Program Office: Physical Education 237
Phone: (323) 343- 4622

Ability to interact and communicate effectively across cultures is extremely important in Southern California, especially in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. There is already an enormous mix of people from many different cultures in this region, and this diversity is continuing to increase. Interaction with people from different cultural backgrounds is inevitable in work, community, and family settings. 

The Cultural Diversity in Human Services (CDIV) undergraduate credit certificate program is designed to increase students’ abilities to communicate and interact effectively within our increasingly multicultural living and working environment. Achieving intercultural proficiency is a personal dynamic and developmental journey. The overall goal of the program is to prepare our students to be change agents with the knowledge and skills that will enable organizations and institutions to accept, value and honor diversity.