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American Ethnic Studies Requirements

The information here may reflect program requirements for future academic years. If you are a current student and would like to see the current or prior years’ requirements for this program, please see the University Catalog.

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

Core courses (8 semester hours)

  • AES150 Introduction to American Ethnic Studies

  • AES330 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.

  • AES199, AES299, AES399, AES429 Topics in American Ethnic Studies

  • ARTH140W African American Art

  • CCM104 Communicating Race

  • CCM261 Persuasion and Mass Media

  • CCM335W Communicating Self and Society

  • CCM344 Asian Americans and the Media

  • ENGL337 African American Literature I: Slave Narratives and Early African American Literary Tradition

  • ENGL338 African American Literature II

  • ENGL361 Modern Poetry & Poetics

  • ENGL450W Advanced Studies in Authorship*

  • HIST131W Culture, Power, Society

  • HIST259 American Jewish History

  • HIST262 Gender and Women's History in the United States

  • HIST306 History Through Biography*

  • HIST307 American Immigration History

  • HIST342 Studies in American History*

  • HIST361 African American History 1619-1865

  • HIST362 African American History 1865-present

  • IDS205 Chemawa Indian School Partnership Program (2)

  • IDS215 Willamette Academy Service Learning (2)

  • IDS343 Field Studies in Chicago

  • IDS396 Chemawa Indian School Partnership Program Internship (2-4)

  • PPLE318 Death in America

  • REL214 Religion in America

  • SOC182 Racism & White Supremacy in the U.S.

  • SOC355 Health and Society

  • SOC199, SOC299, SOC399, SOC429 Topics in Sociology (2-4)*

  • WGS245 Feminism, Gender, and Society

* Selected Topics Only

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