Students will be able to:
1. reflect on and evaluate personal beliefs and experience 
related to racial issues in educational settings;
2. understand theories and terminology associated with race and 
racism;
3. recognize racial prejudice and oppressive institutional 
structures in education that marginalize some students and 
privilege others;
4. examine school policies and practices through a racial lens;
5. analyze the influence of racially (un)responsive environments 
on the psychological, social, and emotional development of 
students in schools;
6. understand the role of race in relationships within and 
between racial minorities and their peers, teachers, 
administrators, counselors at different developmental stages;
7. examine race-based research in educational psychology related 
to legal issues and court cases impacting the teaching and 
learning environments in schools;
8. understand culturally responsive approaches to addressing 
racial challenges that empower people to be proactive and reach 
their full potential;
9. demonstrate cultural competence in working with racially 
different groups and communities; and
10. develop a plan to promote racial justice and equity in 
an educational settings.

• Self-Reflection on Racial Heritage
• Defining Race and Racial Prejudice
• Racial Oppressive Structures (Individual versus Institutional 
Racism) 
• Major and Minor Racial Movements: (e.g., Civil Rights 
Movement, Black lives matter)
• Stereotype Threat in Assessment of Racial Groups 
• Racial Implicit Biases 
• Race Micro-Aggressions at Different Developmental Levels: 
(Elementary, Middle, High School, Undergraduate Education, 
Graduate School)
• Racial Profiling:  The School to Prison Pipeline
• Racial Hate Groups and School Climate
• Racial Identity Development
• Race and IQ
• Whitewashed Curriculum
• Hip-hop Culture, Race, Teaching and Learning
• Racial Equity Gaps in Achievement
• Colorism, Acting White, and Peer Relations Issues
• Disparate Impact in Schools: (Diversity and Equitable 
Representation in Academic Programs)
•  Affirmative Action in School Admissions (Recruitment and 
Retention Issues)
• Race, Class, and Place in School:  Suburban, Urban, and Rural 
Schools, Majority Minority Schools