General Ethnic Studies

(Source: 2020-2021 Berkeley City College Catalog)

 

ETHST 1, 3 Units

Introduction to Ethnic Studies

3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU

AA/AS area 2, 5; CSU area D; IGETC area 4

Survey of the American experience of ethnic and racial relations: Exploration of American history and contemporary issues facing minority groups in the United States. Emphasis on Native, African, Mexican, and Asian American cultural experiences.

 

ETHST 2, 3 Units

Theoretical Approaches to Critical Ethnic Studies

3 hours lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: CSU

AA/AS area 2, 5; CSU area D; IGETC area 4.

Historical and contemporary theories in critical Ethnic Studies: Approaches and developments regarding race and ethnicity in a comparative context; nationalism; intersectionality; positionality; decolonialism; Black feminist thought/Women -of -Color feminism; social change; indigeneity; and other themes within the US and around the world.

(Source: 2020-2021 Berkeley City College Catalog)