Proposed Changes to the es minor Program February

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Proposed Changes to the ES Minor Program February 2016

We are asking that the UEPC approve changes to the Ethnic Studies Minor for the following reasons.

Since its inception in 2009, the Ethnic Studies Minor Program has attracted many students. We have always had a healthy number of declared minors (15-20 students each semester; we currently have 15). Usually most of these students complete the requirements, but when confronted with the capstone course in their senior year, many end up dropping out of the program. We feel that they do so because, even though it is a .25 course, the capstone becomes too onerous for the students to complete. It is evident to us that the capstone requirement is keeping many students from declaring a minor in Ethnic Studies and, many of those who have declared, from completing it.

The original minor program required students to take Seminar 144. However, although this course is offered regularly, it often does not have the necessary enrollments and is prone to being canceled, in which case our Ethnic Studies minors are forced to petition other courses to complete this program requirement.

The Ethnic Studies Program has plans to transition into a major program and we find it necessary to align our minor with the course requirements of the proposed major.

We believe making these changes will align the Ethnic Studies minor with other minors offered across the disciplines at Saint Mary’s College. Thus, it will become more attractive and competitive.

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