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Student Learning Outcomes for the American Ethnic Studies (Minor)

  1. History
    • Ability to articulate significant historical questions about changing constructions of race and ethnicity over time . Ability to articulate how historical forces shape constructions of race and ethnicity, and the impact of those constructions on particular groups at particular points in time.
  2. Power
    • Ability to articulate significant questions and demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between political, economic, and social dimensions of race and ethnicity and their relationship to institutions and systems of power
  3. Culture
    • Ability to articulation of significant questions about the relationship between cultural expressions and efforts to maintain, resist and/or transform privilege and oppression. Demonstration of an understanding of the connections between cultural expression and power/privilege.
  4. Resistance
    • Ability to articulate an understanding of the factors surrounding the emergence of identity, resistance and protest in contesting racial and ethnic marginalization. Ability to critically compare expressions of resistance among different groups or at different points in time and examine their impact.

Willamette University

American Ethnic Studies