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)

PHIL 111/PHR 111

Introduction to Critical Race Studies

3

Historical, Cultural, and Political Perspectives (9 credits)

Choose 3 of the following:

AIP 311	Cultural, Ethnic and Racial Perspectives in Psychology (CP, REP)	3
AIP 324	Race and Place in Natural Histories of the Americas (CP, REP, UP)	3
AIP 335	Understanding American Slavery (UP)	3
AIP 345/PHR 345	Civil Rights (REP, UP)	3
AIP 356/PHR 356/SOC 356	Structural Racism (REP)	3
HIST 243/IS 243	Africa: Colonialism and Globalization	3
HIST 244	African American History: The Black Atlantic	3
HIST 246	African-American History Since Reconstruction	3
PHR 322/SOC 322	Radical Women of Color Thought in the U.S	3
PHR 324/SOC 324	History of Race	3
PHR 359/SOC 359	Race and Ethnicity	3
PHR 374/SOC 374	Erotic Organization of Race	3
RS 326	Religion, Race, and Ethnicity	3

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
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.