- Mailing Address
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3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, Texas 75799 - Phone
- (903) 566-7203
- Email address
- admissions@uttyler.edu
- Website
- https://www.uttyler.edu/
- School Information
- "Part of the internationally-renowned University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Tyler offers UT excellence and the advantages of a comprehensive public university – set in a friendly learning environment focused on individual student success. With leading programs in nursing, business, engineering, arts and sciences, pharmacy, pre-med and teacher education, UT Tyler is passionate about your personal and professional success" (Source: https://www.uttyler.edu/). Founded in 1971, UT Tyler offers 49 Bachelor's Degrees, 47 Master's Degrees, and 6 Doctoral Degrees. The school has a total undergraduate enrollment of over 7,000 and a student to faculty ratio of 19 to 1.
- General Information
- UT Tyler offers numerous courses which discuss DEI. Furthermore, the university has curated an Anti-Racism Resource Guide. UT Tyler offers diversity workshops through the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Some academic specialties have CRT, diversity, or anti-racism requirements. See developments below:
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Resources
UT Tyler has an Anti-Racism Resource Guide, which includes "How to Be an Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi.
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Symbolic Actions
UT Tyler released a statement responding to the death of George Floyd, stating, "The inhumane actions that led to the death of George Floyd remind us that evil, and its byproducts of hate, bigotry and racism, persist."
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Curriculum Changes and Requirements
UT Tyler has a Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning which offers "workshops for diversity and global awareness in the classroom."
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Program and Research Funding
UT Tyler's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers "potential funding opportunities to work on diversity and global awareness."
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Symbolic Actions
The Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program has released a Diversity Statement.
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Curriculum Changes and Requirements
The Communication Sciences and Disorders B.S. program requires at least one course in cultural diversity.
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Curriculum Changes and Requirements
UT Tyler's Mass Communication B.S. program has a requirement for Competency in Diversity/Human Relations.
Critical Race Training Courses Offered
- PSYC 3335 Diversity and Social Justice
- OEHS 5330 Perspectives on Environmental Justice in Film
- SOCI 4311 Majority-Minority Relations
- CRIJ 4311 Race, Class, Gender, and Delinquency
- COMM 5326 Theories of Student Development and Communication
- EDUT 3371 Classroom Interactions
- COUN 5324 Cultural Diversity and Advocacy
- MCOM 4310 Community Journalism
- MCOM 4361 Media Ethics
- CMST 4331 Intercultural Communication
- PSYC 5324/6324 Clinical Cultural Diversity
- SOCW 3307 Understanding Individual Differences for Social Workers
- SOCW 3409 Diversity and Rural Environ
- EDUC 5356 Diversity in Educational Settings
- EDSI 6322 Culturally Responsive Practices for School Improvement
- EDSI 6323 Effective Coaching for School Improvement Leaders