Nov 06, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Race and Ethnic Studies Minor


The Race and Ethnic Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program drawn from the humanities, social sciences, and the arts that is designed to familiarize students with the historical, social, intellectual, and cultural production of race and ethnicity. Students will learn how constructions of ethnicity, race, and racism have changed over time, often in response to changes in the nature of work, family, gender and sexuality, and patterns of migration. Students in the program will develop skills in critical thinking and analysis, social theory, and writing. This academic pathway will help to prepare students for effective citizenship and work in an increasingly diverse world.

Questions about the minor can be directed to Leroy Rowe, Associate Professor, Department of History, leroy.rowe@maine.edu.

Program Requirements


The minor consists of six courses (18 credits)

*No more than six credits used to satisfy the requirements of a student’s major can count towards the Race and Ethnic Studies minor.

*Students must earn a C- or better in each course in order for the course to count towards the minor.

II. Students must take four (4) classes at the 200-level or above, selected from the following list of courses.


Students must take classes from at least two different prefixes when completing the electives (e.g. HTY and ENG, etc.)