Ethnic Studies website

About the Ethnic Studies Program and Minor

The Ethnic Studies Program Council includes Carl Allsup, ethnic studies; Rosalyn Broussard, social sciences; Teresa Burns, humanities; Rea Kirk, education; Joe Lomax, criminal justice; Laura Wendorff, humanities; Laura Beadling, humanities; and Melissa Gormley, social sciences.

The UW-Platteville Ethnic Studies Program is dedicated to awakening the minds and spirits of students and others to the issues of race and ethnicity in the United States and the social realities and moral challenges of racism in U.S. culture. It strives to help students fulfill their intellectual, moral and social potential, and encourages them to remove barriers which can prevent others from achieving their potential. It promotes the study of race and ethnicity in historical, social and political structures, and supports and encourages the integration of the vast new scholarship which questions, analyzes and narrates the role of race and ethnicity in the U.S.

The ethnic studies program oversees the UW-Platteville curriculum requirement that every student in a degree program complete a three-credit course on issues of race and ethnicity.

Certificate in Ethnic Studies (15 credits)

Required courses:

• ETHNSTDY 1030 Race, Gender and Class in the U.S. 3 cr or
• ETHNSTDY 2200 Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3 cr

Electives (12 credits):

• ETHNSTDY 2130 The Native American Experience 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2230 Black Experience in the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2730 Ethnic Art in the United States 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2830 Ethnicity, Race and Crime 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2930 Minority Women Writers of the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2940 The Political Economy of Race, Gender and Ethnicity 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3010 Race, Gender and U.S. Labor History 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3230 Human Relations 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3240 African-American History: 1619 to Present 3 cr
• BUSADMIN 3340 Management, Gender and Race 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3400 History of Chicano Peoples in the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3410 Chicano Literature 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3630 Ethnic and Gender Equity in Education 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3720 Ethnic Rights and Politics 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3730 Black Literature in America 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3740 Asian-American Literature 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3750 American Literature of Ethnicity and Immigration 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3760 Wisconsin Indian Literature 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3830 Black Women and Feminism in the U.S. 3 cr

Minor in Ethnic Studies (24 credits)

Required courses:

• ETHNSTDY 1030 Race, Gender and Class in the U.S. 3 cr or
• ETHNSTDY 2200 Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3 cr

Electives (21 credits):

• ETHNSTDY 2130 The Native American Experience 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2230 Black Experience in the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3400 History of Chicano Peoples in the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2730 Ethnic Art in the United States 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2830 Ethnicity, Race and Crime 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 2930 Minority Women Writers of the U.S. 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3230 Human Relations 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3240 African-American History: 1619 to Present 3 cr
• BUSADMIN 3340 Management, Gender and Race 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3630 Ethnic and Gender Equity in Education 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3720 Ethnic Rights and Politics 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3730 Black Literature in America 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3740 Asian-American Literature 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3750 American Literature of Ethnicity and Immigration 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3760 Wisconsin Indian Literature 3 cr
• ETHNSTDY 3830 Black Women and Feminism in the U.S. 3 cr