AVIATN 5400
Transcript Abbreviation:
A&R in AVN & STEM
Course Description:
This course is an analysis of what it takes to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive workforce in STEM based industries by engaging with guest speakers and readings to understand how diversity, inclusion, and equity are defined. Aviation and other STEM based fields encounter shortages and struggle to recruit a retain minoritized groups. This course seeks to understand that challenge.
Course Levels:
Undergraduate (1000-5000 level)
Graduate (5000-8000 level)
Designation:
Elective
General Education Course:
(N/A)
Cross-Listings:
(N/A)
Credit Hours (Minimum if “Range”selected):
3.00
Max Credit Hours:
(N/A)
Select if Repeatable:
Off
Maximum Repeatable Credits:
(N/A)
Total Completions Allowed:
(N/A)
Allow Multiple Enrollments in Term:
No
Course Length:
14 weeks (autumn or spring)
Off Campus:
Never
Campus Location:
Columbus
Instruction Modes:
In Person (75-100% campus; 0-24% online)
Hybrid Class (25-74% campus; 25-74% online)
Distance Learning (100% online)
Prerequisites and Co-requisites:
junior, senior or grad standing
Electronically Enforced:
Yes
Exclusions:
(N/A)
Course Goals / Objectives:
Students will appreciate that everyone, including researchers, implicitly have biases that inform decision making.
Students will be able to appreciate working on diverse, multi-disciplinary teams.
Students will value intellectual engagement with different points of view and lived experiences.
Students will understand how inclusivity and equity can have a positive impact on the aviation industry.
Students will understand that societal institutions are sites of power, organized and operated via the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
Check if concurrence sought:
No
Contact Hours:
| Topic | LEC | REC out-of-class | REC in-class | Weekly LAB out-of-class | Weekly LAB in-class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defining Diversity and Inclusion | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Understanding Intersectionality and Pluralistic Identity | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ways of knowing, representation | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoritized Experiences | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representation and Social Media Influence | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| How is the industry responding? | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grading Plan:
Letter Grade
Course Components:
Lecture
Grade Roster Component:
Lecture
Credit by Exam (EM):
No
Grades Breakdown:
| Aspect | Percent |
|---|---|
| Class participation and Lesson Facilitation | 30% |
| First Impressions Journal | 35% |
| Introduction and Photograph | 5% |
| Autobiographical Pluralistic Identity | 10% |
| Final Exam or Final Paper Option | 20% |
Representative Textbooks and Other Course Materials:
| Title | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Cabin Pressure: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor (Perspectives on a Multiracial America) | Louwanda Evans | 2013 |
ABET-CAC Criterion 3 Outcomes:
(N/A)
ABET-ETAC Criterion 3 Outcomes:
(N/A)
ABET-EAC Criterion 3 Outcomes:
(N/A)
Embedded Literacies Info: