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Ethnic/Gender Studies Program at Emporia State University is an interdisciplinary program of study, established
through the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences, that serves as an umbrella program for
the distinct but often related fields of Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies. Emporia State currently offers a minor in Ethnic and Gender Studies.
Some Ethnic/Gender Studies courses illuminate the role of minorities and/or women in history and culture as depicted in one or more established academic fields. Other courses present new analysis and interpretations of particular cultural or gender-based experiences by using the methodologies and perspectives obtained from a synthesis of two or more discrete disciplines.
As an interdisciplinary program of
study, Ethnic/Gender Studies seeks to provide intensive educational experiences
which will foster in students a deep understanding of the ramifications
of the issues of race, ethnicity and gender in our lives.