Ethnic Studies Bachelor of Arts
To complete a major in Ethnic Studies, a student will have successfully completed the following:
Major Core (20 Credits):
- ETHN 201: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
- ETHN 301: Ethnic Studies Theory
- ETHN 302: Ethnic Studies Methods
- ETHN 499: Ethnic Studies Capstone
Ethnic Studies Upper Division (20 Credits):
ETHN 310, ETHN 315, ETHN 316, ETHN 317, and ETHN 318 may be repeated twice with different topics up to a maximum of 10 credits including the original course to meet this requirement.
Students must complete four of the following Ethnic Studies courses.
- ETHN 314: Latinx Migrants in the U.S.
- ETHN 310: Contemporary Asian American Issues
- ETHN 315: Contemporary Native American and Indigenous Issues
- ETHN 316: Contemporary African American Issues
- ETHN 317: Contemporary Latinx Issues
- ETHN 318: Contemporary Arab American Issues
- ETHN 319: Indigenous Feminisms
- ETHN 321: Policing, Incarceration, Abolition
- ETHN 413: Bridging Barriers with Migrant Youth
Complete 25 credits in one of the following three fields:
Students may select from Ethnic Studies and other departmental courses below in fulfillment of their field of study requirement. No more than 10 credits of 200-level courses can be applied toward completion of the field requirement.
INDIGENEITY, POLICING, ABOLITION
In this field, students engage critical frameworks that are foundational for a recognition of Indigeneity grounded in land-based conceptions of nation/tribe, sovereignty, and resurgence; analyze the policing and surveillance of BIPOC people; and interrogate abolitionist spaces and practices.
DIASPORA, BORDERS, RESISTANCE
In this field, students analyze the creation and enforcement of borders; evaluate the political, economic, and social forces triggering migration and displacement, as well as the impact of migration across sending and receiving communities; and examine resistance within diasporic and transborder communities.
MINORITIZATION, COLONIZATION, LIBERATION
In this field, students interrogate the process of minoritization in the U.S. associated with BIPOC people; reckon with the ongoing processes of settler-colonialism; and envisage responses to institutionalized colonial and imperial oppressions that pursue liberation.