General Education: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Updated: April 14, 2026

The following courses satisfy the Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ) requirements for the General Education program. A course can fulfill another domain area when an additional domain name is listed along with DEISJ (or Diversity for the Legacy program).

Approved General Education Courses

Legacy Program 
(Prior to Fall 23 Entry)

Current Program 
(Entry to OW in Fall 23 or later)

AS1282 Introduction to African-American Studies 
(Previously AS2282) 

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS1512 Introduction to Women's Studies

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

AS2202 Contemporary U.S. Society

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

AS2252 U.S. Social Movements (Previously AS3252) 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS2262 African-American History I 
(Previously AS3262) 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS2263 African-American History II 
(Previously AS3263) 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS2640 Introduction to US Latina/o History 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS3215 Crime, Protest & Policing

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS3222 History of City & Suburbs

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS3270 Africa in the Americas

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS3000 Feminism, Bodies, Power 
{dual listed with WS3000}

Diversity

DEISJ

AS3462 A History of Women in the U.S.

American Experience w/Regents Exam 85 or higher {Prior to Fall 2014} / American Experience {Fall 2014-} / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS3842 African-Americans & the Mass Media 

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS3852 Women & the Media

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS4000 Civil Rights and Congress I

Diversity

DEISJ

AS4001 Civil Rights and Congress II

Diversity

DEISJ

AS4218 Civil War & Reconstruction

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

AS4250 Immigration Today

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS4252 Immigration History

American Experience w/Regents Exam 85 or higher / Diversity 

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS4402 History of the Family in the U.S.

American Experience w/Regents Exam 85 or higher / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

AS4432 History of the Women’s Movement 

Diversity 

DEISJ

AS4715 African American thought and Culture

Diversity 

DEISJ

BU4110 Organizational Behavior & Management 

Diversity 

DEISJ

CR3092 Victimology (Previously CR4092) 

Diversity 

DEISJ

CR3117 Policing Bodies

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

ED3820 Foundations of Special Education 

Diversity {Fall 2017-}

DEISJ

EL2214 Literature & Liberation

Part 2 of Writing Proficiency with a grade of C or higher / Diversity

Communication Written and Oral / DEISJ

EL2222 Women's Voices

Part 2 of Writing Proficiency with a grade of C or higher / Diversity

Communication Written and Oral / DEISJ

EL3500 Literature Across Culture I

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL3510 Literature Across Culture II

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL3700 Survey of World Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL3811 Survey of African-American Literature {not in the Catalog}

Diversity 

DEISJ

EL4000 Native American Literature 

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4010 The Harlem Renaissance

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4015 Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S.

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4020 Asian American Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4030 Women & Narrative

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4040 Black Women Writers

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4050 Lesbian & Gay Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4070 Topics in African-American Literature

Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4080 Extraordinary Bodies: Disability Studies in Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4090 The Afro-American Novel 

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4091 Afro-American Poetry & Plays 

Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4560 Multicultural British Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4600 Literature of India

Humanities / Diversity {Spring 2026-}

Humanities / DEISJ {Spring 2026-}

EL4630 Latin American Literature

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4690 PopLit

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

EL4695 The literature of Wonder and Display

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

FY1000 Ethics of Engagement

Humanities {Fall 2015- } / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

HI3006 Environmental Ethics

Humanities {Spring 25-} / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

HI3610 America's African Heritage

Diversity 

DEISJ

HI3710 Contemporary Philosophical Issues

Humanities / Diversity {Spring 25- }

Humanities / DEISJ {Spring 25-}

HI3752 Ethics

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ

HI3452 Women in the Medieval Europe

Western Tradition / Diversity

World History & Global Awareness / DEISJ

HI4420 Women & Witchcraft

Diversity 

DEISJ

HI4650 The History of African Enslavement

Diversity 

DEISJ

IR3120 History of American Labor Relations 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

IR3300 Collective Bargaining & Grievance Procedure 

Diversity 

DEISJ

IR3330 Women, Minorities & Work {dual listed with WS3585}

Diversity 

DEISJ

ML2601 Intro to Latin & Spanish Language Media

Foreign Languages / Humanities / Diversity

World Languages / Humanities / DEISJ

ML3700 Digital Media in the Spanish World

Foreign Languages / Humanities / Diversity

World Languages / Humanities / DEISJ

ML3310 Chicano/a Cultural Studies

Foreign Languages / Diversity {Fall 2016-}

World Languages / DEISJ

ML3410 Latino Writers in the United States

Humanities / Diversity

World History & Global Awareness / Humanities / DEISJ

ML4450 Hispanic Women Writers

Humanities / Diversity

World History & Global Awareness / Humanities / DEISJ

ML4630 Latin American Literature

Humanities / Diversity

World History & Global Awareness / Humanities / DEISJ

PE1650 The Politics of Comics

Creativity & The Arts / Diversity

The Arts / DEISJ

PE3160 Ethnicity and Race in Global Perspective {Previously Ethnopolitics in the World}

Diversity {Fall 2022-} 

DEISJ

PE3690 City & Suburb: Political Action and change

Diversity 

DEISJ

PE3750 Politics of Race & Class

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PE4409 Urban Economics

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PE4450 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in the U.S.

Diversity 

DEISJ

PE4659 Law & Civil Rights

Diversity 

DEISJ

PH2000 Introduction to Public Health

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PH2450 Human Sexuality {dual listed with WS2785}

Diversity

DEISJ

PH2900 Black Lives Matter: Health Inequities in the US 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

PH3600 Intro to Social Determinants of Health (Previously Intro to Health & Society) (Previously HS3600) {dual listed as WS3785}

Diversity 

DEISJ

PH3750 Mass Incarceration: A Public Health Crisis

Diversity / American Experience {never officially approved by SUNY for American History Category I}

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

PH3800 Medical Sociology {dual listed as SY3750}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PH4610 Women & Health (Previously HS4610)

Diversity 

DEISJ

PH4700 Medical Anthropology (Previously HS4700) {not offered 2020- }

Diversity 

DEISJ

PH4750 Aging & Social Policy (Previously HS4750)

Diversity 

DEISJ

PY2340 Community Psychology {not offered 2020- }

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY2530 Psychology of Prejudice

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY2720 Psychology of Gender

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY2730 The Psychology of Peoples of African Descent {not offered 2020- }

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY3230 Adulthood & Aging

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY3710 Psychology and Social Justice

Diversity 

DEISJ

PY3740 Psychology of Latinos {not offered 2020- }

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY3750 Psychology of Asian Americans

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

PY4230 Psychobiology of Aging

Diversity

DEISJ

PY4720 Psychology of Women

Diversity 

DEISJ

PY4730 African-American Family Dynamics 

Diversity

DEISJ

SY2222 The Work of Caring

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

SY2800 Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

SY3280 Social Inequality (Previously SY4280)

Diversity 

DEISJ

SY3700 Family & Society

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

SY3750 Medical Sociology (Previously SY4750) {dual listed with PH3800}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

SY3800 Race & Ethnicity (Previously Sociology of Minorities) 

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

SY3900 Social Movements (Previously SY4900) 

American Experience / Diversity

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ

SY4810 Law & Justice

Diversity 

DEISJ

SY4830 Gender & Society

Social Science / Diversity 

Social Science / DEISJ

SY4850 Urban & Suburban Sociology 

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS1000 Intro to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies {dual listed with AS1512}

Humanities {Fall 24-} / Diversity {Fall 24-}

Humanities / DEISJ {Fall 24-}

WS1540 The Politics of Comics {dual listed with PE1650}

The Arts / Diversity

The Arts / DEISJ

WS2110 US Social Movements {dual listed with AS2252}

American Experiences / Diversity {Fall 24-}

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ {Fall 24-}

WS2285 Care & Care Work {dual listed with SY2222}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Sciences / DEISJ

WS2340 Women's Voices {dual listed with EL2222}

Part 2 of Writing Proficiency with a grade of C or higher / Diversity

Communication Written and Oral / DEISJ

WS2785 Human Sexuality {dual listed with PH2450}

Diversity

DEISJ

WS2885 Psychology of Gender {dual listed with PY2720}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS2295 Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality {dual listed with SY2800}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS3000 Feminism, Bodies, Power {dual listed with AS3000}

Diversity

DEISJ

WS3120 History of Women in the US {dual listed with AS3462}

American Experiences / 
Diversity {Fall 24-}

US History & Civic Engagement / DEISJ {Fall 24-}

WS3150 Women & Media {dual listed with AS3852}

Diversity

DEISJ

WS3295 Family & Society {dual listed with SY3700}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS3585 Women, Minorities, Workplace {dual listed with IR3330}

Diversity 

DEISJ

WS3785 Social Determinants of Health {dual listed with PH3600}

Diversity

DEISJ

WS3940 Sex, Gender & Technology

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS4295 Gender & Society {dual listed with SY4830}

Social Science / Diversity

Social Science / DEISJ

WS4340 Women & Narrative {dual listed with EL4030}

Humanities / Diversity

Humanities / DEISJ