Liberal Arts: Ethnic Studies Option

In support of the LaGuardia’s mission to educate and graduate its students to become critical thinkers and socially responsible citizens, the College has undertaken a team approach toward advising, designed to support you in your major from orientation through graduation.

Your Advising Team is made up of faculty, professional and peer advisors. They will guide you at every step during your college career. They are ready to help you:

• Explore your major
• Select introductory and advanced courses
• Connect you with campus support services
• Prepare an educational and career plan

Visit the Advising page to learn more about when to get advised and how to prepare for an advising appointment, and check out the Advising Calendar for information sessions, events and more.

Career Profile

Ethnic Studies provides students with a liberal arts education, with emphasis on critical thinking, research, comparative analysis, oral and written communication, and a deep understanding of social justice issues. The application of these transferable skills and knowledge is relevant in numerous industries.

Possible Careers with an Ethnic Studies Background include:

• Law
• Marketing
• Journalism
• History
• Anthropology
• Social Work
• Public Health
• Political Science
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• Medicine
• Psychology
• Publishing
• Radio and Television
• Business
• Urban Planning
• Politics
• Counseling (clinical or academic field)
• International Relations
• Community Organizing
• Creative Writing

Transfer Opportunities

Visit the Articulation Agreements page to learn more about transfer opportunities.

Current Students
Log in to My LaGuardia to review your Degree Audit to find out what classes to take. Have questions about using Degree Audit? Visit LaGuardia's Degree Audit page for tutorials and how-to guides.

Prospective Students
Review the curriculum.

Please note: Students will be held to the program and degree requirements of the year that they enter the College, unless the student changes their major in a different academic year. In that case, the student will be held to the current year requirements as listed in the catalog. Learn more.

Degree Map
Use the Degree Map and DegreeWorks to assist in academic planning and creating your own graduation plan in ePortfolio. See a full list of Flexible Core courses on the Pathways page.

For information about this program’s retention and graduation rate visit the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment website page.

Learning Communities are groupings of two or more courses, often surrounding a common theme. There are two types of Learning Communities, Clusters (consisting of three or more classes) and Pairs (consisting of two classes).

Learning Communities can help you:

• Make connections among courses
• Form a community with your classmates
• Work closely with faculty
• Be more successful in your courses
• Be more likely to stay in school and graduate

Continuing students are encouraged to select a Cluster or Pair in their second semester.

Recent Learning Community Themes include:

• American Cultural Identities in Poetry, Prose, Beats and Rhymes
• Technology, Power and Freedom: Building your Digital Identity
• Truth, Lies and Video
• Alienation and Inquiry

Review Liberal Arts Learning Communities for the current semester.

This course invites you to consider a topic in an interdisciplinary manner, drawing on the various courses you have taken as well as experiences outside of college; therefore, it is recommended that this capstone course be taken in your last semester. The themes available for this class the course varies from semester to semester—previous themes include "American Museum," "Epidemics," "Genocide," "Modern Medical Practice," and "Performance and Disability." Review LIB200 themes for the current semester.