ETHST 1 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies

    Recent Professors
    Justin Daniel Gomer, SuShuan Chen, Vanna Nauk, Elizabeth Villa, Erika Santizo, Bri A. Ali, Milo Alvarez, Alicia Hawkins and 6 more
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area F · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    This introductory course will take an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to the examination of the historical, cultural, economic and political issues that impact ethnic/racial groups within the United States, with a specific focus the African American, Asian American, Indigenous/American Indian/Native American, and Chicana/o and Latina/o communities. Utilizing a socio-historical scope, this course will analyze how racial formations have been historically constructed and resisted, as well as, provide theoretical frameworks to identify and understand the modalities of white supremacy, and to combat racism, in a comparative context, over time in in contemporary society.
    Usually Held
    Thu 11:30am–12:55pm, Thu 2:10pm–3:35pm, Wed 12:45pm–2:10pm