UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

Students are required to take 3 units of coursework designated as meeting the Ethnic Studies (E.S.) General Education requirement in order to graduate from CSUN (or any California State University). Upon completion of an E.S. designated course, students will have met the CSU GE Area 6 requirement and the course will be designated as such on their official transcript.

The following courses meet the Ethnic Studies (E.S.) requirement.

Ethnic Studies (88)

AAS 100. Introduction to Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 102. Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (3)

AAS 210. History of Asians in America (3)

AAS 220. Survey of Asian American Literature (3)

AAS 230. Asian Americans and the Media (3)

AAS 311. Research Methods in Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 321. Asian American Fiction (3)

AAS 340. Asian American Women (3)

AAS 345. Contemporary Issues in Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 355. Biracial and Multiracial Identity (3)

AAS 360. Asian American Immigration–Global Perspective (3)

AAS 361A-Z. Asian American Experiences of Selected Groups (3)

AAS 362. Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Experience (3)

AAS 390/F. Asian American Communities: Field Practicum (2/1)

AAS 430. Asian American Popular Culture (3)

AAS 440. Urbanization and Asian American Communities (3)

AAS 453. Asian American Families (3)

AAS 455. Asian American Sexuality (3)

AFRS 100. Introduction to Black Studies and Culture (3)

AFRS 168. Introduction to the African Diaspora (3)

AFRS 171. History of African Civilizations (3)

AFRS 201. Economics of the African American Community I (3)

AFRS 220. Introduction to Black Psychology (3)

AFRS 221. Introduction to Black Sociology (3)

AFRS 245. African American Literature Since 1930 (3)

AFRS 246. Introduction to African-American Drama (3)

AFRS 304. Health and Wellness in Africana Communities (3)

AFRS 311. Black Psychology (3)

AFRS 320. The Black Personality (3)

AFRS 322. The Black Family (3)

AFRS 324. The Black Woman in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 325. The Black Man in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 343. Film, Literature and Society in Africa (3)

AFRS 351. The Black Aesthetic (3)

AFRS 352. The Black Novel (3)

AFRS 362. Diversity and Public Policy (3)

AFRS 366. Colonialism in Africa (3)

AFRS 367. African American Social Movements (3)

AFRS 420. The Black Child (3)

AIS 101. Introduction to American Indian Studies (3)

AIS 222. Gender, Sexuality, and American Indian Communities (3)

AIS 250. American Indians and U.S. History (3)

AIS 301. American Indians and Popular Culture (3)

CAS 100. Introduction to Central American Studies (3)

CAS 102. The Salvadoran Experience (3)

CAS 201. Survey of Central American Literature (3)

CAS 202. Survey of Central American Visual, Installation and Performance Arts (3)

CAS 309. Ancient to Pre-Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 310. Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 311. The Central American Diaspora (3)

CAS 355. Environment, Development and Social Exclusion in Central America (3)

CAS 365. Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)

CAS 368. Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)

CAS 369. Contemporary Social Movements in Central America (3)

CHS 100. Chicana/o Culture (3)

CHS 111. The Chicana/o and the Arts (3)

CHS 201. Survey of Mexican Literature in Translation (3)

CHS 246. Contemporary Issues of the Chicana (3)

CHS 270SOC/F. Fieldwork in Barrio Studies (1/2)

CHS 306. The Chicana/o in Films (3)

CHS 310. Regional Music of Mexico (3)

CHS 331. Chicana/o Decolonizing Research Methods (3)

CHS 345. History of the Mexican Peoples (3)

CHS 346. History of the Chicana/Mexicana (3)

CHS 347. Indigenous Intellectual History (3)

CHS 350. Religions and Spiritualities in Chicana/o Communities (3)

CHS 351. Survey of Mexican Philosophical Thought (3)

CHS 362. Contemporary Indigenous Migrations and Diasporas (3)

CHS 364. World Migration and the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 365. Third World Women and the Chicana (3)

CHS 380. Chicana/o Literature (3)

CHS 381. Contemporary Chicana Literature (3)

CHS 382. Literary Constructions of Chicanx Identity (3)

CHS 390. Alternative Chicano Press (3)

CHS 401. Pre-Cuauhtemoc Meso-American Civilizations (3)

CHS 405. Chicanas/os and the Media (3)

CHS 417. Equity and Diversity in Schools (3)

CHS 430. The Chicana/o Child (3)

CHS 431. The Chicana/o Adolescent (3)

CHS 432. Counseling the Chicana/o Child (3)

CHS 434. Current Educational Theories of Chicana/os in the Schools (3)

CHS 448. Chicana/o Public History (3)

CHS 453. Theory and the Chicana/o Experience (3)

CHS 460. Politics of the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 467. Environmental Justice and Chicana/o Communities (3)

CHS 473. The Chicana/o and Social Institutions (3)

CHS 480/F. Chicana/o-Latina/o Children’s Literature in Communities (2/1)

CHS 486A. Nahuatl I (3)