Ethnic Studies, B.A.

Requirements

A minimum of 10 course credits which include:

• ANT 101 - Cultural Anthropology (1)
• EDU 240 - Education and Culture (1)
• EST 123 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (1)
• EST 485 - Readings/Research in Ethnic Studies (1)

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• PSY 276 - Multicultural Psychology (1)

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• GSS 270 - Social Justice Perspectives and Practices (1)

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• SOC 348 - Race and Ethnic Relations (1)

Four Courses Selected from the Following

At least two of which must be at the 300 level and no more than three of which may be chosen from one department:

• ANT 208 - Cross-Cultural Love and Family (1)
• ANT 271 - Women, Men and Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective (1)
• ART 263 - The Arts of West and Central Africa (1)
• ART 264 - African American Art: Intersectionality in the United States (1)
• ART 265 - Arts of the African Diaspora: Latin America and the Caribbean (1)
• ART 266 - American Indian Art: Gender and the Marketplace (1)
• ART 363 - Feminist Art (1)
• CLA 230 - Cultural Crossroads in Antiquity: Egypt, Greece, and Persia (In Chicago) (1)
• ENG 351 - Studies in African-American Literature (1)
• GER 116 - Introductory Topics in German (1)
• GER 117 - Introductory Topics in German (1)
• HIS 1xx - Introductory Seminar in History, when the topic is “The Holocaust”
• HIS 241 - Slavery and the Environment in a Comparative Context (in the Bahamas) (1)
• HIS 255 - American Lives (1)
• HIS 350 - Colonial America (1)
• HIS 354 - U.S. Social History Since 1940 (1)
• HIS 356 - African-Americans in U.S. History (1)
• HIS 369 - Chicago: The Transformation of America’s Second City, 1880-1940 (1)
• MUS 220 - Jazz History (1)
• PHI 301 - Asian Philosophy (1)
• POL 335 - Seminar in International Relations and Comparative Government (1)
• POL 361 - Race, Sex, and the Constitution (1)
• POL 367 - Urban Politics and Policy (1)
• REL 342 - Judaism (1)
• REL 362 - Holocaust and Response (1)
• RUS 281 - “The Other” in Russian Literature and Film (W) (1)
• SOC 248 - American Indians: Culture, Activism, and Social Justice (1)
• SOC 249 - Traditional Culture and Contemporary Issues in Japan (1)
• SOC 343 - Women: Oppressions and Resistances (1)
• SOC 376 - The African American Civil Rights Movement through Film (1)
• SPA 383 - Latinos in the U.S. (1)
• SPA 385 - Latin American Culture and Civilization (1)

Note:

Similar courses, if approved in advance by the Ethnic Studies advisor, may also be chosen as electives. Students are encouraged to participate in relevant study-abroad programs. To count such programs toward an interdisciplinary major in Ethnic Studies, students must obtain the approval of the Ethnic Studies advisor in advance.