Degrees and Programs

Bachelor's degree

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Students in the Gender, Race, and Identity major study the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, class and other forms of identity, difference and power that comprise our social world.

The major is expressly interdisciplinary and intersectional and provides opportunities to study both historical and contemporary contexts as well as global and local settings. Students gain tools to critically analyze and engage our world and to enact change in their communities and professions, including through careers in public advocacy, politics, education, sustainability, the arts and more.

Within the B.A. in Gender, Race, and Identity, students may fulfill either the general major in GRI or complete either of two specializations, Ethnic Studies or Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

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Graduate degrees

The interdisciplinary gender, race, and identity master's degree is now enrolling. This focused degree can be tailored to fit individual, intellectual and career goals. In addition, a graduate certificate in GRI is available to students enrolled in other graduate degree programs as well as to professionals. Take a look at the requirements and see if our graduate program is right for you!

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Minors

  • Black Studies

    The minor in Black Studies focuses on a critical and systematic examination of the histories, cultures, knowledges, experiences and communities of people of African descent globally. Black Studies emphasizes comparative, transnational and intersectional approaches to study the diverse cultural and historical contributions of African and African Diaspora communities and foregrounds questions of social justice for those communities.

  • Ethnic Studies, Minor

    The minor in Ethnic Studies is designed to increase students’ awareness of ethnic and racial issues, domestically and globally, the program examines the experiences and contributions of a wide range of peoples, societies and cultures.

  • Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies, Minor

    The Holocaust, Genocide & Peace Studies minor is designed to connect ideas and experiences by focusing on social, historical, philosophical, political, cultural and ethical issues in a wide variety of disciplines.

  • Indigenous Studies, Minor

    The Indigenous Studies minor is focused on cultures, knowledges, histories and experiences of Indigenous peoples in the Americas and across the globe.

  • Latinx Studies, Minor

    Focused on the peoples, cultures, knowledges and communities of Hispanic and/or Latin American descent in the United States, the Latinx Studies minor emphasizes the diverse cultural and historical contributions of those communities and examines the variety of Latinx cultures that exist both in the United States and transnationally.

  • LGBTQ Studies

    The LGBTQ Studies minor is focused on the varied histories, cultures, politics and identities associated with and created among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex and other (LGBTQ+) people in the United States and transnationally.

  • Religious Studies, Minor

    Students in the Religious Studies minor will employ a variety of disciplinary perspectives to understand religious thought and practice within diverse historical, intellectual and socio-cultural contexts.

  • Social Justice, Minor

    Designed to increase students’ knowledge of justice, conflict and social change and structural impediments or challenges to justice, the Social Justice minor offers opportunities to develop complex critical thinking around issues, as well as strategies for change including activism, advocacy, social policy and community organizing.

  • Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Minor

    This interdisciplinary program in the College of Liberal Arts provides students with an understanding of women in historical and contemporary contexts and an exploration of gender as it influences scholarship and human relations.