Program Map

Ethnic Studies - Associate in Arts

Award Type: Associate in Arts
Effective Date: Fall 2020
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Social Sciences, Humanities & Education

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Description:

Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary and unique scholarly field that offers counter-narratives by and from the experiences and knowledges of four historically racialized groups: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Chicanas/os/xs and Latinas/os/xs.

Since the 1960s, Ethnic Studies frames People of Color as not simply victims of colonization, imperialism, white supremacy, and structural violence, but as agents of change and producers of knowledge, emphasizing resistance to and liberation from all forms of injustice and oppression. Ethnic Studies disciplines play an important role in challenging eurocentrism within education, as well as centering historically racialized peoples' histories, experiences, philosophies, cultures, and theoretical frameworks.

What can I do with this Major?

A degree in Ethnic Studies can lead toward any of the following career pathways, including:

  • Education
  •  Law
  • Social Work
  • Immigrant Rights
  • Civil Rights
  • Journalism
  • Public Health
  • Community and Union Organizing
  • Non-profit/social justice work
  •  Government
  • Public Policy
  • Community Development/Urban Planning
  • International Relations.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
16 units
ES 1
Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Historical)
3.0
Ethnic/Racial Groups Course #1
 
3.0
Select one course from the Options list below
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 2
 
14 - 17 units
Ethnic/Racial Groups Course #2
 
3.0
Select one course from the Options list below
Comparative Course
 
3.0
Select 1 course (3 units) from the Major Electives list below
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0-3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
1.0-3.0
Semester 3
 
15 - 16 units
Ethnic/Racial Groups Course #3
 
3.0
Select one course from the Options list below not already taken
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
3.0
Semester 4
 
15 units
Ethnic/Racial Groups Course #4
 
3.0
Select one course from the Options list below not already taken
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
3.0
Options Courses
 

Ethnic/Racial Groups - Select 4 courses (12 units) from the following. At least three different racial or ethnic groups must be studied.

54 units
Group A: Latinx/Latin American
 
ENGL 22
Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S. (Active)
3.0
ES 4
Intro to Latinx Studies (Active)
3.0
HIS 32
Colonial Latin America (Active)
3.0
HIS 33
Modern Latin America (Active)
3.0
Group B: Mexican American
 
ENGL 22
Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S. (Active)
3.0
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 52
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 52
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Active)
3.0
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 53
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 53
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Active)
3.0
Group C: African American
 
ENGL 21
The Evolution of the Black Writer (Active)
3.0
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 62
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 62
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active)
3.0
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 63
The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 63
The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active)
3.0
Group D: Asian American
 
ENGL 25
Asian-American Literature (Active)
3.0
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 10
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Historical)
3.0
OR
SOCI 10
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Historical)
3.0
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
Group E: American Indian/Native American
 
ANTH 8
Native American Cultures (Historical)
3.0
American Indian History and Culture (Choose one)
 
3.0
HIS 25
American Indian History and Culture (Active)1
3.0
OR
ES 25
American Indian History and Culture (Active)2
3.0
ES 25 is no longer being offered.
F: Muslim American
 
ES 3
Introduction to Muslim-American Studies (Historical)
3.0
ES 3 is no longer being offered.
G: Pacific Islander
 
ES 6
Introduction to Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies (Historical)
3.0
1This course is not currently being offered
2This course is not currently being offered
Major Electives
 

Comparative Courses - Select 1 course (3 units) from the list below

27 units
ANTH 5
Cultures of the U.S. in Global Perspective (Historical)
3.0
COMM 12
Gender, Sexual Identity, and Communication (Historical)
3.0
ES 2
Contemporary Ethnic Minority Families in the U.S. (Historical)
3.0
ES 2 is no longer being offered.
ES 5
Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture (Historical)
3.0
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Choose ES 7 or SOCI 7)
 
3.0
ES 7
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active)
3.0
OR
SOCI 7
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active)
3.0
PSCN 4
Multiethnic/Cultural Communication (Active)
3.0
PSCN 13
Multicultural Issues in Contemporary America (Historical)
3.0
SOCI 3
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (Active)
3.0
SOCI 6
Introduction to Gender (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 60.0-64.0
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