SF State Studies: American Ethnic and Racial Minorities [AERM]
Courses approved for the SF State Studies American Ethnic and Racial Minorities Requirement should: present views of one or more groups of American Ethnic and Racial Minorities both from the perspective of the group and as an integral part of American society; encourage the study of values, attitudes, behaviors and/or creative endeavors that acknowledge and respect the dignity of all groups; and present a thorough analysis of the historical experiences, social stratification processes, political activism, basic cultural patterns, aesthetic experiences and/or ideologies, and include one or more of the oppressed groups of color: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, US Latinas/Latinos, South West Asian/North African Americans, and people of mixed racialized heritages.
Courses certified as meeting the SF State Studies requirements may be upper or lower division, may be in General Education (GE), a major or minor, or may be an elective. Not all of the courses listed below are approved for General Education. Please refer to the General Education area of the Bulletin to verify if a course is GE and what area it satisfies.
- AA S 110 Critical Thinking and the Asian American Experience [AERM]
- AA S 210 History of Asians in the United States [AERM][USH]
- AA S 211 Contemporary Asian Americans [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 212 Asian Americans and Mass Media [AERM]
- AA S 213 Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 214 Second Year Written Composition: Asian American Studies [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 216 Introduction to Asian American Literature [AERM]
- AA S 320 Chinese in the United States [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 322 Chinese American Language and Literature [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 323 Chinese American Identities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 330 Nikkei in the United States [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 332 Japanese American Art and Literature [LLD][AERM][SJ]
- AA S 333 Japanese American Identities [AERM]
- AA S 350 Filipina/os in the United States [AERM]
- AA S 352 Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 353 Filipina/o American Identities [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 360 Koreans in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 370 Vietnamese in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 372 Vietnamese American Literature [AERM]
- AA S 373 Vietnamese American Identities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 377 Cambodians in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 510 Asian Americans in California [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 512 Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 514 Asian American Community Arts Workshop [AERM]
- AA S 516 Asian American Photographic Explorations [AERM]
- AA S 540 South Asians in the United States [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 570 Southeast Asians in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 581 Asian American Women [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 582 Asian American Women's Literature and the Arts [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 585 Asian American Religiosities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 587 Asian Americans and Environmental Justice [AERM][ES][SJ]
- AA S 588 Asian American Media Workshop [AERM]
- AA S 591 Asian American Community Health Issues [LLD][AERM][SJ]
- AA S 595 Asian American Communities and Public Policy [AERM][SJ]
- AA S 681 Asian American Community Changes and Development [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 101 Introduction to Africana Studies [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 111 Black Cultures and Personalities [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 200 Introduction to Black Psychology [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 203 Black Social Sciences [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 204 Introduction to Black Creative Arts [AERM]
- AFRS 208 Introduction to African American History [AERM][GP][SJ][USH]
- AFRS 210 Introduction to Africana Literature [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 215 Introduction to Black Family Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 326 Black Religion [AERM][SJ]
- AFRS 335 The Black Woman: A Cultural Analysis [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AFRS 450 African Philosophy and Cosmology [AERM]
- AFRS 515 Black Family Studies[AERM][SJ]
- AIS 100 Introduction to American Indian Studies [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 150 American Indian History in the United States [AERM][SJ][USH]
- AIS 160 Survey of Native California [AERM][ES]
- AIS 205 American Indians and U.S. Laws [AERM][SJ][USG and CSLG]
- AIS 230 Urban Indians [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 235 American Indians: Image and Issues in the Mass Media [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 300 American Indian Studies Research Methodology [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 310 American Indian Religion and Philosophy [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 320 American Indian Music [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 325 American Indian Art [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 330 American Indian Law [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 350/ Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
- AFRS 350/ Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
- LTNS 355 Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
- AIS 360 Modern American Indian Authors [AERM]
- AIS 400 American Indian Education [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 410 Perspectives of Native California Indians [AERM][ES]
- AIS 440/ Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][SJ]
- SXS 440/ Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 440 Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AIS 460 Power and Politics in American Indian History [AERM][SJ][USH]
- AIS 470 American Indian Ethnicity: Problems in Identity [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 535 American Indian Film [AERM][SJ]
- AIS 550 American Indians in Contemporary U.S. History [AERM][SJ][USH]
- AIS 560 Modern Creative and Performing Arts [AERM][SJ]
- AMST 310/ The Arts and American Culture [AERM]
- HUM 485 The Arts and American Culture [AERM]
- BECA 201 Life on TV: A Critical View [AERM]
- BECA 485/ Women and Media [AERM][SJ]
- WGS 485 Women and Media [AERM][SJ]
- BIOL 176 Science and Politics of Stem Cell Biology [AERM][SJ]
- CAD 120 Child Development, Social Justice, and Academic Success [LLD][AERM][SJ]
- CFS 351/ Asian Food, Culture and Hospitality [AERM]
- HTM 351 Asian Food, Culture and Hospitality [AERM]
- CINE 331 Hollywood Representation of Race and Ethnicity [AERM]
- CINE 375 U.S. Culture and Cinema of the 1950s [AERM][SJ]
- COMM 541 Critical Approaches to Culture and Communication (4) [AERM][SJ] effective Fall 2016
- COUN 450/ AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 460 AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
- ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830 - 1860 [AERM][SJ]
- ENG 546/ 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM][GP]
- JS 546/ 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM][GP]
- WGS 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM][GP]
- ENG 602 Literature and Society [AERM]
- ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader [AERM]
- ETHS 100/ Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
- ETHS 260 Ethnic Studies: The African American and Western Racism [AERM][GP][SJ]
- GEOG 455 Geography of Ethnic Communities [AERM][SJ]
- GEOG 552 Geography of California [AERM][ES][SJ]
- H ED 120 Educational Justice, Health Equity, and Academic Success [LLD][AERM][SJ]
- H ED 221 Health and Social Justice - Burning Issues, Taking Action [AERM][SJ]
- H ED 241 Health and Social Movements in the United States in the 20th Century [AERM][SJ][USH]
- H ED 315 Drugs and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- H ED 414 Women’s Health—Problems and Issues [AERM][SJ]
- H ED 417 AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis [AERM][GP][SJ]
- H ED 455 Community Organizing and Community Building for Health [LLD][AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
- H ED 640 Structural Inequities and Public Health [AERM][SJ]
- HH 210 The Dao of Well-Being in Chinese Tradition [LLD][AERM]
- HIST 418 Society and Politics in American History [AERM][SJ][USH]
- HUM 225 Values in American Life [AERM]
- HIST 464 American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740 - 1890 [AERM][GP][SJ]
- I R 335 Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective (4) [AERM][GP]
- JOUR 610 Cultural Diversity and News Media [AERM][SJ]
- JS 449/ American Jewish History [AERM][SJ][USH]
- HIST 449 American Jewish History [AERM][SJ][USH]
- JS 451/ Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- CWL 451/ Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- ENG 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 110 Critical Thinking in Latina/o Studies [AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 210 Latina/Latino Health Care Perspectives [AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 211 Latina/o Families Narrative [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 222 Latina/o Art History [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 225 Survey of Latina/o Visual Images [AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 230 Introduction to Latina/o Literature [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 265 Topics in Latina/o History [AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 276 Latina/o, U.S. Government, and Constitutional Ideals [AERM][USG and CSLG]
- LTNS 278/ History of Latinos in the U.S. [AERM][SJ][USH]
- HIST 278 History of Latinos in the U.S. [AERM][SJ][USH]
- LTNS 305 Latina/o Studies Creative Writing Workshop [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 315 Latina/os in California [AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 380 Afro/Latina/o Diasporas [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 409/ Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
- CINE 409 Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 445/ Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 445 Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 450 Indigenismo: Indigenous Cultures of the Americas [AERM][ES][GP]
- LTNS 455 Resistance Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 460 Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 470/ Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
- ETHS 470 Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 475 Aztec Philosophy [AERM][GP]
- LTNS 530 Latino/as and the Media [LLD][AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 560 Contemporary Latina/o Literature [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 580/ Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 580/ Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
- SOC 580 Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
- LTNS 660 Latina/o Politics [AERM][GP][SJ]
- LTNS 670/ Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PLSI 408 Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
- MUS 506 Survey of Jazz [AERM][USH]
- MUS 558 Music of John Coltrane [AERM]
- PHIL 130 Political and Social Philosophy [AERM][SJ]
- PHIL 335 Law and Society [AERM][SJ]
- PHIL 451 Feminist Moral Issues [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PLSI 466/ Race and American Democracy (4) [AERM][SJ]
- ETHS 466 Race and American Democracy (4) [AERM][SJ]
- RPT 440 Urban Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 101 Introduction to Arab and Muslim Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 224 Arab-American History, Community, and Activism [AERM][GP]
- RRS 230 Muslims in America: Communities and Institutions [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 240 All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties" [AERM][SJ][USH]
- RRS 250 Race, Ethnicity and Power in America [AERM][SJ][USG and CSLG]
- RRS 276 Race, Activism and Climate Justice [AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
- RRS 285 Race, Sports, and Society [AERM]
- RRS 305 Arab American Art and Artists of the Diaspora [AERM][GP]
- RRS 312 Arab and Arab-American Literary Expressions [AERM][GP]
- RRS 315 Arab-American Immigration, Society, Identity, and Culture [AERM]
- RRS 330/ Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation [AERM][SJ]
- SOC 330 Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 370 Islamophobia: Roots, Development, and Contestation of Hatred [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 380/ Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities [AERM][SJ]
- SXS 380 Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 410 Grassroots Organizing for Change in Communities of Color [AERM]
- RRS 420 Arab American Identity: Memory and Resistance [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 430 Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 435 National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 450/ Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
- ARAB 450 Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
- RRS 571 Women, Race, and Class [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 600/ History of People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ][USH]
- HIST 466 History of People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ][USH]
- RRS 625 Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus [AERM][SJ]
- RRS 630 Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 655 Comparative Border Studies: Palestine and Mexico [AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
- RRS 657/ South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP][SJ]
- AA S 541 South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP][SJ]
- SXS 455 Sex, Power and Politics [AERM][SJ]
- SXS 551/ Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 551 Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- USP 580/ Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
- PLSI 580 Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 150 Women and Gender in the U.S. History and Society [AERM][SJ][USH]
- WGS 160 Gender, Politics, and Citizenship [AERM][USG and CSLG]
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 303 Women as Creative Agents [AERM][SJ]
- WGS 304 Gender and Popular Culture [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 514 Women and the Prison Industrial Complex [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 515 Gender, Race, and Reproduction [AERM][GP]
- WGS 534 Gender and the Law [AERM][SJ]
- WGS 541 Women Writers and Social Change [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 542 Gender and Popular Music [AERM][GP]
- WGS 552 Transgender Identities and Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 561 Women, Ethnicity, and Social Movements [AERM][SJ]
- WGS 562 History of African American Women [AERM][SJ]
- WGS 565 Muslim Feminisms [AERM][GP]
- WGS 566/ Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
- RRS 566 Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
- WGS 621 Feminist Theories [AERM][GP][SJ]
Abbreviations
AERM: American Ethnic and Racial Minorities
ES: Environmental Sustainability
GP: Global Perspectives
LLD: Area E (Lifelong Learning and Self-Development)
SJ: Social Justice