Offered by Ethnic Studies Program

Ethnic Studies Minor

Minimum hours required for minor = 24

1. Requirements (9 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ETHS 101GS, Introduction to Ethnic Studies - 3 hours
     • ETHS 370, Research in Ethnic Studies - 3 hours
     • ETHS 450, Senior Seminar in Comparative Ethnic Studies - 3 hours
2. Electives (15 hours required)
   • Take 15 hours from at least two of the three academic groups:
     1. Arts and Humanities
        • ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
        • ENG 254GS, Introduction to Literature: Special Topics - 3 hours
        • ENG 359, Contemporary American Multicultural Literature - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 234GS or department permission)
        • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
        • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
        • HIST 429, Religion in America - 3 hours
        • HIST 431, Colonial America, 1492-1750 - 3 hours
        • MUS 106GS, Introduction to Jazz and Blues - 3 hours
        • MUS 107GS, Introduction to Rock and Blues - 3 hours
        • SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours
     2. Natural and Social Sciences
        • CJUS 380GS, Minorities and Criminal Justice - 3 hours
        • SOC 201, Social Inequality - 3 hours
        • SOC 225, Global Cultures and Diversity - 3 hours
        • SOC 340, The Holocaust - 3 hours
        • SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours(Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS or permission)
        • SOWK 335GS, Social Policy & Programs - 3 hours
        • SOWK 342, Human Behavior in the Social Environment II - 3 hours (Prereq: SOWK 170, SOWK 172)
        • SOWK 470, International Social Work Experience - 1-6 hours
     3. Applied and Professional Studies
        • FSID 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - .3 hours
        • PE 402, Sociology of Sport - 3 hours

Work closely with the director of the Ethnic Studies Program to design individualized course of study.