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PhD Critical Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Programme overview

PhD programme that trains students to research the intersectional and relational workings of race, ethnicity, culture, indigeneity, gender, class, sexuality, religion, dis/ability and legal status in local, regional and global contexts.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Ethnic Studies  |  Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

60 credit hours including at least 30 hours of graduate coursework (18 from Ethnic Studies) and at least 30 dissertation credits. Required: ETHN 6000/6001 Foundations and Methods in Comparative Ethnic Studies and the ETHN 6002 professionalization seminar. Optional specialties include Native American and Indigenous, Africana, Asian American and Chicanx/Latinx studies and criminology. Components are coursework, a comprehensive examination and the dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A master's degree in ethnic studies or a cognate field (e.g. American studies, English, history, sociology, women's and gender studies) from an accredited university is required for admission. CU Boulder Graduate School (all graduate programmes): minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are submitted online to the Graduate School; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $80 for international applicants. Deadlines are set per programme.

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