Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4DescriptionThis ethnic studies course introduces students to the field of African American studies. It investigates how African American studies came to be a discipline of study and the shapes it took in its initial formations. Students explore the ways that various community members, activists, students, teachers, scholars, artists, musicians, poets, and filmmakers have contributed to thinking about Black experiences both historically and contemporarily. Finally, students consider current Black struggles for freedom, for justice, and for humanity through an ethnic studies lens. 