Ethnic Studies
17 courses · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
ES 1 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An introduction to Ethnic Studies as an academic discipline, the interdisciplinary and comparative study of race and ethnicity in the United States. The course surveys critical events, histories, cultures, intellectual traditions, and contributions of racial and ethnic communities, emphasizing the lived experiences, social struggles, agency, theory and knowledge produced by Native American, African American, Asian American, and Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x communities. The course will also critically analyze the intersection of race and racism with class, gender, and sexuality as applied to the above groups, and further assess the role of resistance, solidarity, racial justice, social justice and liberation as experienced and enacted by Native American, African American, Asian American and Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x/e communities.
ES 4 Intro to Latinx Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
A pan-Latina/o, comparative, and interdisciplinary approach to major themes and issues related to the Latinx community in the U.S., including: race and racism, indigenous culture, colonialism, war, genocide, migration, transnationalism, citizenship, identity, language, gender, family, labor, neoliberalism, education, expression, and resistance. A critical examination of modern Latin American history and indigenous and African cultures connected to the Latinx diaspora, including Chicana/o, Mexican, Central American, South American, and Caribbean-American communities in the U.S.
ES 5 Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A critical examination of representations of people of color in popular culture, from historically significant to contemporary examples. Using an intersectional lens of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality, students will analyze representations from mainstream films, independent cultural productions, music, visual art, and social media, and how characters and communities of color are portrayed and interpret these images as consumers of media. Topics include Hollywood stereotyping, media influencing political and social events, cultural citizenship, and the role of new media, such as video games and social media platforms. Students will learn how to critically examine and thoughtfully compare works, while using the lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class to break down decode messages.
ES 6 Introduction to Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of race and ethnicity with a special focus on the cultures, histories, traditions, experiences, struggles and resistance of the people of the Pacific Islands and Oceania (Polynesian, Micronesian, Melanesian communities) under the broader categorization of one of the four historically defined racialized core groups in Ethnic Studies: Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Key Ethnic Studies concepts addressed include: racism, racialization, self-determination, imperialism, colonialism, settler colonialism, decolonization, sovereignty, immigration, intersectionality, resistance, justice, liberation, and solidarity as related to the people of Oceania throughout the diaspora. Groups include: Native Hawai’ian, Samoan, Samoan American, Tongan, Maori, Tahitian, Fijian, Solomon Islanders, Chamorro, Papua New Guinea, Palauan, Marshallese, and Native American.
ES 7 Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU
Critical examination of the historical and socio-cultural experiences of African American, Latinx/a, Asian American, Native American, Arab American, and Pacific Islander women through a feminist perspective. The course will study gender and how it intersects with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, sexuality, religion, and other systems of difference and power. The course will consider various issues related to how racism, capitalism, patriarchy, war, sexual violence and other systems of power intersect to influence the lives of women of color in the United States, as they may relate to work, family, politics, identity, resistance, and artistic expression. Students will also be introduced to Women’s Studies and the study of gender and sexuality
ES 8 Introduction to Black Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This is an introductory course to Black Studies. It examines the development of Black Studies as an interdisciplinary academic discipline, its history, origins, and goals, and the social, cultural, philosophical, economic, and political experiences and contributions of African American, Black, and African peoples and diaspora to the United States and the world. Students will analyze key concepts in the field, including race and racism, settler colonialism, imperialism, anti-racism, intersectionality, self-determination, white supremacy, Black culture and arts, and health disparities and wellness. Students will also examine theory and knowledge produced by Black/African American communities and assess how historical and contemporary struggles, resistance, solidarity, social justice, and liberation have been experienced, enacted, and studied by Black and African American communities.
ES 11 Solidarity in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course explores the core experiences, histories, cultures, and theories with an emphasis on solidarity across the broad and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, including East Asian Americans, Southeast Asian Americans, South Asian Americans, Filipinx Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and Arab Americans. Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, and Pacific Islander Studies frameworks and core competencies will be applied to describe critical events and intellectual traditions, including: AAPI solidarity within and among other ethnic/racialized groups; impacts of white supremacy and racialization; impacts of wars, colonization, and imperialism; intersectionality, decoloniality, self-determination, anti-racism, liberation, and sovereignty in order to build a just and equitable society.
ES 12 Chicanx and Latinx Expressive Cultures and Resistance
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x expressive cultures, whose composition spans differences along the lines of citizenship, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, language, and more. Readings and course material will cover Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x representation, identities, and the role of race, gender, nationality, sexuality, and class in creative expression in everyday life and social movements. Key topics include resistance, self-determination, liberation, decolonization, sovereignty, transnationalism, imperialism, colonialism, and racial and social justice. We will explore these main topics through Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x cultural expressions.
ES 13 Pacific Islander Expressive Cultures
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course centers cultural expressions of Pacific islander people in Oceania and the Diaspora. Using an Ethnic Studies and Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies framing, this course will center and discuss Pacific Islander creation and expressions in response to dismantling oppressive systems like settler colonialism, white supremacy, and racialization, while reclaiming and reinventing cultural and artistic narratives and identities related to themes of decolonization, sovereignty, anti-racism, self-determination, liberation, solidarity, and intersectionality. A centering of resistance, social and cultural movements, and intersectional identities through Oceania/Pacific Islander music, poetry, film, visual arts, dance, multiple forms of media, and the humanities.
ES 14 Filipinx American Experiences: Identity, Empowerment, Community
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An introduction to the diverse experiences, histories, cultures, identities, and struggles of the Filipina/o/x American community. The course will analyze and articulate Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies concepts to understand the impact of colonialism, imperialism, racialization, white supremacy, intersectionality, decolonization, liberation, anti-racism, and social movements on the historical and contemporary experiences of Filipina/o/xs in the United States.
ES 25 American Indian History and Culture
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- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
Historical survey of American Indians in the United States from earliest times to the present day. Emphasis on Indian societies and cultures, Indian relations with predominant cultures, Indian movement for self-preservation, and historical background necessary to understand contemporary problems of the Indians. Emphasis on the Indians of California and the West.
ES 42 Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An exploration of Asian American history from the 18th century to WWII. A critical and comparative analysis of the impacts of race, racialization, white supremacy, orientalism, colonialism, imperialism, war, social inequity, and migration on the first wave of immigrants from China, Japan, Korea, India and the Philippines. Special emphasis will be placed on labor and immigration policies, citizenship, community, social and political resistance, solidarity, and on the intersection of race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, and class. This course will ask students to examine how Asian American history transforms U.S. history. This course includes analysis of the U. S. Constitution, Supreme Court Rulings, and California State and local government issues related to the rights of Asian Americans.
ES 43 Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A historical survey and critical comparative analysis of the impacts of race, racialization, white supremacy, imperialism, war, social inequity, and migration on Asian Americans from the early 20th century to the present. Major topics will include wars, refugees, immigration policies and settlement patterns, citizenship, laws, labor and socioeconomic class, decolonization, anti-racist struggles, resistance and solidarity, education, discrimination, and social identity. An intersectional frame will be applied, examining the role of race, ethnicity, immigration status, religion, language, gender, sexuality, and class. The course will interrogate the term “Asian American” and apply comparative analysis among diverse groups including Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian. This course includes analysis of the U. S. Constitution, Supreme Court Rulings, and California State and local government issues related to the rights of Asian Americans.
ES 52 United States History from a Chicano Perspective I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A survey of the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the Chicana/o experience within the context of U.S. history from Mesoamerican origins to the Reconstruction era. Students will critically analyze the struggles of Chicanas/os in the historical development of the United States with comparisons to other groups. Students will also analyze and critique race and racism, colonialism and white supremacy, while also centering movements for sovereignty, self-determination and anti-racism. Major topics include European colonization, Indigenous cultures and slavery, the formation of the American political system, structural racism and segregation, the U.S. War with Mexico, and the American Civil War. This course includes analysis of the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court Rulings, and California State and local government issues related to the rights of Mexican and Mexican Americans.
ES 53 United States History from a Chicano Perspective II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A survey course of the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the Chicana/o experience within the context of U.S. history from the Reconstruction era to the present. Students will critically analyze the struggles of Mexican Americans in the historical development of California and the United States with comparisons to other groups. The course will also include analysis and critique of structural racism, white supremacy and racial violence while also centering movements for civil rights, self-determination, and anti-racism.
ES 62 The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course presents a survey of the history of the United States from the perspective of African Americans. It presents that perspective in the contexts of the experiences of Native peoples, European Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos/Latinas before 1865. A critical and comparative analysis of the impacts of race, racialization, white supremacy, gender, class, colonialism, imperialism, war, social inequity, and migration on African Americans. Special emphasis will be placed on labor, citizenship, community, social and political resistance, solidarity, and the intersection of race, gender, and class. Early African history, the trade in African slaves, and exploration of the political, economic, demographic and social influences shaping African American life and culture prior to 1865 will be examined. The U.S. government and the Constitution, the California government and Constitution, and other constitutional models for comparison and contrast will also be covered.
ES 63 The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course presents a survey of the history of the United States from the perspective of African Americans. It presents that perspective in the contexts of the experiences of Native peoples, European Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos/Latinas after 1865. A critical and comparative analysis of the impacts of race, racialization, white supremacy, gender, class, colonialism, imperialism, war, social inequity, and migration on African Americans. Special emphasis will be placed on labor, citizenship, community, social and political resistance, solidarity, and the intersection of race, gender, and class. The course explores the economic, cultural, institutional, political history of African Americans from the post-Civil War period to the present. The African American relationship with national, California state and local governments will also be covered.