Gain the skills you’ll need to thrive in the diverse workplace of today.

Open to:

• any current Ohio State undergraduate student
• anyone with a bachelor's degree

In preparation for 21st century demands for those working across sectors (including government, industry and nonprofit), the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificate is ideally positioned to prepare you as a thought leader and sharpen your skills to address emergent issues related to our increasing diversity.

Through world-class faculty and instruction in the College of Arts and Sciences, the curriculum will expose you to cutting-edge social research on diversity and equip you with the analytic tools necessary to work toward maximizing societal equity.

Upon successful completion of the program, you’ll possess an in-depth understanding of contemporary social diversity, particularly with respect to the three dimensions that are the root of major societal cleavages: social class, race/ethnicity and gender/sexuality.

This is a 12-credit hour certificate that is highly customizable to your interests, with dozens of courses available across departments that meet the program requirements. Several courses are offered online (marked with an asterisk on the curriculum sheet), adding flexibility to the program. 

• All courses must be taken at Ohio State
• A maximum of 50% overlap with major/minor programs is permitted
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required to complete a certificate program
• Only course grades of A through C- are permitted to count toward a certificate program