Additional Links

• Admissions Process
• Criteria for Admissions
• Financial Assistance
• ETST Graduate Course List
• Performance Standards
• Grad. Advisory Committee
• Requirement for M.A. Degree

Checksheets

• ETST M.A. Checklist
• WS Graduate Certificate Checklist

Graduate Resources

• Scholarships
• Graduate Teaching Assistant Application
• S.E.R.V.E

Graduate Studies

The Ethnic Studies Department offers a MA in Ethnic Studies and a Women's Studies Graduate Certificate. Our graduate programs seek to teach students to understand the unique and interlocking experiences of marginalized groups and to analyze how race intersects with other forces of social differentiation, such as gender, sexuality, and class, in the national and international contexts. The program recognizes the importance not only of the history of racial exclusion and marginalization but also the creative ways in which various racial groups sustain their humanity through cultural preservation, transference, and renewal. Ethnic Studies is committed to nurturing students to become culturally aware, astute, civic-minded individuals who strive to strengthen the communities in which they reside. Because the study of ethnic groups intrinsically reveals how race, class, and gender structure life chances and opportunities, the scholarly orientation of this proposed department reflects a commitment to meaningful changes in public policy and social life. For a list of courses go to the CSU Catalog and examine classes with the ETST and WS prefix.