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Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Minor


The Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Minor is offered by the Interdisciplinary Studies  Department in the May School of Arts and Sciences .

Stanley Thangaraj
May Hall 234
508-565-1408
sthangaraj@stonehill.edu

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the minor will: 

  1. Become familiar with, apply, and differentiate concepts, theories, and debates central to the interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity 
  2. Examine histories of racial formations and the exercises of racialized power, in the form of white supremacy and settler colonialism, in the U.S. and beyond 
  3. Identify and compare resistance movements and the role they play in liberation, community-building, and nation-building 
  4. Analyze how race and ethnicity intersect with and impact each other and with gender, gender expression, sexuality, ability, religion, and nationality 
  5. Recognize their own assumptions about race, interpersonal racism, and understand how racialized power has impacted their experience 
  6. Combine academic learning with practical application through SURE, internships, and/or co-curricular programming 

The minor in CRE requires the completion of six courses.

Complete Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies


Complete Five CRE Electives


Two of the electives must be 300- or 400-level.

All CRE topics courses, internships, and directed studies may be taken twice as long as topics differ.