Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary field critically engaging the historical and ongoing impact of race and ethnicity primarily in the US but within a global context. A major in Ethnic Studies provides students with a strong background and set of analytical skills to address issues of difference and inequity in a wide range of areas, from state policy and institutions to pop culture, media, and literature.

Major Code: 894

• Describe the experiences and histories of people of color in the United States, not as separate histories, but as intrinsic to U.S. and world history.
• Analyze ways in which oppressions such as racism, sexism, and heterosexism not only involve individual acts and attitudes but function systematically.
• Identify ways in which racialized ethnic groups and indigenous peoples have engaged in community formation, activism, resistance, coalition-building, and movements for self-empowerment.
• Compare the experiences of racialized groups in the United States and the ways in which they have been incorporated or excluded from national agendas.
• Evaluate social and cultural theories which explore the construction and articulation of race, class, gender, sexuality, indigeneity, ethnicity, immigration status, and citizenship.

A grade-point average of 2.0 is required and majors must earn a grade of C- or above in all major courses. 

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

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With prior written ES faculty approval, students may elect to include 4–8 credits of ES 403, ES 406 or ES 410, in lieu of one or two 300-level upper division elective courses

Major Code: 894

Degree plans are subject to change and the following is only an example of how students may complete their degree in four years. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best degree plan for them. Contact details for advisors can be found on the Academic Advising page.

Ethnic Studies BA

Ethnic Studies BS