Required Courses (8 credits)

• ERS 201 - Introduction to Ethnic and Racial Studies 4 credits
• NAS 410 - Native, Ethnic, and Racial Studies in Action 4 credits

Electives (20 credits)

Take at least 20 credits from the list below, up to 8 of which may be lower-division. No more than three electives can be from the same prefix.

• ARTH 450  /  ARTH 550 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art 4 credits
• CCJ 388 - Race, Crime, & Justice 4 credits
• COMM 200 - Communication Across Cultures 4 credits
• COMM 460F - International Fashion, Textiles, and Communication 4 credits
• DCIN 361 - Topics in Race, Representation and Cinema 4 credits
• EC 330  /  GSWS 330 - Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Economy 4 credits
• ED 460 - Multicultural Education 4 credits
• ENG 208A - Coming of Age Narratives 4 credits
• ENG 245 - Introduction to U.S. Ethnic Literature 4 credits
• ENG 381A - Narratives of Captivity 4 credits
• ENG 381B - Slave Narratives 4 credits
• ENG 405 - Reading/Writing and Conference 1 to 12 credits (when the topic is Critical Race Theory and Teaching)
• ENG 443 - Chicanx Literature 4 credits
• ENG 447B - Race in Britain: Literature after 1945 4 credits
• ENG 447E - The Harlem Renaissance 4 credits
• ENG 447F - African American Literature: Urban Realism 4 credits
• ENG 447G - African American Women and Unknowability 4 credits
• ENG 448A - James Baldwin 4 credits
• ENG 454 - U.S. Ethnic Literature 4 credits
• ERS 199 - Special Studies 1-4 credits
• ERS 299 - Special Studies 1-4 credits
• ERS 309 - Practicum 1-8 credits
• ERS 399 - Special Studies 1-4 credits
• ERS 401 - Research 1-4 credits
• ERS 405 - Reading and Conference 1-4 credits
• ERS 407 - Seminar 1-4 credits
• ERS 409 - Practicum 1-8 credits
• ERS 505 - Reading and Conference 1-4 credits
• ERS 507 - Seminar 1-4 credits
• GSWS 221 - Gender, Race, and Fandoms 4 credits
• GSWS 222 - Gender, Race, and Food Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 302 - Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movements 4 credits
• GSWS 311 - Masculinities 4 credits
• GSWS 343  /  SOAN 343 - Gender, Race, and the Body 4 credits
• MUS 203 - Jazz and Justice 4 credits
• MUS 205 - Rock History from 1900 - 1959 4 credits
• MUS 206 - Rock Music of the 1960s-1970s 4 credits
• MUS 207 - Rock Music from the 1970s-Present 4 credits
• MUS 208 - Hip Hop Revolution: Rap Music and Culture in Contemporary America 4 credits
• NAS 301 - Tribal Critical Race Theory 4 credits
• NAS 368 - Native American Topics 4 credits
• NAS 368A - Queer Indigenous Studies 4 credits
• NAS 368B - Indigenous Masculinities 4 credits
• NAS 368C - Decolonizing Transgender 4 credits
• NAS 368D - Indigenous Solidarities 4 credits
• NAS 440  /  NAS 540 - American Indian Identities 4 credits
• PSY 472 - Sustainable Compassion 4 credits
• SOAN 213 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4 credits
• SOAN 310A - Latinx in Oregon 4 credits
• SOAN 315 - Topics in Health Issues in the Rural United States 4 credits
• SOAN 323 - Sociology of Sports 4 credits
• SOAN 337 - Racial and Ethnic Relations 4 credits
• SOAN 338 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care 4 credits
• SOAN 455 - USA Migration Studies 4 credits
• SOAN 474 - Antiracist Social & Feminist Theory 4 credits
• UGS 325 - Diversity Dialogues 4 credits

• Notes:

  • Other courses may be approved to count for the Ethnic & Racial Studies certificate upon petition to the program coordinator.

  • Students are strongly advised to plan their course of study with the program coordinator.