Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity
The Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) provides the institutional structure, resources, and expertise necessary for initiating and sustaining critical and intersectional examinations of race, ethnicity, and social difference (e.g. gender, class, citizenship, sexuality, religion, and ability) in global, national, and local contexts. It supports modes of teaching, research, and artistic expression that underscore the importance of critical theory and practice (praxis) in the academy and public life. The Center strives to contribute to broader social, political, and economic projects that challenge existing relations of power in the interest of more just societies.
The CCSRE aims to:
1. Teach curricula that are reflective of the global reach of critical theory and the study of race, ethnicity, and other categories of social difference.
2. Support the development of curricular offerings across all fields and disciplines, that advance the mission of the Center.
3. Produce research/scholarship/artistic work through new and enhanced networks of scholars and artists.
4. Collaborate with other centers and programs nationally and internationally that focus on the critical study of race and ethnicity.
5. Serve as a locus of political action, organizing, and community building.
6. Enhance public discourse through the development of public scholars and well-trained students.
The Certificate Program
Student Learning Outcomes for the Certificate Program
- Defining the major theoretical themes in the critical study of race and ethnicity and social difference.
- Writing, thinking, and communicating about the political, social, and economic dynamics of race and ethnicity in global, national, and local contexts.
- Analyzing social movements organized around justice and liberation.
- Exploring the intersectional relationship between race and ethnicity, and other categories of social difference such as gender, class, citizenship, sexual orientation, ability, and religion.
- Understanding how power and structural inequality shapes subjectivity, identity, development of self, and varied forms of lived experiences.
- Reinforcing all of the above at CCSRE-sponsored events.
Requirements for the Certificate Program
Students must complete one of two possible gateway courses:
CRE 206 THEOR, RACE, ETH & INDIGENEITY
SOC 223 ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS
Students must also complete three additional courses selected in consultation with their CCSRE adviser. In addition, students will be required to attend two CCSRE or CCSRE-partnered events per academic year. In the senior year, each student scholar must complete a one-semester senior project (CRE 491 or CRE 492) advised by CCSRE faculty affiliates. A student may also complete the SIP through an upper-level course offered by another department or program, with permission of the Center. As with all center certificate programs, students will be required to complete courses in four of the five Modes of Inquiry. Advising for the certificate will be conducted by the CCSRE director(s), associate director, and assistant director.
There is no GPA requirement for the certificate program; all students who submit the interest form and pre-register for the gateway course are welcome.
Required Courses