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2024-25 Catalog
Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies with a Concentration in English
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(Requirements for the CRES major with a concentration in English 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
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”):
- 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 358 - Representing Genocide
- LIT 300 - Israeli Cinema: Myth, Memory, and History
- LIT 327 - Chinese Inhumanities: Construction of the Other in Chinese Literature
- LIT 340 - Representing Genocide
- LIT 365 - Kiev, Odessa, and the Steppes: Ukrainian Imagination and Russian Literature
- LIT 383 - Arctic Awakenings
- LIT 398 - Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Critical Theory
- RUSS 365 - Kiev, Odessa, and the Steppes: Ukrainian Imagination and Russian Literature
- RUSS 394 - Arctic Awakenings
- SPAN 382 - Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Critical Theory
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:
Five Units of English, Including:
A minimum of three CRES-Foundational or CRES-Designated English units:
Two units of English at the 200 level or higher (excluding 470) in different genres
Two units of English in pre-1900 literature
- A minimum of one in literature prior to 1700
A minimum of two units of literature not in translation. May be met by fulfilling the two units from Distribution Group I (above) with literature not in translation.
One Unit from the Arts Division (Art, Music, Dance, Theatre)
Two Units 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:
- 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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