Minor Requirements

Students wishing to minor in Ethnic Studies have the option of taking two (2) four-unit lower division courses (ETHN 1A, ETHN 1B, ETHN 1C) and five (5) upper-division courses or taking seven (7) four-unit upper-division courses. If students opt for the latter they must enroll in:

  • ETHN 100
    Theories and Methods of Ethnic Studies
  • ETHN 190
    Research Methods: Studying Ethnic and Racial Communities

At least two, but not more than three of the five remaining upper division elective courses must be selected from either ethnic studies history and social sciences courses (listed as 2B), or the ethnic studies literature and cultural expression courses (listed as 2D). While language and ethnicity courses offered by the department (listed above in section 2C) may also be used to satisfy this requirement, foreign language and area studies courses from other departments may not. No more than two independent study courses (ETHN 197, 198, or 199) may be used to satisfy this requirement.

2B.Ethnic Studies - History and Social Sciences Courses:

  • ETHN 102
    Racial Inequality in America
  • ETHN 103
    Environmental Racism
  • ETHN 104
     Race, Space, and Segregation
  • ETHN 105
     Ethnic Diversity and the City
  • ETHN 106
    Ethnoracial Transformation of U.S. Communities
  • ETHN 107
     Ethnographic Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities
  • ETHN 108
    Race, Culture, and Social Change
  • ETHN 109
    Race and Social Movements
  • ETHN 112
    History of Native Americans in the United States
  • ETHN 116
    The U.S. - Mexican Border in Comparative Perspective
  • ETHN 118
    Contemporary Immigration Issues
  • ETHN 119
    Multiracial Societies in the Americas
  • ETHN 120
    Comparative Asian-American History, 1850-1965
  • ETHN 121
    Contemporary Asian-American History
  • ETHN 123
    Asian-American Politics
  • ETHN 125
    Asian-American History
  • ETHN 129
    Asian & Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy
  • ETHN 130
    Social and Economic History of the Southwest I
  • ETHN 131
    Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
  • ETHN 134
    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
  • ETHN 149
    African American History in the 20th Century
  • ETHN 150
    Politics of Cultural Pluralism and National Integration
  • ETHN 151
    Ethnic Politics in America
  • ETHN 152
    Law and Civil Rights
  • ETHN 159
    Topics in African American History
  • ETHN 160
    Black Politics and Protest in the Early 20th Century
  • ETHN 161
    Black Politics and Protest Since WWII
  • ETHN 162
    Cultural Contact and Exchange
  • ETHN 163
    Leisure in Urban America
  • ETHN 164
    African Americans and the Mass Media
  • ETHN 165
    Sex and Gender in African American Communities
  • ETHN 166
    The Black Press and Social Change
  • ETHN 167
    African-American History in War and Peace: 1917 to the Present
  • ETHN 170A
    Origins of the Atlantic World c. 1450-1650
  • ETHN 170B
    Slavery and the Atlantic World
  • ETHN 180
    Topics in Mexican-American History
  • ETHN 181
    American Slave Communities in Comparative Perspective
  • ETHN 182
    Segregation, Freedom Movements, and the Crisis of the 20th Century
  • ETHN 183
    Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class
  • ETHN 184
    Black Intellectuals in the 20th Century
  • ETHN 186
    The Ethnic Press in the U.S.
  • ETHN 187
    Black Nationalism
  • ETHN 188
    African Americans, Religion, and the City
  • ETHN 189
    Special Topics in Ethnic Studies
Special Studies:*
  • ETHN 197
    Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities
  • ETHN 198
    Directed Group Studies
  • ETHN 199
    Supervised Independent Study and Research
* Only 2 will be counted in fulfillment of this requirement.

2C. Ethnic Studies - Language and Ethnicity Courses:

  • ETHN 140
    Language and American Ethnicity
  • ETHN 141
    Language, Culture, and Inequality
  • ETHN 142
    Medicine, Race, and Global Politics of Inequality
  • ETHN 144
    Bilingual Communities in the USA
  • ETHN 145
    Spanish Language in the US

  • ETHN 185
    Discourse, Power, and Inquality

2D. Ethnic Studies - Literature and Cultural Expressions Courses:

  • ETHN 101
    Ethnic Images in Film
  • ETHN 110
    Cultural World Views of Native Americans
  • ETHN 111
    Native American Literature
  • ETHN 122
    Asian-American Culture and Identity
  • ETHN 122
    Asian-American Culture and Identity
  • ETHN 124
    Asian-American Literature
  • ETHN 128
    Hip Hop: The Politics of Culture
  • ETHN 132
    Chicano Dramatic Literature
  • ETHN 133
    Hispanic-American Dramatic Literature
  • ETHN 135A
    Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848 to 1960
  • ETHN 135B
    Contemporary Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1960 to Present
  • ETHN 136
    Topics in Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultures
  • ETHN 138
    Chicano Poetry
  • ETHN 139
    Chicano Literature in English
  • ETHN 146A
    Theatrical Ensemble
  • ETHN 148
    Latino/a and Chicano/a Literature
  • ETHN 168
    Comparative Ethnic Literature
  • ETHN 172
    Afro-American Prose
  • ETHN 173
    Afro-American Poetry
  • ETHN 174
    Themes in Afro-American Literature
  • ETHN 175
    Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
  • ETHN 176
    Black Music/Texts: Communication and Cultural Expression
  • ETHN 177
    Modern Black Drama
  • ETHN 178
    Blues: An Oral Tradition
  • ETHN 179A
    Jazz Roots and Early Development (1900-1943)
  • ETHN 179B
    Jazz since 1946: Freedom & Form

To satisfy the requirements for the minor, lower- and upper-division courses must be completed with a P, C-, or better grade.

Except for independent study course electives (ETHN 197, 198, or 199) which are always taken with a Pass/No Pass grade option, students minoring in ethnic studies may take one course, either lower- or upper-division, with a Pass/No Pass grade option.

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