Courses for the RIDGS Graduate Minor

These spring 2026 courses are eligible for fulfillment of the RIDGS graduate minor. Students must consult with DGS or GPC to request a GPAS exception.

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Proseminar requirement (3 credits)

  • ★★★CHLS 5920/AFRO 8910★★★: Topics - Proseminar in RIDGS Studies. Instructors: Jimmy Patino and Rahsaan Mahadeo, meets Th 12:15-2:45pm.
  • AFRO 8202: Seminar: Intellectual History of Race. Instructor: Rose Brewer, meets W 1:00-3:15pm.
  • GWSS 8111: Transnational Feminist Theories. Instructor: Sima Shakhsari, meets T 1:00-3:30pm.
  • SOC 8211: The Sociology of Race & Racialization. Instructor: Enid Logan, meets W 2:30-5:00pm.

Interdisciplinary methodologies requirement (3 credits)

  • AMST 8202: Theoretical Foundations and Current Practice in American Studies. Instructor: Melanie Abeygunawardana, meets Th 3:00-5:30pm.
     

Electives (6 credits total needed; courses listed are 3 credits unless otherwise noted)

  • AFRO/ANTH 5016: Africa & African Diaspora Archaeology. Instructor: Bula Wayessa, meets T & Th 1:10-2:15pm
  • AFRO 5622: Writing the Americas: New World Cultures in Literary Perspective. Instructor: Njeri Githire, meets T 9:45am-12:30pm.
  • AMIN/HIST 5890: Readings in American Indian and Indigenous History. Instructor: Jean O’Brien, meets T 3:30-5:25pm.
  • AMIN/HIST 5891: American Indian and Indigenous Studies Workshop. Instructor: Jean O'Brien, meets F 3:30-5:30pm.
  • GWSS 5490: Topics - Interdisciplinarity & Impasse: Care at a Crossroads. Instructor: Gwendolen Pare, meets Th 12:00-2:30pm.
  • GWSS 8210: Topics - Queer Trans Aesthetics, Affect, Labor in the Abyss. Instructor: Aren Aizura, meets M 2:30-5:00pm.
  • ANTH 8510: Topics - Decolonizing Archives. Instructor: Kat Hayes, meets T 2:30-5:00pm.
  • GER 8300: Topics - BLACK-red-gold: the African Diaspora and Germany. Instructor: Jamele Watkins, meets T 1:00-3:330pm.
  • HSPH 8002: Core Practices in Heritage Studies and Public History. Instructor: Yuichiro Onishi, meets Th 4:00-6:00pm. *Instructor permission required for non-HSPH students.
  • HIST 8122: Public Histories. Instructor: Andre Kobayashi Deckrow, meets T 5:00-7:30pm.
  • FREN 8200: Topics - Sex, Race, and Disability in the Early Modern. Instructor: Jennifer Row, meets M 3:30-5:00pm. *Taught in French
  • SOC 5221: Sociology of Gender. Instructor: Cawo Abdi, meets T & Th 2:30-3:45pm.
  • PSY 8541: Multicultural Psychology. Instructor: Rich Lee, meets W 1:00-3:15pm.
  • CI 8155: Immigrant Families and U.S. Schools. Instructor: Vichet Chhuon, meets W 4:40-7:20pm.