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Department of

Ethnic Studies

Major

Preparation for the Major

9 units of lower-division courses:*

ETHN 100D – Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3)
ETHN 110D – Ethnic Identity in the United States (3)

Three units in a lower division elective:

ETHN 120: Introduction to African American Studies (3)
ETHN 130: Introduction to American Indian Studies (3)
ETHN 140: Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies (3)
ENGL 224: Studies in Literary Traditions (approved by advisor) (3)
ENGL 225: Studies in U.S. Literature (approved by advisor) (3)
ETHN 294: Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (3)
HIST 125D: Race and Ethnicity in the American Experience (3)
MUSC 102D: Introduction to Jazz (3)
THEA 111D: Theatre and Society (3)

Major Requirements:

The major is interdisciplinary and requires 30 units of upper-division course work to be distributed among the two core courses and the three areas of concentration:

A. History and Identity
B. Creativity and Spirituality
C. Institutions and Activism

There are 6 units of core classes that every student must take, the first of which, ETHN 300, should be completed at the beginning of upper-division course work. Course work will culminate in the capstone course, ETHN 497C, a community-based research seminar. Students are required to take at least one course in each of the three areas of concentration and must complete at least 15 total units in one of the designated areas. Areas of concentration are designed to emphasize a thematic and comparative ethnic group focus. The area of concentration will be elected by the student with guidance from an advisor. Students are required to take at least 9 total units from the two remaining areas of concentration. In addition to the capstone course, at least one course must be a “C” or community service-learning course. Additional courses generated each semester by the program committee may also be applicable.

The curriculum layout is as follows:

I. Core Courses (6 units)

ETHN 300 – Research and Critical Perspectives in Ethnic Studies (3)
ETHN 497C – Advanced Ethnic Studies (3)

II. Core Areas of Concentration*

A. History and Identity:  The social construction and historical roots of identity formation ensure that the "personal" is always political and cultural.  Courses in this area examine ethnic histories, ethnic identities, and the social processes through which we come to know things about ourselves and others.

ANTH 320D – North American Indian Cultures (3)
ANTH 321D – California and Great Basin Indian Cultures (3)\
ANTH 323D – Southwest Indian Cultures (3)
COMM 475 – Intercultural Communication (3)
ENGL 358 – U.S. Ethnic Literature (3)
ENGL 364 – Postcolonial Studies (3)
ETHN 321C – African American Panethnicity (3)
ETHN 331 – Gender in Native America (3)
ETHN 343- Chicano/Latino Studies (3)
ETHN 494 – Special Topics in Ethnic Studies
HIST 380 – History of the American West (3)
HIST 381 – American Indian History (3)
HIST 383 – Chicano History (3)
HIST 389 – History of California (3)
PSYC 324 – Cross-Cultural Psychology (3)
PSYC 328 – Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination (3)
SPAN 303D – Introduction to Hispanic Literature (3)

B. Creativity and Spirituality: The creative works of people of color, both sacred and worldly, serve as alternative registers of our shared narratives and experiences.  Courses in this area examine art and faith communities as well as the creation, interpretation, and reception of cultural "texts."

ARTH 356 – Race, Ethnicity, Art, and Film (3)
COMM 432 – Film and Cultural Politics (3)
ETHN 323 – African American Music and Culture (3)
ETHN 360 – Race, Religion and Social Justice (3)
ETHN 362 – Ethnicity and Cinema (3)
ETHN 494 – Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (3)
MUSC 444D – The Bebop Era (3)
THEA 375C – Theatre and Community (3)
THRS 312 – Hindu Faith and Practice approved by advisor (3)
THRS 313 – Jewish Faith and Practice approved by advisor (3)
THRS 314 – Buddhist Faith and Practice approved by advisor (3)
THRS 315 – Islamic Faith and Practice approved by advisor (3)
THRS 320 – Native American Religious Traditions (3)
THRS 321 – Afro-Latin Religions (3)
THRS 358 – U.S. Latino/a Catholicism (3)
THRS 368 – U.S. Latino/a and Latin American Theologies (3)

C. Institutions and Activism: The ongoing effects of past discrimination structure state policies and practices ensuring that racialization, social movements, and activism cycle and re-cycle in the ongoing pursuit of social justice.  Courses in this area emphasize analysis of social structures in terms of how they manifest "the dominant" and the counter narrative that arise through social activism.

ARTH 338 – City and Utopia: Introduction to History of Urbanism (3)
EDUC 381C - Multicultural and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)
ETHN 321C- African American Panethnicity (3)
ETHN 322 - African American Civil Rights (3)
ETHN 331 – Gender in Native America (3)
ETHN 343 – Chicano/Latino Studies (3)
ETHN 361 – Immigration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Ethnicity, Race and Gender (3)
ETHN 494 – Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (3)
HIST 370 – American Environmental History (3)
PHIL 344 – Environmental Justice (3)
POLS 316D – Sex, Power, and Politics (3)
POLS 374 – U.S. Latin-American Relations (3)
PSYC 359 – Health Psychology of Women and Ethnic Groups (3)
SOCI 331 – Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
SOCI 356 – Crime as Entertainment: Film, Television, and Reality (3)
SOCI 359 – Gender through the Prism of Difference (3)
SOCI 364 – Work and Labor (3)
SOCI 375 – The U.S. Mosaic (3)
SOCI 388 – Sports and the Social Context (3)
SOCI 420 - Black Eyes on America (3)SOCI 425 – The Black Atlantic (3)
SOCI 460 – Immigrant America (3)
SOCI 464C – Community, Consensus, and Commitment (3)
SOCI 472 – Law and Society (3)
SOCI 473 – Rights, Justice, Law and Inequality (3)
SOCI 494 – Special Topics in Contemporary Sociology approved by advisor (3)