Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Major
Critical race and ethnic studies is an interdisciplinary major. You can expect to learn the application of critical theories to help understand cultural diversity, race and ethnicity, and relationship to power. We will provide you with the understanding of knowledge of diversity at a global level and engage in theoretical and historical constructions of race with an emphasis on intersexual approaches.
Program Details
Program Overview
The critical race and ethnic studies concentration enables you to develop a deep understanding of how race and ethnicity have developed in concert with gender, sexuality, class, indigeneity, citizenship, etc., to shape our lived identities and experiences. You will acquire an understanding of how the contours of race and ethnicity have changed over time and geographical space.
Program Concentrations
This program is made up of the following concentrations. Learn more about concentrations.Concentration Overview
This concentration focuses on how intersections of race, gender, class, and other significant social locations shape social identity and inequality. Students in this concentration area learn to interrogate the complicated ways that human behavior is shaped by both structure and agency through a variety of theoretical vantage points with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and gender.
Courses in this Concentration
Concentration Overview
This concentration is interdisciplinary in nature. Strategies to do research, communicate information effectively in Spanish, and to think critically in an ever changing, more connected world will be developed through the study of the rich and diverse history, civilization, literary and cultural products of Latin American communities and Latinos in the United States.
Courses in this Concentration
Concentrations on this page are required for this program. Additional courses or concentrations may need to be added to meet program or credit requirements.
Program Coursework
- Applied Statistics
- Black and Latinx Identities in Pop Culture
- Social Psychology
- Racial and Ethnic Groups
- Sociology of the Body
- Special Areas in Sociology
- Latin American Civilization
- Counter Kulture: Expressions of Identity and Resistance
- Survey of Latin American Literature
- Current Topics
The specific degree requirements on the website are for illustrative purposes and may change at any time. Please contact the Registrar's Office, Academic Advising or refer to the course catalog for detailed program requirements.
Liberal Arts Core
LEADERSHIP: 4 credits
- Freshman Seminar (1 cr.)
- Spiritual & Ethical Literacy (3 cr.)
- Personal Branding Communication (3 cr.)
- Writing for the 21st Century (3 cr.)*
- Quantitative Problem Solving (3 cr.)*
- Language & Culture (3 cr.)
CORE LITERACIES: 15 credits – Choose one (1) course from each broad theme. Course options can be found in the course catalog or on the academic advising page. Broad themes are:
- Narratives of Identity (3 cr.)
- Science, Environment & Culture (3 cr.)
- Social Tensions (3 cr.)
- The American Experience (3 cr.)
- Approving the Better Things (3 cr.)
Professional Core
Culminating Experience
- Pre-Internship
- Internship
- Capstone
Limitless Curriculum
Choosing a concentration will prepare you to work in a variety of different settings with diverse populations by developing an understanding on race, ethnicity, and power to shape our social realities.
A Social Identities minor in sociology is relevant to you if you come to sociology to follow your passion for social justice and interest in combating persistent social inequities and inequalities experienced around race, gender, class, nationality, sexuality, etc.
This minor concentration will complement any applied career paths such as business, law, criminal justice, community organizing, social work, etc., or other disciplines (political science, psychology, history, etc.) if you are seeking to apply a social justice perspective to you fields of study.
A Latin American Studies minor consists of courses that draw knowledge from literature, culture, history, sociology and art.
This concentration provides you with the ability to communicate effectively in Spanish and to think critically in an ever-changing, more connected world through the study of the rich and diverse history, civilization, and literary and cultural products of Latin American communities and Latinos in the United States.
Experiential Learning
Instructors in this program provide real world experience. The skills learned in the classroom are immediately applicable to students internship sites.
Internship sites may include:
- Civitas Law Group, INC
- Dismas Ministry
- Milwaukee Justice Center
- Olympus Group
- Pathfinders
- Sojourner Family Peace Center
- United Community Center
- Wisconsin Early Autism Project
- Walker's Point Youth and Family Center
5 Careers in this major
Students in this area can work in a range of fields in communications, government, education and business.
5 career options in this major:
- Marketing Director
- Public Relations Representative
- Campaign Planner
- Minority Program Coordinator
- Teacher or Counselor
Contact admissions or the program faculty with questions about this program.
Amber S. Tucker
Faculty - Sociology
