Minor in Race and Resistance Studies
The Race and Resistance Studies minor is an 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, and class 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.
Race and Resistance Studies, Minor — 19 - 21 units
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.
- At least half of all courses towards the minor degree must be upper division at the 300 level or above.
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. Additional courses may count towards the minor upon consultation with the Race and Resistance Studies undergraduate minor advisor.
All course work used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Introductory Courses (3 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ETHS/RRS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| or ETHS/RRS 110 | Critical Thinking and the Ethnic Studies Experience | |
Core Courses (9 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select one course from three different sections A through D below: | 9 | |
| Section A: History and Politics | ||
| All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties" | ||
| Race, Ethnicity and Power in America | ||
| Race, Labor, and Class | ||
| Grassroots Organizing for Change in Communities of Color | ||
| National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America | ||
| Race, Radicalism and Revolution | ||
| History of People of Color in the U.S. | ||
| Section B: Popular Culture, Literature, and the Arts | ||
| Race, Gender, and Science Fiction | ||
| Race, Sports, and Society | ||
| Cultural Dialogues and Ethnic Literature | ||
| Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans | ||
| Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature | ||
| Youth Culture, Race and Resistance | ||
| Section C: Gender and Sexuality | ||
| Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities | ||
| Women, Class, and Race | ||
| Section D: Diasporas and Transnationalism | ||
| Islamophobia: Roots, Development, and Contestation of Hatred | ||
| Arab American Identity: Memory and Resistance | ||
| Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective | ||
| South Asian Diaspora | ||
| Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds | ||
Community Service Learning (1 - 3 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select one from below or as 1 - 3 CSL units attached to any course listed in the minor. | 1-3 | |
| Asian American Community Health Issues | ||
| Community Service Learning | ||
| Community Service Learning | ||
| Community Service Learning | ||
Ethnic Specific Course from AA S, AFRS, AIS, or LTNS (3 units)
Choose one course on advisement, from a different department than the one used to fulfill the CSL requirement.)
Elective Courses (3 units)
Choose one from below or any course from above, including from the ethnic-specific departments or programs, not used to satisfy basic requirements.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 466 | Black Lives Matter: Race and Social Movements | 3 |
| COUN 450/RRS 460 | AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. | 3 |
| ETHS 590 | Ethnic Studies Travel Study | 1 |
| ETHS 685 | Projects in the Teaching of Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| ETHS 697 | Field Research or Internship in Ethnic Studies | 1-3 |
| ETHS 699 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| RRS/SOC 330 | Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation | 3 |
| RRS/LABR/HIST 473 | Slavery and Antislavery in the United States | 3 |
| RRS/LTNS 580 | Educational Equity | 3 |
| SOC 580 | Educational Equity | 3 |
| RRS 625 | Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus | 3 |