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Bachelor of Arts
Ethnicity, Race, and First Nations Studies

Listed below is preliminary requirement information for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Ethnicity, Race and First Nations Studies.
 

Major Requirements = 45 credits 

CORE Requirements                                                                                                12

ETH 300: Principles of Ethnic Studies

ETH 310: Research Methods in Ethnic, Racial, and First Nation Populations

ENG 317:  Cross-Cultural Writing

ETH 484:  Ethnic Studies Internship

CLUSTER Requirements (Select two courses from each cluster)                       24

Students may count up to 12 credits (1 course from each cluster) of relevant lower division; courses subject to approval by Advisor.

Identity Matters

ETH 100 – Introduction to Ethnic Studies

AMS 330 – Intro to American Lives   

ENG 476 – Folklore & Everyday Life

IAS/ENG 420 – Multicultural Autobiographies

IAS 220: Psychology, Multicultural Narratives & Religion

SBS 301-Cultural Diversity

SBS 410 – Intro to Asian American Experiences

WST 370 – Chronicling Women’s Lives

WST 473 – Latina/Chicana Representation

Literacy Matters

ENG 353 – African American Literature: Beginnings thru the Harlem Renaissance

ENG 354 – African American Literature: Harlem Renaissance to the present

ENG 359 – American Indian Literature

ENG 363 – Chicano Literature

ENG 463 – Studies in African American Literature

ENG 460/WST 467 – Ethnic Women Writers

ENG 462 – Africana Literature

IAP 464 – Media & Diversity

Community & Policy Matters

AMS 327 – Regional Cultures (Southwest borderlands)

AMS 428 – Chicano Cultures in the Southwest

ASB 442 – Urban Anthropology

HIS 331 – American Indians

IAS/PHI 407 – Environmental Philosophy & Policy

POL 320 – Latino Politics

SOC 270/370- Race, Ethnicity & Minorities

WST 300 – Women in Contemporary Society

WST 350 – Race, Class and Gender

Transnational Matters

ASB 340 – Migration & Culture         

ASB 440 – Women & Global Factory

HIS 454 – History of Genocide

HIS 462 – African Diaspora

HIS 465 – Origins of Racism

SOC 324 – Work & Workplace

POL 430 – Race & Politics in America

WST 390 – Women and World Religion

WST 475 – Women of the Diaspora Across Cultures

CAREER AREAS

Chosen in consultation with faculty advisor

(Select 3 courses based on career focus)                                                      9

• Arts & Music
• Business
• Education/Teaching
• Health
• Law
• Policy & Public Sector
• Spanish
• Science & Technology
• Social Entrepreneurship

Also Available!

The Ethnicity, Race, and First Nations Studies Minor is for the undergraduate student who is already enrolled in a degree program at ASU at the West Campus. Students are asked to complete 6 hours of core requirements (ETH 300, Principles of Ethnic Studies & ETH 484, Internship), in addition to 15 units of electives.

The Ethnicity, Race, and First Nations Studies Certificate is recommended for undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students, who wish to benefit from the Ethnicity, Race and First Nations StudiesCurriculum without the internship requirement.  Students are asked to fulfill 21 credit hours; ETH 484 (internship) is replaced with an elective.