Ethnic Studies (ES Courses)
ES 101 Race and Ethnic Relations
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A survey and analysis of ethnic groups and their relations in the United States including
the stratification systems, prejudice, and discrimination. This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for SOC 120.
ES 105 Race and Ethnicity in Fashion
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Fashion and race in the context of social, cultural, and environmental influences
in the US. A focus is place on members of historically racialized groups in the US
including Native American, African American, and/or Latino American communities who
are active producers and consumers of apparel. Apparel and textiles will be critically
examined with attention to racial formation discourses as they relate to ethnicity,
race, nation, class, culture, social moments, environmental-health disparities, and
policy.
ES 107 Indigenous People of California
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A survey of California's Indigenous cultures from the earliest archaeological evidence
to the present. Topics explored include political and social organizations, subsistence
practices, worldviews, expressive culture, technology and the historic impact on these
peoples by European and American cultures. This course is not open to students who
are enrolled in or have received credit for ANTH 107.
ES 120 Chicano History
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A historical survey of the Chicano residing in the southwest United Sates. The course provides
an interdisciplinary survey of the Mexican American/Chicano heritage with emphasis
on the contemporary experience in the United States. The course will include an analysis
of the economic, political, social, and intellectual elements of the culture of the
Mexican American/Chicano community, and a study of the changing relationship of the
community to the general society of the United States. This course is not open to
students who are enrolled in or have received credit for HIST 120.
ES 121 African American History
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This is a survey of the history of African Americans from their origins in Africa
to the present covering the political, cultural, social, and economic experiences
of African Americans. Students will encounter the social, economic, and legal institutions
which characterized being black in the United States at various periods in the nation's
history. Topics include African civilization, slavery, the Diaspora, abolition, reconstruction,
segregation, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, African Americans in politics,
and race in Modern America. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in
or have received credit for HIST 121.
ES 150 Asian American Literature
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: n/a
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course surveys the literature written by American authors of Asian descent, ranging
from China, Japan, Korean, India, Pacific Islands and South East Asia. Course material
offered will encompass a variety of genres, including memoir, fiction, poetry, drama,
ethnographic studies, graphic novels and others, and will present a mosaic of stories
representative of the Asian American experience. This course is not open to students
who are enrolled in or have received credit for ENGL 150.
ES 151 African American Literature
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course surveys works of African American literature from the late eighteenth
century to the present. Students will read, interpret, and analyze cultural texts
of the African diaspora in the United States whose theories and knowledge engage with
race, racism, ethnicity, and self-determination. Cultural texts will encompass oral
materials, memoir, fiction, non-fiction, speech, drama, poetry, music, and film. The
course will employ an intersectional lens to social groups, movements, and historical
periods. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed
ENGL 151.
ES 152 Latina/o Literature
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An exploration of literary and media works by Chicanas/os and Latinas/os, emphasizing
their aesthetic, historical, cultural, and socio-political attributes. Students will
study contemporary and classic texts ranging from fiction, poetry, or film, to articles,
speeches, or other visual-verbal expressions. This course is not open to students
who are enrolled in or have received credit for ENGL 152.