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Diversity & Inclusion and Ethics

Diversity & Inclusion

3 credit hours. The diversity course requirement is intended to provide students with an opportunity to explore the challenges/opportunities to an organization or community stemming from issues related to power, privilege, access and equity.

Approved courses are coded with the D-HA distribution requirement code and are listed on the Nolan School of Hotel Administration Distribution Requirement Course List page in the university catalog.

A course will be counted toward the diversity requirement if it has a notable focus/emphasis on (i.e., includes within its primary objectives) content of the following nature:

  • An examination of access and equity in the context of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and/or ability
  • Identify the major debates within our society related to power, privilege, access and equity and explore the relevant histories to identify/understand what has led to them
  • Apply knowledge of diversity and inclusion to frame, analyze, discuss and propose sustainable solutions to contemporary issues within organizations or communities
  • Exploration of aspects of diversity as potential assets for transforming and enriching organizations and communities
  • An exploration of Social Identity findings and its impact on individuals’ feelings, perspectives and experiences; and how understanding identities are linked to interpersonal and institutional levels

Ethics

3 credit hours. The ethics course requirement is intended to prepare students to think critically and knowledgeably about what is (or should be) considered right or wrong, good and/or bad or virtue or vice within their personal, professional, and/or public lives.

Approved courses are coded with the ETM-HA distribution requirement code and are listed on the Nolan School of Hotel Administration Distribution Requirement Course List page in the Catalog

A course will count toward the ethics requirement if it has a notable focus/emphasis on (i.e., includes within its primary objectives) content of the following nature:

  • An introduction to the philosophical study of morality, including the theory of right and wrong behavior, the theory of value (goodness and badness), the theory of virtue and vice, etc.
  • An introduction to the main theories of ethics, and/or the influential philosophers within a society (e.g., John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism and Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals in Western philosophy)
  • An exploration of one or more contemporary ethical/moral issues and/or contrasting ethical opinions and the reasons behind the differences
  • Identifying and articulating your own values, and the ability to provide others with reasons for your actions and give you the means of questioning the values of others
  • To engage in reflection and discussion in order to gain confidence in identifying and articulating moral problems and reasons