Subcommittee Charge

The Sociocultural Inquiry Requirement Subcommittee (formerly Multicultural Requirement) is primarily responsible for overseeing the Sociocultural Inquiry baccalaureate degree requirement at Stanislaus State.

The responsibilities of the Subcommittee are as follows: 

  1. Establish meeting dates by semester, to be published to the campus community. 
  2. Submit agendas and meeting minutes to UEPC.  
  3. Review, approve or disapprove requests from departments/programs for courses to be included as courses that fulfill the Multicultural Requirement.  
  4. Make decisions for continuance or discontinuance of each department/programʹs Multicultural course designations on a cycle not to exceed 5 years.  
  5. Implement policies and procedures that are submitted to the Multicultural Requirement Subcommittee from the UEPC; make recommendations to the UEPC for changes in Multicultural Requirement policies and procedures. 
  6. Provide support for the articulation of courses from the community colleges. 
  7. Oversee preparation of the Multicultural Requirement in the catalog copy. 
  8. Submit an annual year‐end report to the UEPC, to include a summary of the yearʹs events and recommendations for next steps. 

Membership for 2023/24

  • Mary Roaf, Ethnic or Gender Studies, Chair
  • Derek Riddle, COEKSW, Co-Chair
  • Yamini Bellare, COS
  • Ellen Bell, CAHSS
  • Nan Zhang, CBA
  • Arturo Nevarez, At Large Member
  • TBD, ASI Rep.
  • Carolina Alfaro, Director of the Diversity Center, Ex-Officio, Non-voting

2023/24 Meetings

  • 3/1/24, 11 A.M.

  • 4/12/24, 11 A.M.

  • 5/3/24, 11 A.M.

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Updated: March 12, 2024