As an interdisciplinary major, American Ethnic Studies cross-lists many of its courses with programs and departments across the College of Arts & Sciences and the University of Washington. This enables our students to easily add a minor to their academic plan. Below are some of the most common minors for our students.

Common Related Minors

• Comparative History of Ideas: An interdisciplinary program based in the humanities, CHID’s students, faculty and staff connect ideas and practices from across the sciences, arts and social sciences to examine ideas in their cultural, historical and political contexts.
• Diversity: Through the critical examination of power and privilege, students learn to build community across cultural boundaries and implement empowerment strategies to contribute to positive social change.
• Education, Learning & Society: Offered jointly by the College of Education and the College of Arts & Sciences, the ELS minor provides a strong background in how humans learn and how society, environment and culture shape that learning across school, work and play.
• History: Race, Gender, and Power: This minor explores the centrality of race and gender in shaping and reproducing hierarchical relations of power around the world. 
• Human Rights: Combining the study of philosophy, politics, economics, culture and law, this minor reflects the rising interest in human rights throughout the world, even as the realization of human rights continues.
• Labor Studies: Bringing together courses on labor in core social-science departments, this minor focuses on the importance of labor to the economic, social, political and cultural evolution of modern societies.
• Law, Societies and Justice: This liberal arts-oriented study of law, rights and justice includes particular emphasis on the studies of comparative law, punishment and human rights.