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Minor Requirements

The requirements for the Ethnicity and Race Studies MINOR were inaugurated in February 2025. Students who had previously declared a CONCENTRATION in Ethnicity and Race Studies should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department in order to confirm their correct course of study.

The minor in Ethnicity and Race Studies requires a minimum of 20 points.

Core Courses

All students are required to take two core courses as listed below:

  1. CSER UN1010 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies (4 points)
  2. CSER UN3928 Colonization/Decolonization (4 Points)
    OR
    CSER UN3942 Race and Racisms (4 points)

Specialization

Students must complete at least three courses, in consultation with their major advisor, in one of the following tracks/areas of specialization. At least one of the elective courses must be a seminar:

  • Asian American Studies
  • Comparative Ethnic Studies
  • Latino/a Studies
  • Native American/Indigenous Studies
  • Individualized courses of study
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
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CSER is Columbia's main interdisciplinary space for the study of ethnicity and race and their implications for thinking about culture, power, hierarchy, social identities, and political communities.
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