Create Your Path to Empowerment
A minor in Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies (REGS) will broaden your educational and professional opportunities in the public and private sectors by enriching your liberal arts, social science or natural science training.
Why Choose Our Program?
- Our minor lets you pursue a specialized focus that enhances your major in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences.
- We allow the creation of a course of study suited to your interests.
- Employers in business, law, education, journalism, the arts, government, medicine and public and social services actively recruit job candidates with knowledge and training in issues of race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender.
- Graduate schools and professional programs particularly select our students for their creativity, intellectual flexibility and sensitivity to difference and breadth of knowledge.
Learn more about the Minor in Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies on the Academic Catalog or review our degree sheet (PDF).
Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies Minor
Potential Career Paths
- Attorney
- Journalist
- Congressional aide
- Educator
- Entreprenuer
- Inclusive excellence officer
- Filmmaker
- Human resources specialist
- Human rights organization director
- Librarian
- Medical field practitioner
- Psychologist
- Social worker
- Victims' advocate
Discover the Benefits of Internships
Internships and job opportunities are available throughout the Kansas City metro at nonprofit organizations, human services, government agencies and private firms that need and value diversity literacy. Our internship programs provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to gain hands-on experience. In some cases, students receive one to four hours of academic credit while learning and working in off- or on-campus placements.
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