Degree Requirements and Declaration Process

STEP 1

Review all requirements via the CSRE Stanford Bulletin Page 

STEP 2

Fill out the PhD Minor Intake Form

STEP 3

Meet with CCSRE Academic Staff to complete and discuss your course plan

STEP 4

Declare the PhD Minor on Axess

Degree Requirements

Per University requirements, all coursework must be at the 200 level. Units taken for the minor can be counted as part of the overall Ph.D. residency requirement, consisting of 135 units of graduate coursework. They may not be used to also meet the requirements for a master's degree.

To receive the Ph.D. Minor in CSRE, participating graduate students are expected to attain the minimum of 20 units required by Univeristy policy. Specifically, students must fulfill the following coursework requirements: 

Theories and Methods

Required of all PhD Minors. CSRE 300 must be taken for 5 units and letter grades to count toward the PhD Minor.

  • Spring 2026 | CSRE 300: Theories and Methods in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity | Steven Roberts

Workshop

PhD Minors must complete three quarters of workshop; only 1 unit per workshop quarter may count toward the overall PhD Minor unit requirement. 

  • Autumn 2025 | CSRE 301A: Graduate Workshop: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity | Annie Atura (Focus on pedagogy; guest speakers from Stanford University, Brown University, the University of Chicago, and Yale University)
  • Winter 2026 | CSRE 301B: Graduate Workshop: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity | Annie Atura (Focus on works in progress)
  • Spring 2026 | CSRE 301C: Graduate Workshop: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity | Michael Wilcox (Focus on professionalization and community engagement)

1 additional theory course

2+ additional electives

For more information, contact Dr. Annie Atura, Executive Director of CCSRE, at atura [at] stanford.edu (atura[at]stanford[dot]edu).

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