Learning Outcomes
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.