Center for Diversity and Gender Studies

Welcome to the Center for Diversity & Gender Studies!

The Center for Diversity and Gender Studies in the College of Liberal Arts administers the Diversity Studies minor, African American Studies minor, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level there are two minors offered which are the Diveristy Studies minor and Women Studies minor. The Center offers academic courses that help prepare students to work and live in a pluralistic society. In addition, it assists faculty with resources and professional development activities to encourage the infusion of multiculturalism in the curriculum through a Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute. It houses a resource area with more than 1000 books, articles, and syllabi. The director of the Center works in collaboration with an advisory council of faculty, staff, and students representing several Texas State colleges and departments.

• Prepare students with a unique body of knowledge, critical thinking, research, and interpersonal and professional skills that will prepare them for a diverse and changing workforce.
• Enrich students' learning about cultural pluralism and improve their cultural competence, communication, and analytical skills.
•  Offer students a well-rounded liberal arts education and a greater understanding of their cultural history and traditions.

Students wishing to declare a CDGS academic minor should contact the advising center in the college of their major.

To learn more about the minor programs or to discuss course substitutions students should contact the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies.