ETS. 101.001 Arthur Manjarrez, ABD, OSU
Ethnic Awareness Black Hall 101-13
Spring Quarter, 2014 PH: 963-2161
M-F: 12:00 – 12:50 Office Hour: 8:00-9:00am
Farrell Hall 111 E-mail: manjarra@cwu.edu

Course Materials:
Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 7th Edition by Richard T. Schaefer

Course Description: Ethnic Studies is designed to bring awareness and understanding of the problems facing the American people in the area of race and ethnic relations, primarily focusing on ethnic minorities. Ethnic Studies will focus on the nature and scope of relationships between minority groups and majority group in the United States. Ethnic Studies is a discipline that incorporates the social sciences and the humanities to explore the comparative approaches to the study of minority groups in the Unites States. The central mission of an ethnic studies program is to increase understanding of racial and cultural diversity of American society and the dynamics of interethnic relationships. At Central Washington University, the Ethnic Studies program is interdisciplinary, offering courses from other disciplines with a core in Ethnic Studies. In addition to the minor program, it provides important services to teacher preparation and general education requirements.

Course Objectives:

* To understand, interpret, and analyze the origins and existing formations of structured privilege and disadvantaged in our contemporary world in relation to race and ethnicity.

* To familiarize one with the theoretical and methodological approaches in the field of Ethnic Studies.

* To explore the social justice tradition in relation to the study of race and ethnicity in the United States.

Course Requirements:
1). Response Papers (25%): Students will write response