultural Aspects of Media Representation

• ENGL 201 Mythology and Folklore
• ENGL 202 Comparative Mythology
• ENGL 203 Contemporary Global Literature
• ENGL 234 Global Cinema
• ENGL 240 LGBTQ Literature
• ENGL 250 Literature and Gender
• ENGL 260 American Ethnic Literature
• ENGL 264 African American Literature
• ENGL 277 Contemporary World Literature by Women

Fashion Design and Retailing:

• FASH 253 Cultural Dress

Food and Nutrition:

• NUTR 262 Food, Culture, and Society

Geography:

• GEOG 110 World Regional Geography
• GEOG 180 Native Americans: A Geographical and Legal Perspective    
• GEOG 254 Geography of Monsoon Asia
• GEOG 255 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
• GEOG 256 Geography of the Middle East
• GEOG 257 Geography of Latin America
• GEOG 290 Non-Western Regional Geography: Field Study

History:

• HSTY 102 Comparative History of World Civilizations
• HSTY 149 Twentieth Century China
• HSTY 165 Slavery, Race, and Rights in American History
• HSTY 303 Native American History, 1500-1800
• HSTY 313 Civil Rights Movements in the United States
• HSTY 318 The First World War: Conflict, Culture and Society
• HSTY 321 European and American Muslims: A History
• HSTY 323 African American History
• HSTY 337 Caribbean History
• HSTY 340 Industrial Conflict in the United States
• HSTY 345 Networks and Empires – Economic History of the Atlantic World
• HSTY 359 Slavery and Abolition
• HSTY 365 The History of Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
• HSTY 369 History of the Crusades
• HSTY 371 Women in Europe, 1500-2000
• HSTY 386 Women in American History