The educational goals of the Ethnic Studies Program for majors and minors include:
Exploring the cultural and social histories of African American, Latino, Native American and Asian American/ Pacific Islander ethnic groups.
Integrating Catholic social justice teaching, the Lasallian core values, and service based learning in service of these historically underrepresented groups.
Critically Examining United States racial and ethnic diversities and their interrelatedness to other international socio-historic systems.
Upon completion of the Ethnic Studies major, students will be able to:
Describe the history and social theories relevant to a critical understanding of African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian American/Pacific Islander ethnic groups;
Employ theoretical and analytical frameworks to understand an increasingly complex, multicultural and interdependent world;
Identify the social, historical, economic, and religious factors that have affected and continue to affect ethnic groups in the U.S.;
Exhibit critical thinking about issues of social injustice and the common good, and strategies for working towards social justice.