Ethnic Studies | Ethnic Studies

Faculty Expertise

The faculty serving on Instructional Councils are best positioned to provide consistent, expert evaluation of faculty coursework and credentials so as to determine relevance within a specific teaching field. Therefore, Human Resources, Department/Division Chairs, Deans, VPAAs, and other stakeholders must coordinate with the relevant Instructional Councils to determine if the established minimum qualifications are met by candidates for Faculty (Residential, Adjunct, or Dual Enrollment) positions.

Academic

A graduate degree is required. A faculty may qualify with any of the following:

  • Master’s degree or higher in the teaching field OR
  • Master’s degree or higher in any field with 18 graduate credit hours
Instructional Council (IC)
Ethnic Studies
Faculty Service Area (FSA)
Ethnic Studies
Subjects
ETH
The following disciplines meet the requirements to teach in this field:

African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Ethnic Studies

 If the Masters Degree (or higher) is not in AFR, CCS, or ETH but rather in a related core subject (e.g., Literature, History, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, Humanities, Public Policy, Communications, Health Fields, etc.) or a relevant Humanities or Social Science-based interdisciplinary Master's Degree (or higher), then candidate must demonstrate a research focus of study in the field through one of the following means:

1. completion of 18 credit hours of graduate coursework related to AFR, AIS, AAS, CCS or Ethnic Studies OR 

2. Completion of a Thesis/Dissertation or Capstone research topic closely related to or within the scope of AFR, AIS, AAS, CCS or ETH

Course Subjects

AFR, CCS, ETH, LIT, HUM, ENG, POL, HIS, SOC, PPA, COM, HEA, WST, MLST, IDC, AAS, CULS

 

Course Titles and Keywords

Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Indigenous, Africana, Transborder Studies, Asian American, African, Chicana/o, Latinx