Ethnic Studies | CAS Majors Fair
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Academic advisor Sara Feit talks about the ethnic studies major.
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- [00:00:07.970]Hi, my name is Sarah Feit
- [00:00:09.680]and I'm the assigned academic advisor for ethnic studies.
- [00:00:13.620]Examine the world through a Social Justice
- [00:00:16.170]and Human Rights lens with a major in Ethnic Studies.
- [00:00:20.250]The Institute for Ethnic Studies is interdisciplinary
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- [00:00:27.700]who are African, African American, Latino, Latina,
- [00:00:31.675]Latin American and definitive descent.
- [00:00:36.550]You'll gain an understanding of US
- [00:00:38.810]and transnational ethnic histories
- [00:00:41.440]and cultures and explore issues of race,
- [00:00:44.250]ethnicity, and immigration.
- [00:00:46.570]Majoring in ethnic studies helps develop your sense of self
- [00:00:50.670]and your awareness of others.
- [00:00:53.140]You'll focus your coursework in one of four areas,
- [00:00:56.650]African and African American studies, Latino
- [00:01:00.100]and Latin American studies,
- [00:01:01.920]native American studies, or a multi ethnic focus.
- [00:01:06.770]All students begin by taking
- [00:01:08.940]an introductory Ethnic Studies 100 course.
- [00:01:12.350]And in your senior year,
- [00:01:14.080]you'll take Ethnic Studies, 400, a seminar.
- [00:01:18.240]Your program will be interdisciplinary
- [00:01:20.800]and you can choose to take a research methods class
- [00:01:23.590]within anthropology, communication studies, psychology,
- [00:01:28.270]or sociology, to name a few.
- [00:01:31.690]Examples of other courses that you'll take include,
- [00:01:35.800]the communication studies course intercultural
- [00:01:38.720]and inter-group communication.
- [00:01:40.600]You'll learn about communication
- [00:01:42.110]associated with social comparison, prejudice
- [00:01:45.690]and discrimination, and social conflicts
- [00:01:48.460]in various contexts.
- [00:01:50.390]The English course, Ethnicity and Film
- [00:01:53.220]focuses on ethnic identities and film and TV
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- [00:02:00.690]The history course, modern Mexico will delve
- [00:02:03.920]into the social and political development in Mexico
- [00:02:06.750]from 1821 to the present day.
- [00:02:09.940]Other classes include the Civil Rights movement,
- [00:02:12.800]Conflict and development in Africa and native women writers.
- [00:02:18.120]Outside of the classroom,
- [00:02:19.760]you can work with career coaches
- [00:02:21.190]to find a community internship,
- [00:02:23.360]strengthen your leadership skills by joining Oasis
- [00:02:26.700]and the intercultural leadership program,
- [00:02:29.340]learn how to develop your intercultural leadership identity.
- [00:02:33.680]There are also many opportunities to be involved
- [00:02:35.920]in student groups on campus,
- [00:02:37.900]such as Unite, a group that promotes native voices
- [00:02:41.180]on the unit campus and the community Measure,
- [00:02:44.490]the Mexican American student association,
- [00:02:47.430]which helps hosts the youth Latino leadership conference
- [00:02:50.920]or the APU African people union,
- [00:02:53.840]which promotes cultural, social
- [00:02:55.610]and economic events designed to
- [00:02:57.270]celebrate black culture.
- [00:02:59.560]Recent ethnic studies graduates have gone
- [00:03:01.810]on to work in the peace Corps
- [00:03:03.610]as a public health coordinator
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- [00:03:09.930]Other students have gone onto graduate school to pursue
- [00:03:12.710]an ma social work business administration or ethnic studies.
- [00:03:17.700]Please reach out if you'd like to learn more.
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