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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Ethnic Studies, Minor

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The Ethnic Studies Minor is the interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity, with a focus on the histories, cultures, perspectives, and community work of marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The curriculum takes a theoretical, historical, and experiential approach to examine: modern (in)justice; social movements; legal and public policy activism; antiracist and anti-patriarchal ontologies; liberationist epistemologies; and community and identity formation in American history. Students will learn about multiple cultures’ social and historical context within the United States; academic and experiential learning are interwoven such that key themes, concepts, and ideas in the field of Ethnic Studies are applied intentionally with communities.

For additional information regarding the minor in Ethnic Studies, please contact Dr. Cathery Yeh (Attallah College) or Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (Wilkinson College).

Students pursuing a Minor in Ethnic Studies are required to:

Complete a minimum of 21 credits in the minor, 12 of which cannot be duplicated by the major or any other minor.
Complete a minimum of 12 upper-division credits
Complete a minimum of six upper-division credits completed in residence.
Maintain a 2.000 cumulative GPA and 2.000 GPA for all upper-division coursework.

core requirements (6 credits)

HUM 103 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3 credits
one of the following
IES 351 - Ethnic Studies Curriculum and Pedagogy 3 credits
LEAD 384 - Ethnic Studies Activism: Theory and Practice 3 credits

electives (15 credits)

African American experiences (3 credits)

one of the following

HIST 228 - African American Historical Experience 3 credits
AFST 320 - Black Feminisms 3 credits
HIST 332 - Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credits

community based service learning (3 credits)

one of the following

ENG 206 - Critical Literacies and Community Writing 3 credits
SOC 306 - Social Movements 3 credits (Community component) *
PCST 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
OR
POSC 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
OR
SOC 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
DOC 380 - Community Voices: Pre-Production 3 credits **

Latinx experiences (3 credits)

one of the following

HUM 102 - Introduction to Latinx and Latin American Studies 3 credits
HIST 230 - Chicano/a History and Culture to 1865 3 credits
HIST 231 - Chicano/a History and Culture, 1848-Present 3 credits
HIST 339 - Immigration, Border Consciousness and the Chicano/a Experience 3 credits

multicultural/cross-racial politics (3 credits)

one of the following

AFST 203 - “Mixed Race” Identities 3 credits
PHIL 319 - Philosophy of Women/Women of Color 3 credits
ENG 327 - Multicultural Literatures of the U.S. 3 credits
SOC 370 - Race and Ethnicity 3 credits
POSC 372 - Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. 3 credits

research methods (3 credits)

one of the following

PCST 201 - Research Methods: Peace Studies 3 credits
SOC 201 - Introduction to Research Methods 3 credits
ANTH 301 - Ethnographic Fieldwork 3 credits
HUM 313 - Community Based Research Methods in Latinx Studies 3 credits

total credits 21

*Course must contain a community-based component to count for the minor. Course offerings alternates between with community component and without.

**Course may count towards minor when the current iteration of the course has a substantial ethnic studies component with course director approval.

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