ETHS 201 DJ - Introduction to Ethnic Studies

4 Credit(s)

This is a gateway course for majors and minors in Ethnic Studies, as well as for all who are interested in learning about race and ethnicity in the United States within a global context. Using sociological, historical, literary, and other disciplinary concepts and methods, the course introduces the history and current development of ethnic studies as an academic discipline; fundamental concepts and issues in ethnic studies; and the historical, social, and cultural experiences of African American, Latino/a American, Asian and Pacific American, and Native American peoples and/or other historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the United States, focusing on issues of race and ethnicity as they intersect with class, gender, sexuality, and nation.