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Undergraduate Race & Ethnic Cultures General
Undergraduate Race & Ethnic Cultures General
2013 Spring Term
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INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LATINO/A LITERATURE (DV) (GH)
RACEETH 202
The course will present students with the diverse U.S. Latino experiences, by introducing them to texts that examine literary works by authors of Latino/Latina backgrounds, in their historical context and cultural context.
ETHNIC POLITICS (DV) (GE)
RACEETH 217
The central concern of this course is to provide the student an awareness of the political development of racial and ethnic minorities in today's political arena. It will compare and contrast the development of the white ethnic communities of the 19th and 20th centuries with our modern day racial and ethnic minorities. (Offered jointly with political science).
RACIAL & ETHNIC INEQUALITY: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
RACEETH 393
Readings in theoretical, empirical, and policy literature will offer an in-depth study of racial and ethnic inequality in criminal justice, housing, poverty, health, education and immigration. The class features an experiential component through field trips across the region to thematically orientated site visits with experts in the field of inequality.