Racial Issues Graduation Requirement

These courses at Metropolitan State have been approved to meet the Racial Issues Graduation Requirement (RIGR). Other courses may be approved in the future and there are courses at other institutions approved to meet the requirement (PDF).

Note: Students must complete at least 3 credits to meet this requirement.

Learn more about RIGR, including the requirement's criteria, purpose and how to request a review of coursework not included here for the RIGR requirement.

ID Sort descending	Course title		Credits
ANTH 329	Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
BIOL 107	Biology, Race, and Racism	Goal 3: Natural Sciences Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
CJS 360	Diversity in Criminal Justice	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
COMM 372	Health Communication	Goal 1: Communication Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
DENH 320	Management of Oral Healthcare Delivery	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	3
EDU 430	Historical and Cultural Foundations of Urban Education	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	3
ETHS 100	Introduction to Ethnic Studies	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 200	Theories of Race, Ethnicity and Culture	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 231	Global Native and Indigenous Studies	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 8: Global Perspective Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 232	American Indians in Minnesota	Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	2
ETHS 244	African Americans in Minnesota	Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	2
ETHS 250	Latino/Hispanic Cultural Competency: Introductory Concepts	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 252	Latinas/os in Minnesota	Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	2
ETHS 262	Asian Americans in Minnesota	Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	2
ETHS 270	Global Blackness	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 8: Global Perspective Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 302	Immigrant Communities and the Trajectories of Othering	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 303	The Politics of Racial Resistance and Protest in the United States	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 304	Environmental Justice and Public Policy	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 10: People and the Environment Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 305	Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 306	Politics of Mixed Racial Identity	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 309	Race and Public Policy	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 311	Understanding Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 315	Color of Incarceration	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 316	Race and Religion	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 318	Trauma and Traumascapes: Identity, Legacy, and Memory	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 324	Race, Identity, and the Internet	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 326	Race and Work in American Life	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 332	Topics in Contemporary Native North America	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 342	Contemporary Issues in Black America	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 352	Latina/o Cultural Politics	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 361	History of Asian Americans	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 363	Asian American Women: Myths and Realities	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
ETHS 370	Black Thought	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
ETHS 375	Black Life in Wealth and Poverty	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
GNDR 270	Gender, Race and Popular Culture	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	3
GNDR 375	Intersectionality	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HIST 310	American Indian History	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HIST 315	The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HIST 364	Slavery and Resistance in North America and the Caribbean	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HIST 373	US-Japanese Relations from a Racial Perspective	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 8: Global Perspective Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HRM 335	Understanding and Addressing Race in the Workplace	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HSCD 303	Racial and Cultural Considerations for Alcohol and Drug Counseling	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HSCD 304	Substance Use and Native Americans	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HSCI 358	Racism and Health	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HSER 395	Intersection of Race and Diversity in Human Services	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
HUM 364	The Harlem Renaissance	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
IDST 317	Women in Minnesota Life: Education, Politics and Social Change	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
IDST 370	Cinema, Self and Other	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
LING 316	The Nature of Language	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 8: Global Perspective Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
LING 326	Language and Culture	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 8: Global Perspective Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
LIT 315	Gender and Race in Literature and Film	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 332	Adolescent Literatures	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
LIT 361	African-American Literature	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 362	Black Women Writers	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 363	Native American Oral and Written Narratives	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 363	American Indian Literature	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 364	Literature by Immigrants of Color	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 8: Global Perspective Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
LIT 368	Asian American Literature	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
LIT 383	Latinx Literature of the U.S.	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
MGMT 360	Managing a Diverse Workforce	Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
PHIL 366	Race and Racism: Philosophical Problems	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
POL 313	Democracy, Politics, and Punishment	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
PSYC 212	Introduction to Diversity and Ethics in Psychology	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	3
PSYC 356	Early Childhood Development within a Social/Cultural and Historical Context	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	3
PSYC 374	Psychology of Racism: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
RELS 333	Race and Religion	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
SCRW 320	Excluded Voices of American Cinema	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
SOC 329	Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives	Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement Community Engagement	4
SOWK 341	Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis I	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
SOWK 542	Comparative Racial/Ethnic Analysis II	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4
TCID 375	Environmental Communication	Goal 10: People and the Environment Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement General Education and Liberal Studies Elective Community Engagement	4
THEA 300	Black Women Playwrights: Staging Empowerment	Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	3
WRIT 300	Creative Writers, Identity and Race in the Twin Cities	Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts Goal 7: Human Diversity Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal Racial Issues Graduation Requirement	4