Edgewood College-Center for Multicultural Education

The interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies minor focuses on historically marginalized ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These groups include, but are not limited to, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/a or Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans. The minor seeks to examine the diversity of human experience and issues that intersect race and ethnicity, such as social class and status, religion and spirituality, sexuality, gender, and ability. The program is administered by the Center for Multicultural Education in the School of Integrative Studies.

Goals of the Minor:

1 1.) Develop knowledge and understanding of multi-ethnic peoples and cultures, and the contributions to society

2.) Understand the historical and contemporary contexts of ethnic and racial oppression as well as other experiences of marginalization

3.) Examine the intersections of race, ethnicity, and the construction of identity

4.) Apply theoretical knowledge to the development of multicultural understanding

5.)Explore the complex, dynamic relations between institutional, historical, social, and cultural forces and individuals in marginalized groups

6.) Understand the heterogeneity and complexity of discourses and experiences of historically marginalized peoples

7.)Develop multicultural competence for lifelong learning