民族研究文学硕士

民族研究文学硕士课程可提高学生对有色人种经验的了解和理解。该计划提供有关与这些经历相关的历史和当代社会问题分析技术的培训，并且该课程开发学生的能力，以结构化地评估，规划和评估旨在解决这些问题的社会政策。尽管重点仍然放在亚裔美国人，非裔美国人，拉丁裔和美洲印第安人的状况上，但该计划越来越关注混合种族研究，性研究，侨民研究，后殖民主义，种族形成理论，其他种族的经验颜色以及抵抗和社会运动的理论/实践。种族研究文学硕士由种族研究学院主席委员会集体管理。
The Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies is designed to increase students knowledge and understanding of the experiences of people of color. The program provides training in techniques for the analysis of historical and contemporary social issues related to these experiences and the curriculum develops students capacity to structurally assess, plan, and evaluate social policies aimed at the resolution of these issues. Although the focus remains primarily on the condition of Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinas/os/x, and American Indians, the program is increasingly concerned with mixed-race studies, sexuality studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial criticism, theories of racial formation, the experiences of multiple communities of color, theories/practices of resistance, and social movements.<br><br>The Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies is designed to prepare individuals for advanced graduate work leading to the doctorate or professional roles in teaching, research, and administration within both the public and private sectors. The theoretical and conceptual tools of several disciplines are critically utilized and analyzed. The program applies cutting-edge analyses, such as cultural studies, postcolonial, feminist and queer perspectives, to instruction, research, and community involvement. Both scholarly and activist engagements with the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area communities of color are encouraged and expected.<br><br>The Master of Arts Program in Ethnic Studies is an opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary graduate research that empowers students to continue their commitment to social justice through both scholarship and community engagement.