This area of concentration is purposefully designed to require that students complete an individualized body of coursework that educates them in interdisciplinary knowledge. Four inquiry-rich, research-based courses; an introduction to each discipline; and a capstone senior seminar provides students with introductory and concluding courses in the methodologies appropriate to interdisciplinary studies in the Race, Gender, Ethnicity Concentration. Other courses in the core are drawn from areas such as Africana Studies, Latino/a and Mexican-American Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.
In the addition to a core of courses focused on race and ethnicity and gender, each student must complete two minors for the degree. It is expected that at least one minor will be from outside the College of Arts and Sciences.
A student enrolled in the University Studies concentration of Race, Gender, Ethnicity may not pursue a double major or a double degree.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| Introduction to Africana Studies | |
| Introduction to Latino/Mexican American Studies | |
| Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | |
| |
| |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 3,6 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| Introduction to Africana Studies | |
| Introduction to Latino/Mexican American Studies | |
| Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | |
| |
| |
| 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3,6 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 13 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 |
Graduation requirements include 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. The required 6 hours may be met by courses satisfying other areas of a degree program. See your academic advisor for further information.
