Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
These courses at Metropolitan State have been approved to meet the Racial Issues Graduation Requirement (RIGR). Other courses may be approved in the future and there are courses at other institutions approved to meet the requirement (PDF).
Note: Students must complete at least 3 credits to meet this requirement.
Learn more about RIGR, including the requirement's criteria, purpose and how to request a review of coursework not included here for the RIGR requirement.
ID Sort descending | Course title | Credits | |
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ANTH 329 | Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives |
|
4 |
BIOL 107 | Biology, Race, and Racism |
|
4 |
CJS 360 | Diversity in Criminal Justice |
|
4 |
COMM 372 | Health Communication |
|
4 |
DENH 320 | Management of Oral Healthcare Delivery |
|
3 |
EDU 430 | Historical and Cultural Foundations of Urban Education |
|
3 |
ETHS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
|
4 |
ETHS 200 | Theories of Race, Ethnicity and Culture |
|
4 |
ETHS 231 | Global Native and Indigenous Studies |
|
4 |
ETHS 232 | American Indians in Minnesota |
|
2 |
ETHS 244 | African Americans in Minnesota |
|
2 |
ETHS 250 | Latino/Hispanic Cultural Competency: Introductory Concepts |
|
4 |
ETHS 252 | Latinas/os in Minnesota |
|
2 |
ETHS 262 | Asian Americans in Minnesota |
|
2 |
ETHS 270 | Global Blackness |
|
4 |
ETHS 302 | Immigrant Communities and the Trajectories of Othering |
|
4 |
ETHS 303 | The Politics of Racial Resistance and Protest in the United States |
|
4 |
ETHS 304 | Environmental Justice and Public Policy |
|
4 |
ETHS 305 | Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations |
|
4 |
ETHS 306 | Politics of Mixed Racial Identity |
|
4 |
ETHS 309 | Race and Public Policy |
|
4 |
ETHS 311 | Understanding Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States |
|
4 |
ETHS 315 | Color of Incarceration |
|
4 |
ETHS 316 | Race and Religion |
|
4 |
ETHS 318 | Trauma and Traumascapes: Identity, Legacy, and Memory |
|
4 |
ETHS 324 | Race, Identity, and the Internet |
|
4 |
ETHS 326 | Race and Work in American Life |
|
4 |
ETHS 332 | Topics in Contemporary Native North America |
|
4 |
ETHS 342 | Contemporary Issues in Black America |
|
4 |
ETHS 352 | Latina/o Cultural Politics |
|
4 |
ETHS 361 | History of Asian Americans |
|
4 |
ETHS 363 | Asian American Women: Myths and Realities |
|
4 |
ETHS 370 | Black Thought |
|
4 |
ETHS 375 | Black Life in Wealth and Poverty |
|
4 |
GNDR 270 | Gender, Race and Popular Culture |
|
3 |
GNDR 375 | Intersectionality |
|
4 |
HIST 310 | American Indian History |
|
4 |
HIST 315 | The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s |
|
4 |
HIST 364 | Slavery and Resistance in North America and the Caribbean |
|
4 |
HIST 373 | US-Japanese Relations from a Racial Perspective |
|
4 |
HRM 335 | Understanding and Addressing Race in the Workplace |
|
4 |
HSCD 303 | Racial and Cultural Considerations for Alcohol and Drug Counseling |
|
4 |
HSCD 304 | Substance Use and Native Americans |
|
4 |
HSCI 358 | Racism and Health |
|
4 |
HSER 395 | Intersection of Race and Diversity in Human Services |
|
4 |
HUM 364 | The Harlem Renaissance |
|
4 |
IDST 317 | Women in Minnesota Life: Education, Politics and Social Change |
|
4 |
IDST 370 | Cinema, Self and Other |
|
4 |
LING 316 | The Nature of Language |
|
4 |
LING 326 | Language and Culture |
|
4 |
LIT 315 | Gender and Race in Literature and Film |
|
4 |
LIT 332 | Adolescent Literatures |
|
4 |
LIT 361 | African-American Literature |
|
4 |
LIT 362 | Black Women Writers |
|
4 |
LIT 363 | American Indian Literature |
|
4 |
LIT 364 | Literature by Immigrants of Color |
|
4 |
LIT 368 | Asian American Literature |
|
4 |
MGMT 360 | Managing a Diverse Workforce |
|
4 |
PHIL 366 | Race and Racism: Philosophical Problems |
|
4 |
POL 313 | Democracy, Politics, and Punishment |
|
4 |
PSYC 212 | Introduction to Diversity and Ethics in Psychology |
|
3 |
PSYC 356 | Early Childhood Development within a Social/Cultural and Historical Context |
|
3 |
PSYC 374 | Psychology of Racism: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination |
|
4 |
RELS 333 | Race and Religion |
|
4 |
SOC 329 | Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives |
|
4 |
SOWK 341 | Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis I |
|
4 |
SOWK 542 | Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis II |
|
4 |
TCID 375 | Environmental Communication |
|
4 |
THEA 300 | Black Women Playwrights: Staging Empowerment |
|
3 |
WRIT 300 | Creative Writers, Identity and Race in the Twin Cities |
|
4 |