Ethnic Studies Minor Requirements

The Ethnic Studies minor consists of a total of seven (7) courses.  5 of the 7 must be upper-division. Students wishing to minor in Ethnic Studies have two options:

Option 1 for an Ethnic Studies minor

Lower-Division Core Courses and Electives

Ethnic Studies offers several lower-division courses featuring an intensive introduction to issues of race and power that can be used toward earning a minor in Ethnic Studies. An undergraduate student earning a minor in Ethnic Studies needs to select two (2) of the courses listed below. Please note, ETHN-001/ETHN-001R, ETHN-002/ETHN-002R, ETHN-003/ETHN-003R and ETHN-020/ETHN-020R are pairs of the same course that is offered in different modalities. A student may select only one version of each those courses for credit.

Select any two (2) lower-division ETHN elective courses. 

• ETHN-001.  Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Land and Labor
• ETHN-002.  Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Circulations of Difference 
• ETHN-003.  Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
• ETHN-001R. Remote—Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Land and Labor
• ETHN-002R. Remote—Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Circulations of Difference 
• ETHN-003R. Remote—Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
• ETHN-020. Introduction to Asian American Studies
• ETHN-020R. Remote—Introduction to Asian American Studies 
• ETHN-030. Introduction to Chicanx & Latinx Studies

If you took a course similar to a lower-division ETHN course listed above at another college, you are welcome to submit a Student Petition. Please provide a detailed syllabus with weekly academic readings and authors' names, and weekly assignments with the petition. Ethnic Studies encouages you to petition DOC-003, HILD-007A, HILD-007B and HILD-007C offered at UCSD as lower-division ethnic studies electives via the a Student Petition process as well. 

Select any five (5) upper-division ETHN electives. Please visit ETHN Courses for a list of applicable ETHN elective courses.

Option 2 for an Ethnic Studies minor

Upper-Division Core Courses and Electives

Select these two (2) 4-unit upper-division foundation courses:

• ETHN-100A. Ethnic Studies: Theoretical Approaches
• ETHN-100B. Interdisciplinary Methodologies

Adding an Ethnic Studies Minor

Adding a minor in Ethnic Studies is easy. Log into WebReg. At the top of Menu, use the drop down to find Major/Minor and click on that. From the drop down menu select "Ethnic Studies - ET 25". You will see several squares that need information for the courses you are interested in taking. Once you have entered seven courses, you can submit the request. That submission will automatically send an approval prompt to Ethnic Studies. If you have senior standing you may be prompted to enter a quarter-by-quarter plan and will need your college approval as well.

Below is an example of an Ethnic Studies minor submission. You can include any two lower division courses and any five upper division courses that you are interested in taking. In the future, if you decide to take some other course(s), there is no need to make changes to your original submission.

Minor Electives

Please see Current Schedule for quarterly course offerings and a majority of upper-division ETHN Courses are applicable. 

Pass/No Pass (P/NP) Grade Option for Spring 2020 Courses ONLY 

Grading

• To satisfy the requirements for the minor, lower- and upper-division courses must be completed with a P, C-, or better grade.
• Except for independent study course electives (ETHN 197,198,199) which are always taken with a Pass/No Pass grade option, students minoring in Ethnic Studies may take one course, either lower- or upper-division, with a Pass/No Pass grade option.

For More Information

If you would like to declare an Ethnic Studies major or minor, please follow the steps on Tritonlink: under "Advising & Grades" click on "Major and Minor".

For more information and degree planning, please contact: ethnicstudies@ucsd.edu.