Introduction to the Course Lecture 1 - Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Rob Emmett, Writing Center.

Nature of the course, responsibilities and requirements, webpage, race and campus life.
Distribute Basic Attitudes and Demographics Questionnaire, due at the end of class.

In-Class music today are examples of "desi beats" or hip-hop from India. The CD is from "Bollywood Beats" courtesy of Prof. Hemant Shah. http://groups.msn.com/BollywoodBeats  I will feature music as part of the opening of all the classes I can and could use some help. So if you see a tune that would be appropriate, interesting, or just fun. Send it to me, or bring it along on a CD for my boom box. 

  Video to be shown in class: "Racism 101" by Tom Lennon and Orlando Bagwell.  Episode of Frontline (PBS) first aired May 10, 1988. 

• History of Frontline

First short paper assignment.

Report of the Ethnic Studies Requirement Review Committee, (July 18, 2002) (required for first short paper assignment)

Durand, Bernice.  Summary of Ethnic Studies Requirement UW-Madison.

Terkel, Studs.  Race:  How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession.  New York, Pantheon, 1992.  "Prologue", "Campus Life", "Buddies", "911."

Both of the above readings are on electronic reserves, please see link at the bottom of this page or on course home page.

Wilson, Gutierrez and Chao, Chapter 1, "Diversity in the Land of Majority Rule."

Profiling the American Freshman

Cantor, Nancy. Multiculturalism, Universalism, and the 21st Century Academy.

Thevenot, Brian.  Myth-making in New Orleans.

Sources to provide awareness of discrimination
Breaking the Silence:  A scholar's story of alleged racism at the University of Tennessee.
Campus Mediation Resources - Wayne State University

September 1, 2004
>
>TO: Deans, Department Chairs, and Directors of Academic Programs
>
>FROM: Gary Sandefur, Dean, College of Letters and Science
>
>RE: Undergraduate Ethnic Studies Course Array
>
>This memorandum reprises a call issued last Spring, regarding the need to 
>add to our array of courses that convey Ethnic Studies credit. Although 
>many of you and your colleagues have responded to our initial request, we 
>still need your help.
>
>As you know, the campus-wide Ethnic Studies Requirement (ESR) has been 
>reviewed and modified somewhat by the University Academic Planning 
>Council. As a result, several courses will be removed from the ESR course 
>list. We anticipate that there will be a reduction in ESR seats available 
>for our students; however, we believe that many courses exist that could 
>meet the criteria. We need to identify these courses and bring them into 
>the ESR course array.
>
>I appeal to you to identify potential ESR courses and/or to create new ESR 
>courses. I urge you and your faculty to review your undergraduate course 
>offerings - and, in particular, courses offered at the elementary and 
>intermediate levels - in light of the revised criteria.
>
>Please consider the following operational guidelines as you undertake this 
>review:
>
>* ESR courses must be offered for a minimum of 3 credits.
>
>* Evidence (e.g., syllabus, reading list) must be provided 
>demonstrating that the course material illuminates the circumstances, 
>conditions, and experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United 
>States.
>
>* Courses that explore the condition of discrimination, 
>marginalization and similar ESR topics in a comparative international 
>format must devote at least 25% of the course (lecture, discussion, 
>reading materials, etc.) to the experience and/or theoretical 
>understanding of marginalization and discrimination in the U.S.
>
>* Courses that explore the condition of U.S. ethnic groups that were 
>at one time marginalized but which have since been widely assimilated into 
>the dominant U.S. culture must devote at least 25% of the course to the 
>experience and/or theoretical understanding of marginalization and 
>discrimination in the U.S.
>
>* In cases where religion is intertwined with respect to 
>ethnic/racial minorities that are persistently marginalized or 
>discriminated against in the U.S., courses that focus on religion may 
>fulfill the ESR.
>
>As you know, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is committed to fostering 
>an understanding and appreciation of diversity, in the belief that doing 
>so will not only prepare our students for a future in an increasingly 
>multicultural world, but that it will enhance the curriculum and improve 
>campus climate. One of the means by which we achieve these goals is via a 
>requirement that every undergraduate student fulfill the Ethnic Studies 
>Requirement.
>
>Existing courses that do not currently carry the "e" designation but that 
>meet the criteria can be brought into the ESR course array via the usual 
>course proposal process, as outlined online at 
>http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/secfac/divcomm/courses/CourseProposals.htm.
>
>* "Course Change Forms" must be submitted to bring existing courses 
>into the ESR course array. Include a course syllabus and request "review 
>for Ethnic Studies Designation" as the requested change. If the existing 
>catalog description does not refer to ESR content, you may also wish to 
>revise the catalog description.
>* "New Course Proposal Forms" must be submitted for new courses 
>developed to meet the requirement. Please indicate on Item 13(b) that the 
>course should be reviewed as a potential ethnic studies course.
>
>While course additions or revisions can be proposed at any time, the 
>process requires advance planning to meet Timetable and Undergraduate 
>Catalog press deadlines. Departments should plan to get materials to 
>their college curriculum committees at least six weeks in advance of these 
>deadlines.
>
>Questions about the ESIC's work and the ESR course review can be directed 
>to Dr. Elaine M. Klein, who has been assisting the ESIC in its 
>work. (Messages may be sent to Dr. Klein at kleine@ls.admin.wisc.edu, or 
>to 307E South Hall, or to 265-8484.)
>
>Thank you for your support in sustaining this important campus 
>initiative. Your service to our undergraduates - and to their futures - 
>is deeply appreciated.
>
>
>******
>
>UW-Madison Statement on Undergraduate Ethnic Studies General Education 
>Requirement
>Excerpted from Faculty Document 1736
>
>
>The University of Wisconsin-Madison is committed to fostering an 
>understanding and appreciation of diversity, in the belief that doing so will:
>
>* Better prepare students for life and careers in an increasingly 
>multicultural U.S. environment,
>* Add breadth and depth to the University curriculum, and
>* Improve the campus climate.
>
>One of the University's overarching goals is to infuse the curriculum in 
>all disciplines with diversity, including those where traditionally it has 
>been absent. The Ethnic Studies Requirement (ESR) is one of several key 
>elements in reaching this goal. This is a requirement that all students 
>take a 3-credit course that considers ethnic/racial minorities that have 
>been marginalized or discriminated against in the U.S. Because issues of 
>ethnic diversity and religion are often intertwined and cannot easily be 
>separated, courses that focus only on religion may, where appropriate, 
>fulfill the ESR.
>
>All courses that the implementation committee approves as satisfying the 
>requirement must provide evidence that the course material illuminates the 
>circumstances, conditions, and experiences of racial and ethnic minorities 
>in the United States.
>
>____________________________________________________________________
>Adopted by the University Academic Planning Council January 23, 2003
>Ratified by the UW-Madison Faculty Senate, 29 September, 2003.
>Please refer 
>to: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/secfac/senate/20030929/1736.pdf
>
>**************
>This message has been sent on behalf of Dean Sandefur by Elaine M. Klein, 
>Academic Planner, L&S Administration.
>
>Elaine M. Klein, Ph.D.
>Academic Planning, Review and Assessment
>UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Administration
>307E South Hall, 1055 Bascom Mall
>Madison WI 53706
>kleine@ls.admin.wisc.edu
>(608) 265-8484

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