Academics
- Selective Major Process
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Requirement
- Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement
- Undergraduate Seminars
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Requirement (DEI)
A knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion is required of all candidates for a Bachelor's degree who begin their studies at UC San Diego in lower-division standing in Fall 2011 or thereafter, or in upper-division standing in Fall 2013 or thereafter.
Definition of Terms:
Diversity refers to the variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance. Such differences include race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and geographic region.
Equity is the guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all students, faculty, and staff, while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of marginalized groups.
Inclusion is the act of creating environments in which any individual or group can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.
Current List of DEI Approved Courses:
Please check the UCSD catalog for details on when courses are offered.
For Students- DEI Course Offerings Per Quarter
Here is the projected list of DEI courses for the Spring 2025 Quarter.Courses are contingent upon enrollments.
Course # Course Title Instructor Dept. AAS10R Intro/African-American Studies Butler, Elizabeth Annette AAS AAS170R Legacies of Research Butler, Elizabeth Annette AAS ANTH10 Climate Justice Stewart, Alexander B ANTH ANTH105 Climate Change, Race,& Inequal Rabinowitz, Dan ANTH ANTH21 Race and Racisms Stone, Annika Britt ANTH ANTH23 Debating Multiculturalism Stone, Annika Britt ANTH ANTH4 Intro to Linguistic Anthro Yeh, Rihan Wen Xin ANTH ASTR60 Antiracism in Physics & Astro Burgasser, Adam Jonathan ASTR AWP10R Lang&Learning in American Acad Gocsik, Karen Marie AWP CGS105 Queer Theory Wesling, Megan E. CGS CGS112 Sexuality & Nation Cuong, Marisol CGS COGS2 Cognitive NeuroEconomics Boyle, Mary E. T. COGS COMM10 Introduction to Communication Whitworth-Smith, Andrew C COMM COMM102C MMPP: Media & Design Practicum Campion, Camille E COMM COMM155 Latinx Space, Place & Culture Pavon Aramburu, Maria Laur COMM COMM30 Digital Media Literacy Metcalf, Kathryne Young COMM DOC100D Promises&Contradictions/USCult Pass, Natalye DOC DOC100D Promises&Contradictions/USCult Pass, Natalye DOC EDS117 Language, Culture & Education Jones, Makeba EDS EDS117 Language, Culture & Education Pending EDS EDS125 Hist,Polic&Theory/Bilingual Ed Aragon, Maria Jose EDS EDS126 Social Organization/Education Jones, Makeba EDS EDS130 Intro/Acad Ment/Elem Schl Stdn Mendez, Kathrina Mendoza EDS EDS133 Counsel, Mentor, Advise (P-12) Bintliff, Amy S.V. EDS EDS136 Intro/Acad Tut/Second Schl Std Hemans, Patricia Ann Benitez EDS EDS145 Arts Across the Curriculum Choi, Bailey Miyeon EDS ETHN110 Wrld Views/Indigenous America Klann, Mary Cameron ETHN ETHN112C California Native Am. History Frank, Ross H. ETHN ETHN127 Sexuality & Nation Cuong, Marisol ETHN ETHN142 Medcn/Race&Globl Poli/Inequity Wilson, Brenda K ETHN ETHN182 Race, Gender, Sexuality Sci Fi Streeby, Shelley ETHN ETHN30 Intro Chicanx & Latinx Studies Fuste, Jose Ignacio ETHN ETHN3R R-Intro: Making Culture Okonkwo, Holly ETHN HDS175 PowerWealth&Inequality/HumDev Pending HDS HILD2C United States History Hendrickson, Gerald M. HIST HILD7B Race & Ethnicity/United States Martinez-Matsuda, Veronica HIST LATI10 Lat Amer Studies&US Liberation Kennemore, Amy Michelle LATI LIGN8 Languages & Cultures/America McIntosh, Justin LING LTEN181 Asian American Literature Mukherjee, Silpa LIT LTEN185 Themes/Afro-Americn Literature Childs, Dennis R. LIT LTEN28 Intr/Asian-American Literature Suzuki, Erin M. LIT MGT18 Managing Diverse Teams McKay, Michael J RSM MGT18 Managing Diverse Teams McKay, Michael J RSM MGT18 Managing Diverse Teams McKay, Michael J RSM MGT18 Managing Diverse Teams Chamberlain, Travis Dean RSM MUS150 Jazz & Music/African Diaspora Roberts, Matana MUS MUS17 Hip-Hop Pending MUS MUS19R Blacktronika: Afrofuturism Britt, King James MUS MUS8 American Music: Jazz Cultures Smythe, Cory Benjamin MUS PHIL155 Mexican Philosophy Tolley, Clinton PHIL POLI100O Perspectives on Race Boehmer, Alison Paige POLI POLI150A Politics of Immigration Wong, Tak Kei POLI PSYC127 Sexual Inequities & Wellbeing Dickenson, Janna Alene PSYC PSYC131 Scientific Racism Anagnostaras, Stephan PSYC SOCI111 Local Lives, Global Problems Ribas Norris, Janet Vanesa SOC SOCI117 Language, Culture & Education Jones, Makeba SOC SOCI117 Language, Culture & Education Pending SOC SOCI125M Soc/Refugee, Asylum, Migration Fitzgerald, David S SOC SOCI126 Social Organization/Education Jones, Makeba SOC SOCI138 Genetics and Society Ruiz, Jonathan Joseph SOC SOCI139 Socl Inequal:Class,Race,Gender Ribas Norris, Janet Vanesa SOC SOCI139A Race and Racism in America Estefan, Michel SOC SOCI140J Sociology of Social Justice Estefan, Michel SOC SOCI151 Social Movements Goldman, Harvey Stern SOC SOCI2 The Study of Society Payne, Christine Anna SOC TMC15 Public Service in America Hemans, Patricia Ann Benitez TMC USP1 History/US Urban Communities Kwak, Nancy USP USP3 City and Social Theory Wickland, Teo Akande USP VIS102 Democratizing the City Cruz, Edwin Teddy VIS VIS152D IdentityThruTransnationalCinem Wardwell, Mariana Razo VIS
For Faculty- DEI Course Requirement Information
Faculty are encouraged to submit courses for consideration to fulfill the DEI requirement. Courses must fulfill three governing categories (frameworks, subject matter, and pedagogy) in order to satisfy the DEI requirement. For Faculty interested in creating or submitting a course for DEI approval, please visit the Academic Senate website for course submission.