# TCU Syllabi Push Settler Colonialism, LGBTQ Advocacy

> TCU graduate courses integrate settler colonialism and LGBTQ+ advocacy in syllabi.
- Title: TCU Syllabi Push Settler Colonialism, LGBTQ Advocacy
- Summary: TCU graduate courses integrate settler colonialism and LGBTQ+ advocacy in syllabi. TCU's fall 2026 syllabi require graduate students to study settler…
- Keywords: tcu, settler colonialism, curriculum history, evileducation, lgbtq advocacy, dei, university, college of education, indigenous land acknowledgment, kirikir: s, news, politics
- Source: Dallas Express — https://dallasexpress.com/tarrant/bombshell-tcu-syllabi-push-settler-colonialism-race-focused-curriculum-as-university-promotes-lgbtq-advocacy
- Author: Dallas Express
- Published: 2026-10-02T13:30:17+00:00
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- Topics: tcu, settler colonialism, curriculum history, evileducation, lgbtq advocacy, dei, university, college of education, indigenous land acknowledgment, kirikir: s, news, politics
## 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.
## Key takeaway

TCU's fall 2026 syllabi require graduate students to study settler colonialism and structural violence while maintaining LGBTQ+ resources.