2011-2012 Academic Catalog

Nov 23, 2024

2011-2012 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Race and Ethnic Relations Concentration

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Overview

Undergraduate Concentration

Race and Ethnic Relations is an interdisciplinary concentration that enables students to examine relations within and between racial and ethnic groups primarily in the United States. The concentration brings together a wide range of courses in the humanities and social sciences that allow students to compare experiences across racial and ethnic groups. The concentration also allows students to compare the U.S. experience with that of other racially and ethnically diverse countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, past and present.

Program Faculty

María Acosta Cruz, Ph.D.

Kiran Asher, Ph.D.

Belen Atienza, Ph.D

Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.

Ramon Borges-Mendes, Ph.D.

Anita Hausermann Fabos, Ph.D.

Odile Ferly, Ph.D.

William J. Fisher, Ph.D.

Everett Fox, Ph.D.

Janette Greenwood, Ph.D.

Betsy P. Huang, Ph.D.

Willem Klooster, Ph.D.

Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D.

Thomas Kuehne, Ph.D.

Stephen M. Levin, Ph.D.

Deborah Martin, Ph.D.

Constance Montross, Ph.D.

Ravi Perry, Ph.D., Director (raperry@clarku.edu)

Ousmane Power_Greene, Ph.D.

Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.

Amy Richter, Ph.D.

Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D.

Robert Ross, Ph.D.

Marianne Sarkis, Ph.D.

Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.

Ora Szekely, Ph.D.

Shelly Tenenbaum, Ph.D.

Jaan Valsiner, Ph.D.

Johanna Vollahrdt, Ph.D.

Courses

Program Requirements

Students fulfilling the race and ethnic relations concentration are required to take a minimum of six courses. Five of the six courses must be U.S.-based courses; one must focus on a country or region outside the United States.

1. One course must be HIST 016 - American Race and Ethnicity, a humanities course. This course serves as the introductory course for the concentration.

2. Two additional courses in the humanities (classics, English, foreign languages and literature, history). One of these courses must be a literature course.

3. Three courses in the social sciences (cultural and global processes, geography, government, sociology).

4. A minimum of three courses must be at the 200 level. One course must be an advanced seminar approved by the student’s advisor. The advanced seminar serves as the capstone experience.

5. One course whose focus is a country or region other than the United States.

Introductory Course

HIST 016 - American Race and Ethnicity

Humanities Courses

Choose at least two:

Social Science Courses

Choose at least three:

Courses on Race and Ethnicity Outside the United States

Choose at least one:

Independent Study Courses

RER 298 Internship
RER 299 Directed Study

Additional Concentration Configurations

Additional and special concentration course arrangements may be available. If interested, please contact Professor Ravi Perry (raperry@clarku.edu).