ETHN 100 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies

    Recent Professors
    August Hu Samie, Daniel P. Rios, Elias Barbosa
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    Offered: All Terms, Every Year This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to racial and ethnic relations, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and gender inequalities in the field of Ethnic Studies. Students examine the cultural, political, and economic practices and institutions that support or challenge ethnic inequalities, as well as historical and contemporary patterns of interaction between various racial and ethnic groups. This course introduces the field of Ethnic Studies and its fundamental theories, concepts, philosophies, and social movements towards liberation, decolonization, and self-determination in the African American, Native American, Asian American, and Chicanx/Latinx communities. Students can attend field trips to visit local historical sites and interact with museum docents at the Oakland Museum of California, Coyote Hills Tuibun/Ohlone historical site, and Mission San Jose Ohlone/Bay Miwok tour. (GC) C-ID SOCI 150
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 11:10am–12:45pm