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Requirements

Requirements for the American Ethnic Studies Minor (20 Semester Hours)

Core courses (8 semester hours)

  • AES 150 Introduction to American Ethnic Studies
  • AES 330 Theory and Methods in American Ethnic Studies

Elective Courses (12 semester hours): NOTE: No more than one 100-level course and no more than 2 electives from one discipline.

  • AES 199, 299, 399, or 429 Topics in American Ethnic Studies
  • ANTH 231 Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • ANTH 351 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and the Environment
  • ARTH 140 African American Art
  • CCM 104 Communicating Race
  • CCM 261 Persuasion and Mass Media
  • CCM 335W Communicating Self and Society
  • CCM 344 Asian Americans and the Media
  • CCM 345 Latina/o/x Communication Studies
  • CCM 360 Topics in Public Discourse*
  • ENGL 337 African American Literature I: Slave Narratives and Early African American Literary Tradition
  • ENGL 338 African American Literature II
  • ENGL 361 Modern Poetry & Poetics
  • ENGL 450W Advanced Studies in Authorship*
  • HIST 131W Culture, Power, Society
  • HIST 259 American Jewish History
  • HIST 262 Gender and Women's History in the United States
  • HIST 306 History Through Biography*
  • HIST 307 American Immigration History
  • HIST 342 Studies in American History*
  • HIST 361 African American History 1619-1865
  • HIST 362 African American History 1865-present
  • IDS 205 Chemawa Indian School Partnership Program (2)
  • IDS 215 Willamette Academy Service Learning (2)
  • IDS 343 Field Studies in Chicago
  • IDS 396 Chemawa Indian School Partnership Program Internship (2-4)
  • PPLE 318 Death in America
  • REL 214 Religion in America
  • SOC 182 Racism & White Supremacy in the U.S.
  • SOC 355 Health and Society
  • SOC 199, 299, 399, 429 Topics in Sociology (2-4)*
  • WGS 245 Feminism, Gender, and Society

* Selected Topics Only

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