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  "college": "college-of-the-desert",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Using Employability/Soft Skills to Create Pathways",
  "id": "using-employability-soft-skills-to-create-pathways--now-social-diversity-awareness-noncredit",
  "name": "New World of Work Social Diversity Awareness",
  "award": "Certificate of Completion",
  "department": "using-employability-soft-skills-to-create-pathways",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/programs/new-world-of-work/now-social-diversity-awareness-noncredit/",
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      "markdown": "Twenty-first century workers need to be tolerant of inevitable changes in the work environment and adapt accordingly. Improve your Social Diversity Awareness by recognizing the benefits of diverse backgrounds and cultures in the workplace; understanding the new “normal” in the workplace; learning how to develop and improve relationships with people of different backgrounds and beliefs by improving self-awareness; and how to be sensitive to others’ feelings."
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      "markdown": "### Learning Outcomes\n\n#### Learning Outcomes\n\nUpon satisfactory completion of this program students will be able to:\n\n1.  Demonstrate an awareness of how diverse backgrounds and generational differences strengthen the workplace both locally and globally.\n2.  Develop strategies for improving relationships with people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs.\n3.  Define an expanded version of “normal” in the workplace.\n4.  Using critical thinking skills, identify opportunities for strengthening the workplace by providing accommodations and increasing open awareness."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Program Requirements\n\n#### Program Requirements"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "EMP 319A",
          "title": "New World of Work Skills: Gender and Ethnicity",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EMP 319B",
          "title": "New World of Work Skills: Disabilities and Generations",
          "units": "0",
          "indent": false
        }
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    }
  ]
}