Ethnic studies explores ethnicity and race from the interrelated perspectives of history, politics, economics, religion, and social and cultural realities. The field considers and examines the experiences of underrepresented minorities in the United States. It questions the origin and continuity of racism within the general context of American society and institutions. And ultimately, it seeks to provide its students with a critical understanding of contemporary society and a catalyst for social change and social justice.

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As the associate curriculum is introductory in nature, some students go on to further education. \r\n\r\nHere\u2019s a sampling of courses in the major that ethnic studies students take at the associate level: \r\n\r\n- Latin American History \r\n- Latin American Art \r\n- The African American in the History of the United States \r\n- African American Cinema \r\n- African American Literature \r\n- The Mexican American in the History of the United States \r\n- Asia Pacific American History and Cultural Experience \r\n- Introduction to Native American Studies \r\n- Contemporary World Affairs \r\n- Race and Ethnic Relations \r\n- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity \r\n- Anti-Bias Perspective / Diversity Seminar \r\n- The American Mind \r\n- Cross-Cultural Psychology \r\n- Cultural Anthropology", "content_markdown": "**Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Four Year Duration** \r\nAt the bachelor\u2019s level, programs in ethnic studies may be structured similarly to an associate curriculum and provide a multi-ethnic studies education, but with a more in-depth approach to the subject matter, and often a longer internship experience. Depending on the school, though, undergraduate students may also be able to choose a specialization in a particular area of ethnic studies. \r\n\r\nBachelor\u2019s programs that offer concentration options generally require that all students, regardless of their chosen emphasis area, take some core courses in the discipline. Here are some possible compulsory classes: \r\n\r\n- Introduction to Ethnic Studies \r\n- Social Scientific Research Methods in Communication Studies \r\n- Immigration and Politics \r\n- Rights and Wrongs in American Legal History \r\n- Physical Health Disparities \r\n- Problems in International Relations \r\n\r\nHere is a snapshot of three of the most common undergraduate specializations in ethnic studies: \r\n\r\n**African and African American Studies** \r\n- Introduction to African American Studies \r\n- African Culture and Civilization \r\n- The History of African American Religious Experience \r\n- Blacks and the American Political System \r\n- African American Literature since 1865 \r\n- Introduction to African Literature \r\n- African American History: African Origins to 1877 \r\n- African American History after 1877 \r\n- Conflict and Development in Africa \r\n- The Civil Rights Movement \r\n- The Rise and Fall of American Slavery \r\n- History of South Africa \r\n- History of American Jazz \r\n\r\n**Latino and Latin American Studies** \r\n- Introduction to Latina / Latino Studies \r\n- History of Latin America \r\n- Colonial Latin America \r\n- Modern Latin America \r\n- Latin American Politics \r\n- Chicana / Chicano (Mexican American) Literature \r\n- Cuban American Literature \r\n- Peoples and Cultures of Native Latin America \r\n- Mexican American History \r\n- Colonial Mexico \r\n- Modern Mexico \r\n- Latin American and Global Relations \r\n- History of Brazil \r\n- Race in Modern Latin America \r\n- Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America \r\n- War and Human Rights in Latin America \r\n- Spanish American Literature \r\n\r\n**Native American Studies** \r\n- Introduction to Native American Studies \r\n- Introduction to Great Plains Archaeology \r\n- Art and Anthropology of Native North America \r\n- Ancient Mesoamerica (Mesoamerica comprises the modern day countries of northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico) \r\n- Native American History \r\n- Introduction to Native American Literature \r\n- History of Plains Indians \r\n- Native American Women \r\n- Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North America \r\n- Indigenous Peoples of the World \r\n\r\n**Master\u2019s Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Two Year Duration** \r\nAt the master\u2019s level students take some required courses but can design their program in consultation with a faculty member, to focus on their particular area of interest. The master\u2019s program\u2019s culminating requirement is normally a thesis based on original research. Some schools may offer a non-thesis report or exam track. \r\n\r\n**Doctoral Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Four to Six Year Duration** \r\nThe master\u2019s program in area studies typically involves a lot of taught courses. It emphasizes the transition from pure subject learning to independent research. On the other hand, the doctoral degree is like a very long dissertation project. Ph.D. students have the benefit of supervision from a faculty advisor and may complete some taught classes, but their focus is on independent research, on contributing original \u2013 new \u2013 knowledge to their field. The Doctoral Degree in Area Studies is aimed at those who want to teach the discipline at the university level. \r\n\r\nMaster\u2019s and doctoral programs in ethnic studies offer a further tier of specialization, as demonstrated by the particularly focused subject matter of these sample programs: \r\n\r\n- Ethnomusicology \r\n- Administration and Management of American Indian Natural Resources \r\n- Native Nation Building \r\n- Worship Studies \u2013 African American Worship \r\n- Latin American and Border Studies \r\n- Folklore \r\n- Comparative Race and Ethnicity in National, Hemispheric, and Global Contexts \r\n\r\nWhile graduate level coursework varies depending on each individual student\u2019s area of focus, compulsory courses typically address topics like these: \r\n\r\n- How research questions are constructed \r\n- Understanding techniques and tools historians use to create historical narratives using archival and historical sources \r\n- Research design \r\n- Social and cultural theory \r\n- Diaspora (a population that shares a common heritage who is scattered in different parts of the world), transnationalism, immigration, race, citizenship, identity, and community \r\n- Globalization and immigrant labor \r\n- Teaching ethnic studies", "content_html": "

Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Four Year Duration
\nAt the bachelor\u2019s level, programs in ethnic studies may be structured similarly to an associate curriculum and provide a multi-ethnic studies education, but with a more in-depth approach to the subject matter, and often a longer internship experience. Depending on the school, though, undergraduate students may also be able to choose a specialization in a particular area of ethnic studies.

\n

Bachelor\u2019s programs that offer concentration options generally require that all students, regardless of their chosen emphasis area, take some core courses in the discipline. Here are some possible compulsory classes:

\n\n

Here is a snapshot of three of the most common undergraduate specializations in ethnic studies:

\n

African and African American Studies
\n- Introduction to African American Studies
\n- African Culture and Civilization
\n- The History of African American Religious Experience
\n- Blacks and the American Political System
\n- African American Literature since 1865
\n- Introduction to African Literature
\n- African American History: African Origins to 1877
\n- African American History after 1877
\n- Conflict and Development in Africa
\n- The Civil Rights Movement
\n- The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
\n- History of South Africa
\n- History of American Jazz

\n

Latino and Latin American Studies
\n- Introduction to Latina / Latino Studies
\n- History of Latin America
\n- Colonial Latin America
\n- Modern Latin America
\n- Latin American Politics
\n- Chicana / Chicano (Mexican American) Literature
\n- Cuban American Literature
\n- Peoples and Cultures of Native Latin America
\n- Mexican American History
\n- Colonial Mexico
\n- Modern Mexico
\n- Latin American and Global Relations
\n- History of Brazil
\n- Race in Modern Latin America
\n- Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America
\n- War and Human Rights in Latin America
\n- Spanish American Literature

\n

Native American Studies
\n- Introduction to Native American Studies
\n- Introduction to Great Plains Archaeology
\n- Art and Anthropology of Native North America
\n- Ancient Mesoamerica (Mesoamerica comprises the modern day countries of northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico)
\n- Native American History
\n- Introduction to Native American Literature
\n- History of Plains Indians
\n- Native American Women
\n- Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North America
\n- Indigenous Peoples of the World

\n

Master\u2019s Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Two Year Duration
\nAt the master\u2019s level students take some required courses but can design their program in consultation with a faculty member, to focus on their particular area of interest. The master\u2019s program\u2019s culminating requirement is normally a thesis based on original research. Some schools may offer a non-thesis report or exam track.

\n

Doctoral Degree in Ethnic Studies \u2013 Four to Six Year Duration
\nThe master\u2019s program in area studies typically involves a lot of taught courses. It emphasizes the transition from pure subject learning to independent research. On the other hand, the doctoral degree is like a very long dissertation project. Ph.D. students have the benefit of supervision from a faculty advisor and may complete some taught classes, but their focus is on independent research, on contributing original \u2013 new \u2013 knowledge to their field. The Doctoral Degree in Area Studies is aimed at those who want to teach the discipline at the university level.

\n

Master\u2019s and doctoral programs in ethnic studies offer a further tier of specialization, as demonstrated by the particularly focused subject matter of these sample programs:

\n\n

While graduate level coursework varies depending on each individual student\u2019s area of focus, compulsory courses typically address topics like these:

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International Studies
\nBy its very nature, international studies is an expansive subject. Therefore, programs in the field commonly offer concentration options in both geographic areas and specific topics such as international economics, global culture and gender studies, international public health, and intelligence analysis.

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Sociology
\nDegree programs in sociology are focused on studying groups, from two people and beyond. Sociology students examine human behavior patterns and relationships at both the micro-level and the macro-level. They study interactions between individuals as well as in families, peer groups, cultural groups, gender groups, racial groups, religious groups, and social classes.

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Potential Titles
\n- Administrator
\n- Advocate
\n- Business Manager
\n- Community Planner
\n- Counselor
\n- Customs / Immigration Inspector
\n- Diplomat
\n- Editor
\n- Employment Counselor
\n- Foreign Affairs Officer
\n- Human Resources Specialist
\n- Human Services Worker
\n- Lawyer
\n- Legislative Aide
\n- Marketing Representative
\n- Politician
\n- Probation Officer
\n- Public Administrator
\n- Public Health Officer
\n- Professor
\n- Researcher
\n- Social Worker
\n- Teacher
\n- Writer

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什么是民族研究学位?

民族研究从历史、政治、经济、宗教和社会文化现实等相关角度探讨民族和种族。该领域考虑并研究了在美国代表性不足的少数群体的经历。它质疑种族主义在美国社会和制度的大背景下的起源和连续性。最终,它寻求为学生提供对当代社会的批判性理解,并成为社会变革和社会正义的催化剂。

程序选项

不提供独立民族研究课程的学校可以提供民族研究/地区研究或民族研究/性别研究的综合课程。

民族研究副学士学位-两年制
民族研究助理项目通常将专业课程与一些艺术和科学课程相结合,如英语文学和写作,以及生物、物理和社会科学。社区万博苹果客户端实习通常是课程的一个组成部分。由于副学士课程本质上是介绍性的,一些学生会继续深造。

以下是少数民族研究专业的学生在副学士阶段学习的课程样本:

  • 拉丁美洲历史
  • 拉丁美洲的艺术
  • 美国历史上的非裔美国人
  • 美国黑人电影
  • 非裔美国文学
  • 美国历史上的墨西哥裔美国人
  • 亚太美国历史与文化经验
  • 印第安人研究导论
  • 当代世界事务
  • 种族与民族关系
  • 种族与民族社会学
  • 反偏见视角/多元化研讨会
  • 美国精神
  • 跨文化心理学
  • 文化人类学

民族研究学士学位-四年学制
在本科阶段,民族研究项目的结构可能类似于副学士课程,提供多民族研究教育,但对主题的研究方法更深入,通常有更长的实习经验。不过,根据学校的不同,本科生也可以选择族裔研究的某个特定领域的专业。

提供专注选择的学士学位课程通常要求所有学生,无论他们选择的重点领域是什么,都要学习本学科的一些核心课程。以下是一些可能的必修课:

  • 民族研究概论
  • 传播学中的社会科学研究方法
  • 移民和政治
  • 《美国法律史上的对与错
  • 身体健康差距
  • 国际关系中的问题

以下是三个最常见的民族研究本科专业:

非洲和非裔美国人研究

  • 非裔美国人研究导论
  • 非洲文化与文明
  • 非裔美国人宗教经验的历史
  • 《黑人与美国政治制度
  • 1865年以来的非裔美国文学
  • 非洲文学概论
  • 非裔美国人历史:从非洲起源到1877年
  • 1877年后的非裔美国人历史
  • 非洲的冲突与发展
  • 民权运动
  • 美国奴隶制的兴衰
  • 南非历史
  • 美国爵士乐的历史

拉丁美洲和拉丁美洲研究

  • 拉丁裔/拉丁裔研究导论
  • 拉丁美洲历史
  • 殖民拉丁美洲
  • 现代拉丁美洲
  • 拉丁美洲政治
  • 墨西哥裔/墨西哥裔美国人)文学
  • 古巴美国文学
  • 拉丁美洲土著民族和文化
  • 墨西哥的美国历史
  • 殖民时期的墨西哥
  • 现代的墨西哥
  • 拉丁美洲和全球关系
  • 巴西的历史
  • 现代拉丁美洲的种族
  • 20世纪拉丁美洲的革命
  • 拉丁美洲的战争与人权
  • 西班牙的美国文学

美国本土研究

  • 印第安人研究导论
  • 大平原考古学导论
  • 北美原住民的艺术与人类学
  • 古代中美洲(中美洲包括今天的哥斯达黎加北部、尼加拉瓜、洪都拉斯、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、伯利兹和墨西哥中南部国家)
  • 印第安人的历史
  • 美国本土文学导论
  • 平原印第安人的历史
  • 印第安人妇女
  • 北美土著民族的当代问题
  • 世界土著人民

民族研究硕士学位-两年制
在硕士阶段,学生可以选修一些必修课,但可以在与教员的协商下设计自己的课程,以专注于自己的兴趣领域。硕士课程的最终要求通常是一篇基于原始研究的论文。一些学校可能会提供非论文报告或考试轨迹。

民族研究博士学位-四到六年时间
区域研究的硕士项目通常涉及很多教学课程。它强调从单纯的学科学习到独立研究的过渡。另一方面,博士学位就像一个非常长的论文项目。博士生可以从指导老师的指导下受益,也可以完成一些教授的课程,但他们的重点是独立研究,在他们的领域贡献原创的新知识。区域研究博士学位是针对那些想在大学水平上教授该学科的人。

民族研究的硕士和博士项目提供了一个进一步的专业化层次,正如这些样本项目特别集中的主题所证明的那样:

  • 人种音乐学
  • 美国印第安人自然资源行政与管理
  • 本地国家建设
  • 敬拜研究-非裔美国人敬拜
  • 拉丁美洲和边境研究
  • 民间传说
  • 在国家、半球和全球背景下的比较种族和民族

虽然研究生水平的课程根据每个学生关注的领域而有所不同,但必修课通常涉及以下主题:

  • 研究问题是如何构建的
  • 了解历史学家使用档案和历史资料创建历史叙事的技术和工具
  • 研究设计
  • 社会文化理论
  • 散居(拥有共同遗产但分散在世界不同地区的人口)、跨国主义、移民、种族、公民身份、身份和社区万博苹果客户端
  • 全球化与移民劳动力
  • 教学的民族研究

类似民族研究的学位

人类学
人类学的学生研究人类的进化史,他们如何互动,如何适应不同的环境,如何与他人交流和社交,以及他们的身体和文化是如何随着时间而变化的。这个领域试图回答关于人类文化的许多基础的重大问题,从性别到政治制度到暴力、宗教、种族和经济。

区域研究
这一学科的学生通常关注世界上某一特定地区或地区,学习其历史、政治、经济、语言和文化。区域研究项目的名称为非洲研究或亚洲研究,而族裔研究项目的名称为非洲裔美国人研究或亚裔美国人研究。

历史
历史是研究历史变迁的学科。该领域的学位课程考察政治史、外交/国际关系史、文化/意识形态史、社会/生活水平史、经济史、知识分子/哲学史和军事/武装冲突史。

国际关系
国际关系学位课程关注的是国家/政府之间的关系。这些关系包括贸易、合作、争端、冲突和战争。外交和外交政策的原则、国际法和联合国等组织也被研究。

国际研究
国际研究就其性质而言是一门广泛的学科。因此,该领域的课程通常提供地理区域和特定主题的集中选项,如国际经济学、全球文化和性别研究、国际公共卫生和情报分析。

社会学
社会学的学位课程专注于研究群体,从两个人到更多的人。社会学专业的学生从微观和宏观两个层面研究人类的行为模式和关系。他们研究个体之间以及家庭、同龄人、文化群体、性别群体、种族群体、宗教群体和社会阶层之间的相互作用。

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  • 理解多样性、公平和正义
  • 写作

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民族研究项目的毕业生将他们广泛的文科教育以及他们对族群和文化的知识和理解应用于许多不同的职业——从医疗保健、教育、商业到政府、法律、非营利组织和倡导。以下是一些有潜力的就业部门和职位名称。虽然列出的一些职位需要额外的教育,但所有这些职位的从业人员都可以从族裔研究背景提供的基础中受益。

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