Minor: Race and Anti-Racism, 18 Credits
Observable learning goals of the program:
Students minoring in Race and Anti-Racism will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history and development of concepts of race
- Engage in critical analysis of the construction and deployment of racial concepts in diverse cultural and historical contexts
- Engage in critical analysis of racist beliefs, practices, and institutions (systemic and structural racism)
- Interrogate whiteness and white supremacy at the core of racist beliefs, practices, and institutions
- Demonstrate understanding of contemporary literature on anti-racism
- Learn to develop and engage in successful anti-racist strategies
Requirements
Required courses: (3 credits)
Race and Anti-Racism in the Creative Arts (6 credits)
Choose 2 of the following:
| AIP 305/EWL 367 | Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (UP, REP) | 3 |
| COMM 305 | Race, Class, and Gender in Media | 3 |
| COMM 363 | Black Female Sexuality in Film | 3 |
| DANC 311 | Africa to the Americas | 3 |
| EWL 228 | African-American Literary Traditions | 3 |
| EWL 215 | Reading the British Empire: Racism, Whiteness, and English Literature | 3 |
| EWL 311 | Reading While Black: Writing, Race, and Resistance | 3 |
| EWL 327 | Literature and Film Of The Global Portuguese Empire | 3 |
| EWL 329 | Reading the Contemporary Caribbean | 3 |
| EWL 335 | Slavery in the American Imaginary | 3 |
| EWL 359 | The Empire Writes Back: Contemporary Anticolonial Fiction | 3 |
| EWL 365/FREN 365 | Reading Contemporary Africa | 3 |
Capstone Experience
In consultation with instructor and/or advisor, Race and Anti-Racism minors will either a) transform an upper-level course that counts towards minor requirements into a capstone experience with enhanced assignments, or b) set up an Independent Study that will count towards the minor credit requirements via substitution.
Historical, Cultural, and Political Perspectives (9 credits)
Choose 3 of the following: