Students who have successfully completed a minor in Diversity Studies at Lakeland University should be able to:

• Identify, define, and apply basic concepts related to the study of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and religious diversity.
• Explain the intersectionality of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and religious identities and how they shape social interactions – both generally and in specific examples.
• Explain the historical and current discriminatory privileging of some racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and religious identities over others.
• Explain specific strategies for promoting greater racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and religious freedom, equality, and justice.
• Communicate with others in ways that are clear, respectful, and evidence driven.