Iowa Western Community College values diversity and supports learning experiences that promote intellectual growth and human enrichment. To achieve this goal, all graduates earning an associ­ate degree must take at minimum a three-credit hour course for which the primary focus leads to an understanding and awareness of one or more of the following: gender, race, ethnicity, sexual ori­entation, people with disabilities, religion and/or global relations. This requirement may be satisfied with courses taken to satisfy other core requirements.

Courses must be selected from the following: