PLEASE NOTE: This is a copy of the form that will appear in the online course approval process if you indicate you want multicultural certification for your course. This copy is for your information only – please do not fill it out. Only online forms will be accepted. When you go to the online application, http://www.udel.edu/courseinv/, you will be presented with an online version of this form that will be included with your course proposal.
All courses proposed to fulfill the multicultural requirement must be reviewed by the Undergraduate Studies Committee. Every section of the proposed course must be offered as multicultural and only courses with a permanent number can be accepted. To warrant certification or recertification, evidence (for example: course syllabus, reading list, and/or list of speakers) must be presented which shows that the course satisfies three of the following five criteria:
For the purposes
of this review, culture includes but is not limited to ethnic and gender-related
1. The
course content provides significant opportunity for students to gain a greater
understanding of the cultural diversity of the people of the United States.
2. The
course content provides significant opportunity for students to gain a greater
understanding of world cultures.
3. The
course content provides significant opportunity for students to gain a greater
understanding of the behavior of people within the culture(s) under study.
4.
The course content provides significant opportunity for students to compare
and contrast the culture(s) under study with their own.
5. The
course content provides significant opportunity for students to use their
understanding of cultural differences to inform their own behavior and decisions
to a significantly greater degree.
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Justifications: Explain how your course achieves at least
three of the five goals
above.
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Supporting
Documentation: Attach course materials (e.g., syllabus, reading
list, list of guest speakers or field trips) that
demonstrate how this
course achieves three of the five goals above.
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Each course granted multicultural status will be routinely reviewed every five years, and courses not submitted for review within the five-year period will lose their multicultural certification. After the initial five-year period, evidence must be submitted from a well-constructed assessment study that demonstrates empirically that the course achieves at least three of the five multicultural outcomes listed below. Upon considering the evidence presented, the Undergraduate Studies Committee will recertify the course as multicultural, decertify it, or recertify it conditionally for a period not to exceed two years pending receipt of additional assessment information. Once decertified, a course will not be eligible for consideration again for a period of three years. Please note that the following five criteria are not operational until the academic year 2009/2010:
For the purpose of this review, culture includes but is not limited to ethnic and gender-related differences.
1. Students have gained a greater understanding of the cultural diversity of the people of the United States.
2. Students have gained a greater understanding of world cultures.
3. Students have gained a greater understanding of the behavior of people within the culture(s) under study.
4. Students have compared and contrasted the culture(s) under study with their own.
5. Students have used their understanding of cultural differences to inform their own behavior and decisions to a significantly greater degree.