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Ethnic Studies (EST)



Advisor: Mary Olson

This program comprises courses that address questions of ethnic identity and relations among ethnic groups and is supervised by a faculty committee composed of the course instructors. Courses include comparison of specific ethnic groups in their cultural contexts. Students may develop an interdisciplinary major in Ethnic Studies in accord with the recommendations given below.

  1. Ethnic Studies 123 (Introduction to Ethnic Studies). This course should be taken as early as possible.
  2. Four core courses: ANT 101 (Cultural Anthropology), EDU 240 (Human Relations), REL 202 (Religions of the World), and SOC 348 (Race and Ethnic Relations).
  3. At least four courses chosen from the following: ANT 202 (Indigenous Peoples and Cultures of North America), 203 (Amazonia: People, Culture, and Nature), 204 (Cultures of Mesoamerica and the Andes), 206 (Africans in the New World), 314 (Contact, Change, and Cultural Survival); ART 323 (African Art); ECB 220 (Labor Economics); ENG 351 (African-American Literature); HIS 251 (Federal Indian Policy), 255 (American Lives, when the topic is ``African-Americans''), 351 (Colonial America), 354 (United States Since 1940), 356 (African-Americans in U.S. History); MUS 225 (World Music); PHI 301 (Asian Philosophy); REL 321 (Judaism); RUS 281 (Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization); SOC 248 (Contemporary Native Americans); 376 (The Law, Social Movements and Social Change), and SPA 385 (Latin American Culture and Civilization).
Students are encouraged to develop individual projects in Ethnic Studies and to participate in relevant study-abroad programs (see ``School for International Training'' and specific countries). To count such projects or programs toward an Ethnic Studies major, students must obtain in advance the approval of the Ethnic Studies Committee.

123. Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Examination of the meaning of ethnicity, race, and minority status. The relationship between race, class, and ethnicity. The psychology of prejudice. Structural discrimination. The evolution of ethnic interactions. The course is interdisciplinary in method and cross-cultural in perspective.

390. Individual Project

480. Internship

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