If you complete this course and do well, you will be able to:

1. Define and accurately use in context the key terms and social concepts used in the sociological study of race and ethnicity.
2. Assess the impact of minority group status on the process of assimilation and acculturation among selected racial and ethnic groups.
3. Contrast the experiences of selected racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
4. Explain the difference between the “race” and “ethnicity.”
5. Describe the concept of pluralism in the United States.
6. Identify the history, stages, and process of de jure and de facto segregation and integration in the U.S.
7. Cite historical legal rulings and court cases which helped to create minority group statuses in the U.S.
8. Distinguish between the macro theoretical approaches and interactionist approaches to race and ethnicity.
9. Summarize contributions of classic and contemporary race scholars on theory and social movements.
10. Analyze the institutions through which racial boundaries and hierarchies are produced and reproduced.
11. Apply findings of race and ethnic research to one’s own life.