Ethnic Studies

The Graduate Minor in Ethnic Studies allows students to complement a major area of graduate studies in a department other than Ethnic Studies with a focused exploration of the critical areas of race, class, ethnicity and gender in American life.

Graduate Minor Requirements:

• Applicant must have at least a "B" average (GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale) in the last 90 hours of graded undergraduate work on the first baccalaureate degree plus all work completed thereafter
• A TOEFL score of at least 550 is required of international students, unless they have completed their undergraduate degree in a U.S. university, in which case TOEFL scores are not required

Minor Requirements:

• Master's Program Minors must complete fifteen credits (15) to be earned in the Ethnic Studies Department at Oregon State University;
• Doctoral Minors require a minimum of eighteen credits (18) to be earned in the Ethnic Studies Department at Oregon State University;
• All students who claim Ethnic Studies as their minor field are required to take the following core courses in Ethnic Studies for a total of 8 credits:
  ES 551 Theories in Race and Ethnicity (4)
  ES 553 Ethnohistory Methodology (4)
• The remaining credits may be selected from Ethnic Studies course offerings.

Student Responsibilities:

A student who wishes to declare a Minor in Ethnic Studies must meet with the Program Coordinator, who will assign him or her a faculty advisor from the Department of Ethnic Studies.