Diversity and Inclusivity Awareness

The undergraduate certificate in Diversity and Inclusivity Awareness provides an enriching, multidisciplinary academic experience for UK students through exposure to a variety of cultures and lived experiences within the academic context. This certificate allows opportunities for students to engage with diverse content, views and experiences in order to gain preparedness for a worldview and a future that promises interconnectedness in all that we do. The certificate is designed to provide a depth and breadth of exposure to the diverse human experience, better preparing global citizens through a variety of courses designed to enrich and value diversity and inclusivity. The Diversity and Inclusivity Awareness certificate will enable students to better understand differences in cultures and lived experiences, social influences resulting from those differences as well as how those influences shape a student’s awareness and ability to connect with a worldview that values diversity and models inclusivity for all.  

• Freshman Admission: Applicants who have not attended a college or university upon completion of secondary school AND who have met all requirements including English proficiency as noted below.
• Transfer Admission : Applicants who have attended a college or university upon completion of secondary school AND met all requirements including English proficiency as noted below.
• Non-degree Admission: Applicants who are exchange or visiting students.

• Conditional Admission: Applicants who meet UK’s academic requirements for admission but do not meet the minimum language proficiency requirement or the departmental specific requirements (such as certain SAT/ACT math scores for Engineering and Nursing).
  • Students who are offered conditional admission because of English may either resubmit a higher TOEFL/IELTS score or enroll in UK's Center for English as a Second Language program. The duration of these courses will depend on placement test results and individual student progress. Upon successful completion of the English language course(s), the student will move seamlessly into a degree program at UK. This means no TOEFL/IELTS scores will be required if students complete CESL.
  • Students who require a higher math score for Engineering may submit a higher score or switch their intended major to a program that does not have specific requirements.
  • No additional application is required for Conditional Admission.

Certificate Requirements

The Diversity and Inclusivity Awareness certificate is multidisciplinary and requires course work from at least two disciplines. The certificate is open to students from all academic majors.  Students must complete a total of 12 hours at the 200-level or above taken for a letter grade with a minimum of 6 credit hours at the 300-level or above. All courses must have a C grade or above to successfully complete the certificate criteria. Courses do not need to be sequenced. 

Required Courses: SW 325 Social Justice Foundations

Plus a minimum of three of the following (which must include courses from two different departments and at least one must be 300 level or above)

     CED 515 Medical and Psycho social Aspects of Disability

     CED 516 Medical and Psycho social Aspects of Disability

     CED 520 Principles or Rehabilitation Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling in Mental healthj

     CED 525 Human Growth, Disability and Development Across the Lifespan

     CED 530 Culture Diversity in Rehabilitation Counseling

     CED 554 Rural Rehabilitation

     EPE 301 Education in American Culture

     EDS 375 Introduction to Education of Exceptional Children

     EDS 530 Moderate and Severe Disabilities

     EDP 545 Psychology of the Black Expereicen

     KHP 220 Sexuality Education

     KHP 325 Community Organizing and Health Promotion

     KHP 579 LGBTQ* Health Promotion

     KHP 579 Adapted Physical Education

     SOC 235 Inequalities in Society

     SOC 335 Sociology of Gender

     SOC 380 Globalization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

     SOC 432 Race and Ethnic Relations

     SW 222 Development of Social Welfare Policy

     SW 320 Global Poverty: Response Across Cultures

     SW 460 Understanding Behavior from a Socio-Cultural Perspective: Theories of Psychopathology

     SW 518 International Social Work

     TA 286 Social Action Theater

     TA 370 Staging History

     TA 384 Black Theater Workshop