Gender Studies

Students will have developed an understanding of the socio-historical relations shaping the political, economic and/or social trajectory of at least two U.S. based ethnic groups.

Students will be able to explain at least two of the social and historical forces shaping the formation of race and racial categories in the U.S.

Students will be able to define and explain key concepts that underpin the program's content (e.g., intersectionality, racial formation, cultural knowledge, social justice, essentialist and cultural)

Students will be able to define the ways in which race, gender, and social class intersect in producing different world views and knowledge frameworks of at least two U.S. based ethnic groups.

Students will be able to employ and differentiate between theories to explain patterns and events of social protest and domination that comprise the landscape of U.S. history.

A summative evaluation will be built into the capstone course. Specifically, the course will include a summative course paper that prompts students to trace one of the key threads that they have engaged in during their coursework. This paper will demonstrate college level proficiency in writing academic texts in the social sciences or humanities. In addition, students will present their work and articulate their research findings using key concepts, theories, and processes from the field of Ethnic Studies.