Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Ethnic Studies
Program Learning Objectives
It is expected that students who demonstrate the foregoing learning outcomes will be better prepared to understand the social, cultural, political, historical, and economic factors that have shaped their own social and occupational identities, as well as the social and occupational identities of others. This knowledge should better prepare students to work, collaborate, and interact more responsibly and effectively in an increasingly diverse and globalized workplace and world.
- Define and apply key concepts, contexts, and scholarship in Ethnic Studies.
- Demonstrate understanding of the specificities of heterogeneous communities shaped by and shaping the U.S. nation-state in addition to broad ethnic studies concepts and contexts.
- Apply inter- and multidisciplinary, comparative, and intersectional approaches to critically analyze discourses, practices, and institutions that maintain structural inequality.
- Communicate in writing and in alternative media one’s own arguments and the arguments of others within the field of ethnic studies and in at least one other discipline.
- Design and implement research projects that account for the limits and potentials of humanities and social science methodologies and acknowledge competing frameworks of knowledge to understand US racial formations.
- Apply acquired knowledge and skills toward academic, professional, personal, and community development.
Starting the Process
Students interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Ethnic Studies should first review the Degree Requirements and Curriculum and Curriculum Sheets, then contact the Ethnic Studies Department to schedule an appointment with the Department Chair to discuss a specific course of study and start the Change of Major or Double Major process.
The Department Chair is the advisor for all Comparative Ethnic Studies majors. We host department advising meetings each quarter, and one-on-one advising in Fall and Spring quarters each year. Advising meetings may also be scheduled on an as needed basis.