Undergraduate
Senior Essays Prizes
HENRY K. HAYASE PRIZE ( B.A. 1973)
Established in the fall of 1988, the Henry K. Hayase Prize is awarded annually to the best senior essay focusing on the field of Asian American experience in the United States. A faculty committee will select the winner who will be announced during the 2021 commencement ceremonies.
Submit application online
CARLOS R. MORENO PRIZE
Yale College
See Yale College Program of Study for more details.
Area of concentration
In consultation with the DUS, each student defines an area of concentration consisting of six term courses, one of which must be a methods course; these concentration courses do not include the senior essay or project.
Advanced work in the foreign language related to a student’s area of concentration is advised.
Requirements of the major
Students must complete twelve term courses in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, including the senior requirement. There are no prerequisites.
Undergraduate program
Our program enables students to engage in interdisciplinary, comparative study of forces that have created a multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial world. The major emphasizes familiarity with the intellectual traditions and debates surrounding the concepts of indigeneity, ethnicity, nationality, and race; grounding in both the history of migration and its contemporary manifestations; and knowledge of and direct engagement with the cultures, structures, and peoples formed by these migrations.
