Aug 24, 2022
2022-2023 Catalog
2022-2023 Catalog

American Ethnic Studies Minor


美国民族研究(AES)的辅修课程包括24个学分。

Minor candidates must complete 12 credits of foundational courses, 8 credits focusing on a specific American ethnic group (African American, Asian American, Latina/o American Native American) and a 4-credit capstone course (3 credits for an internship or research project and one credit for a capstone seminar). The capstone seminar course will include both meetings while enrolled for an internship or research project and utilization of assessment documentation from earlier courses intended to assure ongoing communication with each student declaring the minor and facilitation and implementation of the program’s assessment process.

I. Foundational Courses (12 Credits)


A. Introduction (4 credits required of all minors)


B. Social Science (4 credits required from this area)


This requirement introduces students to the study of race and ethnicity in America from the Social Science perspective. Students may select from the following courses.

C. Humanities (4 credits required from this area)


This requirement introduces students to the study of race and ethnicity in America from the Humanities perspective. Students may select from any of the following courses.

II. American Ethnic Groups: Identity and Social Reality (8 Credits)


学生将深入了解美国某个特定种族群体的现实情况。学生必须选择以下A-D中所代表的一个民族作为他们的学习重点,并必须从该民族类别中选择两门课程。

III. Capstone Requirement (4 Credits)


This requirement can be met in either of two ways:

  1. An internship, approved by the AES director, in which students are immersed in a U.S. ethnic minority culture (preferably one involving the minority group emphasis chosen by the student)
    OR
  2. An extensive research project focusing on one of the ethnic minority groups in the United States (preferably one involving the minority group emphasis chosen by the student). The project can take either an interdisciplinary or disciplinary approach. The project must be approved by the AES director prior to the student beginning any formal research and must adhere to all aspects of the institutions research protocol.

Note: Students who selected this course to meet the Humanities requirement in the Foundations section must take the two other courses in this category to fulfill this requirement.