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	2025-26 Catalog																	 
	    Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies with a Concentration in Music
				
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				(Requirements for the CRES major with a concentration in music 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: 17 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:
 Nine Units of Music, Including:
 Two Units of Music Theory:
 Two Units of Music History:
 One Unit of Ensemble From:
 One Unit of Individual Instruction:
 Two units of CRES-foundational or CRES-designated music units at the 200 level or higher (excluding 470):
 One additional unit of music at the 200 level or higher (excluding 470)
 One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:
 Recommended but Not Required:
 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:   - Proficiency in a non-English language.
  - One or more units of CRES courses with an explicit comparative/transnational element.
  - Study abroad.
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