The goal of the Ethnic
Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western
Reserve University is to expand and enhance course offerings on ethnicity
and race in the United States.
The program's objectives are:
- To examine
relationships among racial/ethnic groups and the
processes of racial/ethnic formation — and
their intersections with class, gender and sexuality — at
the personal and collective levels;
- To foster the
development of research skills in a broad range
of disciplines in the humanities;
- To contribute to an interdisciplinary knowledge of the challenges
and contributions of ethnic minorities in the United
States;
- To impart to
students a deep knowledge of the cultures of Africa,
and Latin America;
- To help students
to develop competencies for working with people
of different racial/ethnic backgrounds and to foster
an understanding of racial/ethnic diversity;
- To support students
and faculty in the transmission of knowledge, in
the discovery and development of new ideas, and
in research and writing in the field of ethnic
studies.
- To inculcate
in students an understanding of the complexity
and challenges of multiethnic societies, and to
prepare them for careers in education, business,
law, government service, social work, social welfare,
health care, teaching, public policy, law enforcement,
urban and community development, and the arts.
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