Introduction to the history of Asian Americans in the United States from the 1800s to the present. Students review the historical forces affecting immigration of the following communities: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander. Analysis of problems resulting from limited access to the social, political and economic institutions of American society. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES)
Introduction to the operations of the U.S. economy, with special emphasis on the interrelationships between producers, consumers and governmental components. Emphasizes the economic position and economic needs of the African-American community within this system. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES)
Study of contemporary American society and its effects on the African-American community from the perspective of basic psychological concepts and theories. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES)
Study of contemporary American society and its effects on the African-American community from the perspective of basic sociological concepts and theories. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. This course provides an in-depth exploration of health and wellness in Africana communities. Students will examine the ways in which racism and systematic oppression create barriers to Black health and wellness. Students will evaluate pathways for personal and collective Black healing and empowerment. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Recommended Preparatory: AIS 101, GWS 100. A survey course that examines the concepts of gender and sexuality as they are politically, economically, socially and culturally constructed in American Indian communities. Special attention is given to the role settler colonialism plays in shaping these constructions. Explores the degree to which Indigenous articulations of gender and sexuality make possible a world in which all genders and sexualities are valued fully. Not available for credit in addition to GWS 222. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Survey of the history of Central Americans from pre-Hispanic times to the pre-Independence days. Major topics include: Indigenous cultures (complex and single societies); Indigenous and European (Spanish and Anglo) relations; religion, family and land tenure; language and education; disease, labor and population; local and global trading; Indigenous revolts and pre-independence movements. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Survey of the history of Central Americans from Independence times to the present. Major topics include: Independence movements; 19th and 20th century dependency; state-nation and identity formation; politics of mestizaje; indigenous resistance; imperialism and economic growth; relations with the U.S. and Europe; politics of development; contemporary social movements; Central American diaspora. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: Either CAS 100 or CAS 102. Examines the historical and socioeconomic conditions that have shaped the Central American revolutionary movements. Major topics of discussion include the history of Central America leading up to these movements, the role of U.S. policy in the region before and during the movements, the ideological sources of the revolutionary movements and their organizing strategies, the impact of the U.S. anti-intervention and solidarity movements, the peace processes in the region and the influence of these movements on the post-revolutionary diaspora communities in the U.S. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: Either CAS 100, CAS 102 or permission of the instructor. Designed to provide students with a basic theoretical and practical understanding of the contemporary social movements that shape Central American life in both Central America and the U.S. Emphasizes the transnational nature of Central American social movements, as well as the ways in which these movements are responding to the legacy of war and violence that has impacted Central American life, both in the region and in diaspora communities. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Course addresses how critical and indigenous methodologies and research can be used to promote racial and social justice within the Chicana/o/x community. Students practice using a language of critique in examining research methods, epistemology and ethics, theory, concepts and practices within the context of research in the Chicana/o/x community. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. History of the development of the Mexican peoples from the beginning of Spanish colonization (1521) to the present. Analysis of the interaction between politics and economics and the factors underlying Mexico’s economic underdevelopment also presented. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Appraisal of past and contemporary socio-political and economic contributions by Mexican women and Chicanas to developments in Mexico and the U.S. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of lower division writing requirement. Introduction to the Intellectual history of Indigenous societies of the Americas and highlights the 15,000-year legacy of Indigenous Knowledge held by today’s Indigenous communities with roots in Latin America. The course employs anti-colonial and decolonizing theoretical frameworks that center student attention on Indigenous Intellectual history and Indigenous people’s agency in determining their futures. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences or E Lifelong Learning.) (ES) (WI)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Recommended Preparatory: CHS 364. This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to critically understanding indigeneity in Latin American communities as well as contemporary Indigenous migration movements from Latin America to the United States. Students examine varied theoretical frameworks as well as specific case studies of Indigenous diasporic communities from Latin America residing in the U.S. to better understand their migrations, forced displacements and dispossession. Throughout the course we will explore the ways coloniality, settler colonialism, race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality inform the experiences of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (Available for General Education, D1 Social Sciences.) (ES) (WI)