Course Descriptions
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion Training Program is one of the most prolific in higher education. You can pursue certificates and training individually or as a departmental effort to improve performance and our learning and work environments.
- Six-year training impact: 34,546 participants
- Total participants last academic year – 7,996
- Total UCF Inclusion Champions – 326
Workshop Schedule
Please see this semester’s Unity Star for the Spring 2020 workshop and training schedule. For detailed descriptions of the diversity workshops offered, click on the course titles below. All workshops are free unless otherwise noted. Please note that locations vary. Other opportunities for diversity workshops may be scheduled by calling the UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion at (407) 823-6479 or by emailing diverse@ucf.edu.
Registration Instructions
- Faculty, A&P, and USPS: Register online at my.UCF.edu > Employee Self Service > Learning & Development > Request Training Enrollment
- Students and OPS: Email your name, requested course name and date, and UCFID number to diverse@ucf.edu.
Be a UCF Inclusion Champion
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) offers the Inclusion Champion program to provide colleges, divisions, and departments with training and education designed to explore foundational concepts in diversity and inclusion. Participants will gain a common body of knowledge and skills to contribute to an inclusive learning and professional environment at UCF.
The program consists of nine hours of core workshops required for all participants, plus a minimum of six hours of training on elective topics selected to meet the particular needs of a group or interests of the individual. ODI offers multiple elective options each semester. Participants (faculty, staff and students) can pursue certification individually or as part of a departmental effort, and can complete the program over a three-year period or less.
Have you completed the requirements for the Inclusion Champion program? Fill out a short questionnaire to let us know! After we verify your training records, you will receive a certificate and pin!
Submit verification questionnaire here
UCF Certificates
ODI offers several certificate options for faculty, staff and students:
- Inclusion Champion: complete 9 hours of core workshops and 6 hours of elective topics
- Diversity Certificate Series: complete all four Diversity Certificate modules
- Continuum of Learning Certificate: complete four elective or stand-alone DIV workshops not in a series or towards another certificate program
- Latino Americans Certificate: complete all three Latino Americans modules exploring the history of Latino Americans from 1565 – 2000
- Half the Sky Certificate Series: complete the two-part series based on the book and documentary
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Certificate Series: complete the four-part comprehensive workshop series looking at race relations in the United States between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement
- We Shall Remain Certificate Series: complete the five-part/three session workshop series exploring the history of Native Americans and their resilience
Please note: students must keep track of the DIV workshops they have attended and verify their training history with us in order to receive any completion certificates
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Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Course number: DIV150
ONLINE COURSE
Visit https://diversity.ucf.edu/training/online-workshops/ for registration instructions. You must complete all three sections with a score of 75% or higher to receive credit.
This is a three part online workshop:
- Cognitive Domain
- Affective Domain
- Skill-Building Domain
Cultural competency is the ability to function effectively in the presence of socio-cultural diversity. In 2008, Diversity Track (Summer Faculty Development Conference) scholars proposed 21 “core” cultural competencies as learning objectives for the University of Central Florida’s students, as well as potential areas of growth for faculty and staff. These cultural competencies encompass three domains of learning, cognitive, affective, and skill-building.
The purpose of the Diversity Track of the 2013 Summer Faculty Development Conference was to expand and refine the cultural competencies to include details that would facilitate infusion into curricula. In particular, Diversity Track scholars developed Performance Standards for each of the 21 “core” cultural competencies. This learning object presents the Performance Standards for the Cognitive, Affective, and Skill-Building Domains. The ultimate goal of this work is the development of culturally competent individuals equipped to function in today’s global workplace.
Communicating Across Cultures
Communicating Across Cultures
Course Number: DIV044
Tuesday, March 17, 11:00am – 2:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: UCF Valencia West, Building 11, Room 107
Note: Not on UCF Main Campus
The ability to prevent misunderstandings through effective cross-cultural communication is an important skill in today’s world. This session introduces the three basic components of any communication. Further, it dramatically illustrates 10 common causes of verbal miscommunication across cultures including conventions for courtesy, degree of assertiveness, accents, and hot buttons. Finally, the crucial role of body language in communication is discussed.
NOTE: This session combines material from Open Heart Dialogue and More Than Mere Words. If these sessions have been attended, this workshop will be redundant.
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Note: You must attend all four episodes to receive completion certificate.
Episodes 1 and 2
Course number: DIV416
Monday, March 23, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Episodes 3 and 4
Course number: DIV417
Monday, March 30, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
In this four-hour series, Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today , asking profound questions about the state of black America – and our nation as a whole.
Safe Zone Series
Safe Zone Series
Advocates
Course number: DIV241
Tuesday, January 28, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Wednesday, March 4, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Thursday, April 9, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
The Safe Zone Advocates training is the second in the series and was created to further individual knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ issues. The training is geared toward helping attendees explore, identify, and expose cultural biases and acquire skills necessary for advocating for marginalized populations.
Participants who complete both trainings (LGBTQ+ 101 and Safe Zone Advocates) are designated as Safe Zone Advocates and can be identified by a Safe Zone placard.
Training Objectives:
- Increase insight into personal and cultural biases
- Increase awareness of the impact these biases have on interactions with LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in addressing systemic oppressions that affect LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase ability to identify micro-aggressions that impact LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in discussing power, privilege, and oppression
- Acquire skills and knowledge to increase ability to advocate
- Increase understanding that being an ally is an ongoing and active process
Coming Out
Course number: DIV242
Wednesday, March 25, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
The Coming Out workshop explores the process and challenges of coming out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. Participants will learn more about theories and concerns about the coming out process for LGBTQ+ individuals. The workshop will allow those who attend to explore their LGBTQ+ identity or to support a family member or friend who may be coming out.
Training Objectives:
- Provide a space for individuals to ask questions about the coming out process and gain a better understanding of what coming out means to an LGBTQ+ person.
- Educate individuals on different coming out models and theories to better understand the diversity of the coming out process.
- Explain the barriers and challenges faced by those who go through the coming out process and provide tips on how to be part of a support system.
Gold
Course number: DIV243
Wednesday, April 15, 3:00pm 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center Room 140
The GOLD Knights workshop aims to provide education on topics concerning language specific to gender and sexual/romantic orientation within the LGBTQ+ community. Participants will learn more about contemporary ideas of gender, sexual orientation, biological sex, romantic orientation, and gender presentation.
Training Objectives:
- Increase the ability to articulate the differences between sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase familiarity with various terms that relate to sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase understanding about the ways in which to respect people regardless of their identity.
LGBTQ+ 101
Course number: DIV033
Tuesday, January 14, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Monday, February 10, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Tuesday, March 17, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Learn about issues affecting LGBTQ+ people, homophobia, and heterosexism, and the benefits and responsibilities of being an Ally.
The Allies Advance program is now called ‘Safe Zone,’ and has two distinct workshops both 3 hours in length. The Level 1 class will be called LGBTQ+ 101 and can still be used to meet an elective requirement for the SDES Diversity Certificate Series.
The Level 2 class will be called Safe Zone Advocate Training. LGBTQ+ 101 is a mandatory pre-requisite to attend this class. Upon completion of this training, participants can officially identify themselves as a Safe Zone Advocate which will be designated by a placard/pin/patch with the new logo.
Individuals who have already completed Allies training prior to Summer 2013 are welcome to keep their old placard identifying them as an Ally, but must attend both workshops of the new format in order to receive the Safe Zone Advocate designation. Individuals cannot swap out their old placard with a new one, as the material has been significantly changed and expanded from previous years.
Understanding Power and Privilege
Understanding Power and Privilege
Prerequisite: Either ABCs of Diversity or completed Diversity Certificate Series
(Modules 1-4)
Course number: DIV016
Monday, April 13, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This session looks at the concepts of power and privilege in detail and describes actions that can be adopted to mitigate the effects of social injustice.
Transfer Advocate Certificate Series
Transfer Advocate Certificate Series
Note: You must attend session 1-3 to become a Transfer Student Advocate.
Session 1
Course number: DIV393
Tuesday, February 11, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Bernard Huggins
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Session 1 will introduce participants to the transfer student population and discuss what makes them diverse. Attendees will also reflect on assumptions and stereotypes associated with the transfer student experience, distinguishing fact from fiction. This is the first session in the Transfer Advocate Certificate Series.
Session 2
Course number: DIV394
Tuesday, March 3, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Bernard Huggins
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Session 2 will further detail the unique experience of transfer students. Attendees will interact with UCF transfer students as well their faculty and staff counterparts at our partner institutions. Participants will start to explore how their professional role interacts with transfer students and how they may be positively and/or negatively impacting the transfer student experience. This is the second session in the Transfer Advocate Certificate Series. You must complete Session One prior to participating in this session.
Session 3
Course number: DIV419
Tuesday, April 7, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Bernard Huggins
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
During session 3 attendees will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to advocate for the transfer student population. Participants will learn about resources available to UCF prospective and current transfer students, understand what it means to be an advocate, and engage in active discussion with their colleagues in order to develop a plan to positively impact the transfer student experience, moving forward. This is the third and final session in the Transfer Advocate Certificate Series. You must complete Sessions One and Two prior to participating in this session.
ABCs of Diversity
ABCs of Diversity
Course number: DIV008
Friday, Feburary 7, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Human diversity impacts each of us on a daily basis. Gaining an understanding of differences and similarities is essential for effective functioning in today’s work environment. This workshop focuses on how stereotypes and biases can get in the way when creating a diverse and inclusive space for all employees.
Inclusive Communication
Inclusive Communication
Course number: DIV053
Wednesday, March 18, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: UCF Valencia Osceola, Building 4, Room 334
Note: Not on UCF Main Campus
Course number: DIV053
Tuesday, March 31, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room140
This workshop identifies some common mistakes made when communicating about age, class, disabilities, ethnicity, gender, language, looks, race, religion, and sexual orientation. It also highlights words, phrases, and behaviors that can enhance the process of communicating about and across various dimensions of difference.
Diversity Certificate Series
Diversity Certificate Series
Must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.
Module 1
Course number: DIV285
Monday, January 27, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 2
Course number: DIV286
Monday, February 3, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 3
Course number: DIV287
Monday, February 17, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 4
Course number: DIV288
Monday, February 24, 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Modules
- Introduction to Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
- Race and Faith/Non-Faith Perspectives
- Sex, Gender (Identity and Expression), and Sexual Orientation
- Ability, Accessibility, and Age
This four-module program is designed as an introductory overview series of workshops to provoke thought with respect to diversity in general, and more specifically, with respect to several important dimensions of diversity. Participants must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.
Social Justice 101
Social Justice 101
Course number: DIV433
Tuesday, February 18, 10:00am – 11:30am
Facilitator: Edwanna Andrews, Ph.D.
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Wednesday, April 8, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Facilitator: Edwanna Andrews, Ph.D.
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Recognizing social justice is a goal and a process, this session will provide attendees with a basic understanding of the topic. This workshop seeks to equip and engage the audience with consciously considering and critically thinking about the role and impact social justice (access) has on the UCF campus community.
Unpacking Social Identity
Unpacking Social Identity
Course number: DIV434
Wednesday, February 26, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Facilitator: Edwanna Andrews, Ph. D.
Location: Student Union, Room 224
Tuesday, March 24, 10:00am – 11:30am
Facilitator: Edwanna Andrews, Ph.D.
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This workshop will allow participants to examine their personal social identities and take an in-depth look at how our social identities inform our awareness and impact how we interact with the world around us.
Immigration 101
Immigration 101
Course number: DIV441
Thursday, February 13, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Christina Khan
Location: UCF Global, Room 101
Immigration is a prominent topic in the national discourse and affects the lives of millions of people, yet it is incredibly complex and difficult to understand. The Immigration 101 workshop explores basic immigration concepts so that participants walk away with a better understanding of this important topic.
Intercultural Competency
Intercultural Competency
Course number: DIV440
Thursday, March 5, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Christina Khan
Location: UCF Global, Room 101
This interactive session explores key concepts in intercultural competency and engages participants in activities to increase self-awareness and understanding across difference.
To Believe in Ourselves: The Uneasy Relationship of Race, Class and Nationalism in the Fight for Suffrage
To Believe in Ourselves: The Uneasy Relationship of Race, Class and Nationalism in the Fight for Suffrage
Course number: DIV463
Monday, March 16, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Patricia Farless
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This talk focuses on the use of race, class, and nationalism as tools of exclusion in the early women’s rights movement and as it transitioned into the final push for the 19th Amendment. In doing so, it employs third wave feminist theoretical use of intersectionality to complicate the narrative of the female suffrage movement.
An Incomplete History of Queer America
An Incomplete History of Queer America
Course number: DIV461
Friday, April 10, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Scottie Campbell
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Your history textbook might not be telling you all you need to know, particularly when it comes to marginalized communities. This crash course in American history through the queer lens will acquaint you with key figures and events in the LBGTQ+ movement.
Appreciation at Work – Is That a Thing?
Appreciation at Work – Is That a Thing?
Course number: DIV443
Wednesday, February 12, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Facilitator: Chantel Carter
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Showing and receiving appreciation at work can be a foreign concept for many people. Business, companies and institutions are suffering because their employees (at all levels) don’t feel appreciated. Feeling appreciated is a universal need. Gary Chapman & Paul White have identified the Languages of Appreciation in their book titled “The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People”. We all, regardless of our backgrounds and cultures, show appreciation for each other or not in very diverse ways. This workshop will dive into the empowerment and encouragement process by introducing and unpacking these 5 Appreciation Languages.
Critical Moments in the History of Violence Against Women (Panel Discussion)
Critical Moments in the History of Violence Against Women (Panel Discussion)
Course number: DIV462
Wednesday, March 5, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Jana Jasinski, Ph.D.
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Federal laws such as the Violence Against Women Act, criminal justice policies and practices, research, and social movements have all played critical roles in understanding, responding to, and preventing violence against women. This panel will explore what have we learned from these critical moments and how they inform where we are today
Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Literacy for Beginners
Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Literacy for Beginners
Course number: DIV 442
Wednesday, February 26, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Jeannie Kiriwas
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Have you said before “Well that isn’t my area of expertise”? This session is designed for individuals who do not have extensive advanced degrees in religious studies but are still very interested in supporting students and their diverse identities. Using the framework of BRIDGE Interfaith Youth Core curriculum we will identify strategies for increasing one’s interfaith literacy.