Courses for the RIDGS Graduate Minor

These fall 2025 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)

  • AFRO 5101: Seminar: Introduction to Africa and the African Diaspora. Instructor: Rose Brewer, meets M 5:00-7:30 pm
  • AFRO 5406: Black Feminist Thought. Instructor: Olivia Polk, meets W 2:30-5:00 pm
  • AMIN 8301: Critical Indigenous Theory; instructor: Nick Estes; W 1:30-3:00 pm
  • AMST 8201: Historical Foundations of American Studies. Instructor: Elliott Powell, meets W 5:00-7:30 pm
  • GWSS 5503: Queering Theory. Instructor: Sima Shakhsari meets Th 11:30 am-1:30 pm.
    *prereq: Any GWSS or GLBT course
  • GWSS 8490: Seminar: Transnational, Postcolonial, Diaspora. Instructor: Rachmi Diyah Larasati, meets T 1:00-3:30 pm

Interdisciplinary methodologies requirement (3 credits)

  • GWSS 8107: Feminist Pedagogies. Instructor, Kari Smalkoski, meets M 2:30-5:00 pm.
    Note - must be a GWSS grad student or have instructor approval
  • AMIN 5409: American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives. Instructor:  Kimberly Tallbear-Dauphine, meets T & Th 2:30-3:45 pm.

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

  • CHIC 5216W: The Power of Chicana/o/x Art: 1960s to the Present. Instructor: Karen Mary Davalos, meets T & Th 11:15 am-12:30 pm.
  • GWSS 8220: Science, Technology and Environmental Justice: African Feminist and Speculative Futures. Instructor: Omotola Okunlola, meets W 2:30-5:00 pm.
  • HIST/AMIN 5891: American Indian and Indigenous Studies Workshop. Instructor: Jean O'Brien, meets F 3:30-5:30 pm.
  • HIST 8910: Topics in U.S. History - Human Rights and Race. Instructor: Yalile Suriel, meets T 12:30-2:25 pm.
  • SOC 8090: Topics in Sociology - Racism, Media, and the Cultural Industries. Instructor: Laura Garbes, meets F 2:30-5:00 pm.
  • ANTH 8810: Crip Times: Critical Disability Studies Now. Instructor: Erin Durban, asynchronous with an optional synchronous weekly discussion
  • ANTH 5327W: Inca, Aztec & Maya Civilizations. Instructor: Sofía Pacheco-Fores, meets T &Th 1:00-2:15pm.
  • HSPH 8001: Who Owns the Past? Common Concerns and Big Questions in Heritage and Public History. Instructor: Margaret Werry, meets W 3:30-6:00 pm.
  • CI 8146: Critical Ethnography in Education. Instructor: Bic Ngo, meets M 1:25-4:05 pm.