Ethnic Studies Minor

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Introduction

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The minor in ethnic studies offers students the opportunity to enhance and broaden the body of knowledge acquired in their chosen majors and to apply it in a variety of careers involving intercultural relations.

These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program and all courses are available online.

Declaring This Minor

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General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 18 ETST credit hours (6 courses) in ethnic studies coursework with a grade of C or better.
Students must complete a minimum of 9 upper-division (3000-level and above) ETST credit hours.
Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to major requirements.
Students must complete all major courses taken at CU Denver with a minimum grade of C (2.0) and all transfer courses applying to major requirements with a minimum grade of C- (1.7). Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
Students must complete all requirements for the Ethnic Studies minor with CU Denver faculty. Transfer courses do not apply.

Take the following required course:
ETST 2000 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Take four upper- or lower-division ETST courses from the following focal U.S. racial/ethnic groups:
Asian-Americans
ETST 3297 - Social History of Asian Americans
ETST 3307 - Selected Topics: Asian Americans
ETST 3357 - Asian American Literature
ETST 3567 - Asian American Women
ETST 3697 - Contemporary Asian American Experience
African-Americans
ETST 2105 - African American Contemporary Social Issues
ETST 2155 - African American History
ETST 3230 - African American Family
ETST 4220 - African-American Literature
ETST 4515 - The African American in Politics
American Indians
ETST 2496 - American Indian Literature
ETST 2606 - The American Indian Experience
ETST 3110 - Indigenous Studies
ETST 3216 - Federal Law and American Indians
ETST 3396 - History of the American Indian
ETST 3616 - Selected Topics: American Indians
ETST 4144 - Indigenous Political Systems
ETST 4146 - Indigenous Politics
ETST 4726 - North American Indian Art
Chicanos/as and Latinos/as
ETST 2400 - Issues in Chicano/a Education
ETST 3108 - Chicano/a and Latino/a History
ETST 3129 - Contemporary Latin American Literature
ETST 3350 - Colonial Latin America
ETST 3365 - Aztlan in the United States: Chicano History from 1821
ETST 3408 - Social Psychology of Latinos/as
ETST 3838 - History of the Mexican American in Colorado
ETST 4558 - Chicano and Latino Politics
ETST 4616 - Selected Topics: Chicanos/as and Latinos/as
Take one ETST elective course of your choice.