The minor in comparative and critical race and ethnic studies (CCRES) is designed to introduce
students to the complexity of racial formation by bringing together courses
from multiple departments engaged in the analysis, history, and political
economy of race and migration. The minor requires six courses: an introductory
course in comparative race and ethnic studies offered in American studies or an
approved 100- or 200- level course in African American, U.S. Latina/o, Native
American, or Asian American history or literary tradition; a comparative race
and ethnic studies capstone seminar; one course in non-U.S. or global processes
of racial and ethnic formation; and three more courses on race and ethnicity,
two of each must deal with two different historical racial groupings or in
comparative context.
Students may
count at most two courses toward both their major outside of American studies
and the CCRES minor. All courses used for the minor must have a grade of C or better.
To qualify
as a comparative race and ethnicity elective, a course must fulfill at least
two of the following learning goals: 1) critically engage histories and
geographies of race and difference; 2) critically engage a particular
population's experience with power; 3) explore critical race issues and
theories with one or more historical categories; and 4) examine non-U.S. racial
formations. A list of approved electives will be updated yearly.
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