Ethnic Studies (ETH STD)
ETH STD 10AC A History of Race and Ethnicity in Western North America, 1598-Present 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
This course explores the role of "race" and ethnicity in the history of what became the Western United States from the Spanish invasion of the Southwest to contemporary controversies surrounding "race" in California. Rather than providing a continuous historical narrative, or treating each racialized "other" separately, the course works through a series of chronologically organized events in which issues of racial differences played key roles in creating what became a western identity.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
ETH STD 11AC Theories and Concepts in Comparative Ethnic Studies An Introduction 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
This explores the work of key theorists of race, ethnicity, and de-colonization whose work and ideas have formed the basis of scholarly work in the broad, interdisciplinary field of comparative ethnic studies. It is intended both to offer beginning students a ground in the ideas and methods they will encounter throughout their major, and to introduce names, texts, and concepts with which all majors should be familiar. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 10B.
ETH STD 20AC Introduction to Ethnic Studies 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The University, its relationship to corporate structures, legislative bodies, community people, and specifically, Third World people will be analyzed. The University's values will be critically examined. The history of ethnic studies programs in this country, their development, and, their struggles will be discussed.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 20.
ETH STD 21AC A Comparative Survey of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the U.S 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
This survey course will examine the historical experiences of European immigrants, African Americans, and Latinos, emphasizing the themes of migration and economic change since the late 19th century. Though the class will focus on the three groups, the course will also address salient features of the experiences of Asian Americans, Native Americans, and recently arrived immigrants in light of the themes of the course. Intragroup differences such as class and gender will be discussed.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 21.
ETH STD 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment iimited to 15 freshmen.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 41AC A Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the 60's 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
An introductory, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of Native American, Mexican American, African American, and Asian American social and political struggles from 1960 to the present. The course traces the development of protest movements created by people of color in response to racial, class, gender, and political inequality in the context of U.S. politics and history. The course critically examines the internal and external factors contributing to the rise and fall of social and political movements and concludes with an analysis of the current conjuncture of race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, and sexual preference in U.S. politics.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 41.
ETH STD N41AC A Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the 60's 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
An introductory, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of Native American, Mexican American, African American, and Asian American social and political struggles from 1960 to the present. The course traces the development of protest movements created by people of color in response to racial, class, gender, and political inequality in the context of U.S. politics and history. The course critically examines the internal and external factors contributing to the rise and fall of social and political movements and concludes with an analysis of the current conjuncture of race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, and sexual preference in U.S. politics.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructor: Munoz
ETH STD C73AC/NATAMST C73AC Indigenous Peoples in Global Inequality 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies; Native American Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course examines the history of indigenous, aboriginal, native, or "tribal" peoples over the last five centuries. Particular attention is paid to how these groups were brought into relations with an expanding Europe, capitalist development, and modern nation-states. How have these peoples survived, what are the contemporary challenges they face, and what resources and allies have they drawn on in the present?
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructor: Biolsi
ETH STD 97 Field Study in Communities of Color 1 - 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of fieldwork per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Open to freshmen and sophomores only.
Supervised community field study.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ETH STD 98 Supervised Group Study 1 - 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Open to freshmen and sophomores only.
Group study of selected topics which will vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ETH STD 98BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of directed group study per week.
Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Individual research on a topic which will lead to the writing of major paper. Regular meetings with the faculty sponsor. Limited to freshmen and sophomores.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ETH STD 100 Comparative Ethnic Literature in America 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and zero to 1 hour of discussion per week.
Analysis of how selected works (poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and oral literature) reflect African American, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American consciousness and experiences.
ETH STD N100 Comparative Ethnic Literature in America 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Analysis of how selected works (poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and oral literature) reflect African-American, Chicano, Asian-American, and Native American consciousness and experiences.
Instructor: Fabi
ETH STD 101A Social Science Methods in Ethnic Studies 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and zero to 1 hours of discussion per week. 7.5 hours of lecture and zero to 2.5 hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The course provides an overview of social science methods used in ethnic studies fieldwork, archival research, oral histories, literature review, and critical theory. Particular attention is given to research design, forms of data, research presentation and analysis, and the ethical questions involved in doing research on communities of color. The course will emphasize presenting research in a clear, concise manner, and students will be expected to do a research practicum and present their work in writing on a regular basis.
ETH STD 101B Humanities Methods in Ethnic Studies 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 10 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The course provides an introduction to basic theoretical approaches to the literary and other cultural productions of ethnic or "minority" communities in the United States. It also involves the study of important writings by Latina/o, Native American, African American, Asian American, and mixed race writers, and to a lesser degree, the visual art production of these same communities. The course will focus with particular care on discourses of racialization, gender, and sexuality.
ETH STD 103A Proseminar: Issues in the Fields of Ethnic Studies: Racialization and Empire 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of seminar/discussion per week. 7.5 hours of seminar/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Designed primarily to give majors in Asian American studies, Chicano studies, Latin American studies, ethnic studies, and Native American studies elementary training in theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity. Emphasis will be placed on writing and discussion. For a precise schedule of offerings, see department catalog during pre-enrollment week each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 103C Proseminar: Issues in the Fields of Ethnic Studies: Racialization and Contemporary Communities 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of seminar/discussion per week. 7.5 hours of seminar/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Designed primarily to give majors in Asian American studies, Chicano studies, Latin American studies, ethnic studies, and Native American studies elementary training in theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity. Emphasis will be placed on writing and discussion. For a precise schedule of offerings, see department catalog during pre-enrollment week each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 103E Proseminar: Issues in the Fields of Ethnic Studies: Racialization, Gender, and Popular Culture 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of seminar/discussion per week. 7.5 hours of seminar/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Designed primarily to give majors in Asian American studies, Chicano studies, Latin American studies, ethnic studies, and Native American studies elementary training in theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity. Emphasis will be placed on writing and discussion. For a precise schedule of offerings, see department catalog during pre-enrollment week each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 122AC Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and Zero to 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The depiction of race and ethnic relations in American films from the 1960s to the present. The course covers independent features as well as mainstream Hollywood studio films.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 122.
ETH STD 126 Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations.
ETH STD C126/LGBT C148 Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations.
Formerly known as 126.
ETH STD 130 The Making of Multicultural America: A Comparative Historical Perspective 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
How and why did American society become racially and ethnically diverse? This comparative study of racial minorities and European immigrant groups examines selected historical developments, events, and themes from the 17th century to the present.
Formerly known as 130AC.
ETH STD N130 Racial Inequality in America: A Comparative Historical Analysis 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
A comparative and historical study of racial inequality from 1600 to the present. Readings and lectures will focus on white racial attitudes and the subordination of Afro-Americans, Asians, Chicanos, and Native Americans within the context of American society and culture.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
ETH STD 135 Contemporary U.S. Immigration 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and Zero to 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The myth, reality and history of U.S. immigration. This course discusses issues raised by the recent immigration in a comparative, historical approach. An examination of theories, politics, and policy of U.S. immigration restriction.
Formerly known as 135AC. Instructors: Choy, Montejano
ETH STD 136 Immigrant Women 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and Zero to 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor.
Examines patterns of women's immigration to the U.S. in specific socio-historical and cultural contexts. Special attention to race, ethnic, and identity issues from woman-centered analysis and methodology.
ETH STD 141 Racial Politics in America 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing with priority to Ethnic Studies majors.
A critical and comparative analysis of contemporary politics and issues affecting Mexican American/Latino, Native American, Asian American, and African American communities in the United States.
ETH STD 144AC Racism and the U.S. Law: Historical Treatment of Peoples of Color 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and Zero to 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Intensive histori-legal survey of racism in the United States, exploring the legal antecedents of the country's contemporary stratified society, and emphasizing the role of law as a social policy instrument. Readings and lectures will investigate the prevailing legal currency of racism in the United States through an examination of the country's formative legal documents and the consequent effects of a myriad of judicial decisions on peoples of color.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Formerly known as 144.
ETH STD N144 Racism and the U.S. Law 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 10 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
A comparative examination of the historical treatment of the four major groups of color under United States law. Some contemporary issues are also examined. The experiences of individuals and groups under repressive law and how communities resist such laws and policies are other considerations. Students will study landmark case law and legislation dealing with race-based issues and critical theoretical discourses concerning race and law in the U.S.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructor: Witkin
ETH STD 147 Women of Color in the United States 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20 or the introductory class in any of the Ethnic Studies programs.
Examines the history and contemporary situations of Chicana/Latina, African American, Asian American and Native American Women. Conceptual focus will draw on lived experiences and theoretical constructs of race, class and gender.
ETH STD N147 Women of Color in the United States 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20 or the introductory class in any of the Ethnic Studies programs.
Examines the history and contemporary situations of Chicana/Latina, African American, Asian American, and Native American women. Conceptual focus will draw on lived experiences and theoretical constructs of race, class, and gender.
ETH STD 150 People of Mixed Racial Descent 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and Zero to 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture and Zero to 2.5 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Deals with phenomenon of people of mixed-race descent, focusing on United States but with reference to other nations for comparative purposes. Includes historical perspective as well as exploring the psychology, sociology, literature, and cinema pertaining to topic.
Formerly known as 150AC.
ETH STD 159AC/EDUC 186AC/GEOG 159AC The Southern Border 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies; Education; Geography
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
The southern border--from California to Florida--is the longest physical divide between the First and Third Worlds. This course will examine the border as a distinct landscape where North-South relations take on a specific spatial and cultural dimension, and as a region which has been the testing ground for such issues as free trade, immigration, and ethnic politics.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructors: Manz, Shaiken
ETH STD 174 Existential Panic in American Ethnic Literature 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
This course comprises extensive analyses of the ways in which American ethnic writers engage ontologies of self in characters who attempt to move beyond and out of the existential panic of being seen before they are seen. The direction of the course will move from the promise of Americanness, (i.e., Romanticist notions of self) in traditional American literary works to the legislated self in works by writers of color to modernist and postmodernist pastiche by various ethnic American writers.
ETH STD 175 Literature from Ethnic Movements 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Comparative survey of literature and cultural production from, and reflective of Ethnic Movement eras, particularly, but not limited to, those of the sixties. Representative literatures include Asian American, Chicano, African American, and Native American.
ETH STD 176 Against the Grain: Ethnic American Art and Artists 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Comparative survey of art and other cultural production from a cross-section of selected American ethnic groups (in general, Asian American, Chicano, African American, and Native American). We approach works from various critical/theoretical perspectives, often constructing them as we analyze, and through the lens of Ethnic Studies.
ETH STD 180 Selected Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies 1 - 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hours of lecture per week. 1.5 to 6 hours of lecture per week for 10 weeks. 2 to 7.5 hours of lecture per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 to 10 hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Students will examine social dynamics as well as cultural and intellectual productions by or about communities of color nationally and internationally from different methodological perspectives.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD N180 Selected Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies - Study Abroad 6 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20-8 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks of travel, plus 1 week of independent work upon returning.
This study abroad course is designed primarily to permit instructors to deal with topics with which they are especially concerned; subject matter usually is more restricted than that of a regular course.
May be repeated for credit if the course is taken in a different city May be repeated for credit if course is taken in a different city or cor country. ountry. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as Ethnic Studies N190.
ETH STD 181AC/ARCH 180AC/LEGALST 185AC Prison 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies; Architecture; Legal Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, this course embraces the longue duree of critical prison studies, questioning the shadows of normality that cloak mass incarceration both across the globe and, more particularly, in the contemporary United States. This course thus explores a series of visceral, unsettling juxtapositions: "freedom" and "slavery"; "citizenship" and "subjugation"; "marginalization" and "inclusion", in each case explicating the ways that story making, political demagoguery, and racial, class, and sexual inequalities have wrought an untenable social condition.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructors: Hilden, Simon, Stoner, Robinson
ETH STD 190 Advanced Seminar in Comparative Ethnic Studies 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Seminar per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of Seminar per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
In addition to class meetings, an extra assignment/research component will be added to the course to increase contact hours with students. Possible components include additional readings, outside-of-class research projects, and any other project which the instructor feels will add to the value of the course. Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 190AC Advanced Seminar in Ethnic Studies 3 - 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 3 to 4 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 7.5 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
For a four unit course, an extra assignment/research component will be added to the course to increase contact hours with students. Possible components include additional readings, outside-of-class research projects and any other project which the instructor feels will add to the value of the course. Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD N190 Advanced Seminar in Comparative Ethnic Studies 6 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20-8 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks of travel, plus 1 week of independent work upon returning.
This study abroad course is designed primarily to permit instructors to deal with topics with which they are especially concerned; subject matter usually is more restricted than that of a regular course.
ETH STD 195 Selected Issues in Comparative Ethnic Studies Research 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20 or consent of instructor.
Doing research on issues in U.S. communities of color. Students will examine theories of society and do research on topics from different methodological perspectives. Issues will vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 196 Senior Thesis 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Independent study.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Writing of a thesis under the direction of member(s) of the faculty.
ETH STD H196A Senior Honors Thesis for Ethnic Studies Majors 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series.
Hours and format: Seminar and individual meetings with faculty sdviser.
Prerequisites: Senior standing. Approval of Faculty Advisor, 3.5 GPA on all University work, and a 3.5 GPA in courses in the major.
Course for senior Ethnic Studies majors designed to support and guide the writing of a senior honors thesis. For senior Ethnic Studies majors who have been approved for the honors program.
Formerly known as H196.
ETH STD H196B Senior Honors Thesis for Ethnic Studies Majors 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Senior standing. Approval of Faculty Advisor, 3.5 GPA on all University work, and a 3.5 GPA in courses in the major.
Course for senior Ethnic Studies majors designed to support and guide the writing of a senior honors thesis. For senior Ethnic Studies majors who have been approved for the honors program.
Formerly known as H196.
ETH STD 197 Field Study in Communities of Color 1 - 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of fieldwork per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Supervised community field study.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ETH STD 198 Supervised Group Study 1 - 3 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Group study of selected topics which will vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
ETH STD 198BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of directed group study per week.
Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
ETH STD 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of work per week per unit. 8 hours of work per week per unit for 6 weeks. 6 hours of work per week per unit for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Individual research on a topic which leads to the writing of major paper. Regular meetings with the faculty sponsor.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
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