The College is committed to the offering of culturally diverse courses and courses of study in its transfer-oriented programs.  The faculty of Union County College believes that diversity in its offerings can only enhance the exchange of ideas, understanding of beliefs and widening of perspective implicit in the notion of a Liberal Education.  A course which satisfies the diversity requirement should enable students to:

• Recognize needs and concerns common to culturally diverse peoples;
• Recognize contributions made to society by people from various nations and cultures;
• Recognize and explain the consequences of prejudicial and discriminatory attitudes and actions;
• Recognize why an understanding of diversity is particularly necessary in American society;
• Recognize that cultural practices relate to the geographical and historical conditions from which they arose.

The menu of courses which satisfy the diversity requirement is subject to continual review and revision, current courses are:

• ASL 101 American Sign Language I
• ASL 102 American Sign Language II
• ANT 101 Introductory Anthropology
• ANT 102 Cultural Anthropology
• ENG 209 World Literature I
• ENG 210 World Literature II
• ENG 227 African American Literature I
• ENG 228 African American Literature II
• ENG 245 Women in Literature I
• ENG 246 Women in Literature II
• BIO 113 Plants and People
• BIO 118 Introduction to the Biology of Women
• COM 201 Issues in Mass Media
• COM 209 The Evolution of Film
• GOV 203 Urban Government and Politics
• GOV 207 International Politics
• GOV 215 Women and American Politics
• GOV 216 Women and the Justice System
• HIS 103 Introduction to World History I
• HIS 104 Introduction to World History II
• HIS 105 Afro-American History I
• HIS 106 Afro-American History II
• HIS 201 United States History To 1865
• HUG 101 Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging
• IDH 104 Culture, Diversity and Healthcare
• MAT 130 Women in Mathematics and Science
• PHI 209 Social Justice
• PSY 212 Psychology of Aging
• PSY 218 Psychology of Women
• SOC 206 Minorities in American Life
• SOC 218 Women and Work
• URS 101 Introduction to Urban Studies
• WMS 101 Introduction to Womens Studies