-: If you're looking to work in industry,
and many major corporations have diversity officers,
probably a management program would be good
because it would have, in its curriculum,
things related to workplace diversity and inclusion,
and a lot of good management practices
are ones that are inclusive.
Probably you'll want to do some, get
some course work in Applied Psychology.
Probably wanna have a good solid grounding in Sociology.
A lot of, when we talk about diversity,
we're usually talking about social structures
and group social identities, and so need
to understand the framework for that
'cause it's not just about difference.
I mean there's a lot of very superficial diversity talk,
but to really talk about group social identities,
you need to have that sociological theory.
If you're wanting to work in higher education
and do diversity and inclusion work, you might do a degree
in High Education or Student Affairs, so part of it is
thinking, "What kind of industry would I like to work in?"
In addition to, "What sort of content
"do I wanna be working with?"
'Cause, I think, together those are going to determine.
A Liberal Arts background provides you with a lot
of translatable skills and competencies that are
about critical thinking, about emotional intelligence.
I mean, you got have emotional intelligence
to do diversity and inclusion work, at least
if you're gonna be working with individuals.
You need to be able to listen to people.
You need to be able to hear and respond,
so there's those kinds of capacities too,
which we don't always teach those, but that's where you,
experientially, you acquire those skills.