ETHS V14 - Introduction to Black Studies

    Recent Professors
    Clare Washington
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    40–46 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ETHS V14
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This course provides an interdisciplinary survey of the experiences and contributions made by African Americans with emphasis on the contemporary experience in the United States. This course introduces students to Black Studies as an intellectual, political, and cultural project steeped in a long and international tradition of Black radicalism. It broadly surveys the historical and ongoing process of Black politics, cultural production, and identity formation as structured through race and its intersection with gender, sexualities, and class. The primary focus is on the U.S. and the historical development of Black life, community, and culture against persistent anti-Black racism, economic and political exploitation, gender and sexual oppression, and institutionalized forms of violence.
    Usually Held
    Mon 10:00am–11:20am