Comparative Ethnic Studies (ETHS)
Courses
1. ETHS 1 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies
3 Units (Degree Applicable, CSU, UC)
No Prerequisite Required
Lecture: 3 hours per week
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity in the United
States relating to the diverse institutional, cultural, and historical issues of the
four historically defined racialized core groups (Native Americans, African Americans,
Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans). The course will examine key topics such as
racialization, racism, settler colonialism, imperialism, racial capitalism, white
supremacy, cultural hegemony, power, discrimination, immigration, economics, labor,
political conditions, cultural expression, resistance, cross-group collaboration,
liberation movements, and the intersection of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities.
2. ETHS 2 - Race and Racism in Education
3 Units (Degree Applicable, CSU, UC)
No Prerequisite Required
Lecture: 3 hours per week
This interdisciplinary survey course, broadly and deeply, examines the role of race
and racism in the educational experiences of the four historically defined racialized
core groups in the United States (Native Americans, African/Black Americans, Latinx
Americans, and Asian Americans). This course is largely constructed around the words
and voices of the aforementioned groups, in order to understand historical dehumanization,
(in)access, and segregation in education, as well as contemporary practical manifestations
of how race and racism play out in everyday K-16 schooling.
