Ethnic Studies
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General Catalog,
please contact the department for more information.
Lower-Division
1A. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Population Histories of the
United States (4) This course examines the
comparative historical demography of what is today the United States,
focusing on the arrival, growth, distribution, and redistribution of
immigrants from Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
1B. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Immigration and Assimilation
in American Life (4) A history of immigration
to the United States from colonial times to the present, with emphasis
on the roles of ethnic and racial groups in economics, power relations
between dominant and subordinate groups, and contemporary ethnic and
racial consciousness.
1C. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Race and Ethnic Relations in
the United States (4) This course examines
the theoretical literature on race and ethnicity, focusing on issues
of domination and subordination, and the historical emergence of racism
and ethnic conflict. Attention is given to class and gender differences
within racial and ethnic groups.
87. Freshman Seminar (1) The Freshman
Seminar Program is 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
undergraduate colleges, and topics vary from quarter to quarter. Enrollment
is limited to 15 to 20 students, with preference given to entering freshmen.
90. Undergraduate Seminar (1) A seminar
intended for exposing undergraduate students, especially freshmen and
sophomores, to exciting research programs conducted by department faculty.
Enrollment is limited.
Upper-Division
Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
100. Theories and Methods in Ethnic Studies (4)
An introduction to research in ethnic studies with special emphasis
on theories, concepts, and methods. Students will explore how racial
and ethnic categories are shaped by gender, class, and regional experiences
and will study ethnicity and race in comparative perspective.
101. Ethnic Images in Film (4) An upper-division
lecture course studying representations of ethnicity in the American
cinema. Topics include ethnic images as narrative devices, the social
implications of ethnic images, and the role of film in shaping and reflecting
societal power relations.
103. Environmental Racism (4) This course
will examine the concept of environmental racism, the empirical evidence
of its widespread existence, and the efforts by government, residents,
workers, and activists to combat it. We will examine those forces that
create environmental injustices in order to understand its causes as
well as its consequences. Students are expected to learn and apply several
concepts and social scientific theories to the course material.
104. Race, Space, and Segregation (4)
Through in-depth studies of housing segregation, urban renewal and displacement,
neighborhood race effects, and the location of hazards and amenities,
this course examines how space becomes racialized and how race becomes
spatialized in the contemporary U.S.
105. Ethnic Diversity and the City (4)
This course will examine the city as a crucible of ethnic identity exploring
both the racial and ethnic dimensions of urban life in the U.S. from
the Civil War to the present. (Cross-listed with USP 104.)
107. Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities (4) This
is a research course examining social, economic, and political issues
in ethnic and racial communities through a variety of research
methods which may include interviews, and archival, library, and historical
research. (Cross-listed with USP 130.)
108. Race, Culture, and Social Change (4)
Aggrieved groups often generate distinctive forms of cultural expression
by turning negative ascription into positive affirmation and by
transforming
segregation into congregation. This course examines the role of cultural
expressions in struggles for social change by these communities
inside and outside the U.S. (Cross-listed with MUS 151.)
109. Race and Social Movements (4) This
course explores collective mobilizations for resources, recognition,
and power by members of aggrieved racialized groups, past and present.
Emphasis will be placed on the conditions that generate collective movements,
the strategies and ideologies that these movements have developed, and
on the prospect for collective mobilization for change within aggrieved
communities in the present and future.
110. Cultural World Views of Native Americans (4)
Using interdisciplinary methods, this course examines the cultural world
views of various Native American societies in the United States through
an exploration of written literary texts and other expressive cultural
forms such as dance, art, song, religious and medicinal rituals.
111. Native American Literature (4)
This course analyzes Native American written and oral traditions. Students
will read chronicles and commentaries on published texts, historic speeches,
trickster narratives, oratorical and prophetic tribal epics, and will
delve into the methodological problems posed by tribal literature in
translation.
112A. History of Native Americans in the United States I (4)
This course examines the history of Native Americans in the United States,
with emphasis on the lifeways, mores, warfare, cultural adaptation and
relations with the European colonial powers and the emerging United
States until 1870. (Cross-listed with HIUS 108A.)
112B. History of Native Americans in the United States II (4)
This course examines the history of Native Americans in the United States,
with emphasis on the lifeways, mores, warfare, cultural adaptation and
relations with the United States from 1870 to the present. (Cross-listed
with HIUS 108B.)
116. The United States-Mexico Border in Comparative Perspective
(4) This course critically explores the
U.S.-Mexico frontier and the social-cultural issues on both sides of
the international demarcation. Social-historical and political-economic
patterns illuminate border life, ethnic identity, social diversity,
and cultural expression. Border ethnography is complemented by film
and music.
117. Organic Social Movements (4) Examination
of local responses to global change and social disruption through the
examination of organic movements in indigenous societies. In-depth analysis
of the Kuna Indians of San Blas, Panama; Maya-Zapatistas of Chiapas,
Mexico; and Micronesians of the western Pacific.
118. Contemporary Immigration Issues (4)
This course examines the diversity of todays immigrantstheir
social origins and contexts of exit and their adaptation experiences
and contexts of incorporation.
121. Contemporary Asian-American History (4)
The course will study changes in Asian-American communities as a result
of renewed immigration since 1965; the influx of refugees from Vietnam,
Kampuchea, and Laos; the impact of contemporary social movements on
Asian-Americans current economic, social, and political status.
122. Asian-American Culture and Identity (4)
A survey of Asian-American cultural expressions in literature, art,
and music to understand the social experiences that helped forge Asian-American
identity. Topics: culture conflict, media portrayals, assimilation pressures,
the model minority myth, and interethnic and class relations.
123. Asian-American Politics (4) This
course will examine the development of Asian-American politics by studying
the historical and contemporary factors, such as political and economic
exclusion, that have contributed to the importance and complexity of
ethnicity as a mobilizing force in politics.
124. Asian-American Literature (4) Selected
topics in the literature by men and women of Asian descent who live
and write in the United States. May be repeated for credit when topics
vary. (Cross-listed with LTEN 181.)
125. Asian-American History (4) Explore
how Asian Americans were involved in the political, economic and cultural
formation of United States society. Topics include migration; labor
systems; gender, sexuality and social organization; racial ideologies
and anti-Asian movements; and nationalism and debates over citizenship.
(Cross-listed with HIUS 124.)
127. Sexuality and Nation (4) This
course explores the nexus of sex, race, ethnicity, gender, and nation
and considers
their influence on identity, sexuality, migration,
movement and borders, and other social, cultural, and political issues
which these constructs affect. (Cross-listed with CGS 112.)
128. Hip
Hop: The Politics of Culture (4) Examination of hip hop’s
technology, lyrics, and dance and its influences in graffiti, film,
music video, fiction, advertising, gender,
corporate investment, government, and censorship with a critical
focus on race, gender, and popular culture and the politics of creative
expression.
(Cross-listed with MUS 152.)
129. Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy (4)
This course will explore the social, political, and economic implications
of global economic restructuring, immigration policies, and welfare
reform on Asian and Latina immigrant women in the United States. We
will critically examine these larger social forces from the perspectives
of Latina and Asian immigrant women workers, incorporating theories
of race, class, and gender to provide a careful reading of the experiences
of immigrant women on the global assembly line. (Cross-listed with USP
135.)
130. Social and Economic History of the Southwest I (4)
This course examines the history of the Spanish and Mexican Borderlands
(what became the U.S. Southwest) from roughly 1400 to the end of the
U.S.-Mexican war in 1848, focusing specifically on the areas social,
cultural, and political development. (Cross-listed with HIUS 158.)
131. Social and Economic History of the Southwest II (4)
This course examines the history of the American Southwest from the
U.S.-Mexican War in 1846-48 to the present, focusing on immigration,
racial and ethnic conflict, and the growth of Chicano national identity.
(Cross-listed with HIUS 159.)
132. Chicano Dramatic Literature (4)
Focusing on the contemporary evolution of Chicano dramatic literature,
the course will analyze playwrights and theatre groups that express
the Chicano experience in the United States, examining relevant actors,
plays, and documentaries for their contributions to the developing Chicano
theatre movement. (Cross-listed with THHS 110.)
133. Hispanic-American Dramatic Literature (4)
This course examines the plays of leading Cuban-American, Puerto Rican,
and Chicano playwrights in an effort to understand the experiences of
these Hispanic-American groups in the United States. (Cross-listed with
THHS 111.)
134. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society (4)
Comparative study of immigration and ethnic-group formation in the
United States from 1880 to the present. Topics include immigrant
adaptation,
competing theories about the experiences of different ethnic groups,
and the persistence of ethnic attachments in modern American society.
Requirements will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students.
Graduate students may be required to submit a more substantial piece
of work. (Cross-listed with HIUS 180 and conjoined with HIUS 280.) Prerequisites:
upper-division standing and department stamp.
135A. Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848 to 1960
(4) Cross-disciplinary study of nineteenth
and early twentieth century Latino/a-Chicano/a literature, folklore,
music, testimonio, or other cultural practices. Specific periods covered
will fall between the immediate aftermath of the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo to the Cuban revolution. Repeatable for credit when topics vary.
(Cross-listed with LTSP 150A.) Prerequisites: LTSP 50B or consent
of instructor.
135B. Contemporary Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1960
to Present (4) Cross-disciplinary study
of late twentieth century Latino/a-Chicano/a literature, the visual
and performing arts, film, or other cultural practices. Specific periods
covered will fall between the Kennedy years to the era of neoliberalism
and the creation of Hispanic or Latino/a identities. Repeatable
for credit when topics vary. (Cross-listed with LTSP 150B.) Prerequisites:
LTSP 50B or consent of instructor.
136. Topics in Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultures (4)
Cross-disciplinary study of late twentieth century Latino/a-Chicano/a
literature, the visual and performing arts, film, or other cultural
practices. Representative areas of study are social movements, revolution,
immigration, globalization, gender and sexuality, cultures of the
U.S.-Mexican
border, and Chicano/a-Mexicano/a literary relations. Repeatable for
a credit when topics vary. (Cross-listed with LTSP 151.) Prerequisites:
LTSP 50B or consent of instructor.
138. Chicano/a and Latino/a Poetry (4)
A study of themes and issues in the poetic production of Latino communities
in the United States. Every effort will be made to select text in Spanish
but some will be bilingual. Repeatable for credits when topics vary.
(Cross-listed with LTSP 153.) Prerequisites: LTSP 50B or consent
of instructor.
139. Chicano Literature in English (4)
Introduction to the literature in English by the Chicano population,
the men and women of Mexican descent who live and write in the United
States. The primary focus is the contemporary period. (Cross-listed
with LTEN 180.)
140. Language and American Ethnicity (4)
This course examines the intersection of language and ethnicity in the
United States, focusing on the social and political impact of bilingualism,
ethnically based English dialects, and standard and nonstandard English.
141. Language, Culture, and Inequality (4)
A critical review of conceptions of language and how they have been
deployed in constructing images of culture, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexuality, and class. Topics include cultural and linguistic relativism,
structuralism, symbolic and cognitive approaches, ethnomethodology,
sociolinguistics, ethnography of speaking, performance, and ethnopoetics.
142. Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality (4)
Globalization fosters both the transmission of AIDS, cholera, tuberculosis,
and other infectious diseases and gross inequalities in the resources
available to prevent and cure them. This course focuses on how race,
ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and nation both shape and are shaped
by the social construction of health and disease worldwide.
144. Bilingual Communities in the U.S.A. (4)
This course compares the many ways of doing being bilingual
that exist among communities of speakers of varied national origins,
generations, networks, localities, races, classes, and genders. Of particular
interest are the varied types of bilingual individuals and linguistic
repertoires that exist in communities of Native American, Chicano/Latino,
and Asian origin, and the implications of shifting and hybrid linguistic
identities for the drawing of community boundaries and the shaping of
national language policy. Specific topics include factors that promote
language loss or maintenance in families, the linguistic and cultural
repercussions of code switching and word borrowing, bilingual education,
linguistic profiling, and language ideologies.
145. Spanish Language in the United States (4)
A sociolinguistic study of the popular dialects in the United States
and their relation to other Latin American dialects. The course will
cover phonological and syntactic differences between the dialects as
well as the influence of English on the Southwest dialects. (Cross-listed
with LTSP 162.)
146A. Theatrical Ensemble (4-4) An intensive
theatre practicum designed to generate theatre created by an ensemble,
with particular emphasis upon the analysis of text. Students will explore
and analyze scripts and authors. Ensemble segments include: black theatre,
Chicano theatre, feminist theatre, commedia dellarte theatre.
(Cross-listed with THAC 120.)
148. Latino/a and Chicano/a Literature (4)
This course will study the representation of a variety of social issues
(immigration, racism, class differences, violence, inter/intra-ethnic
relations, etc.) in works written in Spanish by Latino/a and Chicano/a
writers. May be repeated for credit as topics, texts, and historical
periods vary. (Cross-listed with LTSP 154.) Prerequisites: LTSP 50B
or consent of instructor.
149. African American History in the Twentieth Century (4)
This course examines the transformation of African America across the
expanse of the long twentieth century: imperialism, migration, urbanization,
desegregation, and deindustrialization. Special emphasis will be placed
on issues of culture, international relations, and urban politics.
150. Politics of Cultural Pluralism and National Integration (4)
This course comparatively analyzes the problems posed by subnational
loyalties founded on ethnic, linguistic, racial, religious, and caste
identities in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere. Particular
attention will be given to the processes of national integration in
multicultural politics.
151. Ethnic Politics in America (4)
This course will survey the political effects of immigration, ethnic
mobilization, and community building in America, and the contemporary
role of ethnicity in politics and intergroup relations.
152. Law and Civil Rights (4) In this
course students explore the relationship between race, class, and law
as it applies to civil rights both in an historical and a contemporary
context. Topics include racism and the law, history of the 14th Amendment,
equal protection, school desegregation, and affirmative action.
159. Topics in African American History (4)
A colloquium dealing with special topics in the history of people of
African descent in the United States. Themes will vary from quarter
to quarter. Require-ments will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D.
students. Graduate students will be required to submit a more substantial
piece of work. (Cross-listed with HIUS 183 and conjoined with HIUS 283.)
160. Black Politics and Protest 18851941 (4)
An examination of the evolution of black thought and activism from Booker
T. Washingtons Atlanta Exposition Address to A. Philip Randolphs
March on Washington Movement. Particular attention paid to black institutions
and their relationship to the federal government.
161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941 (4)
Discussion of black social, political, and intellectual experiences
since the publication of Richard Wrights Native Son. Close examination
of blacks involvement in and relationships to Second World War,
Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movement, Reagan Revolution,
and Underclass Debate.
163. Leisure in Urban America (4) Historical
examination of how leisure has shaped the American urban landscape.
Course will explore connections between spectator sports and the rise
of urban mentalities; sports franchises, urban redevelopment
schemes, and racial and ethnic communities; and sports mythology and
civil pride.
164. African Americans and the Mass Media (4)
Examination of the media representations of African Americans from
slavery to the present focusing on emergence and transmission of
enduring stereotypes, their relationship to changing social, political,
and economic frameworks, and African Americans’ responses to
and interpretations of these mediated images. (Cross-listed with
MUS 153.)
165. Sex and Gender in African American Communities (4)
This course will investigate the changing constructions of sex, gender,
and sexuality in African American communities defined by historical
period, region, and class. Topics will include the sexual division of
labor, myths of black sexuality, the rise of black feminism, black masculinity,
and queer politics.
166. The Black Press and Social Change (4)
An investigation of the black pressincluding newspapers, periodicals,
and electronic mediaas agents for social change in African American
history. The course will consider the changing cultural and political
functions of the black press, economic forces, and the work of influential
journalists, artists, and intellectuals.
167. African-American History in War and Peace: 1917 to the Present
(4) The social, political, economic, and
ideological pressures generated during the international conflicts of
the twentieth century have had an enormous impact on American life.
This course examines how the pressures of total war and
cold war shaped the African-American experience in both
war and peacetime. (Cross-listed with HIUS 138)
168. Comparative Ethnic Literature (4)
A lecture-discussion course that juxtaposes the experience of two or
more U.S. ethnic groups and examines their relationship with the dominant
culture. Students will analyze a variety of texts representing the history
of ethnicity in this country. Topics will vary. (Cross-listed with LTEN
178.)
170A. Origins of the Atlantic World, c. 14501650 (4)
An examination of interactions among the peoples of western Europe,
Africa, and the Americas that transformed the Atlantic basin into an
interconnected Atlantic World. Topics will include maritime
technology and the European Age of Discovery, colonization in the Americas,
the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade, and early development
of plantation slavery in the New World. (Cross-listed with HIUS 135A.)
170B. Slavery and the Atlantic World (4)
The development of the Atlantic slave trade and the spread of racial
slavery in the Americas before 1800. Explores the diversity of slave
labor in the Americas and the different slave cultures African Americans
produced under the constraints of slavery. (Cross-listed with HIUS 135B.)
172. Afro-American Prose (4) Students
will analyze and discuss the novel, the personal narrative, and other
prose genres, with particular emphasis on the developing characters
of Afro-American narrative and the cultural and social circumstances
that influence their development. (Cross-listed with LTEN 183.)
173. Afro-American Poetry (4) A close
reading and analysis of selected works of Afro-American poetry as they
reflect styles and themes that recur in the literature. (Cross-listed
with LTEN 184.)
174. Themes in Afro-American Literature (4)
This course focuses on the influence of slavery upon African American
writers. Our concern is not upon what slavery was but upon what it is
within the works and what these texts reveal about themselves, their
authors, and their audiences. (Cross-listed with LTEN 185.)
175. Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (4)
The Harlem Renaissance (191739) focuses on the emergence of the
New Negro and the impact of this concept on black literature,
art, and music. Writers studied include Claude McKay, Zora N. Hurston,
and Langston Hughes. Special emphasis on new themes and forms. (Cross-listed
with LTEN 186.)
176. Black Music/Black Texts: Communication and Cultural Expression
(4) Explores role of music
as a traditional form of communication among Africans, Afro-Americans,
and West Indians. Special attention given to poetry of black music,
including blues and other forms of vocal music expressive of contestatory
political attitudes. (Cross-listed with LTEN 187 and MUS 154.)
178. Blues: An Oral Tradition (4) This
course will examine the development of the Blues from its roots in work-songs
and the minstrel show to its flowering in the Mississippi Delta to the
development of Urban blues and the close relationship of the Blues with
Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll. (Cross-listed with MUS 126.)
179A. Jazz Roots and Early Development (19001943) (4)
This course will trace the early development of Jazz and the diverse
traditions which helped create this uniquely American art form. We will
witness the emergence of Louis Armstrong in New Orleans and examine
the composers role in Jazz with Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington.
(Cross-listed with MUS 127A.)
179B. Jazz Since 1946: Freedom and Form (4)
This course will examine the evolution of Jazz from 1943 to the present.
The course will survey the contrasting and competing styles in Jazz
from BEBOP to COOL to the avant garde and fusion. (Cross-listed with
MUS 127B.)
Colloquia
180. Topics in Mexican-American History (4)
This colloquium studies the racial representation of Mexican-Americans
in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, examining
critically the theories and methods of the humanities and social sciences.
(Cross-listed with HIUS 167.)
181. Topics in the Comparative History of Modern Slavery (4)
Slavery was both a thread of continuity in the history of the Americas
and distinctive institution in the specific social settings. The
purpose
of this course is to examine and discuss readings that explore topics
in the Caribbean and the U.S. Because topics will vary, the seminar
may be taken more than once for credit, with permission of the instructor.
Requirements vary for undergraduates, M.A., and Ph.D. students.
Graduate
students are required to submit a more substantial piece of work. (Cross-listed
with HIUS 164 and conjoined with HIUS 264.)
182. Segregation, Freedom Movements, and the Crisis of the Twentieth
Century (4) A reading and discussion seminar
that views the origins of segregation and the social movements that
challenged it between 1890 and 1970 in a comparative framework. (Cross-listed
with HIUS 165.)
183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class (4)
Gender is often neglected in studies of ethnic/racial politics. This
seminar explores the relationship of race, ethnicity, class, and gender
by examining the participation of working class women of color in community
politics and how they challenge mainstream political theory.
<b>184. Black Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century (4)
An analysis of black cultural and intellectual production since 1895.
Course will explore how race and race-consciousness have influenced
the dialogue between ideas and social experience; and how other factorsi.e.,
age, gender, and classaffected scholars insights.
185. Discourse, Power, and Inequality (4)
While discourse analysis has transformed numerous disciplines, a gap
separates perspectives that envision discourse as practices that construct
inequality from approaches which treat discourse as everyday language.
This course engages both perspectives critically in analyzing law, medicine,
and popular culture.
186. The Ethnic Press in the United States (4)
Readings and research on news media institutions established in ethnic
communities since the nineteenth century. The course will trace the
emergence, development, and longevity of ethnic presses, their role
in cultivating and maintaining ethnic identity, and their attempts to
respond to and resist images in mainstream media.
187. Black Nationalism (4) This course
will investigate the ideologies and practices of black nationalist movements
in the United States and/or across the black Diaspora, focusing on their
political philosophy, political culture, and gender and class structure.
188. African Americans, Religion, and the City (4)
This course details the history of African American migration to urban
areas after World War I and World War II and explores the role of religion
in their lives as well as the impact that their religious experiences
had upon the cities in which they lived. (Cross-listed with USP 132.)
189. Special Topics in Ethnic Studies (4)
A reading and discussion course that explores special topics in ethnic
studies. Themes will vary from quarter to quarter; therefore, course
may be repeated for credit.
Seminars and Independent Studies
190. Research Methods: Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities (4)
The course offers students the basic research methods with which to
study ethnic and racial communities. The various topics to be explored
include human and physical geography, transportation, employment, economic
structure, cultural values, housing, health, education, and intergroup
relations.
191. Undergraduate Research in Ethnic Studies (4) This
course is designed to help students conduct their own research rather
than merely read the research of others. The course will introduce
students to research paradigms in ethnic studies, familiarize them
with finding aids and other library resources, and involve them in
the design of research plans. Prerequisite: instructor approval.
192.
Honors Research in Ethnic Studies (4) This
course is a continuation of Ethnic Studies 191 Undergraduate Research
in Ethnic
Studies. Students who have completed ETHN 191
and selected
a faculty research adviser may enroll in this course. During the
quarter the research for the honors project will be completed under
the faculty
adviser’s supervision. Faculty advisers will meet weekly with
their honors students to oversee the progress made in carrying out
the plan of research.
Prerequisite: completion of 191.
193. Honors Research in Ethnic Studies (4) This course
is a continuation of Ethnic Studies 192 Honors Research in Ethnic Studies.
Students who have completed ETHN 192 and are
continuing to work with a faculty research adviser may enroll in
this course.
During the quarter the written drafts and final honors paper will
be completed under the faculty adviser’s supervision. The
student will meet weekly with the faculty adviser in order to prepare
drafts
and the final version of the honors paper. Prerequisite: insructor
approval.
197. Fieldwork in Racial and Ethnic Communities (4)
This course comprises supervised community fieldwork on topics of importance
to racial and ethnic communities in the greater San Diego area. Regular
individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written reports are required.
(May be repeated for credit.)
198. Directed Group Studies (4) Directed
group study on a topic or in a field not included in the regular department
curriculum by special arrangement with a faculty member. (May be repeated
for credit.)
199. Supervised Independent Study and Research (4)
Individual research on a topic that leads to the writing of a major
paper. (May be repeated for credit.)
Graduate
200A. History of Ethnic Studies (4)
This course charts the origins of ethnic studies research, the emergence
of dominant paradigms, and the history of race and ethnic issues across
and within disciplines.
200B. Theories of Ethnic Studies (4)
A critical exploration of the ways in which theories of ethnic studies
have constituted as well as analyzed knowledge and ethnic identity.
200C. Controversies in Ethnic Studies (4)
This course is structured around contemporary events and debates over
theories, methods, and objects of inquiry in ethnic studies.
210. Research Seminar in Ethnic Studies (4)
This course introduces students to the practice of original discovery
research in the field of racial and ethnic studies, including articulating
a research problem, placing it within theoretical discussions, selecting
appropriate methods, and analyzing data.
230. Departmental Colloquium (1) This
course is a forum for the presentation of recent research by guests,
faculty, and students. This course may be repeated three times for credit.
240. Multidiciplinary Research Methods in Ethnic Studies (4)
A critical introduction to the broad range of methods used in ethnic
studies research and how they have shaped social constructions of race,
ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality.
241A. Community Ethnography I: Method and Theory (4)
This course reviews the major tenets of ethnography using case studies
of ethnographic work and critical theory pertaining to epistemological
concerns in the social sciences. Critical here are the major ethical
parameters of conducting ethnography in ethnic communities, the role
of researchers, and the practical implications of such research.
241B. Community Ethnography II: Practicum (4)
This course focuses on the practical application of ethnographic concepts
and methods in actual field research in a local San Diego community.
The purpose here is to provide experience in conducting ethnography
through participant observation, interviews, and contributing to communities.
This will include a brief overview of ethnographic method, but will
focus on hands-on research, analysis, and ethnographic writing.
253. Mass Media and Ethnic Identity (4) This course examines
the ways that ethnic identity influences the practices of mass media,
and the ways in which mass media shape and reflect
ethnic identity.
254. Race and Racism (4) This course
examines inequality based on race with a focus on the institutions,
symbols, and social practices which structure and maintain racism. Particular
attention is given to laws and social policy which reinforce racial
inequality.
256. Gender, Sexuality, and Race (4) This
course studies the body cross-culturally as a site for the construction
of gender, sex, ethnic, and racial identities.
257A-B. Social Theory (4-4) An intensive
survey of social and cultural theory, focusing on how constructions
of science, language, politics, and social inequality shaped early modernity,
Romantic Nationalism, Marxism, cultural relativity, psychoanalysis,
and fin de siècle social thought. The second quarter surveys
poststructuralist, postmodern, feminist, Subaltern Studies, globalization,
and other critiques. ETHN 257A is not a prerequisite for ETHN 257B.
259. Comparative Conquests, Colonization, and Resistance in the
Americas (4) This course will offer a comparative
survey of the impact of European interactions with Native nations and
populations in the New World, from Peru to Canada. Readings will emphasize
modes of initial interaction, patterns of European colonization, and
Native adaptation and resistance, and broader changes in Native culture
and cosmology as a result of conquest and colonization.
260. Transnationalism and Borderlands: The Local and Global (4) This
course critically reviews the analytical frameworks of transnationalism
and borderlands. The goals are to assess traditional and current social
science practice on immigration, identity, and community studies, and
to understand how diverse peoples engage and participate in global processes.
261. Race and Law (4) This seminar advances
a critique of laws innocenceof its claims for universality.
The reading of legal and scientific texts will indicate how by incorporation
existing constructions of the meanings of race, the law produces racialized
modern subjects.
262. Race, Inequality, and Health (4) New
critical and multidisciplinary perspectives provide tools for examining
entrenched and newly emerging diseases and inequalities. This course
examines medicine and public health in relationship to race, gender,
sexuality, class, and nation and explores how these connections affect
the distribution of health and health services locally, nationally,
and internationally.
263. Language and Socialization across Cultures (4) This
course will focus on the ways in which children in different ethnic
and racial
groups are socialized to language and through language.
We will explore racial and class and gender ideologies that underpin
the ways parents expect children to learn to speak; examine effective
and appropriate methods for studying cultural patterns and understanding
ideologies; and consider impacts of bilingualism, stigmatized dialects,
immigration, religious training, and home-school conflicts in ways
of speaking and using language(s). Prerequisite: graduate standing
or consent of instructor. 289. Topics in Ethnic Studies Research (4) This
course is a research seminar on themes of contemporary and historic
importance in ethnic studies. Themes will be determined by instructor.
Course may be repeated three times for credit.
290A-B. Masters Thesis Preparation (4-4) All
graduate students are required to write a masters thesis as part
of the requirements for the master of arts in ethnic studies. Students
should enroll in the thesis preparation courses in the fall and spring
quarters of the second year of graduate studies.
298. Directed Reading (1-12) This is
an independent research or individual guided tutorial in an area not
covered by present course offerings. This course may be repeated for
an indefinite number of times due to the independent nature of the content
of the course.
299. Thesis Research (1-12) Open to graduate
students conducting doctoral thesis research. This course may be repeated
for an indefinite number of times due to the independent nature of thesis
research and writing.
500. Apprentice Teaching in Ethnic Studies (4) A
course in which teaching assistants are aided in learning proper teaching
methods by means of supervision of their work by the faculty: handling
of discussions, preparation and grading of examinations and other written
exercises, and student relations.
Ethnic Studies Courses
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