EGS 295 - Independent Study

5 Credits

This course is a space to delve deeper into advanced topics in Ethnic Studies including whiteness, white supremacy, racialized diasporas, Feminisms of Color, Indigenous Epistemology, social revolutions, subaltern media production, and colonial economics. Emphasis is placed on the development and articulation of research as a means to address social injustice. Course focus is at the discretion of the instructor.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Day
Fall Day, Evening
Winter Day, Evening
Spring Day, Evening

Designed to Serve All students with emphasis on students who have taken EGS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies.
Active Date 20201105T14:50:42

Grading System Decimal Grade
Variable Credit Yes Range 1-5
Independent Study Yes
Continuous Enrollment Yes
Class Limit 35
Contact Hours: Other 165
Total Contact Hours 165
Degree Distributions:
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Theoretical Framework Introduction
Canon Literature Analysis
Self-Concept Mapping
Introduction to Research Method
Collective Production of Research
Dissemination of Process/Findings

Student Learning Outcomes
Apply the theoretical foundations of ethnic studies to the selected course topic.

Analyze and discuss select texts in ethnic studies in relation to contemporary social justice issues.

Interpret personal experiences with and observations of systematic inequality using course frameworks.

Develop and present an ethnic studies research project using research methods emphasized in the course.