HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES

Catalog description

Examines race and ethnicity in the United States from the perspectives and experiences of African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Native American, and Chicanx/Latinx communities in the United States. Students will interrogate and examine critical theories and issues in the field of ethnic studies such as patterns of imperialism, settler colonialism, genocide and ethnocide, slavery, racial formation and racialization, Eurocentrism, (im)migration, environmental justice, cultural expression, intersectionality, decolonization, civil rights, and anti-racist struggles. This honors course will be enriched through limited class size, seminar format, and an extensive research project. Credit may be earned in either ES 1 or ES 1H, but not both.