Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, BA
The Bachelor of Arts major in Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies requires 30 semester hours of CRES-prefix and CRES-attribute courses passed with a grade of "C-" or better and a maximum of 12 hours below the 30000 level. A minor in any field is required. With the approval of the academic dean, up to two courses (or six hours) may count for both the major and minor (in a different area) requirements. For example, if a student seeks a comparative race and ethnic studies major and a religion major, course (Black Religion in the U.S.) could potentially count toward the requirements for the major and the minor.
Requirements:
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
Gateway Seminar: Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3 | |
CRES Capstone Seminar | 3 |
Recommended Core Courses
Engaging Difference and Diversity in America | 3 |
Electives (24 hours)
The eight required courses must meet the following criteria:
1. Students must take at least five courses in CRES or in its associated disciplines, and at least 50% of their course content must be related to race/ethnicity.
2. Students must take at least one course that considers the larger context surrounding race and ethnicity, including intersections with class, gender, or sexuality and/or larger systems of power or contestation surrounding race and ethnicity. The approved courses must have at least 25% of their content related to race/ethnicity.
3. Students must take at least one course of the eight courses that focus on race and ethnicity outside the U.S.
4. Students must take at least six upper-division courses in CRES or in its associated disciplines.
5. No more than five of the eight courses may focus on a particular race or ethnic group.
6. No more than five of the eight courses may be in any single discipline.
Note: If students take course, it can count as one of their eight elective classes.
A list of approved courses, along with the appropriate subcategory designations, can be found in the catalog and will be maintained by the program and the registrar.
Elective Category 1: Primary Courses
Engaging Difference and Diversity in America | 3 | |
Migration: Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures | 3 | |
Mexican American Culture | 3 | |
Mexican-American Folklore: Traditions of La Raza | 3 | |
Art of Mexico from 1500 to the Present | 3 | |
Engaging Difference and Diversity in America | 3 | |
Introduction to Black Studies | 3 | |
Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Disapora | 3 | |
Critical Race Theory | 3 | |
Feminisms of Color | 3 | |
Reproductive Justice | 3 | |
Transnational Gender & Sexuality | 3 | |
Crimmigration | 3 | |
Black Women's Writing | 3 | |
Special Topics in Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies | 3 | |
Independent Study in CRES | 1-20 | |
Internship & Field Research Experience | 3 | |
Multiculturalism in the Criminal Justice System | 3 | |
Foundations of Language Acquisition | 3 | |
Seminar in Bilingual Education | 3 | |
Global Women's Literature | 3 | |
The American Dream | 3 | |
Introduction to American Studies | 3 | |
Introduction to Latina/o Literature | 3 | |
Introduction to Native American Literatures | 3 | |
Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Diaspora | 3 | |
Non-Western Literature: African Literature | 3 | |
Black Women's Writing | 3 | |
African American Literature | 3 | |
Post-Colonial Anglophone Literature | 3 | |
U.S. Multi-Ethnic Literature | 3 | |
Contemporary Latinx Literature | 3 | |
Mexican American Culture | 3 | |
Asian American Literature | 3 | |
Literature of the Middle East and North Africa | 3 | |
Transnational Arabs: the Middle East and North Africa in Diaspora | 3 | |
Toni Morrison | 3 | |
Seminar in French Studies | 3 | |
Non-European French Prose and Poetry | 3 | |
African American Experience Since 1619 | 3 | |
Multicultural America: A Historical Survey | 3 | |
History of Latinas/os in the United States | 3 | |
History of Islamic Slavery | 3 | |
History of Working People in America | 3 | |
The Chicano/a Movement, Latino/a Politics, and Immigration Rights | 3 | |
The Civil Rights Movement in America | 3 | |
The United States and Latin America | 3 | |
Faith and Social Movements | 3 | |
Race and Sports | 3 | |
The Genius of Hip Hop | 3 | |
Philosophy and Science of Social Justice | 3 | |
Diversity and the Media | 3 | |
Introduction to LTNX Studies | 3 | |
Introduction to Health Disparities in African Americans | 3 | |
Health Disparities in African Americans | 3 | |
The Civil Rights Movement in America | 3 | |
The Chicano/a Movement, Latino/a Politics, and Immigration Rights | 3 | |
Understanding Religion: Society and Culture | 3 | |
Africa and the African Diaspora: History, Religion, and Culture | 3 | |
Africa and the African Diaspora: History, Religion, and Culture | 3 | |
Women and Early Christianity | 3 | |
Black Religion in United States | 3 | |
Being Latina/o and Religious in the U.S. | 3 | |
Latina/o Religion, Law and Identity | 3 | |
Latina Feminist Religious Thought | 3 | |
Sociology of Race and Racism | 3 | |
Social Movements and Protest | 3 | |
Gender Politics: International Perspectives | 3 | |
Social Inequality | 3 | |
Social Work with Groups and Families | 3 | |
Service-Learning in the Latino Community | 3 | |
Hispanic Literature in USA | 3 | |
Afro-Hispanic Literature | 3 | |
Diversity | 3 | |
Queer Theories | 3 | |
Feminisms of Color | 3 | |
Reproductive Justice | 3 | |
Transnational Gender & Sexuality | 3 | |
Rhetoric of Social Media | 3 | |
Writing Cross-cultural Differences | 3 |
Electives Category 2: Contextual Clues
Africa through Film | 3 | |
Food Justice | 3 | |
Introduction to Asian Studies | 3 | |
Social Justice Organizing & Activism | 3 | |
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice | 3 | |
Schools, Curriculum and Society | 3 | |
Diversity in American Education | 3 | |
Schools, Curriculum, and Society | 3 | |
Economic Geography | 3 | |
Introduction to Islamic Civilization | 3 | |
History of Women in America | 3 | |
Revolutionary Iran:A History | 3 | |
U.S. Urban History | 3 | |
Oral History Field Research Seminar | 3 | |
Indians of the United States | 3 | |
Africa Through Film | 3 | |
Leading a Diverse Workforce | 3 | |
American Identity Politics | 3 | |
Urban Politics | 3 | |
Comparative Social Movements | 3 | |
Health, Illness and Medicine | 3 | |
Global Communication | 3 | |
Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | 3 | |
Social Justice Organizing & Activism | 3 | |
Digital Inclusiveness: Cultural Identity & Authoring | 3 |
Elective Category 3: Global Courses
Africa through Film | 3 | |
Migration: Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures | 3 | |
Art of Mexico from 1500 to the Present | 3 | |
Introduction to Asian Studies | 3 | |
Transnational Gender & Sexuality | 3 | |
Dance in World Cultures | 3 | |
Global Women's Literature | 3 | |
Introduction to Literatures of the Global African Diaspora | 3 | |
Post-Colonial Anglophone Literature | 3 | |
Multi-Ethnic Literature of the World | 3 | |
Literature of the Middle East and North Africa | 3 | |
Transnational Arabs: the Middle East and North Africa in Diaspora | 3 | |
Non-European French Prose and Poetry | 3 | |
Economic Geography | 3 | |
Introduction to Islamic Civilization | 3 | |
History of Islamic Slavery | 3 | |
Revolutionary Iran: A History | 3 | |
The United States and Latin America | 3 | |
Summer Study in Ghana | 3 | |
Afro-Latin America | 3 | |
Africa Through Film | 3 | |
Faith and Social Movements | 3 | |
Africa and the African Diaspora: History, Religion, and Culture | 3 | |
Africa and the African Diaspora: History, Religion, and Culture | 3 | |
African Religions | 3 | |
Gender Politics: International Perspectives | 3 | |
Afro-Hispanic Literature | 3 | |
Global Communication | 3 | |
Transnational Gender & Sexuality | 3 |
Associated Requirement: Research Methods (3 hours)
Writing Human Stories: Research, Ethnography, and Narrative | 3 | |
Research Inequality | 3 | |
Econometrics | 3 | |
Data Analysis and Visualization | 3 | |
Scope and Methods of Political Science | 3 | |
Research Methods in Sociology | 3 | |
Topics in Applied Social Research | 3 | |
Research Methods in Social Work | 3 |
Associated Requirement: Career Preparation (1 hour)
A grade of C- or better is required in the associated requirement below. The courses listed here may be double-counted towards multiple programs of study.
CRES Internship and Research | 3 |
Associated Requirement: Foreign Language
All students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree must demonstrate competency in a foreign language as specified in the "Graduation Requirements" section of this catalog.
A list of approved courses, along with the appropriate subcategory designations, can be found in the catalog and on the department website.