Catalog Year: 2021-2022
The minor combines perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to provide an interdisciplinary and comparative understanding of the immigrant experience, ethnic identity, assimilation, ethnic exclusion and conflict, and refugee situations.
Cleaveland, Haines, Ihara, Kim (director), Leeman, Rabin, Ritchie, Shutika, Trencher
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Total credits: 15
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 340 | Comparative Perspectives on Immigration | 3 |
| or SOCI 330 | US Immigrants and Immigration (Mason Core) | |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Refugees (Mason Core) | ||
| Asian American Women Writers (Mason Core) | ||
| Ethnicity and Migration in Folklore | ||
| Topics in Ethnic American Literature | ||
GOVT 337 |
Ethnic Politics in Western Europe and North America | |
| Refugee and Internal Displacement (Mason Core) | ||
| Human Trafficking and Smuggling | ||
| Critical Race Studies (Mason Core) | ||
| Representations of Race (Mason Core) | ||
| Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World (Mason Core) | ||
| Introduction to Latina/o Studies (Mason Core) | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two electives from the following: | 6 | |
CONF 302 |
Culture, Identity, and Conflict | |
GOVT 445 |
Human Rights | |
| Multilingualism, Identity, and Power (Mason Core) | ||
| Neighborhood, Community, and Identity (Mason Core) | ||
| The Urban World (Mason Core) | ||
| Sociology of Human Rights | ||
| Spanish in the United States | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |