Multicultural Education @ UNLV!

UNLV Spring 2025 Semester Dates

January 21-May 17, 2025

Last Day to Register and Pay Online WITHOUT Late Fees

Sunday, February 3, 2025

There's Still Plenty of Time to Enroll!

If you are not already in a UNLV graduate or undergraduate degree or certificate program, you can register as a non-degree graduate or undergraduate student to enroll in these courses:

Graduate: https://www.unlv.edu/graduatecollege/non-degree

Undergraduate: https://www.unlv.edu/admissions/non-degree

ALL Currently Employed Nevada Teachers Get In-State Tuition @ NSHE Institutions

(regardless of length of residency)

GRADUATE COURSES

CME 705: MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Section 1001, Tuesdays, 4-6:45 p.m. Synchronous via Zoom, Dr. Marla Goins

Section 1002, Wednesdays, 4-6:45 p.m. Synchronous via Zoom, Dr. Danielle Mireles

NOTE: This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying

Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

If you have questions about this requirement, check this document.

NEW GRADUATE COURSE!

CME 790: DISCRIT IN EDUCATION

Section 1001, Thursdays, 4-6:45 p.m., Synchronous via Zoom, Dr. Danielle Mireles

CME 756: HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION

Section 1001, Mondays, 4-6:45 p.m. Synchronous via Zoom, Dr. Marla Goins

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

EDU 280: VALUING CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Section 1001, Mondays/Wednesdays, 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, Omi McCadney

Section 1002, Mondays/Wednesdays, 1-2:15 p.m., IN PERSON, Raina Ladislao

Section 1003, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, Joseph Castellaños

Section 1004, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., IN PERSON, Wynn Tashman

Section 1005, Asynchronous via Canvas, Dr. Malena Baizan

Section 1006, Asynchronous via Canvas, Omi McCadney

Section 1007, Asynchronous via Canvas, Dr. Norma A. Marrun

NOTE: This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying

Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

If you have questions about this requirement, check this document.

For More Information About Multicultural Education Coursework @ UNLV and Educator Licensure

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Questions? Please Contact:

Dr. Christine Clark, Professor

Department of Teaching and Learning

College of Education

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

702.985.6979 Cell (text or call, text preferred)

chris.clark.unlv@me.com

www.csieme.us

Consider pursuing a UNLV Graduate Certificate in:

Social Justice Studies

and/or

Multicultural Education

(coursework for this certificate is aligned with NDE's Cultural Competency Endorsement)

Upper Right Hand Corner Image History and Description: A poster, by artists Micah Bazant and Kate DeCiccio in partnership with partnered with the American Friends Service Committee, Forward Together, Jewish Voice for Peace, Center for New Community, and Showing Up for Racial Justice. Poster creation was "driven by a desire to provide tools for schools and the larger community to create space for discussion and declare solidarity" in the WEEK following the 2016 election during which there were 437 "reports of hateful intimidation and harassment from around the country. Muslims, immigrants, women, and Black and LGBTQ communities were all targets of these attacks. These incidents took place on public transportation, in the streets, in places of worship—but the majority took place in K-12 schools." The artists and partnering organizations noted then, as we continue to note today, that, "These attacks are happening to our communities, our friends, and loved ones," next door, down the street, across the country and around the world. The poster has a smeared royal and navy blue background. At the top of the image in yellow font are the words, "We ALL Belong Here" and in white font the words, "We Will DEFEND Each Other." Below these words is a colorful image of three friends, facing forward, embracing each other, they are all slightly smiling. The person on the left has tan skin, curly black hair shoulder length hair, light eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a light blue long-sleeved turtle neck and white/gray nail polish. The person in the middle has dark brown skin, dark eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a yellow and white hijab covering their head and draped around their shoulders and over an open black leather zip jacket with an orange long-sleeved shirt under it, and light blue nail polish. The person on the right has medium brown skin, wavy black hair chin length hair parted to the right, light eyes, full lips, a broad nose, and is wearing a purple long pleated-sleeved shirt, a royal blue heart-shaped short pendant necklace on a black beaded chain around their neck, and royal blue nail polish. At the bottom of the poster there is a black strip with the logos for the American Friends Service Committee, Forward Together, Center for New Community, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Background Image Description: An AI-generated image created by Vexels; titled "Palestinian Pattern Design," and described as "pattern design featuring a Palestinian-style pattern" and "keffiyeh" in black, red, green, and white.

Image Description: Flyer for CME 790: DisCrit in Education in lavender, purple, pink, peach, gray, blue, and white. There is an image, by Jonathan Soren Davidson for Disabled and Here (noted on the left below the image) of "five BIPOC friends enjoying a planetarium show together, all sitting and wearing a variety of masks and colorful summer outfits. In the group: a Black trans man using a power wheelchair, an Afro-Latina woman who’s an arm amputee, a Black Autistic person holding a star-shaped fidget, an invisibly disabled Asian femme, and a multiracial person using a mobility scooter. Stars twinkle in the overhead dome as soft purple light fills the room and an air purifier hums in the background. A wheelchair access symbol can be seen beneath the mobility scooter." Above the image on the left the flyer reads “CME 790: DisCrit in Education" and on the right reads "UNLV Spring 2025." Below the image on the right is the "Course Description: Introduction to disability critical race theory (DisCrit) in the field of education. Discusses its genealogy, tenets, and the ways it's been applied to study the intersections of race/racism and disability/ableism in PK-12 and higher education." Below the image on the left the flyer reads "Web Live Thursday, 4-6:45 PM," followed by "Instructor: Danielle Mireles, PhD (they/them)."

CME 790 is an elective course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s master's (M.Ed.) and doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D./M.Ed. to Ph.D., Ph.D./J.D.-Focused) programs in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills elective credit for any graduate student, including non-degree graduate students, including those in the graduate certificates in Multicultural Education and Social Justice Studies.

Image Description: Flyer for CME 756: History of Black Education in black, red, green, gold, and white.There is an image of young students of a Black Panther liberation school standing in a classroom in the top right corner of the flyer. To the left of this image the flyer reads “CME 756 History of Black Education,” followed by “Spring 2025 Mondays 4:00 pm to 6:45 pm Weblive (via Zoom);" under the image the flyer reads "Dr. Marla Goins.” Further below on the left, there is an archival image of Tuskegee University students seated in a classroom. To the right of this image the flyer reads “‘About: This course explores events and developments concerning Black education in PK-12, higher education, and community settings across key periods in the U.S. Transnational contexts will also be highlighted. Students of all identities are encouraged to consider the implications of the history of Black education for themselves as teachers and learners.” A quote along the bottom of the flyer reads “'The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of education' – Martin Luther King, Jr.”

CME 756 is an elective course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s master's (M.Ed.) and doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D./M.Ed. to Ph.D., Ph.D./J.D.-Focused) programs in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills elective credit for any graduate student, including non-degree graduate students, including those in the graduate certificates in Multicultural Education and Social Justice Studies.

Image Description: Flyer for CME 705: Multicultural Education in blue, green, and yellow. There is an image, by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano, of a young Latinx male, wearing a brown and orange sweatshirt with the words “Knowledge is Power! Ganas!” in green turquoise, and orange outlining him against a backdrop of orange stripes arranged like sunshine and with a small green image of an anatomical human heart. Above the image the flyer reads “CME 705,” followed by this course description, "Critically documents, across academic subject areas/levels, and questions the accuracy, completeness, and efficacy of, what is taught, how, in what contexts, by/ for whom, and toward what ends; establishes processes for enacting education practices that interrupt, remediate, and eradicate systemic educational inequities and ensure educational success for all students." Below the course description the flyer reads “SPRING 2025” and lists meeting days, times, modalities, and instructor names for the two offered sections of the course as follows: “Tuesdays, 4-6:45 p.m., VIA ZOOM, Dr. Marla Goins, Wednesdays, 4-6:45 p.m., VIA ZOOM, Dr. Danielle Mireles." Below the course section information is this 2010 quote from DiAngelo & Sensoy, “Critical multicultural education challenges our worldview and our sense of ourselves in relation to others. It asks us to connect ourselves to uncomfortable concepts such as prejudice, privilege, and oppression. It challenges the self-delusion in simplistic platitudes such as ‘I don't see color’ and ‘I treat all my students as unique individuals.’”

CME 705 is a required course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s master’s (M.S., M.Ed., M.A.T., M.A.T.S.E.) and an elective course in the department’s doctoral (Ph.D./Ed.D./M.Ed. to Ph.D., Ph.D./J.D.-Focused) programs in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education (CSIEME). The course also fulfills required credit for any graduate student in the graduate certificate in Multicultural Education, and elective course credit for any graduate student in the graduate certificate in Social Justice Studies. The course also fulfills elective course credit for any graduate student, including any non-degree graduate student.

This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.

Image Description: Flyer for EDU 280: Valuing Cultural Diversity in peach, teal, black, and hyperlink blue. There is an image, by Jonathan Soren Davidson for Disabled and Here (noted at the bottom of the image) of "three Black friends sitting in comfortable chairs and supportive recliners during an evening conversation. In the middle, a friend with narcolepsy falls asleep smiling while clouds drift behind her head. Her girlfriend sits to the left, holding her hand while talking to another sleepy friend across the table. This friend cups hot cocoa to their chest. Everyone is dressed in colorful t-shirts and there is cozy, warm light throughout the room." The top of the flyer reads “EDU 280: Valuing Cultural Diversity,” followed, below the image, by this quote from Audre Lorde, “…we have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing and to handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate. But we have no patterns for relating across our human differences as equals…it is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Below the quote the flyer reads “SPRING 2025” and lists meeting days, times, modalities, and instructor names for the five offered sections of the course as follows: “Section 1001, Mon/Wed, 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, Omi McCadney, UNLV-CSIEME Part-Time Instructor; Section 1002, Mon/Wed, 1-2:15 p.m., IN PERSON, Raina Ladislao, UNLV CSIEME M.Ed. to Ph.D. Student; Section 1003, Tu/Th 10-11:15 a.m., IN PERSON, Joseph Castellaños, UNLV-CSIEME Part-Time Instructor; Section 1004, Tu/Th 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., IN PERSON, Wynn Tashman, UNLV Law-Focused CSIEME Ph.D. Student; Section 1005, Web-based (Asynchronous via WebCampus Canvas), Dr. Malena Baizan, UNLV-CSIEME Part-Time Instructor; Section 1006, Web-based (Asynchronous via WebCampus Canvas), Omi McCadney, UNLV-CSIEME Part-Time Instructor; Section 1007, Web-based (Asynchronous via WebCampus Canvas), Dr. Norma A. Marrun, UNLV-CSIEME Associate Professor.

EDU 280 is a required course for students in the Department of Teaching and Learning’s bachelor's degree programs. The course fulfills the general education diversity course requirement for any undergraduate student, and elective course credit for any undergraduate student, including any non-degree undergraduate student.

This course has been approved by the Nevada Department of Education as satisfying Regulation 130-18 and NRS 391.0347 requirements for relicensure.