Ethnic Studies ETHN

ETHN 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies

Units

3

Hours

Lecture 3 hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC (with credit limitation)

Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ETHN 100H.

Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides a comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of historical connections among race, ethnicity, class, religion, sexuality, and gender inequality. It introduces significant theories, philosophies, concepts, issues, and social movements related to racial and social justice and liberation in the US. Students examine diverse perspectives on empowerment, identity, equity, self-determination, agency, and anti-racism within contemporary American society as well as the effects of institutional racism and marginalization on the African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latinx/Chicanx racial and ethnic groups. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for ETHN 100 or ETHN 100H.

Offered: Fall 2026 (22 sections)

ETHN 100H Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Honors)

Units

3

Hours

Lecture 3 hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC (with credit limitation)

Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ETHN 100.

Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides a comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of historical connections among race, ethnicity, class, religion, sexuality, and gender inequality. It introduces significant theories, philosophies, concepts, issues, and social movements related to racial and social justice and liberation in the US. Students examine diverse perspectives on empowerment, identity, equity, self-determination, agency, and anti-racism within contemporary American society as well as the effects of institutional racism and marginalization on the African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latinx/Chicanx racial and ethnic groups. As an honors course, this course will emphasize a higher degree of student participation and leadership in class discussions. Students will apply advanced Ethnic Studies research methods to the design of extensive, independent research-based projects. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for ETHN 100 or ETHN 100H.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN 200 Introduction to Pacific Islander and Oceania Studies

Units

3

Hours

Lecture 3 hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces the interdisciplinary field of Pacific Islands, Pacific Islander, and Oceania studies. Students examine historical and contemporary issues and experiences related to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States and across the Pacific diaspora. Students learn island and ocean geographies by studying maps and discussing the cartographic politics that formed the regions of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. This course focuses on the experiences of Pacific Islanders from Hawai'i, Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Tonga, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tahiti, and New Zealand. This course examines colonial, postcolonial, and neocolonial histories of the region, history, politics, immigration, environment, decolonization, self-determination, resistance and social movements through Pacific Islander and Oceanic epistemologies. They explore the diverse cultures and identities of the Pacific, highlighting traditional knowledge, customs, arts (storytelling, weaving, tattooing), practices (canoe building, navigation, surfing), religion, and food. Formerly PACS 100.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN 207 Race and Ethnic Relations

Units

3

Hours

Lecture 3 hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

SOCI-150, SJS-110

Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in SOC 207 or SOCI 207.

Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides a systematic examination of how race and ethnic relations are affected by the concepts of power, prejudice, ethnocentrism, and racism. It introduces significant theories, issues, and social movements related to racial/ethnic justice, to understand the effects of institutional racism and marginalization on the African American, Native American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Latinx/Chicanx racial and ethnic groups. The course also examines the institutions and other factors involved in establishing, sustaining, and changing systems of racial and ethnic inequality and how they are connected to class, gender, sexuality, citizenship status, and other intersections. C-ID SOCI-150, SJS-110.

Offered: Fall 2026 (9 sections)