Ethnic Studies -- Harvard's Newest Secondary Field

I guess the wheels of Harvard's bureaucracy turn faster than we all thought.  The much anticipated Ethnic Studies secondary field was just approved by the college’s Educational Policy Committee earlier today.

Ethnic studies, which the committee has defined as the study of “ethnicity, migration, indigeneity, and human rights.”

Beginning in the fall 2010, students will receive credit for any course they take related to those themes. Also, beginning next fall, current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors may apply for retroactive secondary credit in Ethnic Studies for courses taken in years past with an obvious connection to the ideas of ethnicity, migration, indigeneity, and human rights.

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Selected courses from the Law School, Kennedy School, Divinity School, and Education school will count, as will a host of FAS offerings ranging from some Social Studies seminars related to the concepts of race and immigration to English courses like John Stauffer’s new “Diffusions 62: Castaways and Renegades, Masters and Slaves.”

If you want Secondary credit in yet another field no one outside of 02138 will understand, Ethnic Studies might be just right for you. Have a look-see at the preliminary list of courses that count for credit.