Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Professional Certificate
Course Dates: Course will meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. starting August 28, 2024 and ending on December 4, 2024.
Enrollment Deadline: August 12, 2024
This interactive noncredit program allows participants to explore issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in modern society. Participants will enhance their understanding of these complex topics through lectures, case studies, discussions, individual and group activities, and self-reflection. The DEIB certificate aims to equip participants with knowledge and competencies to recognize inequities, honor multiple social identities, and help foster more just and inclusive personal, professional, and civic environments. Though not exhaustive, the program provides a foundation for continuing education and dialogue around society's complex challenges.
The program design consists of:
- In-person and virtual seminars
- Readings in DEIB theory and practice
- Optional 1-day DEIB symposium
- Small organization focused concluding project
- Pathway for anyone who completes this and goes into the graduate program
- DEIB professional certificate award
- Highly customizable modular design
- Standard public offering or private option allowing for customization for corporate partners to meet their organizational needs
- Can be paired or intermixed with modules from our Leadership Academy noncredit program
- Individual and group tuition pricing
This program takes a compassionate and thoughtful approach to discussing sensitive topics. Participants will engage with people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to challenge assumptions, clarify values, and consider new viewpoints.
Program Outcomes
Completing a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) certificate prepares individuals for various organizational and leadership roles focused on cultivating more inclusive environments. The DEIB certificate demonstrates knowledge that helps professionals contribute to organizational and system change, strategic diversity planning, program development, team coaching, advisory capacities, policy review, patient care and service, and more. Participants in the DEIB certificate will have the opportunity to:
- Develop knowledge of concepts like privilege, bias, structural inequities, inclusive climates, and diversity strategies
- Build self-awareness of unconscious biases and how they impact interactions and behaviors
- Apply skills for championing diversity, equity and inclusion, such as compelling communication, leading change across differences, conflict resolution, program management, data analytics and cultural competency
- Expand their diversity and inclusion vocabulary and tools, enabling more transparent dialogue and consciousness-raising and leading to more meaningful action planning
- Access a professional peer network spanning industries committed to equity and social justice
- Contribute more fully to organizational diversity goals and equitable policy development
Flexible Program Delivery Options
- Online Low Residency
- All course content and class meetings are virtual and accessible via online technology. Muhlenberg uses the Canvas LMS and Zoom Conferencing platforms
- A mix of asynchronous independent coursework and synchronous virtual meetings with faculty
- Participants are invited to a one-day in-person symposium hosted on Muhlenberg’s campus
- Online Hybrid
- Course content and class meetings are a mix of virtual/online and in-person/classroom experiences
- Private Offering
- A mix of delivery options, including meetings on-site at the client organization facilities
Customization
The Muhlenberg Foundations in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Noncredit Certificate program is fully customizable for your organization and designed to challenge your current thinking and approaches. We draw from our extensive curriculum library and experienced faculty to create a program that meets your organizational priorities and a particular group’s needs.
Tuition pricing
- $3,000 (individual)
- Includes all materials and fees
- Includes symposium registration, breakfast and lunch
- Corporate Affiliates partner program discounts available
- Private group rates are available
Pathways to Muhlenberg Graduate and Continuing Education Programs
- 50% tuition credit is available for any student who enrolls in an Accelerated Degree Completion or Graduate degree program.
- Continuing education credit for prior learning
Program Modules
- The four modules outlined below are completed in one semester, 15 weeks
- Each topic is one class meeting, with one class per week
- One class is approximately 1-hour of independent work and a 2-hour synchronous session
- 51 total contact hours, including the symposium, which may satisfy professional licensure continuing education requirements
Interested, but want more information?
To learn more about this program, you can contact us at 484-664-3300 | [email protected] or fill in the form below.
