Diversity & Inclusion: Courses Offered at MTSU

• 3 credit hours

Introductory interdisciplinary survey course which examines the African American experience from enslavement through the present; social, religious, political, and cultural interactions evolving from that experience.

• 3 credit hours

Selected topics, issues, and problems in the African and African American experience. Course emphasis on primary source materials, critical reading, and critical analysis. Topics will vary. This course may not be repeated for additional credit hours in the minor.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AST 4755 and HIST 4755

Examines the rise of various twentieth-century federal housing policies that made homeownership affordable for most Americans for the first time in the country’s history. Particular emphasis placed on the exclusionary nature of these policies, their generational implications, and the activism that ultimately contributed to their demise.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as MUHL 4550 and RIM 4550
• Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020

An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop’s history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AAS 4750 and HIST 4750
• Prerequisites: Six hours of HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030

The changing ideology of race and the socioeconomic status of African Americans in the American experience; contributions to the culture and institutions of the United States.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Junior standing

Emphasis on developing skills essential for working effectively with a diverse work force in global and domestic settings, incorporating the value of diversity into organizations, and building multicultural work teams.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: CDIS 3300 with C or better.

An introduction and initial overview of the impact of culture and cultural variation on language and communication. Includes a foundational understanding of cultural-linguistic diversity, application to the clinical process, and overall cultural competence in communication sciences and disorders.

• 3 credit hours

Analysis of public hostility toward police and current community relations projects, human relations, training and education of law enforcement officers; responsibilities of police administrators, causes of tension and conflict, dissent and disorder, positive and negative factors in the control of minority group hostilities; minority recruitment in law enforcement.

• 3 credit hours

Communication and intergroup relationships between people of different ethnic/racial backgrounds in the United States.

• 3 credit hours
• Corequisite: ELED 3100
• Prerequisite: Acceptance into the teacher education program

Provides a foundation for teaching for social justice and equity. A field-based component included.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better

Writers, genres, and criticism in Native American, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American literatures.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AAS 2040 and AST 2040

The role of African Americans in establishing and shaping the American nation. Covers their historical development and contributions to American art, music, literature, and religion.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Six hours of HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030

A seminar course exploring selected topics and problems in the African American experience since 1619. Possible topics include the Great Migration, the life and work of Malcolm X, Pan-Africanism, Caribbean enslavement, the African American church, the African American woman, African American education, and the Harlem Renaissance.  May repeat for up to six credit hours.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Three hours of HIST 1010, HIST 1020, HIST 1110, or HIST 1120

A major problem or political or social development in the contemporary Middle East. May be taken more than once for credit with different topic (up to six credit hours).

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AST 4435
• Prerequisite: HIST 1110 or HIST 1120

Focuses on the history of the African slave trade. Explores trans-Atlantic slave trade compared to other slaveries; historical significance and legacies of the slave trade; and the changing meaning of the term “slavery” and some modern forms of slavery that persist to this day.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: HIST 1110 or HIST 1120

Examines African women’s social, political, and economic experiences from the rise of colonial rule in the late nineteenth century to the present. Topics include the rise of colonial rule and varied women’s responses to European overrule; changing understandings of marriage, inheritance, and women’s health issues in colonial and post-colonial Africa; the political role of women in decolonization and post-colonial Africa; and African women’s efforts for social and economic development since the end of formal colonial rule.

• 3 credit hours

Examines the political, social, and cultural developments reflected in Egyptian artistic, literary, and architectural works within the context of the 3000-year history of this ancient state from the Predynastic Period through the Ptolemaic Dynasty (3200-32 BCE). Counts as an elective in the global category in History major.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Six hours of HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030

United States American Indian history from before European contact to the present with emphasis on issues important to native peoples and their active participation in a constantly changing world.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AAS 4750 and AST 4750
• Prerequisites: Six hours of HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030

The changing ideology of race and the socioeconomic status of African Americans in the American experience; contributions to the culture and institutions of the United States.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AAS 4755
• Prerequisite: HIST 2020 or HIST 2050

Examines the rise of various twentieth-century federal housing policies that made homeownership affordable for most Americans for the first time in the country’s history. Emphasis placed on the exclusionary nature of these policies, their generational implications, and the activism that ultimately contributed to their demise.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor

Critical examination of diversity in mass communication with particular emphasis on media representations of race, gender, and class. Also examines audience interpretations of media texts.

• 3 credit hours
• For LSTS majors only

Explores issues surrounding leisure, sport, and tourism opportunities for persons with disabilities. Introduces important issues such as attitudes, advocacy, accessibility, legislation, and the broad range of opportunities in the provision of leisure, sport, and tourism services for persons with disabilities in our society. 

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisites: MGMT 3610
• junior or senior standing
• acceptance into the College of Business.

The impact of differences as the catalyst for effective leadership in teams and organizations. Offers preparation for students to lead and work within diverse teams and global organizations more effectively.

• 3 credit hours

Investigates one or more regional musical cultures of Latin America with attention to the cultural, historical, economic, and political forces that shape musical genres, as well as issues of class, race, gender, migration, colonialism, identity, and resistance.

• 3 credit hours

Technical features of various styles from the inception of jazz to present. Introduction of jazz style periods, performance practices, stylistic features, and artists.

• 3 credit hours

Examines various Middle Eastern cultural soundscapes from an ethnomusicological perspective, including the relationship between folk, classical, and popular musical traditions, and music’s role in religious experience.

• 3 credit hours

Study of the history and literature of jazz music including African roots, developments and aspects of style periods, and the contemporary state of jazz. Listening and analysis.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as ANTH 4550 and RIM 4550
• Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020

An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop’s history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.

• 2 credit hours

A chronological and topical overview of African American musicians and composers and the primary genres of African American art music from slavery to the present.

• 3 credit hours

Survey of a variety of primarily black thinkers who examine important topics related to race, equality, slavery, black nationalism, integration, affirmative action, and racial harmony. Thinkers include Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, William Du Bois, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and President Obama.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: SOC 1010, SOC 2010, or permission of department

Covers various aspects of organizational diversity, focusing primarily on the United States. Explores current patterns of social inequality in the workplace with a specific emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity, age, and family arrangements. Focuses on the link between these social patterns and workforce diversity.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: SPAN 2020 or permission of instructor

Peninsular Spanish culture focusing on the geography, history, social institutions, values, and beliefs.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020 or instructor permission

Explores literature written by Latin American women of African ancestry, with emphasis on the Caribbean and Latin America.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisite: SPED 3010. (SPED 3010 cannot be taken concurrently with SPED 3130.)

Examines language development from birth to adolescence and difficulties that can occur in individuals with exceptionalities. Strategies to overcome speech difficulties and language barrier deficits also discussed.

• 3 credit hours
• Prerequisites: SPED 3010 and SPED 3440 or SPED 3430
• admission to Teacher Education program

Understanding the various aspects of culture and diversity in meeting the needs of parents and families of children with special needs. Presents strategies and techniques for educators and professionals to collaborate and work effectively with parents and care providers.

• 3 credit hours
• Same as AAS 3200

Examines culturally appropriate practice issues that are essential considerations for effective service delivery, including African American families and ethnic subcultures predominant in the U.S.