Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4I · IGETC Area 4C · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D9DescriptionThis course will provide students with a broad general understanding of many of the common topics in multicultural and social psychology, such as relationships between social behavior and attitudes, self-concept, mass communication, and group process. In addition, culture and ethnicity issues will be integrated into each topical area. Specific comparisons of the social experience of racial and ethnic groups in the United States of America will provide the foundation for lectures and discussions. Classic and contemporary research pertinent to racial and ethnic group will be presented to help students understand themselves and others in a cultural/ethnic context and to heighten their awareness of cultural and ethnic diversity. Relevant contemporary research will be used to heighten student awareness of multicultural psychology.