ETHS 21 - Introduction to African-American Studies

    Recent Professors
    Jordan Bell, Jason (He/Him) Seals
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This Ethnic Studies course is an introduction to African-American Studies centered on black lives and experiences. Drawing from the humanities, the performing arts, the social sciences and cinema, students will examine the profound contributions of African-American cultures that are central to America. This multidisciplinary course approaches African-American Studies as simultaneously authentically American while also embedded with a global black diaspora stretching from the Caribbean to Europe to Asia. Students will use an ethnic studies lens to examine themes like black resistance, white supremacy, large-scale migration and multiracial coalition building are examined to illustrate the multifaceted dimensions of African-American cultures and black lives, inside and outside of America.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:00am–10:15am, Tue 1:30pm–3:20pm, Tue 5:30pm–7:20pm, Wed 7:00am–9:50am