The American Ethnic Studies minor in Sociology addresses the concepts of racial and ethnic relations, immigration, and modes of incorporation with an emphasis on the perspectives and experiences of Asian Americans.

Requirements for a minor in American Ethnic Studies are 20 hours, including:

Required12
SOC 115
Introduction to Sociology
SOC 337
Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC 376
Sociological Theory
or SOC 383
 Statistics
or SOC 482
 Social Research
Electives8
Option A - Students take 8 hours spread across two different people groups in Group 1
Option B - 4 hours from Group 1 and 4 hours from Group 2
Group 1:
Courses addressing different racial/ethnic groups in the United States: Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American, and Native American.
Asian American
SOC 371
Asians in America
Black/African American
ENGL 344
Diverse Traditions in 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature (when topic is "African American Literature")
MUCS 356
Jazz History
PSCI 324
Black Political Thought
Latino/Hispanic
LALS 301
Introduction to Latin American and Latina/o Studies
SPAN 357
Latino Cultures in the United States
Native Peoples
CORE 355
AIS: Boundary Waters 1
ENGL 344
Diverse Traditions in 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature (when topic is "Native American Literature")
HIST 102
Exploring the Global Past (when topic is "Africans, Europeans, and Natives in the Atlantic World")
Group 2:
Courses addressing different topics involving race/ethnicity.
ARTH 312
History of Art & Architecture II
COMM 253
Messages, Influence, and Culture
COMM 324
Communication and Diversity
EDUC 136
& 136L
Teaching Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Students
and Cross-cultural Tutoring
HIST 353
American Cities & Suburbs
HIST 354
Race and Religion in US History
MUCS 355
American Music
PHIL 105
Race & Justice
PSCI 328
Immigration
PSCI 363
Race and Politics in the United States
Total Credits20
1

Optional elective. Per college-wide policy, students may only take one AIS course total while at Wheaton.