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2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

American Ethnic Studies Secondary Major


Students completing 24 semester hours of course work in a minimum of two departments may earn a secondary major in American ethnic studies. The director assists and advises secondary majors in planning appropriate schedules.

Major degree requirements

Course requirements


Area courses


Fifteen hours of area courses are required. The distribution of area courses must include at least two American ethnic groups and at least one general/comparative course. No course can be used to fulfill more than one major requirement.

A. African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino American, and Native American ethnic groups of the United States (9)


  • African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American

B. Background/ancestral cultures of category A (3)


  • Background/ancestral cultures of African American, Asian Americans, Hispanic American, and Native American ethnic groups of the United States.

C. Any United States ethnic group or the ancestral culture of a United States ethnic group (3)


(all the courses listed under categories A and B, along with the following)

  •  Any United States ethnic groups and the ancestral cultures of those groups

Total hours required for graduation (24)