Race Ethnicity Approved Course List

Minor in Race and Ethnicity Studies

(last updated April 4, 2011)

NOTE: Courses are being added to this list on an ongoing basis. Please contact a member of the Coordinating Committee (Nina Banks, Linden Lewis, or Susan Reed) if you have questions about a course or courses that you do not see listed here.

Core Courses

POLS 263: Race and Ethnicity in American Legal Thought (Michael James)
SOCI 213: Race in Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Linden Lewis)
SOCI 243: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (Elizabeth Durden)

Comparative/Theoretical Courses

EDUC 318/618: Multiculturalism and Education (Sue Ellen Henry, Ramona Fruja)
IREL 245/HIST 260/POLS 274: Race, Nation-States and International Relations (Hilbourne Watson)
POLS 246: Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics (Tia Stokes-Brown)
POLS 263: Race and Ethnicity in American Legal Thought (Michael James)
SOCI 213: Race in Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Linden Lewis)
SOCI 243: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (Elizabeth Durden)
SOCI 409: How Holocausts Happen (Deborah Abowitz)

Area/Ethnic Courses

ENGL 211: Southern Exposure (Harriet Pollack)
ENGL 415: Unsettling Memories (Harriet Pollack)
HIST 121: Introduction to African American History I (Leslie Patrick)
HIST 122: Introduction to African American History II (Leslie Patrick)
HIST 218: African Americans and the American Revolution (Leslie Patrick)
HIST 219: Ante-Bellum America: Slavery (Leslie Patrick)
HIST 223: Twentieth Century African America:  Eyes on the Prize (Leslie Patrick)
MUSC 140: Jazz, Rock, and Race (Barry Long)
MUSC 325/CAPS 490: Jazz and Social Justice (Barry Long)