WHAT IS THE IDA CONCENTRATION?

The Identity, Diversity, and Aesthetics Concentration in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity and African & African American Studies is a program designed to explore the intersections of culture, race, the arts, and social transformation. In IDA courses taught by Stanford faculty and distinguished Visiting Artists, students learn how the arts, activism, and the academy interact to produce aesthetic and societal change.

IDA CONCENTRATION IN CSRE OR AAAS

Requirements For Those Graduating In 2011-12 and 2012-13
• 15 Units of CSRE Core classes, one of which focuses on the arts, and one of which is CSRE 200X (taken in Autumn of senior year) or 20 units of AAAS Core classes, which includes AAAS 200X, and;
• Minimum 25 Units In CSRE or AAAS IDA Classes drawn from:
1)    CSRE 15: IDA Integrative Seminar
2)    DRAMA 110 or IDA Visiting Artist Seminar (If these are taken more than once, each counts toward minimum 25 units)
3)    EDUC 121x: Hip-Hop, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language
4)    Class on community arts & engagement, including CSRE 201B, or equivalent
5)    Any additional class on identity, diversity, and aesthetics cleared by IDA & CSRE Staff

Requirements For Those Graduating In or After 2013-14 (Tentative)
• 15 Units of CSRE Core classes, one of which focuses on the arts, and one of which is CSRE 200X (taken in the Autumn of the senior year) or 20 units of AAAS Core classes, which includes AAAS 200X, and;
• Minimum 25 Units In CSRE IDA Classes drawn from:
1)    Introduction to Identity, Diversity and Aesthetics survey course or EDUC 121x: Hip-Hop, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language (Samy Alim)
2)    CSRE 15: IDA Integrative Seminar or DRAMA 110 or IDA Visiting Artist Seminar (If these are taken more than once, all count toward minimum 20 units)
3)    Class on community arts and engagement, including CSRE 201B, or equivalent
And:
4)    Any additional class on identity, diversity, and aesthetics cleared by IDA & CSRE Staff

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IDA SENIOR PROJECT

IDA Concentration students must also complete a senior creative project. Possible senior projects could include: a stage production, an album of music, a fiction or creative non-fiction piece, or an arts workshop curriculum for a community setting. Students who elect to write an honors thesis may incorporate their project as the basis for their thesis.

IDA MINOR with Interdisciplinary Honors Option

Students who major in a subject other than CSRE or AAAS have an option to pick up a CSRE Minor in IDA with Honors if they complete an approved senior project through a CSRE-IHN class.

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS, inquire with Jeff Chang (jeffc410@stanford.edu) at IDA, Cheryl Brown (cheryl.brown@stanford.edu) or Massa Wells (massa.wells@stanford.edu) at AAAS, or Tania Mitchell (tanmitch@stanford.edu) or Sarah Gamino (sgamino@stanford.edu) at CSRE.