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2025-26 Catalog
Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies with a Concentration in Anthropology
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(Requirements for the CRES major with a concentration in anthropology are listed below. Follow this link for the CRES Minor requirements.)
Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.
College Requirements:
Degree Requirements
Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
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Major Requirements:
This major requires a curriculum proposal with a course plan approved by the CRES committee and the advisor in the department of concentration. Total major units: 15-17, depending on language proficiency Two Disciplinary Units from Distribution Group I:
One unit from the following CRES-foundational or CRES-designated courses (CRES-foundational courses cross-listed as “CRES”):
Literature
- CHIN 327 - Chinese Inhumanities: Construction of the Other in Chinese Literature
- CRES 338 - Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Critical Theory
- FREN 363 - Introduction to Francophone Literature
- GER 355 - Twentieth-Century Jewish Literature
- LIT 300 - Israeli Cinema: Myth, Memory, and History
- LIT 327 - Chinese Inhumanities: Construction of the Other in Chinese Literature
- LIT 346 - Twentieth-Century Jewish Literature
- LIT 360 - Soviet World Literature: International, Multinational, National
- LIT 367 - Envisioning Modernity: Central Asia and the Caucasus through Literature, Film, and the Arts
- LIT 383 - Arctic Awakenings
- LIT 396 - Decolonial Theory and Practice in Latin America
- RUSS 325 - Soviet World Literature: International, Multinational, National
- RUSS 367 - Envisioning Modernity: Central Asia and the Caucasus through Literature, Film, and the Arts
- RUSS 394 - Arctic Awakenings
- SPAN 386 - Decolonial Theory and Practice in Latin America
One additional unit in the same subject as above
Two Disciplinary Units from Distribution Group II:
One unit from the following CRES-foundational or CRES-designated courses (CRES-foundational courses cross-listed as “CRES”):
One additional unit in the same subject as above
One additional CRES-foundational unit from:
Seven Units of Anthropology, Including:
A minimum of one at the 400 level (excluding 470)
A minimum of three CRES-foundational or CRES-designated Anthropology units:
A minimum of two units of geographic area courses:
Proficiency in a non-English language, demonstrated by one of the following:
- Successful completion of Reed language courses:
⇒ Two units at a second-year level,
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⇒ One unit at a higher level; - Committee approval of language courses taken elsewhere, which may include:
⇒ Successful completion of language courses taken in secondary (high) school or at another college/university,
AND/OR
⇒ Successful completion of a language placement examination at Reed; - Committee approval following an assessment of language proficiency in a non-english language, including heritage languages, commensurate with at least two years of college-level coursework.
One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:
Recommended but Not Required:
CRES explicitly focuses on the comparative study of race and ethnicity across borders and boundaries. Consequently, the committee strongly recommends as many of the following as possible: - One or more units of CRES courses with an explicit comparative/transnational element.
- Study abroad.
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