About Diversity Studies

Diversity Studies is about learning how people from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences live, work, and learn together. In this program, you’ll explore topics like race, gender, religion, ability, and more.

You’ll learn:

  • How to understand and respect different points of view
  • How history and culture shape our world
  • How to build stronger, more inclusive communities

Diversity Studies helps you become a better communicator, problem-solver, and leader. These skills are useful in many careers, like education, social work, business, health care, and government.


Associate Option

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Associate in Arts-DTA with Concentration in Diversity Studies
iversity in the curriculum refers to the study of one or more groups that have been historically marginalized on the basis of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, disability, religion, age, immigration, and/or geopolitical power.


Career Outlook

With a degree in Diversity Studies, you can work in many different fields, such as:

  • Education – teaching, counseling, or working with students
  • Social Work and Community Services – helping people and building stronger communities
  • Human Resources – supporting fair hiring and workplace inclusion
  • Health Care – working with patients from all walks of life
  • Government and Nonprofits – creating programs that help people

This degree also helps if you want to keep learning in graduate school.

Diversity Studies teaches you how to make a difference, stand up for others, and build a more caring and fair world.

 

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