Social Work, B.S.W. (major: 72 hours)
AND
Ethnic Studies (major: 33 hours / minor: 18 hours)
Ethnic Studies can enhance your sensitivity to diverse groups and their backgrounds
and enable you to better understand the socioeconomic dynamics that have impacted
their pasts and will likely affect their futures.
The National Association of Social Workers’ (NASW) website quotes from their Code of Ethics, "Social workers.
. . should advocate for changes in policy and legislation to improve social conditions in order to meet basic
human needs and promote social justice. . . . Social workers should act to prevent and eliminate domination of,
exploitation of, and discrimination against any person, group, or class" (p. 27). They call on their organization
to “assume greater leadership in developing both internal and external policies and programs to end racism in
society and in the social work profession.”
Because the organization feels that professionals, and society at large, have a long way to go in gaining cultural
competence, they recently developed standards that require social workers to deliver culturally competent
services to an increasingly diverse clientele. These changes resulted from the demographic changes that are
occurring in the United States. The organization argues, “effective care is impossible without a working
knowledge and understanding of a person’s or group’s culture and background.” Because NASW supports an
inclusive society, their policy statement on Racism asserts, “It is the ethical responsibility of NASW members to
assess their own practices and the agencies in which they work for specific ways to end racism where it exists.”
Ethnic Studies course will provide students with the ability to examine and understand the impact of race on
their clients and to bring about measurable changes in themselves as well as the institutions and organizations
for which they work.
Ethnic Studies
Business Classroom Building, Suite 308
801-581-5206
Academic Advisor: Elizabeth Archuleta
Website: http://ethnic.utah.edu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/uofuethnicstudies
Email: ethnic.studies@umail.utah.edu
Email: elizabeth.archuleta@utah.edu
Sample courses of interest
 ETHNC 2500 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 2550 - African American Experiences 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 2560 - Chicana/o Experiences 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 2570 - American Indian Experiences 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 2580 - Asian Pacific American Experiences 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 2590 - Pacific Islander American Experiences 3 Credit(s)
African American Content Group
 ETHNC 2020 - Social and Psychological Aspects of the African American Experience 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3760 - African American Literature I 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3761 - African American Literature II 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 4020 - Black Feminist Thought 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 4700 - African American History Since 1890 3 Credit(s)
American Indian Content Group
 ETHNC 3740 - American Indian Lit
 ETHNC 3870 - American Indian Women 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3600 - Native Americans in Modern Society: Implications for Social Policy 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 4670 - History of Native American Peoples 3 Credit(s)
Asian Pacific American Content Group
 ETHNC 3480 - Asian American Personality & Mental Health 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3520 - Asian Pacific American Contemporary Issues 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3750 - Asian American Literature 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3880 - Asian Pacific American Women 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 4600 - Asian Pacific American History 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 5430 - Asian Pacific American Politics 3 Credit(s)
Chicana/o Content Group
 ETHNC 3770 - Chicana/o Literature 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3860 - La Chicana 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 4550 - Latinos in the United States 3 Credit(s)
Ethnic Studies Content Group
 ETHNC 3190 - Racial and Ethnic Politics 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3290 - Ethnic Minority Families 4 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3365 - Ethnic Minorities in America 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3400 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3420 - American Racism 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 3450 - Intergroup Relations: Our Prejudices and Stereotypes 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 5290 - Gender and Minorities Across the Lifespan 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 5560 - Social Psychology of Human Diversity 3 Credit(s)
 ETHNC 5800 - Theories and Research on Social Inequality 3 Credit(s)