You can choose from 38 classes in 13 different disciplines across campus, including:
Intercultural Communication
African-American Literatures
Human Geography
Sports in American History
Mexican American History
Urban Problems and Public Policy
Cultural Psychology
Film and Culture of the Spanish-Speaking World
You can focus on Mexican American Studies or African American Studies, or take classes on a wide range of topics and peoples. Students interested in a broad introduction to the field can take Introduction to Ethnic Studies.
Why Ethnic Studies?
Ethnic Studies provides tools to work in and with various communities, regardless of your major or professional interest. If you are interested in multicultural environments, such as teaching, counseling, journalism, public history, law, marketing, community organizing, the nonprofit sector, social work, public administration, public relations, and health and medicine, you can benefit from the skills and information in ethnic studies classes.
When you earn your Ethnic Studies minor, you will be prepared for a wide range of positions in federal, state and local governments, including in public policy, parks service, foreign service, translation, city and urban planning, and social services.
Travel With Us!
You can take the Ethnic Studies Capstone course in your senior year, which will include a class trip to a relevant site in the U.S.
Coursework
This 18-credit-hour minor includes sophomore and advanced course options from across the disciplines. You must take courses in at least three different disciplines, which can include your major, but cannot include ESTD 2301. Any transfer credits are subject to approval.
You must take one of the following three courses. You may take more than one of the required courses to count toward your 18 credit hours.
ESTD 2301: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
HIST 3362: Mexican American History
ENG 4330: African-American Literatures
You will select five additional courses from this list. You may receive three (3) credit hours for a Special Topics course with an applied focus.
COMM 3355: Intercultural Communication
COMM 3366: Film as Message
ENGL 4330: African-American Literatures
ENGL 4336: Mexican American Literature
ESTD 2301: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
ESTD 4301: Ethnic Studies Capstone
GEOG 3302: Human Geography
GEOG 3303: World Regional Geography
HIST 3301: History of Texas
HIST 3311: African American History
HIST 3307: America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
HIST 3342: The American Civil War
HIST 3343: U.S. Reconstruction
HIST 3348: American Civil Rights Movements
HIST 3350: American Immigration
HIST 3362: Mexican American History
HIST 4302: The American West
HIST 4313: U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 4324: Sports in American History
HIST 4325: American Indian History
HIST 4360: Latin American Slavery
LING 4319: Sociolinguistics
MAS 2301: Introduction to Mexican American Studies
MM 2300/COMM 2300: Media Literacy
MUSI 1305: The History of Jazz
POLS 3341: Comparative Political Systems
POLS 3348: Model Organization of American States
POLS 3351: International Relations
POLS 4311: Urban Problems and Public Policy
POLS 4353: International Relations of the Western Hemisphere
PSY 3323: Cultural Psychology
PSY 3325: Psychology of Diversity
SPAN 3314: Advanced Spanish Conversation
SPAN 3334: Film and Culture of the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN 4320: Survey of Spanish Literature
SPAN 4324: Survey of Spanish-American Literature
SPAN 4332: Spanish Civilization
SPAN 4333: Spanish-American Civilization
Marketable Skills-Related Classes
Apply your knowledge in the community and in professional development opportunities. You can earn three (3) credit hours for a related capstone, internship or research course. Before enrolling in the course, you must communicate with your instructor your intention to use the course for your minor and receive approval.
Suggestions for Area Focus
If you want to focus specifically on Mexican American Studies or African American Studies, consider the following course offerings.
ESTD 2301: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
ENG 4336: Mexican American Literature
HIST 3301: History of Texas
HIST 3348: American Civil Rights Movements
HIST 3350: American Immigration
HIST 3362: Mexican American History
HIST 4302: The American West
HIST 4313: U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 4360: Latin American Slavery
LING 4319: Sociolinguistics
MAS 2301: Introduction to Mexican American Studies
POLS 3348: Model Organization of American States
POLS 4311: Urban Problems and Public Policy
POLS 4353: International Relations of the Western Hemisphere
SPAN 3314: Advanced Spanish Conversation
SPAN 3334: Film and Culture of the Spanish-Speaking World
SPAN 4320: Survey of Spanish Literature
SPAN 4324: Survey of Spanish-American Literature
SPAN 4332: Spanish Civilization
SPAN 4333: Spanish-American Civilization
ESTD 4301: Ethnic Studies Capstone
ESTD 2301: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
ENG 4330: African-American Literatures
HIST 3301: History of Texas
HIST 3311: African American History
HIST 3307: American in Gilded Age and Progressive Era
HIST 3342: The American Civil War
HIST 3343: U.S. Reconstruction
HIST 3348: American Civil Rights Movements
HIST 4313: U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 4360: Latin American Slavery
LING 4319: Sociolinguistics
MUSI 1305: The History of Jazz
POLS 4311: Urban Problems and Public Policy
SPAN 3314: Advanced Spanish Conversation
SPAN 3334: Film and Culture of the Spanish-Speaking World
