Race and Ethnicity Minor

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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