ES 1 INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES

3 Units 3 hours lecture
Transfers: CSU, UC
This course uses comparative and interdisciplinary methods to examine race and ethnicity in the United States from the perspectives and experiences of African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern American, Native American, and Chicanx/Latinx communities in the United States. Students will interrogate and examine critical theories and issues in the field of ethnic studies such as patterns of imperialism, settler colonialism, genocide and ethnocide, slavery, racial formation and racialization, Eurocentrism, (im)migration, environmental justice, cultural expression, intersectionality, decolonization, civil rights, and anti-racist struggles.
Grading Method: GR - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
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