种族研究是对美国种族，族裔的历史，经验，文化和问题的研究。作为跨学科专业，种族研究学士课程着重于美国的种族和种族主义的社会和历史研究。种族研究学科的定义是，它关注制度，文化和全球“种族”产生的系统性权力关系。通过研究权力及其与种族，族裔，阶级，性别和性的联系学生将了解有关社会变革，抵抗和解放的历史运动。该计划的主要重点是美国种族化人民的经历，但该计划还了解到种族和种族主义并非美国独有。民族研究致力于学术上的卓越和知识上的严谨，为有关人类自由的全球性论述做出了贡献。拟议的计划向学生讲授种族，种族主义，结构性
The Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies focuses on the study of the histories, experiences, cultures, and issues of racial-ethnic groups in the United States. The B.A. degree emphasizes the social and historical study of race and racism in the United States and explores systemic power relations that arise from institutional, cultural, and global productions of race. In this major, students gain both breadth and depth of study. Through the three thematic areas, students will engage a variety of issues that cut across various racial/ethnic communities. In so doing, students obtain insight on how issues play out both similarly and uniquely within and across racial/ethnic communities. In addition, students acquire deeper understanding of a specific historically marginalized community in the United States and/or of a thematic area by focusing electives in a particular area.