Part II of the curriculum in Ethnic Studies consists of courses comprising the substantive specialty areas. Students in the program must take three courses from the listing of courses under the substantive specialty heading. Program substitutions may be permitted, depending on student needs and advisor approval. A study of the multicultural dimensions of American Society and their relation to the educational process. International dimensions of curriculum are examined.
Emphasis is placed on cross-cultural comparisons.
History of the South A study of the history of the region from colonial times to the present. An overview of the history of immigration to the U.S. and of the immigrant and ethnic experience in American society from colonial times to the present. A survey of the historical experience of African Americans from West African origins to the Brown decision in 1954. Emphasis is placed on the African background, the origins and development of American slavery, the abolitionist movement, the reconstruction and segregation era, the urbanization of African Americans and the struggle to end Jim Crow. An examination of selected aspects of American Indian policy from the colonial era to the present.