FYWS 102AA.  First-Year Seminar: Intersectional Inequality - Poverty, Women and Ethnicity   (3).

General education humanities course. Focuses on understanding inequality based on the intersection of poverty with other axes of power. Students learn to think critically about the connection of women and gender with poverty and race/ethnicity. The class involves seminar/discussions, readings, videos, Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) events, group projects and presentations. These facilitate skills-development and competence necessary for engaging inequalities in the society. First-Year Seminars do not meet a divisional requirement in the pre-Fall 2024 WSU General Education program, and can only be used in Bucket 7 for General Education starting Fall 2024. Course includes diversity content.

FYWS 102J.  First-Year Seminar: Fundamentals of Diversity   (3).

General education humanities course. Designed to facilitate students’ success particularly in understanding the basics of diversity – its construction, perception and possibilities. Students learn the meaning of diversity in terms of being different and special according to societal norms. Focuses on gender and race, but issues of class, sexuality and ability are also included in the study. Seminars/discussions of readings, videos, Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) events, and group projects provide the basis for skills development and competence that help students to engage diversity within and outside the classroom. Active participation in class blogs and/or diversity events/sites is required. First-Year Seminars do not meet a divisional requirement in the pre-Fall 2024 WSU General Education program, and can only be used in Bucket 7 for General Education starting Fall 2024. Course includes diversity content.