Race and Resistance Studies BA + Ethnic Studies MA SF Scholars Roadmap
The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. This program allows students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior year, reducing the number of semesters required for completion of a master’s degree.
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Year | ||
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| Fall Semester | Units | |
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 | 3 |
| RRS/ETHS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Major Core, D1, AERM, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| GE Area A 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 3 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 4 | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| RRS 240 | All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties" (Major Core, D2, USH, AERM, SJ) | 3 |
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 3 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area E | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| RRS 250 | Race, Ethnicity and Power in America (Major Core, USG/CSLG, AERM, SJ) | 3 |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Four 5 | 12 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Disrupting Science Fiction: Race, Gender, and Alternative Futures (C2, AERM) | ||
| Sounds of Resistance: Race, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Revolution (C1, AERM, GP) | ||
| Race, Public Art, and Creative Resistance (F) | ||
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three 5 | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ETHS 300GW | Writing in Ethnic Studies - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Select the GE Area Not Already Fulfilled: | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three 5 | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Race and Comedy in the United States (AERM) | ||
| Youth Culture, Race and Resistance (UD-D, AERM, SJ) | ||
| Major Elective (9 units total) - Take One 6,7,8 | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three 5 | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core, UD-C): | 3 | |
| Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies (AERM, SJ) | ||
| Women, Race, and Class (AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | ||
| Select One (Major Core): 9 | 3 | |
| Grassroots Organizing for Change in Communities of Color (UD-D, AERM, SJ) | ||
| Community Engaged Learning: Praxis in Race and Resistance Studies | ||
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences | 3 | |
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 5 | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| RRS 590 | Senior Capstone (Major Core) | 3 |
| Major Elective (9 units total) - Take Two 6,7,8 | 6 | |
| Select One: | 3 | |
or Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective if UD-D already fulfilled 5 |
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| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Graduate Core - Select One 7 | 3 | |
| Area of Emphasis Courses - Select Two 10 | 6 | |
| Units | 9 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Graduate Core - Select Two 8 | 6 | |
| Culminating Experience - Select One: | 3 | |
| Field Study | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Units | 9 | |
| Total Units | 138-140 | |
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ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses.
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To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.
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Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied.
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To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Complementary Studies
Bachelor of Arts students must complete 12 units of Complementary Studies outside of the primary prefix for the major and not cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major.
Students who complete two majors or a major and a minor automatically complete the Complementary Studies requirement.
Students in the Race and Resistance Studies major may also satisfy the Complementary Studies requirement by completing one of the following options:
- 12 units from one or more of these prefixes: AFRS, AIS, AA S, or LTNS (may not be from courses that are cross-listed with RRS).
- 12 units of a heritage, native, or foreign language.
- 12 units as partial completion of a minor.
- 12 units as partial completion of a certificate.
- 12 units from a study abroad program.
Upon consultation with an advisor, student may designate a coherent group of courses complementary to the major. For example, students may complete 12 units in a related area such as health disparities; genders and sexualities; revolutionary thinkers; cultural production and representation; social justice; civic & community engagement; fantastic futures; or religiosities and spiritual movements.
With the approval of an advisor in the major, courses that fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement may be lower- or upper-division units, resident or transfer units.
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Major Electives - 9 units
Three RRS Courses - 9 units
At least six elective units should be upper-division.
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Graduate Core courses may double-count with this requirement for a maximum of 9 units.
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Graduate Core (18 units)
AA S 800 Theory and History in Asian American Studies (3 units)
AFRS 705 Seminar in Africana Studies (3 units)
AIS 701 Seminar in American Indian Studies (3 units)
ETHS 710 Theories and Issues in Ethnic Studies (3 units)
ETHS 720 Research Methods in Ethnic Studies (3 units)
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Can be double-counted with either:
ETHS 750 Ethnic Studies Community Practicum (3 units)
OR
ETHS 885 Graduate Projects in the Teaching of Ethnic Studies (3 units)
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Area Emphasis: Students are required to focus on an area of emphasis in Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, or Race and Resistance Studies. Courses selected to fulfill the emphasis will provide a student with the subject matter foundation to complete the culminating research project field study or thesis. Upon advisement, upper-division/graduate course work in the College of Ethnic Studies and other departments on campus may be used.