Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Major

Requirements

Majors in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies will take ten courses in (or cross-listed with)
CRES, including:

Course List

Code	Title
Students must take 1 Gateways course:
(Gateways courses provide a broad introduction to core concepts of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies in order to demonstrate the relevance of race and ethnicity in academic inquiry.)
AFST 260	Black Europe
ANTH 277	Coming of Age at the Border
HIST 126	Colonial Latin America
HIST 134	Spirit Worlds: Early America
HIST 196	African Colonial Lives
HIST 198	Modern Africa Since 1800
Students must take 1 Frameworks course:
(Frameworks courses are centered on one or more theoretical traditions or methodologies applicable to multiple tracks.)
ANTH 264	Race, Racism and Anthropology
CRES 310	Abolition Rhetoric
SOCL 203	Race & Power
Students must take 3 Intermediate Courses in focus track 1
(Intermediate courses focus on a particular topic relevant to the study of race, racialization, and ethnicity from any disciplinary perspective.)
HIST 204	Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 229	The Asian American Experience
HIST 296	South Africa & Apartheid
MUSC 236	From Blues to Rap
SOCL 213	Race, Crime, and Justice
Students must take 1 Advanced Seminar or equivalent project.
(Advanced Seminar and Capstone courses foster students' ability to facilitate critical discussions informed by leading research in the field.)
Students must take 4 additional electives (excluding Gateways) 2

Note: The listed courses are just examples. We have many other designated courses at all levels. 

1	Students choose their Focus Track in fall of their junior year.
2	At least two electives must be outside of the U.S./North American context (Indigenous/Native nations count as non-U.S.)