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Ethnic Studies
Degree Requirements
Ethnic Studies Major  |  Ethnic Studies Minor
Ethnic Studies Major
(12 semester course credits)

Required:

ETHS 051 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (1)

ETHS 090 Comparative Ethnic Literature and Cultural Production (1)

ETHS 091 Research Methods in Ethnic Studies (1)

ETHS 126 Theories of Race and Ethnicity (1)

Senior requirement:

ETHS 191 Senior Seminar (1)
Multi-ethnic, select two courses from the following:
ETHS 042 (142) Ethnicity and Environment in California (1)

ETHS 047 The "Third World": Colonialism and Globalization (1)

ETHS 064 Mixed-Race Descent in the Americas (1)

ETHS 112 Race, Gender, and the Environment (1)

ETHS 120 Narratives of People of Mixed-Race Descent (1)

ETHS 154 Writing the Self: Autobiographies of People of Color in the United States (1)

ETHS 156 Contemporary Queer Writers of Color (1)

ETHS 157 Race, Gender, and the Criminal Justice System (1)

ETHS 166 Women of Color in Social Movements (1.25)

ETHS 180 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (1)

ETHS 188 Film, Color, and Culture: Images of People of Color in Cinema (1)

Single Ethnic, select three courses from the following:

ETHS 039 RaĆ­ces (Roots): Latin America and the Caribbean (1)

ETHS 052 African American Women's History (1)

ETHS 054 American Indian History to 1900 (1)

ETHS 114 African Diasporic Representations in Film (1)

ETHS 139 Asian/Pacific American Women Writers (1)

ETHS 144 Asian/Pacific American and Asian Diasporic Literature (1)

ETHS 150 Womanist Theory (1)

ETHS 158 Latino Immigration (1)

ETHS 159 History of Latinas/os in the United States (1)

ETHS 172 American Indian Women in the U.S. (1)

ETHS 173 Celluloid Native: American Indians in Film (1)

ETHS 180 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (1)

COLL 060F Images and Icons: American Indians in Media, Literature, and History (1)

COLL 060O Inventing the "Other," Policing Difference

Electives, select two additional upper-division ethnic studies courses in consultation with major advisor.

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Ethnic Studies Minor
(6 semester course credits)

Required:
ETHS 051 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (1)

And select five additional ethnic studies courses, at least three of which must be from the core, multi-ethnic, or single ethnic lists. Three courses must be upper-division.

Electives

The following courses may also be taken for elective credit for the major or minor, in consultation with the advisor:

ANTH 116 Traditional Native American Cultures (1)

ANTH 130 Ethnicity, Race, and Child Development (1)

ENG 043 Survey of African American Literature (1)

ENG 117 20th-Century African American Literature (1)

ENG 147 Survey of 19th-Century African American Literature (1)

HIST 118 The Civil Rights Movement in America, 1941 to Present (1)

HIST 151 African American History since Emancipation (1)

LET 115 African and Caribbean Literatures (1)

LET 131 Aspects of Hispanic American Cultures (1)

LET 149 Post-Colonial Conditions: Contemporary Women's Writings from Africa (1)

LET 161 Women Writers of Spain, Latin America, and U.S. Latinas (1)

MUS 170 African American Music: The Meaning and the Message (1)

SOC 129 Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S. (1)

SOC 132 Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (1)

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ETHS 039 - ETHS 157

ETHS 158 - ETHS 191

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