Learn different viewpoints to enhance creative problem solving, leadership and organizational effectiveness. Explore how race, social class, gender, religion, and sexual orientation influence social justice and have learned evidence-based approaches to create just and equitable environments.
Coursework
Required Coursework:
Skills
The earner of the?Building Diverse & Multicultural Organizations?Microcredential?will learn to:
- Identify key theories, models, and issues of multiculturalism as found in an organizational setting.
- Explore contemporary organizational strategies for managing workplace diversity.
- Gain greater self-awareness of cultural values, biases, and behaviors and how they may influence our interpersonal behavior and organizational interactions.
- Understand and debate the ethical, legal, and business-related reasons why managers should address diversity issues.
- Develop greater competency and appropriate skills for working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and orientations.
How It Works
The Building Diverse & Multicultural Organizations?Microcredential is a short-term credit-bearing program offered by the?UNH?College of Professional Studies.?To receive this Microcredential, learners must successfully complete the required course.
Upon completion of the required coursework, learners will receive the Microcredential?issued by Credly that is shareable via social media, digital resumes, online portfolios, and email signatures.
What To Expect
LD 832:?Building Diverse & Multicultural Organizations?is an online graduate-level course at the University of New Hampshire's College of Professional Studies (CPS). Courses are offered online in an 8-week format. Check?UNH's Course Search?for when courses will be offered as they are offered on a rotating basis.
Learners in this course will be a mix of matriculated UNH degree students and nonmatriculated continuing education students.? All learners are expected to participate and engage as defined by the expectations of the individual course instructor, syllabus, and curriculum to successfully complete each individual course.
How to Enroll
There is no formal application process to pursue a UNH Microcredential, learners simply enroll directly in the required courses?during the set enrollment windows. (View the?UNH Course Registration Calendar.)
Current matriculated UNH degree students must enroll through their standard registration procedure with the consultation of their academic advisor through?Webcat?and the?Office of the Registrar.
Nonmatriculated, nondegree, visiting, and continuing education learners can enroll for courses online through UNH's?Nondegree Enrollment Hub?or by contacting the UNH Registrar's Office at?registrars.office@unh.edu.
Start Your Learning Pathway Today
Start working towards your Graduate Certificate or your Masters.
You can couple your?Building Diverse & Multicultural Organizations Microcredential with the Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities?Microcredential to earn the stacked Inclusive Leadership Microcredential. You can apply the credits earned in these microcredentials towards the?Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership?and/or the?Master of Science in Leadership?program if you decide to continue your education in this area.?
If you decide to continue your education with the degree program(s), you will need to formally?apply?and meet that program's?admissions criteria.?
For More Information Contact
Kathy DesRoches
kathy.desroches@unh.edu
Director of MS Leadership & Nonprofit Graduate Certificate Program
College of Professional Studies
University of New Hampshire
