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2025-26 Catalog
Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies with a Concentration in History
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(Requirements for the CRES major with a concentration in history 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: 14-16, 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:
Six Units of History, Including:
⇒The same course may fulfill multiple requirements ⇒A minimum of four units must be taken at Reed ⇒A maximum of two cross-listed courses from other departments may apply toward the Six Units of History requirement
A minimum of three CRES-foundational or CRES-designated History units:
Chronological requirement:
- A minimum of one unit before 1800
Geographic requirement:
A minimum of one unit from four of the following geographic areas: - Transregional, world, global
- Africa and the Middle East
- Asia
- Europe
- Latin America
- The United States, Canada
One unit of Junior Seminar in History:
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 individual assessment of language proficiency.
One Additional Unit of Junior Year Requirements
- CRES 300 - Junior Seminar
- One unit of junior seminar in history (included in the “Six units of history” requirement above)
- Junior qualifying examination in history
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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