Undergraduate
Catalog
Ethnic Studies Minor
Requirements (20 total credits)
Core Courses (8 credits)
Two courses from the following comparative courses (8 credits)
- ETHS 302 Immigration and the New World
- ETHS 303 Politics of Resistance and Protest Movements
- ETHS 304 Environmental Justice and Public Policy
- ETHS 305 Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations
- ETHS 306 Politics of Mixed Racial Identity
- ETHS 309 The Color of Public Policy (overlap with POL 309)
- ETHS 310 Cross-cultural Issues in Organizations
- ETHS 311 Understanding Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States
- ETHS 315 Color of Incarceration
One course in following area studies (4 credits)
- American Indian Studies
- African American Studies
- Asian American Studies
- Chicano/Latino Studies
Elective Course Options
- ETHS 244 African Americans in Minnesota
- ETHS 250 Introduction to Chicano Studies
- ETHS 252 American Indians in Minnesota
- ETHS 262 Asian Americans in Minnesota
- ETHS 302 Immigration and the New World
- ETHS 303 Politics of Resistance and Protest Movements
- ETHS 304 Environmental Justice and Public Policy
- ETHS 305 Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations
- ETHS 306 Politics of Mixed Racial Identity
- ETHS 309 The Color of Public Policy (overlap with POL 309)
- ETHS 310 Cross-cultural Issues in Organizations
- ETHS 311 Understanding Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States
- ETHS 315 Color of Incarceration
- ETHS 331 American Indian History
- ETHS 332 Topics in Contemporary Native North America
- ETHS 341 African American History
- ETHS 334 American Indian Spirituality (Overlap with REL 322)
- ETHS 335 American Indian Nations: Law, Power and Persistence
- ETHS 342 Contemporary Perspectives in African American Communities
- ETHS 343 Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's
- ETHS 344 African American Literature
- ETHS 348 Sports and the African American Community
- ETHS 352 Chicano Culture and Borderlands
- ETHS 361 History of Asian Americans
- ETHS 363 Asian American Women: Myths and Realities
- ETHS 370 Black Leadership and Intellectual Thought
- ETHS 380 Special topics in Ethnic Studies
- ETHS 400 Applied Research for Social Change
- ETHS 499 Ethnic Studies Capstone
Additional courses that can fulfill ethnic studies minor requirement:
Anthropology
- ANTH 321 Cultural Anthropology: Focus on Mexico and Central America (class only)
- ANTH 309 New Neighbors: The U.S. Hmong Community
History
- HIST 361 Africa: From Ancient Times to 1800
- HIST 362 Africa: From Colonialism to Independence
- HIST 310 American Indian History
- HIST 311 African American History
- HIST 315 Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
- HIST 370 Behind the Great Wall: The Real China
- HIST 371 Understanding Modern Japan
- HIST 380 Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Literature
- LIT 361 African-American Literature
- LIT 363 American Indian Literature
Media Studies
- MDST 330 Topics in Film Studies (depending on topic)
Philosophy
- PHIL 362 African and African-American Philosophy
- PHIL 385 Philosophy on the Front Page: Topics on Political and Social Philosophy (depending on topic)