Program: Sociology/Human Services Major - Ethnic Studies Option - Fort Lewis College

Mar 13, 2025

2011 - 2012 Catalog of Courses

The Ethnic Studies option explores the multiple meaning of ethnicity and the reasons for its continuing strength as a crucial source of group identity for large numbers of people in the contemporary world. Special consideration is given to the relation of these meanings to the phenomena of the nation state and national identity. There is also a focus on the intersection of ethnicity with class and gender.

This option emphasizes ethnic groups and their histories in the United States, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. Students will receive 16 credits for an intensive internship with a community-based organization that works with a minority ethnic group in the Four Corners region.

Through their experience and study, students have the opportunity to consider the important elements of ethnicity, such as religion, language, gender roles, and political and ecological culture. Students consider both their own ethnic backgrounds and those of other groups.

The Ethnic Studies option provides excellent opportunities for those students interested in graduate school or a career in human services working with ethnic minorities.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY/HUMAN SERVICES - ETHNIC STUDIES OPTION:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Specific Departmental Requirements:

GS 101 - Human Heritage I Credits: 4
OR
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 4
OR
SOC 250 - Social Issues - Native Society Credits: 4
SOC 279 - Ethnicity Gender & Class in SW Credits: 4
SOC 300 - Theories of Social & Personal Life Credits: 4
¹ SOC 315 - Field Methods Credits: 4
¹ SOC 320 - Community Service Practicum Credits: 1-16 (needs 8 credits)
¹ SOC 421 - Contemporary Social Analysis in SW Credits: 4
SOC 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 4

Subtotal Specific Departmental Requirements - Credits: 32

Other Departmental Requirements:

A minimum of 16 additional credits to be chosen from the following course selections:

* Courses followed by an asterisk have prerequisites.

Any SW 300 level and above - Credits: 3 to 4

ANTH 215 - Magic and Religion Credits: 3
ANTH 358 - Native American Gender Issues Credits: 3
ANTH 388 - Ethnology of the Southwest Credits: 4
ANTH 406 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest Credits: 4
ANTH 450 - Advanced Research-Latin Amer Anth Credits: 3
ENGL 174 - African-American Literature Credits: 4
ENGL 176 - Native American Literature Credits: 4
ENGL 177 - U.S. Latina/o Literature Credits: 4
ENGL 280 - Literature of the Southwest Credits: 4
ENGL 380 - Native American Literature:Topics Credits: 4 *
OR
NAIS 380 - Native American Literature: Topics Credits: 4
HIST 348 - Africans in the Americas Credits: 4
HIST 349 - Islam in History Credits: 4
HIST 373 - History of Mexico Credits: 4
ML 100 - Fund of Navajo Language Credits: 3
OR
NAIS 100 - Fund Navajo Language I Credits: 3
ML 101 - Navajo Language II Credits: 3
OR
NAIS 101 - Fund Navajo Language II Credits: 3
ML 331 - Chicano Literature Credits: 4 *
NAIS 123 - American Indian History Credits: 3
NAIS 280 - Native American in Modern World Credits: 3
PHIL 244 - Chinese Philosophy Credits: 3 *
OR
RS 244 - Chinese Philosophy Credits: 3 *
RS 320 - Indigenous Worldviews Credits: 4
OR
PHIL 320 - Indigenous Worldviews Credits: 4
PHIL 382 - Philosophies of the Southwest Credits: 3
SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
PSYC 375 - Multicultural Psychology Credits: 4 *
SOC 301 - Comparative Societies Credits: 4
SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology Credits: 4
SOC 321 - Special Topics in Sociology Credits: 1-6
SOC 340 - Religion and Social Life Credits: 4
SW 125 - History of Hispanos in Southwest Credits: 3

Subtotal Other Departmental Requirements - Credits: 16

Total Departmental Requirements - Credits: 48

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

Note: Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

¹These courses are part of the Sociology Block program. Students in the Ethnic Studies option must work with a community-based organization that focuses on ethnic issues.

*Courses followed by an asterisk have prerequisites.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.