Ethnic Studies Academic Programs

Minors in Ethnic Studies. Feminist Ethnic Studies, & Queer Ethnic Studies. 

Required: ETHS 1208 Intro to Ethnic Studies (3units) 
Required: 1 of the following courses (3units) 
ETHS 1008: Introduction to Latina/o Studies
ETHS 1308: Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Isalnder Studies 
ETHS 1408: Introduction to Black Studies 
ETHS 1508: Introduction to Chicana/o/x Studies 
ETHS 1608: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies 

6 of 12 units: Upper Division (3000+level courses)

Ethnic Studies Minor Catalog

 

 

Asian American Studies is rooted in Ethnic Studies and is closely linked to the civil rights movements and student activism of the 1960s and 1970s. As a community-oriented, interdisciplinary academic discipline that began in places like San Francisco State University, UC Berkely, and UCLA, the field centers Asian American experiences, histories, and knowledges by examining issues of identity, power, racism, sexism, immigration, homophobia, transphobia, disability, class, and other social formations of difference primarily in the context of the US, and around the world.

 

 

Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies (CPIOS) merges Pacific Studies and Ethnic Studies, is rooted in student activism in San Francisco, California, and honors Indigenous peoples, knowledge systems, and experiences of Oceania throughout the diaspora by critically analyzing issues of imperialism, colonialism, racism (environmental racism), sexism, homophobia, and militarism in histroical and contemporary contexts (Kava & Loi-Ono,2022). We do this to dismantle oppressive systems and imaginaries by working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and communities of color, and to reimagine futurities and alternative systems rooted in Indigenous resurgence (Elliott, 2018).