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TCU Syllabi Push Settler Colonialism, LGBTQ Advocacy
TCU graduate courses integrate settler colonialism and LGBTQ+ advocacy in syllabi.
In brief
TCU graduate courses integrate settler colonialism and LGBTQ+ advocacy in syllabi. TCU's fall 2026 syllabi require graduate students to study settler colonialism and structural violence while maintaining LGBTQ+ resources. Originally reported by Dallas Express.
TCU syllabi center settler colonialism
Fall 2026 graduate-course syllabi obtained by The Dallas Express show Texas Christian University placing settler colonialism, structural violence, decolonial thinking and group complicity at the center of two College of Education courses.
Evil and Education course focuses on land acknowledgment
The three-credit graduate seminar Evil and Education opens with a land acknowledgment stating TCU exists on Indigenous land and asks how students may perpetuate colonial harm.
Course addresses structural violence
The syllabus states educators should teach the persistent trauma stemming from settler colonialism and Indigenous refusals, resistance, and survivance.
Curriculum History course requires land accountability
TCU's required Curriculum History course states TCU benefited from the forceful removal of Kirikir: s people and their relationship marked by dispossession and violence.
Land acknowledgment as insufficient step
The syllabus characterizes TCU's land acknowledgment as a small act insufficient for decolonizing and invites faculty, staff, and students to become guests on ancestral territories.
LGBTQ+ resources continue at TCU
TCU maintains dedicated LGBTQ+ Resources through its Intercultural Center and operates Qmunity for student advocacy and solutions.
Texas DEI law does not apply to TCU
Texas' DEI law restricts public universities but TCU retains discretion to maintain identity-focused programs as a private institution.
Required texts focus on race and education
Students study The White Architects of Black Education, Eugenics and Education in America, and Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of US Curriculum.
TCU maintains LGBTQ+ advocacy programs
TCU operates Qmunity to engage LGBTQIA+ students and allies in identifying issues and advocating for solutions on campus.
What it means
TCU's fall 2026 syllabi require graduate students to study settler colonialism and structural violence while maintaining LGBTQ+ resources.
