The Ethnic Studies Minor Program is an interdisciplinary program committed to promoting multicultural and ethnic knowledge, understanding, and skills to prepare students to function effectively in a culturally diverse environment.
The primary goal of the Ethnic Studies Program is to provide a curriculum that enhances student knowledge, skills and abilities in the understanding and integration of knowledge related to various ethnic groups within the United States society. Additional goals include the enhancement of student skills in the areas of critical thinking, analysis and problem solving techniques with an emphasis on ethnic and racial concerns.
- Student will be able to identify and define the vocabulary and concepts associated with ethnic diversity.
- Student will demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge related to ethnicity.
- Student will demonstrate critical thinking skills as they apply to issues related to ethnicity.
- Student will demonstrate analysis and problem solving techniques as they apply to issues related to ethnicity.