Race and Resistance Studies
College of Ethnic Studies
Dean: Kenneth Monteiro
Race and Resistance Studies Program
EP 111C
415-405-0774
Director: Amy Sueyoshi
Faculty
Professor: Diaz
Associate Professors: Abdulhadi, Esquibel, Sueyoshi
Assistant Professors: Bakrania, Ferreira
Programs
Minor in Race and Resistance Studies
Program Scope
The Race and Resistance Studies minor is a interdisciplinary program that provides undergraduate students with an approach to social justice to study race as a politically produced and contested process that begins with institutions, movements, and social problems, to examine racialized communities. The curriculum examines how race, gender, class and are co-constitutive factors of identity; how different groups are racialized in relation to one another; how social justice movements cohere and fall apart; and how groups have formed their own identities. The Race and Resistance Studies minor provides students with non-traditional, multi-ethnic, and comparative perspectives on national and transnational experiences of people of color within the U.S.
Minor in Race and Resistance Studies
The minor consists of 19 to 21 credits of undergraduate study. Only one third of the credits or no more than approximately two courses can be taken credit/no credit for the minor. Students must have maintained at least a 2.0 grade point average in minor courses. Consistent with current University policy, courses for meeting the requirements of this minor may, as appropriate, be used simultaneously for meeting general education or credential requirements. Written declaration of the pursuit of the minor is not necessary prior to enrollment in any of its required or elective courses. Students should try to complete ETHS 100 or ETHS 110 before taking any further courses in the minor. These courses, however, may be taken concurrently. At least half of all courses towards the minor degree must be upper division at the 300 level or above. Mandatory courses are one introductory course, either ETHS 100 or ETHS 110; one course each in three of the core areas –History and Politics of Racialized People; Race and Popular Culture, Literature and the Arts; Race, Gender and Sexuality; Diasporas and Transnationalism; or from any core area added in the future. In addition, two courses are to be selected from the Ethnic Specific and Community Service Learning section, from two different departments or programs: One chosen from any ethnic-specific department or program in the College; the other from any of the CSL courses offered in the College or as 1 to 2 CSL units paired with any course taken concurrently towards the Race and Resistance Studies minor, upon advisement of the instructor. The remaining three credits needed for the minor can be fulfilled through the elective courses. Students can choose their elective courses from 1) any introductory course not already counting towards the minor degree, 2) any core courses not already counting towards the minor degree, 3) an additional course from one of the ethnic-specific departments or programs in the College, or 4) any course from the list of recommended elective courses. Additional courses may count towards the minor upon consultation with the Race and Resistance Studies undergraduate minor adviser. The curriculum is outlined below.
Courses are 3 units unless otherwise indicated. Course descriptions can be found in the back of this Bulletin (consult index for page reference.)
Introductory Courses
Choose one from below. 3 units
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
| ETHS 110 | Critical Thinking and the Ethnic Studies Experience |
Core Courses
Choose three of the Sections A through D.
Section A: History and Politics
Choose one from below.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 240 | All Power to the People |
| ETHS 250 | Race and Ethnicity and Power in America |
| ETHS 350 | Race, Labor, and Class Struggle |
| ETHS 410/ SOC 410 |
Grassroots Organizing for Change |
| ETHS 435 | National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America |
| ETHS 520 | Race, Radicalism, and Revolution |
| ETHS 600/ HIST 466 |
History of U.S. People of Color |
Section B: Popular Culture, Literature, and the Arts
Choose one from below.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 280 | Race, Gender, and Science Fiction |
| ETHS 285 | Race, Sports, and Society |
| ETHS 360 | Cultural Dialogues and Ethnic Literature |
| ETHS 430 | Arab Media Images in America |
| ETHS 450/ ARAB 450 |
Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature |
| ETHS 480 | Youth Culture, Race and Resistance |
| ETHS 530 | Cultural Studies and Ethnic Studies |
Section C: Gender and Sexuality
Choose one from below.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 380 | Coloring Queer |
| ETHS 571 | Women, Race, and Class |
| ETHS 640/ SXS 640 |
Race and Sexual Migration |
| ETHS 645/ SXS 645 |
Sex and the City |
Section D: Diasporas and Transnationalism
Choose one from below.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 370 | Islamophobia |
| ETHS 420 | Arab American Identity |
| ETHS 440 | Islam in America |
| ETHS 566/ WGS 566 |
Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arabs Worlds |
| ETHS 630 | Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective |
| ETHS 635 | Diasporas and (Trans)nationalism |
| ETHS 657 | South Asian Diaspora |
Community Service Learning
Choose one from below or as 1 to 3 CSL units attached to any course listed in the minor.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| AAS 575 | Asian American Community Health Issues |
| AFRS 694 | Community Service Learning |
| AIS 694 | Community Service Learning |
| ETHS 694 | Community Service Learning |
| LTNS 694 | Community Service Learning |
Any Ethnic Specific Course from AA S, AFRS, AIS, or LTNS (Choose one on advisement, from a different department than the one used to fulfill the CSL requirement.)
Elective Courses
Choose one from below or any course from above, including from the ethnic-specific departments or programs, not used to satisfy basic requirements.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ETHS 125 | Introduction to Health in American Ethnic Communities |
| ETHS 330/ SOC 330 |
Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. |
| ETHS 460/ COUN 450 |
AIDS and U.S. People of Color |
| ETHS 466/ PLSI 466 |
Race and American Democracy |
| ETHS 473/ HIST 473 |
Unfree Labor in Early America |
| ETHS 580/ LTNS 580/ SOC 580 |
Educational Equity |
| ETHS 590 | Ethnic Studies Travel Study |
| ETHS 625 | Mixed Race Studies |
| ETHS 637/ ENG 214 |
Experimental Novel |
| ETHS 647 | Cancer Disparities Among Underserved Communities |
| ETHS 650 | Race and Educational Inequity in Communities of Color |
| ETHS 670/ HIST 462 |
Making Whites |
| ETHS 680 | Issues in Comparative Ethnic Studies |
| ETHS 685 | Projects in Teaching Ethnic Studies |
| ETHS 697 | Field Research or Internship in Ethnic Studies |
| ETHS 699 | Special Study |
