Ethnic Studies

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ETH STD 10AC A History of Race and Ethnicity in Western North America, 1598-Present 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2018
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.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 4 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ETH STD 11AC Theories and Concepts in Comparative Ethnic Studies An Introduction 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
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.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 10B

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ETH STD 20AC Introduction to Ethnic Studies 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2009, Summer 2008 10 Week Session, Summer 2007 10 Week Session
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.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 20

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ETH STD 21AC A Comparative Survey of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the U.S 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2019, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session
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.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 21

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ETH STD 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018
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.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

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ETH STD 39 Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 1.5 - 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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ETH STD 41AC A Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the 60's 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
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.
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: 41

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ETH STD N41AC A Comparative Survey of Protest Movements Since the 60's 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 1998 10 Week Session
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.
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Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Munoz

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ETH STD C73AC Indigenous Peoples in Global Inequality 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2013, Spring 2009
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?
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Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructor: Biolsi

Also listed as: NATAMST C73AC

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ETH STD 97 Field Study in Communities of Color 1 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015 10 Week Session
Supervised community field study.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Open to freshmen and sophomores only

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of fieldwork per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ETH STD 98 Supervised Group Study 1 - 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Group study of selected topics which will vary from semester to semester.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Open to freshmen and sophomores only

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ETH STD 98BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
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.
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Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of directed group study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ETH STD 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
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.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Ethnic Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ETH STD 100 Comparative Ethnic Literature in America 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
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