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22 courses with the subject ETHS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

ETHS 111Race in America3

Exploration of the contemporary meanings of race in America. Examination of how social forces shape racial meanings and relationships and the consequences for individuals and communities.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 201Introduction to Ethnic Studies3

A multidisciplinary introduction to the study of people of color in American society.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 210Introduction to American Indian Studies (Diversity/RIS)

[Credits: 3] Introduction to the study of American Indians, their experiences, history, culture and contemporary issues.

Subject
ETHS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 215Introduction to Asian American Studies3

Asian Americans, their experiences, history, culture, and contemporary issues.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 220Introduction to African American Studies3

Interdisciplinary approach to the African American experience and the field of African American Studies.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 299Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 301Special Topics in American Indian Studies []3

Special topics related to the lives of American Indians. Topics will vary

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 305Topics in Ethnic Studies []1.00-3.00

Select topics, issues, developments and concerns affecting Asian- American, Black, Latino and American-Indian communities.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 308African American Cultural Expressions3

Overview of African American cultural expressions as responses to practices of institutional racism. Examines the absorption of African American expression into U.S. culture.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 310American Indians in the Social Science Curriculum

(Diversity/RIS) [Credits: 3] Historical, political, social, cultural, and specifically educational information about Minnesota's tribal communities. Meets Racial Issues and Social Science licensing requirement.

Subject
ETHS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 312American Indian Women's Lives []3

Lives of Indian women from several cultures, historical and contemporary perspectives, stories, experiences, and histories.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 335Asian Pacific American Women []3

History of Asian Pacific American women; impact of military and wars, globalization; identities and representation; contemporary issues that Asian Pacific American women face; activism.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 345Asian Pacific Americans in Popular Culture []3

Representations of Asian Pacific Americans in historical and contemporary U.S. popular culture and self-representations of Asian Pacific Americans. Pre-Requisite(s): ETHS201 or ETHS215

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 399Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 405Women of Color []3

Examination of historical and contemporary issues facing American Indian, African-American, Asian American, Latina and immigrant women living primarily in the United States. The impact of race, gender, class, and other social inequalities on the lives of women of color will be discussed. Pre-Requisite(s): GWS201 or ETHS201 or ETHS205 or ETHS210 or ETHS215 or ETHS220

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 408Major Works in African American Studies3

A multidisciplinary examination of landmark works in African American Studies addressing effects of institutional racism upon African Americans. Serves as the capstone course.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 410Contemporary American Indian Issues3

Contemporary theory and research on the American Indian experience within a global and historic context.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 425Contemporary Asian Pacific American Issues []3

Diaspora and immigration; relations to other groups of color; anti-Asian movements; identities and representations; Model Minority Myth; activism; achievement/contributions of Asian Pacific Americans.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 470The Black Community3

Examination and analysis of contemporary issues facing Black American communities.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
Catalog 2026-2027
Source
catalog.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 490Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators [Credits

2.00-3.00] Awareness, sensitivity and knowledge of American Indian histories, cultures, and languages in classrooms and other educational settings. .

Subject
ETHS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 499Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
ETHS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
ETHS 590Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators [Credits

2.00-3.00] Awareness, sensitivity and knowledge of American Indian histories, cultures, and languages in classrooms and other educational settings.

Subject
ETHS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu

Source: Saint Cloud State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61