Ethnic Studies, Minor

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. Justin de Leon (Wilkinson College) at judeleon@chapman.edu.

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 6 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
HUM 301 - Decolonial Methodologies 3 credits

electives (15 credits)

Three courses must be upper division and 12 of which cannot be duplicated by coursework in the student’s major or any other minor(s). No more than 3 courses can be taken in any one discipline (IE English, History, Sociology).

AMST 102 - Introduction to Asian American Studies 3 credits
HUM 102 - Introduction to Latinx and Latin American Studies 3 credits
ENG 206 - Critical Literacies and Community Writing 3 credits
HIST 228 - African American Historical Experience 3 credits
HIST 230 - Chicano/a History and Culture to 1865 3 credits
HIST 231 - Chicano/a History and Culture, 1848-Present 3 credits
HUM 313 - Community Based Research Methods in Latinx Studies 3 credits
AFST 315 - Racialized Punishment 3 credits
AFST 320 - Black Feminisms 3 credits
ENG 327 - Multicultural Literatures of the U.S. 3 credits
ANTH 335b - The Anthropology of Space and Place: Ethnic Enclaves in Asian America 3 credits
HIST 339 - Immigration, Border Consciousness and the Chicano/a Experience 3 credits
AMST 347 - Topics in Asian American Studies ½-3 credits
CES 351 - Ethnic Studies Curriculum and Pedagogy 3 credits
PCST 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
POSC 354 - Non-Violent Social Change 3 credits
SOC 370 - Race and Ethnicity 3 credits
POSC 372 - Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. 3 credits
DOC 380 - Community Voices: Pre-Production 3 credits
LEAD 384 - Ethnic Studies Activism: Theory and Practice 3 credits
AMST 444T - Asian American Film 3 credits

Ethnic Studies, Minor

core requirements (6 credits)

electives (15 credits)

total credits 21