CES 100 - Race in the United States

5 CR

Previously ETHN 100.
Explore the role that race plays in your life, your community, and the nation at large. Using multiple means of analysis (scholarship, literature, and media), we will investigate how race shapes American society and identity from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Note: Fulfills social science or humanities requirement, not both, at BC.

Course Outcomes

Critically examine and reflect upon the role race plays in one’s own life.
Identify the ways race has shaped individuals, groups, and community experiences in both the past and present.
Describe how race is socially constructed and institutionalized in American society.

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