Equitable Spaces

Courses to inspire and prepare changemakers.

Equitable Spaces is a collaboration between Academic Affairs and Culture, Community, & Belonging. These are one-credit course offerings that:

  • Engage students in critical practices and discussions about privilege, inclusivity, and difference
  • Address the social and cultural inequalities impacting the United States and/or global systems

Different Equitable Spaces (EQS) courses are offered each semester.

Course characteristics
  • Engages students in critical practices and discussions about privilege, inclusivity, and difference
  • Addresses the social and cultural inequalities impacting the United States and/or global systems
  • Does not exceed one-credit worth of work 
  • Includes an experiential learning application
  • Is interdisciplinary or lends itself to interdisciplinary approaches.
  • Incorporates one or more elements from the Changemaker Framework.
Expectations of Instructors
  • Instructors will meet as a cohort about four times during the semester to think through the complementary connections between courses and the ways in which this work can help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Nazareth. 
  • Instructors will assess their students using the standard course eval as well as a provided EQS survey, which will assess the Core Curriculum's Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of Diversity-Equity-Inclusion and Integration, as well as a Changemaker SLO described in further detail on this EQS Assessment google doc.
  • If teaching an Equitable Spaces course is considered outside of one's job description and an addition to one's workload, then the instructor receives a stipend for teaching their EQS course.
Frequently Asked Questions for Instructors

Current EQS Courses

Previous EQS Courses
Andrew Wicklum looks at a guest speaker in Equitable Spaces class

Expect to grow

Andrew Wicklum '24 gained so much from a 1-credit Equitable Spaces class — Anti-racism in Community-Engaged Learning — his sophomore year that he said he thinks every student at Naz should take it.

Read about his experiences: Anti-racism Class Spurs Action

Love and accept us all
Nicole Engel, posing outside, took an Equitable Spaces course

"I want to see a world in which each child has hope for their future — that they truly believe that the possibilities are endless, and that because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. they don't have additional challenges or roadblocks.

"I think that the first step towards change making is looking at yourself. Recognize your own privilege;  recognize your own challenges. This (Equitable Spaces) class really let me explore my own identity and that is critical to know how you can best help others."

— Nicole Engel '24, who works with students at School 9 through Nazareth's Partners for Learning, took Anti-racism in Community Engaged Learning.