History and Social Studies Education - Difference, Identity and Power Concentration
Department: History
In addition to the requirements for History and Social Studies Education (9-12), including the Complementary Major in High School Education, the concentration in Difference, Identity, and Power consists of 15 hours of courses adhering to the following guidelines:
Concentration Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Category 1: Historical ad Interdisciplinary Approaches to Gender and Sexuality | 6.0 | |
| Select up to two of the following | ||
| Women in American History | ||
| U.S. Social Movements | ||
| American Masculinities | ||
| Women in Global Perspective | ||
| European Women, Gender, and Sexuality Since 1600 | ||
| Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Select up to one of the following | ||
| Media, Race, & Gender | ||
| Exploring Diversity: Learners, Families, And Communities | ||
| Literatures of Identity | ||
| Women in Literature | ||
| Women Writers | ||
| Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Race, Ethnicity, and Power | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Category 2: History of Race and Ethnicity | 6.0 | |
| Select up to two of the following | ||
| Introduction to African-American Studies | ||
AAS 300 | ||
| Latin America | ||
| Indigenous History | ||
| U.S. Social Movements | ||
| African American History Since 1877 | ||
| Topics in Modern Latin American History | ||
| Modern Mexico | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| Select up to one of the following | ||
| Media, Race, & Gender | ||
| Exploring Diversity: Learners, Families, And Communities | ||
| Literatures of Identity | ||
| Introduction to African American Literature | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Native American Literature | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Race, Ethnicity, and Power | ||
| Capstone Requirement 1 | 3.0 | |
| US History Research Seminar | ||
| European History Research Seminar | ||
| Area Studies Research Seminar | ||
| Individual Study in History (by instructor approval) | ||
| Directed Research in African-American Studies | ||
| Internship in Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Directed Research in Women's and Gender Studies | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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This concentration requires students to complete a capstone seminar or learning experience on gender, sexuality, race, or ethnicity that applies the multidisciplinary integration of methods, approaches, and theories rooted in the discipline of history and/or African American Studies, Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies.