3unit(s)(Formerly Masterpieces of World Literature) A survey of important literary works from non-Anglo-American cultures. Includes readings from the ancient through the post-colonial period.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
Prerequisites: Completion of lower-division area General Education C2 requirement.
3unit(s)(Formerly Literature of American Cultures) An examination of American literature by authors from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
Prerequisites: Completion of lower-division area General Education C2 requirement and upper-division standing.
3unit(s) An examination of California literature written by authors from a
variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
Prerequisites: Completion of lower-division area General Education C2 requirement and upper-division standing.
ENGL 3950 - International Noneuropean Women Authors
3unit(s)(Offered under the subjects GEND and ENGL) Readings in women authors from the non-European world, i.e., from Africa, India, the Near East, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites: ENGL 3150 or consent of instructor.
4unit(s)(Formerly ENGL 3011) Study the art of persuasive speaking, writing, and information design. Apply classical and contemporary rhetorical theory to analyze diverse media and current issues. Practice creating effective oral, written, and visual communications for school, career, and life.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and ENGL 2000 or equivalent.
4unit(s)(Formerly Script Writing) Introduces students to the fundamentals of writing for stage and
screen, studying dramatic construction, character development, etc.
Class covers one-act and full-length plays, as well as 30- and
60-minute TV shows, TV movies, and feature films. May be repeated once for credit.
3unit(s) Course introduces students to the grant writing process (including how to locate and evaluate grants) and provides them with experience writing grant applications.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test.
4unit(s) Examination of various university literary magazines and consideration of editorial policy, criteria for selection, and other publication processes. Culminates in the production of an issue of the literary and art journal Penumbra. Open to Juniors and Seniors only.
3unit(s) The American novel in the nineteenth century. Authors to be studied include Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, and/or others.
3unit(s) The American novel in the twentieth century. Authors to be studied
include Wharton, Cather, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,
Steinbeck, and/or others.
3unit(s) The novel in English in the 1970s and 1980s including, but not
limited to, works from Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Authors to be studied include Anita Bookner, Margaret Atwood, Toni
Morrison, Ann Tyler, Wallace Stegner, and/or others.
3unit(s)(Formerly 20th-Century English Novel) The development of the British novel during the twentieth century
with fluctuations between tradition and innovation. Typical
readings may include Bennett, Forster, Conrad, Joyce, Woolf,
Drabble, Carter.
3unit(s) Analysis of drama as a literary form. Includes examination of plays
by such writers as: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Beckett,
Brecht, Williams, Pinter, and/or others.
3unit(s)(Formerly Women Authors) (Offered under the subjects ENGL and GEND) Readings in prose and poetry by British women authors selected to highlight the tradition of female writings. Significant themes, techniques, circumstances, and authors from the 17th century to the 21st.
3unit(s)(Formerly ENGL 4510) (Offered under the subjects ENGL and GEND) Readings in prose and poetry by American women authors selected to highlight the tradition of female writings. Significant themes, techniques, circumstances, and authors from the 17th century to the 21st.
3unit(s)(Offered under the subjects ENGL and GEND) Introduction to sexuality studies through literature and theory.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. ENGL 3150 and/or GEND 3000 is recommended but not required.
3unit(s) Course develops students’ ability to assess a writer’s strengths and weaknesses and to respond to writers effectively. It also introduces basic theory that underpins the tutoring methods students will explore and practice. Course provides opportunities for students to practice tutoring methods and strategies in a college or secondary school writing center setting. Course also serves as a component of the TESOL curriculum. May be repeated once for credit.
3unit(s) For prospective teachers of English to speakers of other languages
(TESOL), teachers of multicultural K-adult ESL classes, and
teachers in bilingual education programs. Topics will include
current approaches, methods, techniques and materials for various
English as a second/foreign language settings.
3unit(s) Introduction to children’s literature: fiction, poetry, drama,
fantasy, fairy tales, folklore, and ethnic materials. Analysis and
investigation of the techniques of teaching literature to children.
3unit(s) For prospective teachers of English to speakers of other languages,
teachers of multicultural K-adult ESL classes, and teachers in
bilingual education settings. Topics will include:
Comparison/contrast of first and second language acquisition (SLA),
cognitive strategies in SLA, personality and SLA, sociocultural
factors in SLA, discourse analysis, error analysis, and
inter-language.
3unit(s) An extensive review of the principles of English grammar, designed particularly for teachers and prospective teachers of English; the changing notions of grammar: differences between colloquial and formal standard American English.
3unit(s) Studies in world literature with variable content. Typical courses
include Third World Novel and Myth in Literature: The Metamorphosis
Motif. Two different titles may be taken for credit.
ENGL 4930 - Special Studies in American Literature
1-5unit(s) Special studies in some area of American literature. Course content may vary from term to term. Typical courses include American Immigrant Literature, the American dream and American literature, The Literature of American Minorities, or California writers and the California scene. Different titles may be taken for credit under this number.
1-5unit(s) Special studies in some area of English literature. Course content may vary from term to term. Typical courses include women in nineteenth and twentieth century literature, realism in English literature, minor writers, London in English literature. Different titles may be taken for credit under this number.
4unit(s) Capstone course for the major. Advanced study in literature. Typical seminars will focus on a genre, period, or single author. A writing activity/portfolio assessment is required. Class typically will meet 3 hours per week, with one additional hour per week in writing groups and tutorial sessions.
Prerequisites: Completion of 18 units of upper division English and senior standing.
4unit(s) Capstone course for both English and Liberal Studies students in the TESOL Concentrations. The course will focus on selected topics in second language acquisition and teaching methodology. Each participant will conduct original research and prepare a “progressive” seminar paper on a relevant topic. Students will provide demonstrations of effective English-language lessons.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; completion of ENGL 4615 and ENGL 4800.
3unit(s) Theory of literary criticism, from classicism to postmodernity. Modern approaches and methods in the study of the uses of language and literature. Bibliographical resources and methods for graduate work in English.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of English Graduate Coordinator.
3unit(s) Introduces students to the history of writing studies. The course traces rhetoric and the teaching of writing from classical origins to modern times. Open to students in all concentrations.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of English Graduate Coordinator.
3unit(s) Focuses on assessment ranging from that of specific assignments, examinations, and types of student discourse to longitudinal program assessment of design, curriculum, instruction, and learning outcomes. Students will participate in departmental or other assigned assessment projects.
Prerequisites: ENGL 5001 or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 5001 or consent of instructor.
3unit(s) An historical overview of the English language, including Old, Middle, Modern, and American English; study of morphology, syntax, lexicon, dialect, and semantics as well as the literature and culture of the different historical periods.
ENGL 5550 - Seminar in British Literature - Genres
3unit(s) Course will focus on a particular genre emerging from the canons of British Literature. Topics may include Tragedy, Comedy, Satire, Melodrama, Travel Writing, Fantasy/Science Fiction, The Epic, The Bildungsroman, and so on. Genre courses may also focus on particular subgenres of British Literature: Theatre of the Absurd or The Tudor History Play, for example. May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5560 - Seminar in British Literature: Periods
3unit(s) Course will focus on a period in British literary history (e.g. Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, contemporary). May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5570 - Seminar in British Literature: Traditions and Movements
3unit(s) Course may focus on the works produced within a particular movement (e.g., Petrarchanism, Sentimentalism, Romanticism, Victorianism, Aestheticism [Art of Art’s Sake], Realism, Symbolism/Impressionism, etc.), or on the literary traditions of writers and texts within a defined group, region, or locale (e.g. Bluestockings, Grub Street Writers, British Women Writers, Bloomsbury Group, Irish Renaissance, Scottish Enlightenment, Poets of the Lake District, British Colonial Authors, British Post-Colonial Authors, etc.). May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5580 - Seminar in British Literature: Authors
3unit(s) Course will focus on the works of one or more British author, playwright, or poet. May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5650 - Seminar in American Literature: Genres
3unit(s) Course will focus on a particular genre of American Literature. Topics may include traditional genres (The Novel, Drama, etc.) or genre more broadly construed (detective fiction, sentimental lyric, slave narrative, etc.). May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5660 - Seminar in American Literature: Periods
3unit(s) Course will focus on a particular period in American literary history (Colonial Literature, Literature of the New Republic, Depression-Era Literature, Turn-into-the-20th Century Literature, Mid-Twentieth Century, Contemporary Literature, etc. May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5670 - Seminar in American Literature: Traditions and Movements
3unit(s) Course may focus on the works produced within a particular movement (e.g. Transcendentalism, Realism, the Harlem Renaissance, Modernism, the Beat Movement, etc.), or on the literary traditions of writers and texts within a defined group, region, or locale (e.g., Hispanic American Literature, Southern Literature, American Women Writers, Literature of the Great Central Valley, etc.). May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
ENGL 5680 - Seminar in American Literature: Authors
3unit(s) Course will focus on the works of one or more American author, playwright, or poet. May be repeated once, if topic is different, for credit. Specific topics assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or consent of the English Graduate Coordinator.
3unit(s) Provides students in the TESOL concentration the opportunity to examine in depth the interaction between second language teaching methodology and second language acquisition theory, with special emphasis on adult language learning. Some classroom observation required.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, ENGL 4615 and 4800.
3unit(s) Designed to familiarize students with the variety of applications of linguistics to teaching composition. Topics covered will include Transformations and Style; What Do You Teach When You Teach Grammar?; What’s Awkward About AWK?; The Relationship Between Reading and Writing, etc.
Prerequisites: ENGL 3750 or 4850 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 5860 - Principles of Sociolinguistics in Language Education
3unit(s) A course for pre-service and in-service teachers of speakers of English as a second language in the context of K-12 through junior college education. This course analyzes pragmatic language practices under a sociolinguistics lens in order to examine how they influence language teaching and learning strategies.
3unit(s) An introduction to research methods in composition, with an emphasis on qualitative research. Includes regular meetings with the student’s assigned supervisor and master teacher.
Prerequisites: Completion of one of the MA-RTW core courses.
3unit(s) A course for pre-service and in-service teachers of speakers of English as a second language in the context of K-12 through junior college education. It analyzes English grammar from a communicative, descriptive and discourse perspectives, with consideration of cross-linguistic contrast, and of applications for teaching English as a Second Language. Open to Graduate Students Only.
1-5unit(s) (Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Development of a selected topic in English. Topics will vary. Different topics may be taken for credit.
1-4unit(s) Directed study in applied research. Students will refute, refine, or replicate existing research on a subject of relevance to composition or critical analysis. Findings will be presented in a colloquium. The project will usually take more than one term to complete.
Prerequisites: ENGL 5001 and consent of the English Graduate Director.
0unit(s) Non-credit course. Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate coursework and who have registered for the maximum number of thesis or project required by their program. Students must register each semester or term until they have secured faculty approval for their theses or projects.
0unit(s) Non-credit course: Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate course work required by their program. Students must register for each semester or term in which they take their comprehensive examination unless they are enrolled in other course work.
4unit(s) Natural history and taxonomy of arthropods of medical (including forensic) and veterinary importance in temperate, tropical, and subtropical regions of the world with emphasis on the role arthropods play as vectors and transmitters of disease. The laboratory involves techniques of collection and taxonomic identification, dissections, and field experiments on carrion-arthropod succession to demonstrate the utility of arthropods in medicolegal investigations.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1050 and BIOL 1150 (or equivalent introductory series) and CHEM 1100 and CHEM 1110 with grades of C- or higher.
Hours: (Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours; field trips and experiments)
3unit(s) Introduction to academic writing. Instruction is based on the Competencies for First-Year Composition with particular emphasis on reading skills as well as focus, development, organization, and control of language for sentences, paragraphs, and essays.
4unit(s)(Formerly Beginning English and Grammar for ESL Students) Editing and sentence-level grammar skills. Focus on improving grammar, improving editing skills for individual problems, and increasing writing fluency. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
4unit(s)(Formerly Intermediate English and Grammar for ESL Students) Composition process: drafting, revising, editing. Additional focus on reading and vocabulary to improve comprehension and fluency in standard academic English. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
ESL 2000 - Essay Strategies and Vocabulary for Language and Dialect
3unit(s)(Formerly English Grammar and Composition for Foreign Students) Continuing editing and sentence-level grammar skills: improving grammar, editing skills for individualized problems, and fluency. Individualized tutoring an integral part of the course.
ETHS 2000 - Introduction to Black/African American Studies
3unit(s) This lower-division interdisciplinary course examines how Black/African American Studies emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s during an intensified political context in the U.S. and around the world. Students, faculty, and community members organized to improve their realities, which included establishing and institutionalizing the field in higher education. Grounded in this history, the course introduces students to: 1) the origins and contours of Black/African American Studies; 2) the social context that influenced Black/African American protest movements of the 1960s; 3) activist movements of Black/African American communities through regional, national, and/or global perspectives; and 4) the value of Black/African American scholarship, creativity, and social change.
Satisfies G.E. area D2 and the Multicultural Requirement.
3unit(s) Course introduces students to the origins, history, and contemporary themes of Ethnic Studies. The course highlights the struggles of historically underrepresented groups and the importance of student and community activism in creating social change.
Satisfies G.E. area D2 and the Multicultural Requirement.
ETHS 2100 - Introduction to Chicanx and Latinx Studies
3unit(s) The lower-division interdisciplinary course examines how Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x Studies emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s during an intensified political context in the U.S. and around the world. Students, faculty, and community members organized to improve their realities, which included establishing and institutionalizing the field in higher education. Grounded in this history, the course introduces students to: 1) the origins and contours of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x Studies; 2) the social context that influenced Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x protest movements of the 1960s; 3) activist movements of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x communities through regional, national, and/or global perspectives; and 4) the value of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x scholarship, creativity, and social change.
Satisfies G.E. area D2 and the Multicultural Requirement.
ETHS 2200 - Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies
3unit(s)The Asian American Experience Course examines how Asian American and Pacific Islander studies emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s during an intensified political context in the U.S. and around the world. Students, faculty, and community members organized to improve their realities, which included establishing and institutionalizing the field in higher education.
ETHS 2300 - Introduction to Native American/Indigenous Studies
3unit(s) The lower-division interdisciplinary course examines how Native American/Indigenous Studies emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s during an intensified political context in the U.S. and around the world. Students, faculty, and community members organized to improve their realities, which included establishing and institutionalizing the field in higher education. Grounded in this history, the course introduces students to: 1) the origins and contours of Native American/Indigenous Studies; 2) the social context that influenced Native American/Indigenous protest movements of the 1960s; 3) activist movements of Native American/Indigenous communities through regional, national, and/or global perspectives; and 4) the value of Native American/Indigenous scholarship, creativity, and social change.
Satisfies G.E. area D2 and the Multicultural Requirement.
3unit(s) The interdisciplinary lower division course focuses on contemporary contours of the field of Ethnic Studies in relation to oppression and power of underrepresented groups in contemporary US society. The class begins by exploring the socio-political context since the 1980s in California, the US, and beyond. This includes neoliberalism, culture/educational wars, mass incarceration, the defunding of public education, institutional/political racism, white supremacy, intersectionality, and controversial legislation. The course also examines contemporary dimensions of student activism and community protest movements of underrepresented populations through regional, national, and global perspectives. We conclude the class by studying contemporary developments, challenges, and opportunities that the field of Ethnic Studies encounters in current times.
Satisfies G.E. area D2 and the Multicultural Requirement.
1-5unit(s) Development of a selected branch of ethnic studies. (Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Topics vary each term, thus different topics may be taken for credit.
ETHS 3100 - Asian Americans in Media and Popular Culture
3unit(s) A critique of dominant representations of Asian Americans in media and popular culture. The ways in which media and art are used by Asian Americans for social change will also be explored. Students create their own forms of media and art to accurately represent Asian Americans.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
3unit(s) Course will examine the participation and images of Mexicans, Latinos, Chicanos in the American film industry from a multicultural perspective.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
ETHS 3115 - Chican@ and Latin@ Cultural Production
3unit(s) A critical approach to Chican@ and Latin@ art, cultural production, and activism. The diverse experiences and social issues of Chican@ and Latin@ populations will be examined through artistic expression and cultural production. The course also applies art and cultural production for social change and awareness.
ETHS 3125 - Afro-Mexican Indigenous Cultural Practice
3unit(s) Upper-division course focuses on understanding and participating in the Afro-Mexican cultural practice of son jarocho and fandangos. The class includes reading, lectures, and discussions of the history, tradition, and theories of son jarocho and fandangos. Students learn the genre of son jarocho-which includes strumming stringed instruments, dancing on a wooden plank, and singing and writing verses-and participating in fandagos.
3unit(s) This upper division interdisciplinary course studies the experiences of Black/African American communities in the U.S. In particular, this course focuses on the historical and contemporary experiences of Black/African American populations through a variety of perspectives, including critical, intersectional, and decolonial. The class addresses a variety of topics, such as: identity, culture, (de)colonization, migration, gender/sexuality, oppression, and liberation. In addition, the course also examines Black/African diasporas in the U.S. and contemporary issues of Black/African American communities.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement.
ETHS 3250 - African American Images in the Arts and Media
3unit(s) Course will explore the African Americans and the African Diaspora in artistic and media production.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
3unit(s) This upper division interdisciplinary course studies the experiences of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x communities in the U.S. In particular, this course focuses on the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x populations through a variety of perspectives, including critical, intersectional, and decolonial. The class addresses a variety of topics, such as: identity, culture, (de)colonization, migration, gender/sexuality, oppression, and liberation. In addition, the course examines Latinidad and Latinx diasporas in the U.S. and contemporary issues of Chicano/a/x and Latino/a/x communities.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement.
3unit(s) Explores the multi-generational Hmong American experience. Examines the history and contemporary issues of Hmong Americans in relation to other immigrant and minority groups.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
ETHS 3350 - Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences
3unit(s) Upper division interdisciplinary course examines the experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the U.S. In particular, this course focuses on historical and contemporary experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander populations through a variety of perspectives, including critical, intersectional, and decolonial.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
3unit(s) This upper division interdisciplinary course studies the experiences of Native American/Indigenous communities in the U.S and beyond. In particular, this course focuses on the historical and contemporary experiences of Native American/Indigenous populations through a variety of perspectives, including critical, intersectional, and decolonial. The class addresses a variety of topics, such as: identity, culture, (de)colonization, migration, gender/sexuality, oppression, and liberation. In addition, the course examines indigeneity in the U.S./globally and contemporary issues of Native American/Indigenous communities.
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement.
3unit(s) Examine how indigenous playwrights write about the social, political, and economic disparities that contribute to how their community forms an indigenous identity. By writing about and discussing these plays, students will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to think about indigenous concerns and advocate against the stereotypes, misrepresentations, racism, and erasure that often affects native peoples in the Americas. (Offered under the subjects ETHS and THEA)
Satisfies G.E. area UD-C and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
ETHS 3700 - Decolonial Spiritualities and Healing Practices
3unit(s) Upper division course explores non-traditional spirituality and healing practices in the U.S. concerning personal and social well-being. Drawing from underrepresented groups, including Native American/Indigenous, Black/African American, Chicanx/Latinx, and Asian American/Pacific Islander, the class addresses many relevant topics, such as: the interdependence of all life-forms, coexistence of social and cultural multiplicity, and critical and spiritual ideologies that centralize respect and care of self, others, and the land.
3unit(s) Course is an introduction to the nature of human language and the social and cultural contexts in which it is used. (Course offered under the subjects ETHS and ANTH)
Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
3unit(s) The purpose of this upper division course is to examine writings that focus on the subject of race and other forms of power (including those of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality). In particular, the course explores how writing is central to both the production and deconstruction of race and power. Students will read essays from authors of underrepresented backgrounds who write about writing in relation to their marginalized experiences. Students will also examine racial controversies that are central to Ethnic Studies and society and how violence works across intersectional identities. Throughout the course, students will practice various forms of writing, such as creative, persuasive, and analytical forms. The course concludes with students engaging their writings in a creative and/or public way.
4unit(s) he upper division applied methods course focuses on producing media to advocate for social and political change. By creating media that highlights critical social issues, the course emphasizes on comprehending and using technology effectively as a means to promote change in society, particularly from a standpoint of equity, social justice, and/or marginalized perspectives and experiences. The course includes readings, workshops, discussions, peer critiques, hand-on equipment tutorials, and learning and applying different multi-media techniques. Using a variety of digital technologies, like video cameras, broadcast studio, and smart phones, students will produce creative and original media projects with the goal of contributing to social change. Open to Juniors and Seniors Only.
3unit(s)(Course offered under subjects GEND and ETHS) Upper division course focuses on Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x familial formation in the U.S. historically and in contemporary times. Through a variety of perspectives, course examines how power affects Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x families within a regional, national, and global context. Course examines a variety of critical social issues and institutional structures that impact Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x families.
