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Demonstrate a working knowledge of key concepts, terms, and theoretical frameworks of race and ethnic relations.
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Identify the social, political, and historical conditions under which segregation, racial/ethnic hierarchies and conflicts emerged.
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Identify key institutions through which racial/ethnic boundaries and hierarchies are produced and sustained in the United States.
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Identify significant social, cultural, and economic differences among racial/ethnic groups in the United States.
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Describe, compare, and contrast contemporary patterns of global race/ethnic relations and summarize and evaluate future trends.
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Examine the relationship of theology to issues of race and ethnicity.
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Analyze and develop his/her own general dispositions and capacities to cross cultural (including racial and ethnic) boundaries.