Departments & Programs

Focus on Diversity

The College of Arts and Sciences embraces the concept of diversity as central to our Mission and to the values of West Chester University.  Diversity is reflected in our programs and course offerings and our faculty and students.   In particular, we create learning opportunities for our students.

...to respect and understand diversity, to appreciate aesthetic values, and to possess the skills necessary for a career and for life-long learning.  The college is committed to a cirriculum that inclues attention to racial, ethnic, gender, and class issues as well as to multi-cultural and global perspectives. (CAS mission statement)

The College of Arts and Sciences focus on diversity underlies all we do, since civility, respect, and appreciation of diversity are essential to the development of the educated individual.

Below is a sampling of links to programs and offices at WCU that address issues of diversity:

• The Office of Social Equity assists the University through collaborative efforts with all departments and offices in achieving its commitments to the principles of equity and affirmative action.

  • WCU Office of Social Equity

• The Frederick Douglass Institute is a university program for advancing multicultural studies across the curriculum and for deepening the intellectual heritage of Frederick Douglass, the former slave, distinguished orator, journalist, author, and statesman. Douglass, who was a frequent visitor to the West Chester area, gave his last public lecture on West Chester’s campus on February 1, 1895.

  • The Frederick Douglass Institute at West Chester University

• Diversity in the Curriculum:
  • Ethnic Studies Institute
  • Women's Studies
  • African American Studies (Please Refer to Ethnic Studies)
  • African and African American Literature (Please Refer to Ethnic Studies)
  • Latin-American Studies
  • Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  
  
• Services
  • Office of Multicultural Affairs
    • OMA Mentoring Program
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer Ally Services
  • Black Student Union
  • Latino American Student Organization
  • Black Men United
  • Asian American Organization
  • Women’s Center
  
  
• Office of Services for Students with Disabilities