GB 772 - Workplace Equity and Professional Identity

(3.00 cr.)

Individuals who work in organizations count on the idea that their hard work and smart choices will propel them to success. This course provides students with a deep understanding of who gets ahead and why. Course foundations consider what race, gender, and class mean at work. Additional topics include religious oppression, heterosexism and transgender oppression, ableism, and ageism. By the end of the course, students know how to work for diversity and inclusion, both personally and organizationally. Ethics, social responsibility, and law serve as tools for promoting change. Students are given the freedom to explore specific topics in more depth. Closed to students who have taken Glass Ceiling as a topic under GB 770 or GB 797 .

Prerequisite: GB 705 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies