2003-04 Undergraduate Catalog -

Ethnic Studies offers an interdisciplinary program that examines the African-American and Mexican-American experiences through the social sciences and humanities. The program offers instruction in important periods of African, Mexican, and American history, probing the roots of traditions beginning in early African and pre-Columbian cultures, as well as examining minorities in contemporary U.S. society.

This program provides good preparation for graduate work in the social sciences, the humanities, and professional schools, as well as jobs and careers in many elds. Education, law, journalism, urban planning, business, social work, and politics are a few of the elds for which Ethnic Studies provides a strong background.

Requirements for Majors and Minors. Under Ethnic Studies, the following options are offered:

The major leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies with specialization in either African and African-American Studies (33 hours) or Mexican-American Studies (34 hours).
The major leading to the Bachelor of Science in Ethnic Studies with specialization in either African and African-American Studies (36 hours) or Mexican-American Studies (37 hours).
The minor in African and African-American Studies (18 hours).
The minor in Mexican-American Studies (19 hours).

Courses to fulfill the requirements for the above should be selected in consultation with the director.

I. Bachelor of Arts. The B.A. option focuses more on the humanities than the social sciences and, consequently, requires less work in methodology and statistics.

A. Foundation. Six hours required of all students majoring in Ethnic Studies.

ETST 2301 Race and Ethnicity in the United States (Colisted SOCI 3305 and CFA 3310)

SOCI 3370 Minority-Dominant Relations

B. Basic Courses. Eighteen hours comprised of the minor in African and African-American Studies, and 19 hours comprised of the minor in Mexican-American Studies form the basis of the Ethnic Studies major.

1. African and African-American Studies minor (nine of the 18 hours required must be at the 3000 level or above):

a. Nine hours of core courses are required.

HIST 2392 Modern Africa

HIST 3313 Blacks in the United States, 1607 to 1877

HIST 3314 Blacks in the United States, 1877 to the Present

b. Nine hours of additional basic courses, of which six must be outside History.

ANTH 3314 Peoples of Africa

ARHS 3371 Traditional Arts of Africa

ENGL 3367 African-American Literature

HIST 2391 Africa to the 19th Century

HIST 3304 Blacks and the Civil Rights Movement

HIST 3378 Problems in African History

HIST 5341 Seminar in American History: African Slavery in the U.S.

MUHI 3340 Jazz: Tradition and Transformation

2. Mexican-American Studies minor (10 of the 19 hours required must be at the 3000 level or above):

a. Ten hours of core courses are required.

ETST 4352 Conversations and Community (Colisted SPAN 4352)

HIST 3324 Mexican Americans, 1848 to the Present

SOCI 3372 Chicanos in the Southwest

SPAN 1401 Beginning Spanish (or higher level)

b. Nine hours of additional basic courses selected from the following:

ANTH 3312 Meso-American Archaeology

ARHS 3383 Ancient Maya

ARHS 3379 Aztecs Before and After Conquest

ENGL 3371 Chicano/Chicana Literature

ENGL 3372 History of U.S. Hispanic Literature

FL 3306 Chicano Cultural Heritage

HIST 3305 Hispanos of New Mexico, 1848 to the Present

HIST 3308 History of Hispanics in the United States through Film

HIST 3382 History of Mexico

HIST 5330, 5331 Seminar in Mexican-American History

C. Cross-Cultural Requirement. Ethnic Studies majors in the African and African-American option are required to take three hours in Mexican-American Studies. Majors in the Mexican-American Studies option are required to take three hours in African-American Studies.

D. Supporting Courses. Six hours of other courses related to ethnicity must be selected from the following:

ANTH 3353 Indians of North America

ANTH 3361 Language in Culture and Society

ANTH 3368 (SOCI 3368) Urban Problems: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

ENGL 1365 Literature of Minorities

ENGL 3330 Non-Western Culture and Literature: Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia

ENGL 3331 Gender, Race, and Class: Non-Western Culture and Literature

ENGL 3369 Jewish American Literature and Culture

ETST 2305 Internship in Ethnic Studies

HIST 2380 Ethnic Regions in the "Western World"

PLSC 4337 Civil Rights

RELI 3324 The Jewish Experience in America

II. Bachelor of Science. Thirty-six hours are required to complete the B.S. option in African and African-American Studies. Thirty-seven hours are required to complete the B.S. option in Mexican-American Studies. The same pattern of courses is required as for the B.A. degree with the addition of six hours of required methods courses, three of which may substitute for three hours of supporting courses:

SOCI 4311 Research Methods and

STAT 2301 Statistics for Modern Business Decisions or

STAT 2331 Introduction to Statistical Methods