{ CULTURAL COMPETENCE Provided by Diversity & Equity Committee DEqC, advisory committee to Academic Senate President and Council

{ Levels of Cultural Competence

{ Level One: Knowledge

{ Level Two: Awareness

{ Level Three: Sensitivity

Cultural Understanding Weaver, Gary R., Understanding Crossscultural Orientation: new conceptualizations and applications Surface Culture Invisible Culture awareness level boundary

LanguageArtsLiteratureReligionsMusicDressDanceGamesSportsCooking Surface Culture

{{ Notions of Modesty Concepts of Beauty Education Child Raising Rules of Descent Cosmology Relationship to Things, Animals, Plants Courtship Practices Concepts of Justice Motivation to Work Criteria for Leadership Decision Making Processes Deities Death Ideas of Cleanliness Locus of Control Theory of Disease Physical Space Definition of Sanity Friendship Love Life Murder Gender Facial Expressions Roles Relative to Age, Gender, Class, Kinship Occupation Religion Conversational Patterns in various Social Contexts Conception of Time & Space Preferences for Competition Cooperation Individualism or Group Norms Sin Grace Notion of Adulthood Notion of Logic and Validity Physical Space Arrangements Life Handling of Emotions Acceptance of Frustration or Pain Concept of Faith Invisible Culture

Level Four: Competence