Requirements For The American Ethnic Studies Minor

Core Courses (2):

AES 150 Introduction to American Ethnic Studies
AES 330 Theory & Methods in American Ethnic Studies

Elective Courses (3):

NOTE: at least 2 of these courses must be at the 300-level or higher & no more than two of these courses can be drawn from the same department.

AES 144 Topics in American Ethnic Studies (1)
AES 344 Advanced Topics in American Ethnic Studies (1)
AES 359 Racial Justice Movements in the United States (1)
AES 491 (W) Independent Study in American Ethnic Studies (1)
ANTH 090X Native North American Film (.25)
ANTH 211 (IT) Folklore
ANTH 231 (TH; US) Native North American Cultures
ANTH 303 Museum Studies Seminar
ANTH 351 (AR) Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and the Environment
ENGL 116 (IT, W) Topics in American Literature: Women Writers*
ENGL 242 (W) The Essay: Writing Race & Sport*
ENGL 242 (W) The Essay: Writing Hip Hop*
ENGL 253 (IT) Diversity in American Literature
ENGL 337 African American Literature
ENGL 344 Major Authors: Morrison & Bambera*
ENGL 357 Ethnicity and Race in American Literature
HIST 131 (TH) Historical Inquiry: Reconstruction*
HIST 307 American Immigration History
HIST 361 African American History 1619-1865
HIST 362 African American History 1865-present
IDS 205 Chemawa Indian School Partnership Program (.5)
IDS 209 Cross Cultural Communication (.5)
IDS 343 Field Studies in Chicago
POLI 303 (AR) Topics in Political Theory: Death in America*
POLI 379 Latinos in U.S. Politics [crosslisted with LAS 379]
REL 214 (TH) Religion in America
REL 252 Soul Food: Eating and Drinking in Western Religion
RHET 244 (AR; IT) Latino/Latina Voices in the U.S. [crosslisted with LAS 244]
RHET 350 Topics in Rhetoric/Media Studies: Race, Gender and the Public Sphere*
SOC 114 (US) Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 332 Urban Sociology
SOC 358 Special Topics: Race/Class/Gender and the Media*
* only when this specific "topics course" is taught.

"One-Time Only" Elective Courses Also Counting Towards Minor:
AES 235 Introduction to Black Studies (S'06)
HIST 386 Chicano/a History (S'06)
AES 205 Baseball as America (F'06)
AES 344 Spike Lee (S'07)

Course Contributing to the AES Curriculum:
To be counted for the AES curriculum, at least TWO of the following criteria must be considered a central part of the course:

1. History: Critically analuze the historical construction of race and ethnicity in shaping the contemporary U.S. landscape (rationale: using history as a tool to understand present)

2. Power: Understnad the political, economic and social dimensions of race and ethnicity, and the ways in which power gets embedded in these relationships

3. Culture: Examine the role of symbolic and aesthetic expressions of traditionally underrepresented racial/ethnic communities in the U.S., particularly as the construction of culture becomes a tool to maintain, resist and/or transform privilege and oppression

4. Voice: The emergence of voice, resistance, and protest in the context of historical experiences of racial and ethnic marginalization in U.S. society; effectively engage and communicate about difference.