Ethnic Studies Learning Outcomes

Ethnic Studies at USD prepares the next generation of community leaders to rise above. To learn the history of community and then improve it.

Learning outcomes

1. Summarize the legacies of contact, conquest and resistance to racial oppression within the U.S. in domestic and transnational frames by defining and explaining key concepts like, colonialism, oppression, slavery, extermination, privilege, sexism, homophobia, colorblindness, multiculturalism, diversity, tolerance, anti-racism and conflict resolution.
2. Understand and apply critical frameworks, including: decolonizing methodology, intersectionality and cultural analysis.
3. Compare the contextually rooted experiences of at least four U.S. racial/ethnic groups.
4. Participate in at least one community service learning project overseen by Ethnic Studies faculty that links theoretical paradigms of Ethnic Studies with community-based research and experiential learning, i.e. social activism and participatory action research.

For the most updated curriculum and course information, go to the catalog of record.