ETHNSTDY 1030 3 credits
Race, Gender, and Class
Examines the concepts of race, gender, and class in the United States as these influences are related historically to form a matrix that serves as a comprehensive basis for understanding the contemporary society of the United States. GE: EGS

ETHNSTDY 1240 3 credits
Music Making in Ethnic Communities of the United States
(Cross offered MUSIC 1240)
Music as it is created, performed, and experienced within diverse communities of the U.S. From Czech American Polka Music in Wisconsin to West Indian Steel Bands in Brooklyn, New York, the musical elements will be studied as they are. Intersections between music, community, and identity, personal and group, provide further focus for this course. GE: FA, E

ETHNSTDY 2130 3 credits
The Native American Experience
Examines the indigenous peoples of North America with particular emphasis on the area now called the United States. GE: HUM, E

ETHNSTDY 2200 3 credits
Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Examines the concepts, issues, and experience of People of Color in the U.S. with an emphasis on historical and contemporary interaction of race, gender, and class within and external to communities of color. GE: E

ETHNSTDY 2530 3 credits
Race and Science
This course will challenge students to view the ways in which science and race are constructed and construct each other. The development of racism in "objective" science, both explicit and hidden are developed. A history of people of color in science and the science of people of color are constructed. GE: E

ETHNSTDY 2730 3 credits
Art History IV: Ethnic Art in the United States
(Cross offered under ART 2730)
Course explores influences of a variety of cultures on art of present-day America. The focus is on art of Africa, Mexico and Native America and on contemporary artists whose work grows out of those and other traditions. GE: FA, E

ETHNSTDY 2750 3 credits
Native American Art
(Cross offered under ART 2750)
Art of various culture groups of native Americans, ranging from the Inuit of the far north to tribes and nations of the southwest. Ancient and traditional art forms will be studied as well as history of art in times of culture contact and conflict, continuing through work created by comtemporary tribal artists informed by those traditions. Offered Various Semesters. GE: FA, E

ETHNSTDY 2830 3 credits
Ethnicity, Race, and Crime
(Cross offered under CRIMLJUS 2830)
This course will study the correlation between ethnicity, race, crime, and criminality in the United States. It will explore the interrelationship among ethnicity, race, and the production of criminal law, and the sanctioning of criminal behavior. Also, it will examine social dynamics which underlie current concepts, information and misinformation regarding ethnicity, race, and crime in an increasingly diverse society. P: Sophomore standing. GE: E

ETHNSTDY 2930 3 credits
Minority Women Writers of the United States
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 2930 and WOMSTD 2930)
Literature written by Native-American women, African-American women, Latina-American women, and Asian-American women. Includes investigation of historical and cultural backgrounds as well as literary traditions of minority women of the United States. Students will read authors such as Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, Cabeza de Vaca, Louise Erdich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and others. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, EGS

ETHNSTDY 2940 3 credits
Political Economy of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
(Cross offered under ECONOMIC 2940 and POLISCI 2940)
This course uses economics principles to analyze salient issues involving people of color, women, and ethnic minorities. The focus is interdisciplinary, drawing from the fields of business and political science, among others. Analysis will occur within the contextual framework provided by guest presenters having expertise in areas of race and ethnic studies and of women's studies. Pertinent principles and concepts will be used to analyze the causes and effects of the changing composition of U.S. families, to examine the nature and extent of discrimination within the U.S. economy, and to understand why issues involving race, ethnicity, and gender are of concern to all. GE: SS, EGS. F, S

ETHNSTDY 3010 3 credits
Race, Gender, & US Labor History
(Cross offered under HISTORY 3010)
Social, cultural, and economic history of American working people from the colonial period to the present. P: HISTORY 1330, HISTORY 1430, or consent of the instructor OR the department chair. GE: HP, E

ETHNSTDY 3230 3 credits
Human Relations
(Cross offered under SOCIOLGY 3230)
A sociological analysis of selected aspects of human relations that are assumed to be socially structured and primarily group relations. The central focus is on relations between groups of people who are in unequal positions in society, based on the central dimensions of class, race/ethnicity and sex/gender. P: SOCIOLGY 1030. GE: SS, EGS

ETHNSTDY 3240 3 credits
African-American History 1619 to Present
(Cross offered under HISTORY 3240)
The historical experience of African-Americans since 1619. P: HISTORY 1330 or HISTORY 1430 or consent of the instructor or department chair. GE: HP, E

ETHNSTDY 3400 3 credits
History of Chicano Peoples in the U.S.
An examination of the history of the indigenous peoples in the Americas who experience the Spanish conquest and colonization, and their subsequent inclusion in the United States as a result of U.S. expansion, war, economic imperialism, and migration within the Americas. GE: HP, E

ETHNSTDY 3410 3 credits
Chicano Literature
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 3410)
An examination of representative texts from various Chicana/Chicano writers, covering a range of genres and generations. There will be an emphasis on the relationship between literary production and historical context, in particular, the involvement of the writers in the social and political conflicts affecting the Chicano community. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E

ETHNSTDY 3630 3 credits
Ethnic and Gender Equity in Education
(Cross offered under TEACHING 3630 and WOMSTD 3630)
To increase appreciation, understanding, and awareness of ethnic and gender equity in the educational process and in society. The student will view equity issues through research, historical, philosophical, sociological, and psychological perspective, and the implications that each arena has on the lives of us all. GE: EGS

ETHNSTDY 3720 3 credits
Ethnic Rights and Politics
(Cross offered under POLISCI 3730)
Changing patterns of ethnic, gender, and race relations; legislative and judicial developments affecting civil rights; political movements; political, social, and economic discrim-ination; judicial system and legal protection for civil rights. P: POLISCI 1230 or permission of instructor. GE: SS, E

ETHNSTDY 3730 3 credits
Black Literature in America
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 3730)
A survey of African-American literature beginning in the antebellum period and continuing to the present, including oral forms (folk tales and spirituals), novels, poetry, drama, autobiography, and other selected nonfiction. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E

ETHNSTDY 3740 3 credits
Asian-American Literature
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 3740)
Introduces students to works of Asian-American literature, by looking at different works of fiction, autobiography, poetry, and drama. We will look at U.S. writers whose works are influenced by different literary and oral traditions including (but not limited to) Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Hmong, Vietnamese, and Indian. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E

ETHNSTDY 3750 3 credits
American Literature of Ethnicity and Immigration
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 3750)
An examination of literature from a variety of U.S. "racial" and "ethnic" groups, including African-, Italian-, Mexican-, Jewish-, Asian-, and Native-American. Emphasis will be placed on the meanings of "race" and "ethnicity," the effects of immigration, and the impact of gender in this literature. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E. F

ETHNSTDY 3760 3 credits
Wisconsin Indian Literature
(Cross offered under ENGLISH 3760)
An exploration of Wisconsin Indian literatures from the oral tradition to the present; texts studied will include epics, legends, poetry, novels, and selected non-fiction, including such writers as Mountain Wolf Woman, Louise Erdrich, and Susan Power. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E

ETHNSTDY 3830 3 credits
Black Women and Feminism in the U.S.
(Cross offered under WOMSTD 3830)
An interdisciplinary examination of the historical and contemporary relationship between black women in the U.S. and the feminist movement. Authors discussed will include Frances Harper, Ida Wells-Barnett, Bell Hooks, and Audre Lorde. P: Sophomore standing to enroll. GE: EGS