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Race and Ethnicity Studies
Race and ethnicity studies is an interdisciplinary major devoted to the critical examination of race and ethnicity, with particular emphasis on the social construction of these concepts and their comparative evolutions in different societies.
The program of study facilitates students’ critical analysis of how race and ethnicity intersect with conceptions of gender, nation, religion, sexuality, age, and class. Complementing the College’s dedication to global awareness and inquiry, the program connects race and ethnicity to the creation of local, national, and global systems of inequality. Both inside and outside of the classroom, the program fosters an exchange of ideas about identity, multiculturalism, and diversity. Via a multidisciplinary program structure, students examine how various academic disciplines conceive of race and ethnicity and how their approaches differ, inform, and ultimately complement one another. A substantial original research project is required.
Program Faculty
Daniel Prosterman
Associate Professor of History and Race and Ethnicity Studies
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Overview
Your Major
Race and Ethnicity Studies (REST) is a program that facilitates your critical analysis of how race and ethnicity intersect with conceptions of gender, nation, religion, sexuality, age, and class. Complementing the College’s dedication to global awareness and inquiry, the program connects race and ethnicity to the creation of local, national, and global systems of inequality.
Your Program of Study
Majoring in REST will enable you to:
- Comprehend the historical formation and evolution of conceptions of race and ethnicity
- Distinguish different definitions of race and ethnicity across societies and cultures throughout the world
- Recognize how structures built upon race and ethnicity continue to impact people in individual, community, national, and international contexts
- Understand the relationship between race and ethnicity and conceptions of gender, class, and sexuality
- Examine, through a multidisciplinary program structure, how various academic disciplines conceive of race and ethnicity and how their approaches differ, inform, and ultimately complement one another
- Complete the program by demonstrating your ability to produce a substantial original project concerning race and ethnicity
Your Faculty
The REST major allows both you and members of the Salem faculty from all disciplines to participate in exciting studies together. The REST major encourages the development of courses in areas such as Africana studies, Asian studies, Latin-American studies, and Middle Eastern studies, among others. You will have access to a range of faculty members and departmental offerings to support and enhance your REST major.
Your Results
REST strengthens relationships between the College and a variety of area organizations and educational institutions, meaning that you will have opportunities for special studies, internships, and projects with organizations such as Winston-Salem State University, the Winston-Salem Foundation, and the International Civil Rights Center/Museum in Greensboro, NC.
Major/Minor
Race and Ethnicity Studies Major (BA)
The major in race and ethnicity studies requires a minimum of thirty-three semester hours: a three-course core and eight electives, taken from at least four different disciplines:
Required Core Courses
REST 210/HIST 215. Critical Issues in the History of Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs)
REST 202/SOCI 202. Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hrs)
REST 380. Senior Project in Race and Ethnicity Studies (3 hrs)
Major Electives—eight courses (24 hrs min.) from a minimum of four different disciplines: See list following the minor.
No more than four courses may count toward both race and ethnicity studies and toward a second major.
Race and Ethnicity Studies Minor
The Race and Ethnicity Studies minor requires the completion of six courses for a minimum of eighteen semester hours. At least three of the six courses (9 hrs, minimum) must be taken at Salem.
Required courses:
REST 202. Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hrs)
REST 210/HIST 215. Critical Issues in the History of Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs)
Minor Electives: select four courses from a minimum of three different disciplines (see list of courses below)
Courses that may be used to fulfill the elective requirements for the major or minor:
BIOL 070. Issues in Biology for Women (3 hrs)
COMM 170. Intercultural Communication (3 hrs)
COMM 321. Community Journalism (3 hrs)
ENGL 249. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Shakespeare (3 hrs)
ENGL 325. Modern Writings from Women of the Non-Western World: Global Literature (3hrs)
ENGL 349. Race, Culture and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (3 hrs)
FREN 216. Francophone Literature (3 hrs)
HIST 205. History of the American South (3 hrs)
HIST 209. African American History (3 hrs)
HIST 221. American Women’s History (3 hrs)
HIST 237. Europe’s Radical Century, 1815-1914 (3 hrs)
HIST 257. Modern Europe, 1914 to the Present (3 hrs)
HIST 265. U.S. Constitutional and Legal History (3 hrs)
HIST 269. America in Our Time: 1945-Present (3 hrs)
HIST 281. Ottoman Empire (3 hrs)
HIST 285. Modern East Asia (3 hrs)
HIST 286. Modern Japan (3 hrs)
POLI 225. International Security (3 hrs)
POLI 245. International Development (3 hrs)
RELI 240. Religion in America (3 hrs)
RELI 260.Feminist Studies in Religion (3 hrs)
RELI 265.Religion and Migration (3 hrs)
REST 270. Internship in Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs min.)
SOCI 220. Social Stratification (3 hrs)
SOCI 230. Sociology of Gender (3 hrs)
SOCI 240. Globalization and Global Inequities (3 hrs)
SOCI 270. Criminology (3 hrs)
SOCI 280. Urban Community (3 hrs)
SPAN 228. Latin America (3 hrs)
SPAN 263. Hispanic American Literature (3 hrs)
WGSS 204. Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 hrs)
WGSS 210. Feminist Theory: Lenses and Methodologies (3 hrs)
Additional special topics, honors, and other courses under development may be approved as minor electives by the program’s coordinator.
Your Major
Race and Ethnicity Studies (REST) is a program that facilitates your critical analysis of how race and ethnicity intersect with conceptions of gender, nation, religion, sexuality, age, and class. Complementing the College’s dedication to global awareness and inquiry, the program connects race and ethnicity to the creation of local, national, and global systems of inequality.
Your Program of Study
Majoring in REST will enable you to:
- Comprehend the historical formation and evolution of conceptions of race and ethnicity
- Distinguish different definitions of race and ethnicity across societies and cultures throughout the world
- Recognize how structures built upon race and ethnicity continue to impact people in individual, community, national, and international contexts
- Understand the relationship between race and ethnicity and conceptions of gender, class, and sexuality
- Examine, through a multidisciplinary program structure, how various academic disciplines conceive of race and ethnicity and how their approaches differ, inform, and ultimately complement one another
- Complete the program by demonstrating your ability to produce a substantial original project concerning race and ethnicity
Your Faculty
The REST major allows both you and members of the Salem faculty from all disciplines to participate in exciting studies together. The REST major encourages the development of courses in areas such as Africana studies, Asian studies, Latin-American studies, and Middle Eastern studies, among others. You will have access to a range of faculty members and departmental offerings to support and enhance your REST major.
Your Results
REST strengthens relationships between the College and a variety of area organizations and educational institutions, meaning that you will have opportunities for special studies, internships, and projects with organizations such as Winston-Salem State University, the Winston-Salem Foundation, and the International Civil Rights Center/Museum in Greensboro, NC.
Race and Ethnicity Studies Major (BA)
The major in race and ethnicity studies requires a minimum of thirty-three semester hours: a three-course core and eight electives, taken from at least four different disciplines:
Required Core Courses
REST 210/HIST 215. Critical Issues in the History of Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs)
REST 202/SOCI 202. Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hrs)
REST 380. Senior Project in Race and Ethnicity Studies (3 hrs)
Major Electives—eight courses (24 hrs min.) from a minimum of four different disciplines: See list following the minor.
No more than four courses may count toward both race and ethnicity studies and toward a second major.
Race and Ethnicity Studies Minor
The Race and Ethnicity Studies minor requires the completion of six courses for a minimum of eighteen semester hours. At least three of the six courses (9 hrs, minimum) must be taken at Salem.
Required courses:
REST 202. Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hrs)
REST 210/HIST 215. Critical Issues in the History of Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs)
Minor Electives: select four courses from a minimum of three different disciplines (see list of courses below)
Courses that may be used to fulfill the elective requirements for the major or minor:
BIOL 070. Issues in Biology for Women (3 hrs)
COMM 170. Intercultural Communication (3 hrs)
COMM 321. Community Journalism (3 hrs)
ENGL 249. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Shakespeare (3 hrs)
ENGL 325. Modern Writings from Women of the Non-Western World: Global Literature (3hrs)
ENGL 349. Race, Culture and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (3 hrs)
FREN 216. Francophone Literature (3 hrs)
HIST 205. History of the American South (3 hrs)
HIST 209. African American History (3 hrs)
HIST 221. American Women’s History (3 hrs)
HIST 237. Europe’s Radical Century, 1815-1914 (3 hrs)
HIST 257. Modern Europe, 1914 to the Present (3 hrs)
HIST 265. U.S. Constitutional and Legal History (3 hrs)
HIST 269. America in Our Time: 1945-Present (3 hrs)
HIST 281. Ottoman Empire (3 hrs)
HIST 285. Modern East Asia (3 hrs)
HIST 286. Modern Japan (3 hrs)
POLI 225. International Security (3 hrs)
POLI 245. International Development (3 hrs)
RELI 240. Religion in America (3 hrs)
RELI 260.Feminist Studies in Religion (3 hrs)
RELI 265.Religion and Migration (3 hrs)
REST 270. Internship in Race and Ethnicity (3 hrs min.)
SOCI 220. Social Stratification (3 hrs)
SOCI 230. Sociology of Gender (3 hrs)
SOCI 240. Globalization and Global Inequities (3 hrs)
SOCI 270. Criminology (3 hrs)
SOCI 280. Urban Community (3 hrs)
SPAN 228. Latin America (3 hrs)
SPAN 263. Hispanic American Literature (3 hrs)
WGSS 204. Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 hrs)
WGSS 210. Feminist Theory: Lenses and Methodologies (3 hrs)
Additional special topics, honors, and other courses under development may be approved as minor electives by the program’s coordinator.
See our Academic Catalog for all of our course offerings.