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ETH 122 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the Global Economy


Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Description
This course is designed for students to study race and ethnic relationships from a local, national and global perspective. Students are provided with a brief historical overview of how ethnic groups have played a major role in shaping modern America and the world. Students explore races and ethnic relations in the United States, Mexico, Spain, South and Central America, Caribbean, Middle East, Russia, Asia and Africa. Maintenance of ethnic identity, the development of ethnic stereotypes and prejudice and the quality of ethnic relations are examined.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Analyze the political, social and cultural factors that shape the core ethnic groups’ formation and transformation globally.
  2. Explain comparatively and cross-culturally the relationship among ethnic groups in the United States and throughout the world.
  3. Describe historical facts about ethnic groups and their relationships to power and inequality as well as intersections with gender, sexuality, race and culture.
  4. Differentiate between historical and contemporary perspectives about the world among ethnic groups related hardships.
  5. Explain the relationship among historical events, culture and social forces depending on race, ethnicity and social class.
  6. Generate a research project on ethnic groups from a global perspecitve.
Listed Topics
  1. Race, ethnicity and immigration
  2. The importance of embracing race and ethnic relations in a global context
  3. Racial formations in the United States
  4. The Cultural Diversification Process
  5. Immigration and the reconstruction of the American culture and American identity
  6. The power, historical background, and perspectives of ethnic groups in the American and global economy (the historical and contemporary patterns of race and ethnic relations)
  7. Global diversity and leadership
  8. Inequality of human races
  9. Class identities and struggles, political conflicts, gender, racial and ethnic relations, cultural movements and transformations
  10. Various racial and ethnic groups’ interaction with each other and the possibilities for change globally
  11. Ethnic relations with respect to ethnic segregation
Reference Materials
Textbook/materials as required by instructor.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Communication
  • Culture Society & Citizenship
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 5/14/2021


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