Students at PSU enroll in classes about diverse cultures and special populations, such as those offered through Black Studies, Chicano & Latino Studies, International Studies, and Women Studies.
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PSU Courses about Diverse Cultures
(Excluding Independent Study)| 96-97 | 97-98 | 98-99 | 99-00 | 00-01 | 01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 |
| 225 | 307 | 326 | 380 | 355 | 325 | 400 | 475 |
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Enrollment* in Courses about Diverse Cultures (Excluding Independent Study)| 96-97 | 97-98 | 98-99 | 99-00 | 00-01 | 01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 |
| 2,319 | 2,599 | 3,249 | 3,267 | 4,193 | 4,171 | 5,647 | 5,355 |
Additionally, PSU offered 712 foreign language classes and 8,696 students* participated in these.
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PSU Foreign Language Courses
(Excluding Independent Study)| 96-97 | 97-98 | 98-99 | 99-00 | 00-01 | 01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 |
| 639 | 668 | 625 | 593 | 595 | 610 | 699 | 712 |
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Enrollment in Foreign Language Courses (Excluding Independent Study)| 96-97 | 97-98 | 98-99 | 99-00 | 00-01 | 01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 |
| 5,691 | 5,975 | 6,143 | 6,267 | 6,738 | 7,372 | 8,362 | 8,696 |
(*duplicated headcount)
These enrollment figures do not account for other classes, such as many of those in University Studies that weave diversity throughout their curriculum.
PSU students reported that their PSU education contributed somewhat to their understanding of people from racial or ethnic backgrounds different from their own. Students at urban and doctoral/research-intensive universities were similar to PSU students in rating how much their education had contributed to this type of understanding.
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Mean Extent That PSU Contributed to Understanding Different Ethnic Backgrounds | | Seniors | Freshmen |
| Doc/Res-Int | 2.47 | 2.51 |
| Urban U's | 2.50 | 2.58 |
| PSU | 2.60 | 2.65 |
[Source: PSU Data Warehouse; National Survey of Student Engagement, Spring 2003.]
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