The Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity in partnership with the History Department offers a Race and Ethnicity Minor to undergraduate students.
This minor focuses on issues of race and ethnicity from a number of disciplinary perspectives. Classes include:
Required courses (6 hours)
- RACE 2301 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
- HIST/RACE 4356 History of Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Elective courses (12 hours selected from the list below and/or others as approved)
- ANTH 3312 North American Indians
- ANTH 4398 Race and Human Variation
- ANTH 4301 Urban Anthropology
- CRJU 3310 Race, Ethnicity, and Crime
- GEOG 2312 Cultural Geography
- JOUR 4384 Images of Minorities in the Media
- ENGL 3326 African American Literature I
- ENGL 3327 African American Literature II
- ENGL 4350 Black Women’s Activism and Literature
- ENGL 4370 Slavery Narratives
- SOC 3340 Experiences of Black Americans
- SOC 3330 Minority Groups
- SOC 4395 Native American History
- HHPS 4382 Cultural Competence in Health Education
- HIST 3355 American Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 3371 Colonial Latin America
- HIST 3380 The Indian in American History
- HIST 4327 Africa in World History
- HIST 4328 South Africa in World History
- HIST 4338 Holocaust
- HIST 4357 The Little Rock School Crisis
- HIST 4358 Civil Rights Movement Since 1954
- HIST 4368 African American History to 1865
- HIST 4369 African American History from 1866
- HIST 4378 The History of U.S.-Latin America Relations
- PHIL 4373 Philosophy of Race
- MGMT 4391 Employment Law
- MUHL 3361 Jazz History and Styles
- MUHL 3381 American Music
- SPAN 3335 Las Culturas de Las Américas
- SPCH 4312 Intercultural Communication
- THEA 4340 African American Theater (& Film)
Special projects and internships are also offered at the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity. For more information, contacts us at race-ethnicity@ualr.edu