ETHS 4990 Ethnic Studies Capstone
This course is designed to engage ethnic studies majors in a final integrative experience in weekly seminars. Students explore major issues surrounding race, ethnicity and culture while completing a senior research project.
Prerequisites
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective May 6, 2028 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Comparatively examine the historical, political, social and cultural implications of structural inequalities in the United States.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of Ethnic Studies concepts, methodology and application.
- Exhibit a solid grasp of conceptual and theoretical schemata within the inter-disciplinary approaches pertinent to Ethnic Studies.
- Recognize and discuss various methodological approaches within Ethnic Studies.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 7A: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
- Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States' history and culture.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
- Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.
- Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
- Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.