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Certificate in Inclusive Excellence in Education Open to all undergraduate students at CSU

Unlock new perspectives with CSU’s Inclusive Excellence in Education (IEE) certificate to enhance your understanding and commitment to diversity in education, while preparing for a meaningful career that champions inclusivity for all.

What you will learn Why Earn a Certificate in Inclusive Excellence in Education?

This certificate equips you with critical thinking, analytical skills, and practical tools to address and amplify equity, inclusivity, and justice in and beyond the classroom.

By earning this certificate, you showcase your commitment to broadening your understanding of inclusive excellence and access, which will complement your major and help you achieve your career goals. In this program, you will:

Reflect

Engage in deep self-reflection on your own identity, culture, and intersectionality in the context of education.

Identify Inequities

Discover factors that contribute to historic and contemporary social inequalities across the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, immigration status, religion, and age.

Explore Contexts

Explain the historical, political, social, and economic contexts that influence institutions, societies, and human life.

Practice Justice

Develop awareness and equity-centric thinking as a tool for examining and dismantling discrimination and bias in diverse educational and education-related environments.

What classes will you take? Required Courses

This 12-credit undergraduate certificate program includes the following required, 3-credit courses:

  • EDUC 175 | Identity Literacy and Education Dialogues (New for Fall 2026)
  • EDUC 275 | Schools, Society, and Self
  • EDUC 411 | Inclusive Excellence-Education Practice
  • Elective Course of Choice
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