There is growing interest at all levels of the university to provide systematic training in the area of race, ethnicity and indigeneity and to expand appreciation for cultural diversity in an increasingly globalized world. Today migrants make up 20 percent of the population in 41 countries. In 2005, the United Nations reports 191 million international migrants worldwide, with 115 million in developed countries and 75 million in less developed countries. This population dispersal has accelerated cultural diversification worldwide, heightening the social and economic importance of relations between ethnic groups. Today’s students must understand these profound changes and learn to work effectively in this new environment.

The Department of Development Sociology is well suited to address issues relevant to the study of ethnic relations in connection to processes of globalization. It offers a range of courses related to ethnicity and to the social forces that play an essential role in shaping identity and inter-ethnic relations. The Department has deep and diverse ties with and commitments to ethnic and area studies programs, and its faculty are affiliated with American Indian Studies, Latino Studies, Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and the Einaudi Center for International Studies. In addition, the Department’s Polson Institute for Global Development supports the study of globalization, ethnicity and development.

The minor consists of a core of required Development Sociology courses supplemented by elective courses chosen from the various ethnic and area studies programs. It is designed to complement the existing ethnic or area studies concentrations. By examining the construction of ethnicity in social, cultural, historical, political, and economic contexts, the minor will help students identify a set of practical and theoretical questions to be studied, and give them the necessary sociological tools necessary to research processes of cultural and social change. The following are examples of focal study areas: Social inequalities that affect ethnic groups (e.g. impact of inequalities on health, education, housing, etc.)

• The social history of particular ethnic groups Historical comparisons of ethnic group experiences
• The study of comparative processes of ethnic identity formation
• The formation and history of diasporas and/or transnational communities
• Local community formation (both in terms of minority group adaptation and majority group response) in the context of globalization Ethnic cleansing and human rights

The objectives of the minor are: 1) To expose students to key content, methodologies, and theories in the study of globalization, ethnicity and development 2) To expose students to a variety of scholarly approaches and traditions within the social sciences 3) To provide students with the necessary background to address ethnic group relations in their personal and professional lives, and prepare them for continued training in graduate and professional school.

The minor requires at least 18 credit hours of course work, distributed as follows:

9 credits -  Core (DSOC 2050 and DSOC 3700 are required and one additional courses from the list of DSOC courses – see below) +
9 credits -  Ethnic/Area Studies (no more than 2 courses in any area)
18 credits Total minimum*

*Only courses for which a grade of “C” or better is received will count toward the Minor in Development Sociology.  Courses taken with an “S/U” option will not count.

Core Development Sociology Courses:
Required courses:
DSOC 2050  International Development (SOC 2060)
DSOC 3700  Comparative Social Inequalities (SOC 3710)

One course from the following:
DSOC 2090  Social Inequality (SOC 2090)
DSOC 2220  Controversies About Inequality (SOC 2220)
DSOC 2750  Immigration and a Changing America
DSOC 3110  Social Movements (AIS 3110, LSP 3110)
DSOC 4300  Human Migration: Internal and International
DSOC 4310  Comparative Ethnic Stratification: Demographic
                     Perspectives
DSOC 4810  Global Conflict and Terrorism

Ethnic and Area Studies Courses (three of the following; no more than two in any one area):
Africana Studies:
AS&RC 1710  Black Families and the Socialization of Black Children 
AS&RC 1720 The Education of Black Americans: Historical and
                      Contemporary Issues
AS&RC 2310 Afro-American Social and Political Thought 
AS&RC 3010 Politics of Global Africa
AS&RC 3200 Race in U.S. Cinema (VISST 2200, FILM 3200)
AS&RC 3320 20th Century Black Cultural Movements
AS&RC 4590 Innovation in Africa and the Diaspora (EDUC 4590)
AS&RC 4630 Islam in Africa and Its Diaspora (DSOC 4630)

American Studies:
AMST 2050 The Blues and American Culture (HIST 2210)
AMST 2120 African American Women: 20th Century (FGSS 2120, HIST 2120)
AMST 2500 Race and Popular Culture (HIST 2510)
AMST 3130 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. (LSP 3190, GOVT 3190)
AMST 4220 Immigrants, Migrants and Metropolitan Governance (GOVT 4220)
AMST 3030 African-American Women in Slavery and Freedom (HIST 3030, FGSS 3070)

American Indian Studies:
AIS 1010 Introduction to American Indian Studies II: Contemporary Issues in Indigenous North America
AIS 2660 Introduction to Native American History (AMST 2660, HIST 2660)
AIS 3530 Anthropology of Colonialism (ANTHR 3530)
AIS 3640 Politics of “Nations Within” (GOVT 3640)
AIS 4040 Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (HIST 4040)
AIS 4660 Iroquois History (AMST, HIST 4660)
AIS 4750 Governmentality, Citizenship, and Indigenous Political Theory (ANTHR 4750)

Asian Studies:
ASIAN 3388 Theorizing Gender and Race in Asian Histories and Literatures (ASIAN 6880, COM L 3980)
ASIAN 4462 Religion, Colonialism, and Nationalism in South and Southeast Asia (ASIAN 6620, RELST 4620)

Asian American Studies:
AAS 1100  Introduction to Asian American Studies
AAS 2090  The Immigrant Imagination (AMST 2270, ART H 2090)
AAS 2100  South Asian Diasporic Locations (ANTHR 2100)
AAS 2130  Introduction to Asian American History (AMST 2130, HIST 2640)
AAS 3030  Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective (ANTHR 3030)
AAS 3470  Asian American Women’s History (AMST 3510
AAS 3800  Asian American Urban Experience
AAS 3900  Asian American Literature and Public Policy 
AAS 4130  Race, Technology, and Visuality (ART H 4130)
AAS 4240  Asian American Communities (AMST 4200, HIST 4200)
AAS 4140  Popular Culture in Asian America (ART H 4140)
AAS 4970  Jim Crow and Exclusion-Era America (HIST 4970)

Latin American Studies Program:
LAT A 3200  Political Economy of Mexico (ILRIC 3900)
LAT A 3290  Comparative Politics of Latin America (GOVT 3290)
LAT A 4520  Latin America: Politics and Practice of Culture (ANTHR 5420)

Latino Studies Program:
LSP 2010  Latinos in the United States (DSOC 2650, SOC 2650)
LSP 2200  Sociology of Health and Ethnic Minorities (DSOC 2200)
LSP 2210  Anthropological Representation: Ethnographies on Latino Culture (AMST 2210, ANTHR 2210)
LSP 2250  The U.S.-Mexico Border: History, Culture, Representation (HIST 2250)
LSP 2300  Latino Communities (AMST 2300, DSOC 2300)
LSP 2600  Latinos in the United States: Colonial to 1898 (AMST 2590, HIST 2600)
LSP 2610  Latinos in the United States: 1898 to the Present (AMST 2610, HIST 2610)
LSP 3190  Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. (AMST 3130, GOVT 3190)
LSP 3550  Latinos, Law and Identity (AMST 3570, DSOC 3750)
LSP 3750  Comparative U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations (AMST 3750, DSOC 3750)
LSP 3770  The United States (ANTHR3770, AMST 3770)
LSP 4310  Farmworkers (CRP 3950.72/6790.72, HIST 4310/6310, ILRCB 4020, LAT A 4310)