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
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, Summer
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
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
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 122 Race and Representation in American Cinema
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
In recent years, motion pictures have contributed greatly to the ongoing dialog surrounding
issues of race in the United States. That said, American cinema’s
history is populated with examples of exclusionist and racist practices
that have disproportionately marginalized people of color. This course
will look closely at the evolving portrayal and participation of African
Americans, Asian Americans, Latina and Latino Americans, and Native
Americans over the one hundred and twenty years of American cinema. This
course will highlight the important work of filmmakers of color engaged in the struggle
for justice and equality in representation. This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for FILM 122.
ES 150 Asian Pacific American Literature and Cultural Expression
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: n/a
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Informed by conceptual frameworks, such as institutional oppression, immigrant survivalism,
racial, gender and sexual identity, this course analyzes the cultural expressions
and literature written by American authors of Asian and Pacific Island descent, ranging
from China, Japan, Korea, India, South East Asia, Micronesia, Polynesia and other
islands. Course material will encompass the literary and cultural achievements represented
in a variety of genres, including memoir, fiction, poetry, drama, ethnographic studies,
graphic novels, film, and others, and will present a mosaic of stories representative
of the Asian Pacific Island Desi American (APIDA) experience. This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for ENGL 150.
ES 151 Ethnic Studies in Black and African American Literature and Cultural Expression
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Critical examination of Black histories, cultures, intellectual traditions, lived experiences,
and racial and social justice struggles within literary texts, including oral traditions,
poetry, essays, drama, novels, and other genres. Focus is placed on the particular
and collective roles of Black writers and thinkers in the shaping and development
of culture and literature within U.S. society with emphasis on the intersectionalities
of race, gender, class, sexual identity, and interethnic relations. This course is
not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for ENGL151.
ES 152 Ethnic Studies in Latina/o Literature and Cultural Expression
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Informed by the intersectionality of race, socioeconomic class, and gender; institutional
racism and historic oppression; and borderland identity politics, this course critically
examines historical, cultural, sociopolitical, and aesthetic attributes of Latina/o
and Chicana/o literature and cultural production. Students will analyze contemporary
and classic texts including memoir, fiction, poetry, film, essays, and other visual-verbal
expressions with an emphasis on recognizing and affirming plural identities and advocating
social justice and equity. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in
or have received credit for ENGL152.
ES 153 Ethnic Studies in Native American Literature and Cultural Expression
3.0 units.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Informed by conceptual frameworks such as sovereignty, survivance, gender and sexuality,
and intellectual trade, this course’s analyses of literature and cultural expression
will account for the Native American response to historical, political, and legal
contexts, with emphasis on the specific religious, linguistic, historical, political
and cultural context of Native American literary and cultural achievements. Focus
is placed on the particular and collective roles of Native American writers and thinkers
in the shaping and development of culture and literature within North America with
emphasis on the intersectionalities of race, gender, class, sexual identity, and interethnic
relations. This course is not open to students who have enrolled in or who have received
credit for ENGL153.