Requirements & Courses
Ethnic Studies Minor
The Ethnic Studies minor provides students opportunities to explore the transdisciplinary study of racial and ethnic difference—including how these constructs intersect with other social identity categories including class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability—and power as it manifests interpersonally, institutionally, and structurally.
Ethnic Studies includes the study of various racial and ethnic histories, cultures, vernaculars, and epistemologies as sites of inquiry including but not limited to Black studies, Native and Indigenous studies, Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies, Latinx/e studies, and Middle East and North African Studies.
Within the US context, the course selection represents a range of disciplinary knowledge within the framework of US Ethnic Studies that students can access as they matriculate through the 15 required elective hours. Moreover, the goal is to allow students to pair courses with those in their major or program with courses in the Ethnic Studies minor that allows for more concentrated focus on issues and dynamics related to race and ethnicity.
Students who minor in Ethnic Studies will be prepared to work in a number of fields including health, education, state and federal agencies, human services, non-profits, and many other allied fields.
Requirements for a Minor in Ethnic Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EST 2300 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| Select fifteen hours from the following: | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Ethnic Studies Minor Elective Options
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIC 2340 | Social World II: The Conditions and Possibilities of Human Fulfillment | 3 |
| BIC 2344 | World Cultures IV: The United States in the World | 3 |
| BIC 4389 | Examined Life III Capstone: Special Topics | 3 |
| CSS 3313 | Communication and Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| CSS 3314 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| CSS 4354 | African American Communication | 3 |
| CSS 4392 | Rhetorics of Race | 3 |
| ENGL 3341 | Writers of Color and their Allies | 3 |
| ENGL 4306 | African American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4307 | Introduction to Asian-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4314 | Urban Space and the American Literary Imagination | 3 |
| ENGL 4318 | Great Authors: James Baldwin | 3 |
| GTX 3332 | Black Intellectual Traditions | 3 |
| HIS 3371 | History of Black Americans | 3 |
| HIS 3384 | History of Indigenous Peoples of America | 3 |
| HIS 4375 | The American Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| JOU 4305 | Gender, Race & Media | 3 |
| LING 1305 | Language in Society | 3 |
| LING 3310 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| LING 4317 | Bilingual Language Acquisition and Education | 3 |
| LING 4319 | American English Dialects | 3 |
| LS 3305 | Children's Literature (Multicultural Literature) | 3 |
| MH 4391 | Disrupting Disparities in Healthcare | 3 |
| PPS 1100 | Introduction to Citizenship and Community Service | 1 |
| PPS 2301 | Leadership and Social Change | 3 |
| PWR 2382 | Writing for a Better World | 3 |
| PWR 3317 | Rhetoric of Race | 3 |
| PWR 4311 | Writing for Social Change | 3 |
| PSY 3313 | Psychology and Culture | 3 |
| REL 3340 | Religion and Society | 3 |
| REL 3341 | Religious Diversity in America | 3 |
| REL 4397 | Race, Racism, and Religion in America | 3 |
| SOC 3309 | Religion and Society | 3 |
| SOC 3311 | The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SPA 3304 | Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 |
| SWO 2320 | Human Diversity and Leadership | 3 |
| SWO 2321 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| TED 3380 | Social Issues in Education | 3 |
| TED 4312 | Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language | 3 |
| TED 4317 | Bilingual Language Acquisition and Education | 3 |