Mission and Purpose
Ethnic Studies, an interdisciplinary program, is academically committed to promoting muliticultural and ethnic knowledge, values, and skills
both within and outside the United States and preparing our students for effective functioning across the culturally diverse and global community. The primary
purpose of this certificate program is to provide students with more options and opportunities of gaining cultural diversity knowledge, values, and skills. Specifically, students in the certificate program will gain factual knowledge
by taking courses focusing on different ethnic, racial and culturally diverse groups as well as discrimination, prejudice, stereotypes and other important
issues. Second, they will learn how to understand and appreciate the different values and beliefs each diverse group has. Finally, it is expected that students
will gain cultural competency skills or cross-cultural training and diversity management skills.
Descriptions of courses listed below are available on the Graduate Bulletins page.
Program Requirement
Total – 18 credits
Part I – 12 credits
Part II – 6 credits
Part I. Required Core (12 credits, 6 must be at 600 level)
A. Capstone Course(s) either ETHN 650 or 660 (3)
***If one is used as a required course, the other can be used as an elective in B below.
- ETHN 650 (3) – Helping Across Culture or
CSP 648 (3) Counseling in Multicutural Society (Permission required)
- ETHN 660 (3) – Cross-Cultural Training & Diversity Management or
similar 600 graduate level course with department's approval.
B. Choose from the following Ethnic Diversity electives (9 credits):
- ETHN 500 (3) – Cultural Pluralism or
ETHN 510 (3) – Foundations of Oppression
- ETHN 502 (3) – Ethnic Research Method/Skills or
ETHN 501/ANTH 531 (3) Applied Cultural Research
- ETHN 520 (3) – African American Studies
- ETHN 530 (3) – American Indian Studies
- ETHN 540 (3) – Asian American Studies
- ETHN 550 (3) – Latino/Hispanic Studies
- ETHN 560 (3) – Urban Minorities Problems
- ETHN 581 (3) – U.S. Civil Rights since 1965
- ETHN 595 (3) – Selected Topics or
ETHN 596 (1-3) – Workshop or
ETHN 603 (1-3) – Seminar in Ethnic & Cross-Cultural Studies
- ETHN 630 (3) – Liberation Theory
- ETHN 640 (3) – Environmental Justice
- ETHN 695 (3) – Ethnic-Race Implications
- ETHN 696 (3) – Individual Studies or
similar 600 graduate level course with department's approval.
Part II. Other Diversity Electives (6 credits, courses must be in different categories)
Gender & Sexuality Category
- ETHN 570 (3) – Women of Color or
ETHN 580 (3) – Social Justice in Ethnicities & Gender or
WOST 555 (3) – Women, Sex, and Identity or
WOST 600 (3) – Collective Action or
WOST 640 (3) – Feminist Theories or
a graduate course related to Women Studies with ES department's approval.
Age & Gerontology Category
- GERO 585 (3) – Topics in Gerontology: Aging, Diversity and Elderly Services or
a graduate course related to aging with ES department's approval.
Disability Category
- REHB 619 (3) – Psychological Aspects of Disability or
a graduate course related to disability with ES department's approval.
Other Human Diversity Category
- XXXX – A 500/600 level graduate course with ES department's approval.
