Program Requirements
Required General Education
Choose 3 Credit(s).
A study of American racial/ethnic minorities, especially the histories of Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Their roles and contributions to American society will be emphasized.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course introduces students to multicultural and ethnic knowledge and values in and outside the United States. Students are exposed to such issues as race, culture, ethnicity, dominance, immigration, stereotypes, discrimination, and intergroup relations through interdisciplinary approaches-anthropological, economic, historical, political, psychological and/or sociological.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Major Common Core
Research Methods/Skills - Choose 3 Credit(s).
This course introduces concepts and methods of applying socio-cultural understanding to contemporary problems to bring about the empowerment of affected people. Case/field studies and other research methods in social sciences will be used to illustrate the impact and problems of cultural change with special attention to its affect on disadvantaged groups of people. Students will also design their own applied projects.
- Prerequisites:
- ANTH 101, ANTH 230 or consent; ETHN 100, ETHN 101 or ETHN 150 or consent
- Diverse Cultures:
- Gold
This is a comprehensive course, which introduces students to qualitative, quantitative and evaluation social research methods. It provides students with hands-on experience of collecting and analyzing data, from any given diverse ethnic community through participant observation and needs assessment.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 100 or ETHN 101 or ETHN 150, or Consent
- Diverse Cultures:
- Gold
Critical Thinking/Theoretical - Choose 3 Credit(s).
This course will examine issues confronted in a multicultural society. It will study ethnic/minority groups not usually included in mainstream society, including their uniqueness and harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Students will examine the forces which create and maintain prejudice, discrimination and racism within global perspectives. Special attention will be given to the work of Paulo Freire.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 100 or ATHN 400
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Major Restricted Electives
Choose 15 Credit(s). Two courses must be writing intensive "W' and two courses be at 400 level.
Students will participate in field trips, activities, and guest discussions that will enable them to interact with people ethnically (race, religion, lifestyle, etc.) different from the students, to understand their perspectives and to appreciate their unique experiences and/or contributions to the U.S. pluralistic society. Students are expected to learn actively in and outside the classroom by experiencing events or people from diverse cultural groups.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Diverse Cultures:
- Gold
This course deals with the history of interracial/interethnic and intergroup (sex, age, religion, etc.) dating and marriage in the U.S. It will explore dating patterns, mate selection theories and impacts on multi-racial children in the area of identity and adjustment.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course will explore the historical, social, political, and cultural experience of African Americans. It will also examine the contributions of African Americans to the growth and development of the United States.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Introduction to the history and cultures of the major Asian American ethnic groups with a comparative approach to their similarities and differences.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
A survey of the history and present status of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States from 1848. Emphasis will be on culture, history, and socio-political patterns.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will focus on the struggle for civil rights by diverse groups in the United States. Emphasis will be on how these struggles have impacted their communities and cultural pluralism in the U.S.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
The course is offered according to student demand and instructor availability/expertise. A variety of topics related to ethnic and cultural areas will provide curriculum enrichment on an ongoing, but irregular basis.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Courses will employ changing topics from year to year and will deal with cogent issues of current interest to ethnic and minority communities.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Exploratory independent study and research. Areas of interest not addressed in regular courses are given priority. Maximum three credits toward the major; one credit toward the minor. Prereq: Two other ETHN courses
- Prerequisites:
- Two other ETHN courses.
The course introduces students to the historical and theoretical foundations of environmental racism and inequality. Therefore, students will explore the social, industrial, and government forces that create inequitable burdens of environmental pollution across communities as well as social movements to reduce such burdens. While a majority of the course focuses on the United States, readings include case studies from around the world.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Examines the history, identity, conflict and ethnic relations related to immigration as explored from an Ethnic Studies perspective as well as from American and global perspectives.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course examines the economic, social and political factors that affect the identities, rights and social perceptions of multiracial individuals. The social changes resulting from the 1960s Civil Rights Movement played an important role in reducing the social distance between people of different racial/ethnic backgrounds. As a result, contributing to the rising multiracial population. According to the U.S. Census conducted in 2010, over nine million individuals reported belonging to two or more races.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course will examine issues confronted in a multicultural society. It will study ethnic/minority groups not usually included in mainstream society, including their uniqueness and harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course introduces concepts and methods of applying socio-cultural understanding to contemporary problems to bring about the empowerment of affected people. Case/field studies and other research methods in social sciences will be used to illustrate the impact and problems of cultural change with special attention to its affect on disadvantaged groups of people. Students will also design their own applied projects.
- Prerequisites:
- ANTH 101, ANTH 230 or consent; ETHN 100, ETHN 101 or ETHN 150 or consent
- Diverse Cultures:
- Gold
This is a comprehensive course, which introduces students to qualitative, quantitative and evaluation social research methods. It provides students with hands-on experience of collecting and analyzing data, from any given diverse ethnic community through participant observation and needs assessment.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 100 or ETHN 101 or ETHN 150, or Consent
- Diverse Cultures:
- Gold
The purpose of this course is to examine the challenges and opportunities of the new immigrants,refugees,families,and specifically their children,in the United States.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Students will examine the forces which create and maintain prejudice, discrimination and racism within global perspectives. Special attention will be given to the work of Paulo Freire.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 100 or ATHN 400
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will provide students with an in-depth examination of the issues affecting present-day Africans, and those of the Black Diaspora. Possible topics are fair representation in the media, education, cross-cultural interactions, economics, politics/law, and racial identity.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 110 or ETHN 400 or consent
Examination of current issues affecting the status of Asian Americans. The focus of this course will vary to reflect students' interests in the area of politics, education, economics, social and/or cultural dealing with Asian Americans.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 400, or consent
Thematic examination of major issues surrounding Latino/Hispanic communities in the United States. Emphasis will be on education, labor, politics, social welfare and migration.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 400, or consent
This course is concerned with racial/ethnic minorities who live in large urban (inner city) areas. It is especially concerned with the roles that culture and discrimination play in the shaping of America's ghettos, barrios, reservations, and Chinatowns.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Examines the effects of sexism and racism on women of color and provides an understanding of the significant contributions they have made in their struggle against oppression.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 400, or consent
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will take an interdisciplinary ethnic studies approach to examine the past, present and future implications of the African American civil rights movement on race relations in the United States.
- Prerequisites:
- none
The course examines racial and ethnic minorities, and the mutual influences between these groups and the structures, procedures and issues of US politics. Major topics include: opinion on racial issues, the representation of minorities in elective and appointive offices, and the nature of value conflicts underlying contemporary racial issues, including affirmative action, immigration, welfare, language policies and Native American tribal issues.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will examine the different definitions of family through time in the United States. It will focus on changes in the African, Native, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian-American families. It will compare and contrast differences and similarities among ethnic minority families as well as between them and white ethnic families.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 400, or consent
Multiple perspectives on the selected topic(s) will be addressed. Student scholars may contribute to the selection and/or refinement of the topic(s). Highly motivated seniors will join with graduate students in a graduate-type seminar. Prereq: ETHN major
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN major
Courses will employ changing topics from year to year and deal with cogent issues of current interest to one or more minority communities.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Supervised, scholarly experience to which the theories and methodologies of ethnic studies can be applied. Opportunitiesmay be on-campus and/or off-campus, including work in other countries. Prereq: ETHN major or minor
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN major or minor
Students assist a faculty member in teaching ETHN 100 or ETHN 101.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Advanced independent study and research. Maximum of three credits toward the major; one credit toward the minor. Prereq: 2 ETHN courses at 300/400 level
- Prerequisites:
- 2 ETHN courses at 300/400 level
Major Unrestricted Electives
Choose 15 Credit(s). Multicultural Courses
Language provides not only communication but identification of oneself and one's group. Humans are extremely sensitive to language, dialect, jargon, and slang. An understanding of language and its relationship to culture is basic to any understanding of human beings.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-08
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Cultural aspects of interactions between people and their environment focusing on spatial patterns of population, agriculture, politics, language, religion, industrialization, and urbanization. Emphasis is placed on the processes that create the cultural landscape and on management of land and natural resources.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-08
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
A comparative history of the Chinese and Japanese nations from the 19th century to 1945.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course traces the history of Latin America from the late colonial period through the present as the various countries in the region attempted to transcend their colonial past and confront the pressures of modernization and globalization.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course surveys African American history from slavery to the twenty-first century. We will explore the history of enslavement, black resistance, African American culture, freedom, migration patterns, and black political thought and participation as well as how historians have interpreted and re-interpreted this history.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Popular music is a multi-billion dollar industry today. What is it, and where did it come from? Learn about the origins of jazz in the music of African-Americans, its growth from Dixieland through the Big Band era (with the contributions of performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington) to its influences on musical styles in the present day.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Rock music has fans in every country and in every culture. It really is a universal language, but it didn't start that way. It began as black Rhythm and Blues in the 40's, and through to the present, minority groups have had a major influence on the music.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
To what extent do the differences among races and between genders represent biological differences, and to what extent are they constructed by society? Is racism best conceptualized as an additional burden to sexism or as one different in kind?
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-7A
Discussion of the ways that a culture both creates human community and shapes self-identity. Exploration of similarities and differences between and interdependence among cultural traditions, and of vocabularies for assessing traditions.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-08
Overview of the structure and processes of social life; impact of social forces on individuals and groups; interdependence of society and the individual; social significance of social class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality; emphasis on critical analysis of social inequalities and injustice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-08
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
A survey of literature, artists and performances with specific regard to the theatre of diversity including, but not restricted to: Feminist Theatre, Gay and Lesbian Theatre, African-American Theatre, Asian American Theatre, Hispanic Theatre, etc.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Major Emphasis
Emphasis Restricted Electives
Choose 15 Credit(s).
This course examines basic management concepts and principles, their historical development, and their application to modern organizations. Topics covered include planning, organizing, decision making, leadership, control, and organizational change. In addition, the course includes an introduction to business ethics and social responsibility, human resource management, organizational design and organizational behavior.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course examines the effective management of the human resources of organizations. Topics include analyzing jobs and writing job descriptions; recruiting and hiring of applicants; complying with employment law; managing promotions, quits, and layoffs; employee training and development; evaluating job performance; determining compensation; and managing human resources in a unionized environment.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Students design and deliver training by assessing client needs, defining learning outcomes, choosing effective methods, training, and evaluating results.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Focuses on the basic business functions of Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing in global context.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
This course provides a basic understanding of marketing concepts with emphasis on the pricing, promotion, and distribution of need satisfying products and services in domestic and international markets. The format of the course consists of lectures, case discussions, application exercises, projects, exams, and in-class group assignments.
- Prerequisites:
- none
An exploration of theories and research related to the ways that the social environment affects people's behavior.
- Prerequisites:
- PSYC 101
Minor
Minor is required. Students can choose any Minor, for example, Marketing, Human Resource Management, or International Business.
4-Year Plan
The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your degree in a timely manner. Your individual 4-Year plan may change based on a number of variables including transfer courses and the semester/year you start your major. Carefully work with your academic advisors to devise your own unique plan.
* Please meet with your advisor on appropriate course selection to meet your educational and degree goals.
First Year
Fall - 16 Credits
Spring - 15 Credits
Second Year
Fall - 15 Credits
Spring - 15 Credits
Third Year
Fall - 15 Credits
Spring - 15 Credits
Fourth Year
Fall - 14 Credits
Spring - 15 Credits
Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Credits
54
Total Credits
120
Locations
Mankato
Career Cluster
People and Cultures