The U.S. Ethnic Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary minor, which aims to introduce students to United States ethnic and racial groups; history, theory, and cultural analyses of ethnicity, race, class, and culture in the United States; and opportunities for engaged learning and community service among U.S. ethnic, racial, and regional groups. 

Students will explore the following: (1) theoretical and practical approaches to race and ethnicity in multicultural America; (2) interdisciplinary perspectives on US ethnic/racial groups; (3) issues of cultural identity from the perspectives of people of color and heritage cultures; (4) discrimination, prejudice and other inequalities against racial and ethnic groups; and (5) opportunities to learn about services, interventions, and civic engagement in addressing respect, civility, and social justice issues.

Other courses, including first and second year seminars, may be approved by the program coordinator.

Langston Hughes
1902 - 1967