CSRE-BA - Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (BA)
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Program Overview
The Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) explores how race and ethnicity shape global history, undergird our social systems, and touch every aspect of our lives. Our courses empower students with the tools to assess and build inclusivity, equity, diversity, accessibility, and justice. CCSRE programs—encompassing Asian American Studies, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Jewish Studies, and Native American Studies—take an interdisciplinary approach to considering how gender, sexuality, ability, capital, technology, education, politics, and the environment structure our bodies, experiences, and communities. Students have the option to focus on particular racial and ethnic groups and on issues that move across peoples and places.
The interdisciplinary nature of the academic programs empowers students to enroll in a wide variety of courses. CCSRE listings can be found in Anthropology, Art and Art History, Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Theater and Performance Studies, and more. Majors and minors in CCSRE engage with various perspectives and methodologies and grapple with pivotal themes including decolonization, indigeneity, intersectionality, movement-building, resistance, solidarity, and wellness. By analyzing interlocking structures of identity and difference, CCSRE students interrogate the role of power, reimagine the world, and reclaim the future.
Minimum Units in the Program
Minimum University Units
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Methodology courses should be selected based on their potential to support the student's projected capstone project.
Methodology courses must be taken for 3-5 units and a letter grade.
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Note that Methodology courses may not be offered every year. For an up-to-date list of this academic year's Methodology courses, visit the Core Coursework page on the CCSRE website.
CCSRE students must complete at least one Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) course or co-curricular experience that centers issues of race, ethnicity, and inequality. This requirement may be fulfilled by enrolling in a Cardinal Course, complete a CCSRE Undergraduate Fellowship, or participating in an Alternative Spring Break. The CEL requirement may be fulfilled by courses that also fulfill other CSRE degree requirements (e.g., a Methodology course may also count toward the CEL requirement). The CEL requirement may be fulfilled by academic experiences, such as fellowships, that do not carry academic units.
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See the Community-Engaged Learning course list on the Core Coursework page on the CCSRE website for this year's curricular offerings.
CSRE majors must complete the remaining units of their 60-unit minimum with elective coursework in the CCSRE family of programs, with the exception below.
CSRE majors may count up to 15 units of Department of African and African American Studies (DAAAS), Asian American Studies (ASNAMST), Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies (CHILATST), Jewish Studies (JEWISHST), or Native American Studies (NATIVEAM) courses toward their elective coursework in the CSRE major (including subplan units).
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CCSRE students must plan to complete 200X or 201X in person on Stanford campus in autumn of their final year of study.
Note that the same five-unit course fulfills the WIM and Capstone requirements.
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Honors students must apply with a complete proposal approved by a CCSRE faculty advisor in the spring preceding their final year of study. Honors students must continuously enroll at Stanford in autumn, winter, and spring. For more information about the Honors program and the application process, visit the Honors page on the CCSRE website.
Honors applications are open to students with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.7 in the major and 3.5 overall. Students must receive a B+ or above on their thesis and maintain the GPA minimum until graduation in order to receive Honors.
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A minimum grade of C- is required for a student to count a class towards the Core Curriculum, including the WIM and Capstone requirements.
The subplan in Education and Inequality explores history, policy, and practice in education to understand how educational opportunity and learning outcomes are shaped by race, ethnicity, and power. Students develop an understanding of the core issues facing educators and policymakers and prepare to contribute to social and political discourse about education and opportunity.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
The Environmental Justice subplan develops students’ understanding of the uneven and far-reaching impacts of environmental policy, climate change, grassroots environmental movements, and more. Students develop facility with various methodologies and leave prepared to work toward just environments for all.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
The subplan in Health and Wellness supports interdisciplinary exploration of health research, access, and policy. Students take qualitative and quantitative approaches to understanding how health and wellness are defined and impacted by processes of racialization.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
The Diversity and Aesthetics subplan explores the intersections of culture, race, and social transformation. Students experiment with how the arts, activism, and academic research come together to enact aesthetic and societal change.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
The Politics, Policy, and Equity subplan focuses on how political institutions, public policy, nonprofits, and social movements shape and are shaped by race and ethnicity. This subplan gives students the tools and frameworks to examine the ramifications of politics and policy on processes of racializaiton.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
Drawing from the contributions of feminism and queer of color studies, this concentration challenges normative constructions of race and ethnicity by equipping students with analytical tools from feminist theory, queer theory, post-colonial theory, critical race theory, and other critical methods.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
The Race, Space, and Belonging subplan examines issues of immigration, citizenship, empire, gentrification, segregation, urban and rural space, human rights, public welfare, social justice, and law. Students examine how race and ethnicity shape constructions of and access to space, nation, and public resources.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
Students in the subplan explore the relationship between technology, media, and racialization. Race and ethnicity are crucial for understanding the meaning, power, and evolution of technologies–from type, photography, film, and radio to social media, artificial intelligence, and algorithms. Students assess technological equity and reimagine how technology might be harnessed to actualize a more just and equitable world.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.
A proposal for a self-designed subplan should include a description of the student’s focus, an articulation of why current subplans cannot accommodate it, a course plan, and a description of how each course meets the student’s educational objectives. Proposals for a self-designed subplan must be submitted with a student’s Major Declaration Proposal and will be reviewed by the CCSRE Academic Programs team.
Students must complete a minimum of 15 units of subplan-focused courses as part of the 60 units taken toward the major. All courses taken toward the subplan must be listed or cross-listed in the CCSRE family of programs; exceptions must be petitioned.