The American Ethnic Studies minor in Sociology addresses the concepts of race and ethnicity and the experiences of different racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Certificate Requirements are 20 hours:
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Required | 12 | |
SOC 115 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
SOC 337 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 4 |
SOC 376 | Sociological Theory | 4 |
or SOC 383 | Statistics | |
or SOC 482 | Social Research | |
Electives | 8 | |
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 Americans | ||
SOC 371 | Asians in America | 4 |
Blacks/African Americans | ||
ENGL 344 | Diverse Traditions in 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature (when topic is "African American Literature") | 4 |
MUCS 356 | Jazz History | 2 |
PSCI 324 | Black Political Thought | 4 |
Latinos/Hispanics | ||
LALS 301 | Introduction to Latin American and Latina/o Studies | 4 |
SPAN 357 | Latino Cultures in the United States | 4 |
Native Peoples | ||
HIST 102 | Exploring the Global Past (when topic is "Africans, Europeans, and Natives in the Atlantic World") | 4 |
Group 2: | ||
Courses addressing different topics involving race/ethnicity. | ||
PHIL 105 | Race & Justice | 4 |
HIST 353 | American Cities & Suburbs | 4 |
HIST 391 | Topics in History (Race, Justice, and Reconciliation in the U.S.) | 2,4 |
COMM 253 | Messages, Influence, and Culture | 4 |
COMM 324 | Communication and Diversity | 4 |
PSCI 328 | Immigration | 4 |
PSCI 363 | Race and Politics in the United States | 4 |
EDUC 136 & 136L | Teaching Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Students and Cross-cultural Tutoring | 3 |
MUCS 355 | American Music | 2 |
ART 351 | History of Art & Architecture II | 4 |
URBN 371 | Race, Poverty, and Reconciliation | 4 |