Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Major
Requirements
Majors in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies will take ten courses in (or cross-listed with)
CRES, such as the following sample courses:
| 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.) | |
| Black Europe | |
| Coming of Age at the Border | |
| Global Afro-Asia | |
HIST 126 | |
| Spirit Worlds: Early America | |
| African Colonial Lives | |
| Modern Africa Since 1800 | |
| Race and Ethnicity Politics | |
| Race and Religion | |
| Students must take 1 Frameworks course: | |
| (Frameworks courses are centered on one or more theoretical traditions or methodologies applicable to multiple tracks.) | |
| Race, Racism and Anthropology | |
| The Foundations of CRES | |
| Abolition Rhetoric | |
| 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.) | |
| Civil War and Reconstruction | |
| The Asian American Experience | |
| South Africa & Apartheid | |
| From Blues to Rap | |
| 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.) Examples include: | |
| Global Queer Activism | |
| Asian American Literature | |
| Contemporary African American Literature and Culture | |
| Substance Use, Misuse and Abuse | |
| 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. CRES offers two focus tracks: Transnational Approaches and Social Change. This track encourages students to: The other track is Media, Knowledges, and Representations. Drawing upon disparate forms of art, comics, music, film, written expression, and other forms of media, this track provides opportunities to think about how representation shapes identity and power in global societies, both historically and in contemporary contexts. * Examine how forms of knowledge and representation constitute sites of both oppression and resistance |
| 2 | At least two electives must be outside of the U.S./North American context |