Multicultural Studies Pre-major
Overview
Critical Multicultural Studies is the study of the social construction of race, social
class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability and their relationship to power
and privilege. Students of Multicultural Studies learn to revisit, re-envision, and
re-articulate dominant understandings of United States history and culture. Together
students explore dominant modes of understanding, and discuss possible alternatives
to these modes of knowing and being. Multicultural Studies conveys practical skills
in problem-solving, and recognizing the implications of interdependence among diverse
cultures. In Multicultural Studies classes, students build communication strategies
rooted in their own identities and access powerful tools for building alliances across
major categories of difference.