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Bachelor's Degree

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Requirements

To be admitted into the Baccalaureate Program, prospective majors must first complete ES 101 with a minimum grade of "C". Students must complete a total of 30 credit hours from categories A, B, C, and D; and mantain at least a 2.0 GPA in the 36 credits with with no less than a "C" grade in any course selected from the Ethnic Studies Curriculum.

Categories

A. Introductory Course (3 credits) (Mandatory for all majors):
ES 101 Intro to Ethnic Studies (3)
B. History and social dynamics of the various major ethnic group (12 credits):
ES 221 Hawaiians (3)	ES 305 The African American Experience I (3)
ES 306 The African American Experience II (3)	ES 330 Japanese in Hawai‘i (3)
ES 331 Chinese in Hawai‘i (3)	ES 332 Caucasians in Hawai‘i (3)
ES 333 Filipinos in Hawai‘i (3)	ES 335 Koreans in Hawai‘i (3)
ES 338 The Original Americans: Indians (3)	ES 339 South Asian Migrants: Culture and Politics (3)
C. History, theories and problems of ethnic groups and ethnicity on the framework of social, economic and political change (12 credits):
ES 214 Introduction to Race and Ethnic Relations (**SOC 214)	ES 301 Ethnic Identity (3)
ES 310 Ethnicity & Community in Hawaiʻi (3)	ES 318 Asian American: Survey (3)
ES 320 Hawai‘i & the Pacific (3)	ES 340 Land Tenure & Use in Hawai‘i (3)
ES 350 Economic Change & Hawaiʻi's People (3)	ES 360 Immigration to Hawaiʻi (3)
ES 365 Pacific/Asian Women in Hawaiʻi (3) (**WS 360)	ES 370 Ethnic Literature of Hawaiʻi (3) (**ENG 370)
ES 372 Diasporic Literature (3) (**ENG 372)	ES 373 Filipino Americans: History, Culture and Politics (3) (**AmSt 373)
ES 381 Social Movements in Hawaiʻi (3)	ES 390 Gender and Race in the U.S. (3) (**WS 390)
ES 392 Change in Pacific --Polynesia (3) (**PACS 392)	ES 399 Directed Reading /Research (3-6)
ES 410 Race, Class, & the Law (3)	ES 418 Women and Work (3) (**WS 418/ SOC 418)
ES 420 American Ethnic Relations: Politics & Economy (3)	ES 440: Contemporary African Diaspora and Black Communities Beyond the United States (3)
ES 443: Filipino Americans: Research Topics	ES 455(A|B|C) Topics in Comparative Ethnic Conflict (3)
ES 456 Racism and Ethnicity in Hawaiʻi (3) (**SOC 456)	ES 480 Qualitative Research Methods(3)
ES 486 Peoples of Hawaiʻi (3)	ES 492 Politics of Multiculturalism (3)
ES 493 Oral History: Theory & Practice (3)	ES 495 Hawaiian Labor History (3)
D. Field Work in Ethnic Studies (3-6 credits) (Mandatory for all majors):
ES 380 Field Work in Ethnic Studies (3-6)

 

*For related courses to apply toward the total number of required credits, they must be approved by an Ethnic Studies undergraduate advisor.

 

**Cross-listed in the Schedule of Courses.

 

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