Africana and African American Studies
Certificate of Achievement Ethnic Studies · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
Africana and African American Studies is an interdisciplinary field focused on specialized knowledge about the diverse and intersectional historical, contemporary, and cultural experiences related to African American and diasporic African communities. Drawing on the philosophical and intellectual foundations of African culture and people of African descent, students will develop critical thinking, research, socially engaged scholarship, and activist skills that can be applied toward various transformative justice and liberation movements of the community.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- evaluate the development of the field of African American Studies;
- effectively employ interdisciplinary methodologies in the analysis of issues stemming from structural and systemic oppression of African Americans;
- identify and describe the general history and diversity of African American people in the U.S. and the Diaspora;
- examine solutions toward social change, equity, and justice.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ES 62 | The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active) | 3 |
| orHIS 62 | The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active) | 3 |
| ES 63 | The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active) | 3 |
| orHIS 63 | The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 21 | The Evolution of the Black Writer (Active) | 3 |
| ES 1 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Active) | 3 |
| ES 2 | Contemporary Ethnic Minority Families in the U.S. (Historical) | 3 |
| ES 3 | Introduction to Muslim-American Studies (Historical) | 3 |
| ES 5 | Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture (Active) | 3 |
| ES 7 | Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active) | 3 |
| orSOCI 7 | Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active) | 3 |
| Total | 18 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities & Education
Program Control Number: 39816
TOP Code: 220300 - Ethnic Studies
CIP Code: 05.0200 - Ethnic Studies