Why Major in Ethnic and Gender Studies?

The program allows you to explore any number of areas such as African/American/ Africana Studies, Latino/a Studies, LGBT/Queer Studies, Transnational Feminist Studies with an emphasis on the intersection of these areas.

Requirements for the Ethnic and Gender Studies Degree

Requirements for the Ethnic and Gender Studies Major - 42 Credits

• Each student must take ten EGST courses (30 credits): 18 credits in the core and 12 credits in the thematic areas- one EGST class in each thematic area.
• At least 9 credits in the thematic areas must be at the 300 level.
• EGST 0230 and EGST 0390: Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies will fulfill an elective requirement in one thematic area dependent on the focus of the course in a given semester.
• Students are encouraged to take EGST 0398: Ethnic and Gender Studies Internship (3-6 credits).
• Students will also be required to complete at least one college semester of language study (including AP credit), or the equivalent. A student may also satisfy the language study requirement by passing a proficiency examination designed and administered by the Department of World Language Studies.

Required Major Core - 18 Credits

 

• EGST 0101 - Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
• EGST 0102 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
• EGST 0201 - Critical Theories in Ethnic and Gender Studies
• EGST 0202 - Research Methods: Exploration, Evidence and Engagement
• EGST 0396 - Capstone Seminar in Ethnic and Gender Studies
• EGST 0397 - Social Justice and Community Activism

Thematic Areas - 24 Credits

Two courses from each category, one must have an EGST prefix.

Identities – 6 Credits

 

• EGST 0203 - Introduction to African American Studies
• EGST 0204 - Introduction to Latino/a Studies
• EGST 0205 - Introduction to Gay And Lesbian Studies
• EGST 0206 - Introduction to Islamic Studies
• EGST 0207 - Introduction to Native American Studies
• EGST 0210 - U.S. Latino/a Literatures
• EGST 0212 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
• EGST 0220 - Religion. Gender and Society
• EGST 0230 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies

Approved elective courses (no more than one)

*see note below

• HIST 0264 - African American History
• HIST 0275 - African-American History and Civil Rights Since 1865
• PSYC 0210 - Psychology of Women

Cross-Cultural Literacies – 6 Credits

 

• EGST 0208 - Hip Hop Cultures
• EGST 0209 - Images in Black and Brown
• EGST 0210 - U.S. Latino/a Literatures
• EGST 0211 - Indian Cinema: Gender and Identity
• EGST 0216 - Deviance and Culture
• EGST 0230 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies
• EGST 0232 - Puerto Rican Literatures
• EGST 0304 - Representations of Gender, Race and Ethnicity
• EGST 0356 - Activism in Asian American Communities
• EGST 0312 - Queer Literature and Theory or
• ENGL 0312 - Queer Literatures and Theory
• EGST 0317 - Latino/a U.S.A.
• EGST 0390 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies

Approved elective courses (no more than one)

*see note below

• ART 0358 - African American Art
• COMM 0212 - Film and Gender
• COMM 0222 - Intercultural Communication
• ENGL 0324 - Advanced Studies in Black American Literature
• ENGL 0327 - Contemporary Cross-Cultural Literature
• LLIT 0201 - Women Writers of the Americas: Global
• LLIT 0202 - Women Writers of the Americas: US
• LLIT 0210 - Studies in the Literature of Africa and the African Diaspora: (Varying Topics):

Social Policy and Social Justice – 6 Credits

 

• EGST 0221 - Women in Modern Organizations
• EGST 0225 - Institutional Racism in the U.S.
• EGST 0230 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies
• EGST 0303 - Seminar in Women’s Studies
• EGST 0304 - Representations of Gender, Race and Ethnicity
• EGST 0305 - Critical Race Studies
• EGST 0353 - Unmasking the School to Prison Pipeline
• EGST 0390 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies

Approved elective courses (no more than one)

*see note below

• CRJU 0324 - Restorative Community Justice
• CRJU 0341 - Crime and Culture Credits: 3
• ECON 0307 - Economics, Gender, Race & Ethnicity
• EDUC 0380 - Critical Multicultural Education
• GPS 0216 - The (Un)Just City
• GPS 0252 - Cities of the Global South
• GPS 0352 - Planning Green Sustainable Cities
• LANG 0210 - Language Culture and Society
• LLIT 0320 - U.S. Latino/a Drama
• POLS 0211 - Comparative Foreign Policy
• POLS 0340 - Politics and “The Family”
• POLS 0335 - Feminist Political Thought
• PSYC 0352 - Women and Mental Health
• SOCI 0202 - Race and Ethnic Relations
• SOCI 0304 - Social Change
• SOCI 0305 - Urban Sociology
• SOCI 0315 - Sociology of Gender

Transnational – 6 Credits

 

• EGST 0213 - Contemporary Issues in Islamic Studies
• EGST 0217 - Culture and Personality
• EGST 0230 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies
• EGST 0235 - Queer Studies and Popular Cultures
• EGST 0237 - U.S. Latino/a Diasporic Communities
• EGST 0301 - Seminar in Postcolonial Studies
• EGST 0302 - Seminar in Comparative Indigenous Studies
• EGST 0315 - Masculinities
• EGST 0355 - International Women’s Grassroots Movements
• EGST 0390 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies

Approved elective courses (no more than one)

*see note below

• ART 0357 - Islamic Art
• COMM 0213 - Global Film Studies
• CRJU 0333 - Terrorism
• CRJU 0335 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• GPS 0210 - Cultural Geography
• GPS 0217 - Contemporary Global Issues
• HIST 0215 - Introduction to the Middle East, Africa and Asia
• HIST 0371 - Problems in Middle East History
• HIST 0373 - Modern Latin America
• HIST 0375 - U.S. - Latin America Relations Since 1898
• LCUL 0201 - Women in the Hispanic World
• LCUL 0220 - Envisioning the Americas
• LLIT 0310 - Seminar in Hispanic Studies
• MGMT 0338 - International Business
• POLS 0209 - International Relations
• POLS 0211 - Comparative Foreign Policy
• POLS 0224 - Politics of Developing Countries

Note:

*Some of the approved elective courses may have pre-requisites

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .