Major Requirements

To receive a B.A. degree with a major in Ethnic Studies, students must meet the following requirements:

1. Lower Division Requirements

A 3 quarter course lower-division sequence (Ethnic Studies 1A-B-C). Ideally this sequence should be taken during the sophomore year as an intensive introduction to the history and theoretical dimensions of ethnic diversity in the United States. Ethnic Studies 1A-B-C, Introduction to Ethnic Studies, will consist of the following three courses:

ETHN 1A Population Histories of the United States
ETHN 1B Immigration and Assimilation in American Life
ETHN 1C Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States

2. Upper Division Requirements

A minimum of twelve (12) four-unit upper-division courses in the Department of Ethnic Studies must be completed from the following 5 categories:

One (1) four-unit upper division course that intensively explores the theory and comparative methods of ethnic studies. All Ethnic Studies majors should complete this course before proceeding with other requirements listed.
- ETHN 100 Theories and Methods of Ethnic Studies
NOTE: ETHN 100 is usually offered only in the Fall Quarter of each academic year.
Four (4) upper-division ethnic studies history and social sciences courses from those listed below:
- ETHN 103 Environmental Racism
- ETHN 104 Race, Space, and Segregation
- ETHN 105 Ethnic Diversity and the City
- ETHN 107 Ethnographic Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities
- ETHN 108 Race, Culture, and Social Chance
- ETHN 109 Race and Social Movements
- ETHN 112A History of Native Americans in the United States I
- ETHN 112B History of Native Americans in the United States II
- ETHN 116 The U.S.-Mexican Border, Comparative Perspective
- ETHN 117 Organic Social Movements
- ETHN 118 Contemporary Immigration Issues
- ETHN 119 Multiracial Societies in the Americas
- ETHN 120 Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture
- ETHN 121 Asian-American Politics
- ETHN 123 Asian-American Politics
- ETHN 125 Asian-American History
- ETHN 126 Comparative Filipino & Vietnamee American Identities & Communities
- ETHN 127 Sexuality & Nation
- ETHN 129 Asian & Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy
- ETHN 130 Social and Economic History of the Southwest I
- ETHN 131 Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
- ETHN 134 Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
- ETHN 149 African American History in the 20th Century
- ETHN 151 Ethnic Politics in America
- ETHN 152 Law and Civil Rights
- ETHN 159 Topics in African American History
- ETHN 160 Black Politics and Protest in the Early 20th Century
- ETHN 161 Black Politics and Protest Since WWII
- ETHN 163 Leisure in Urban America
- ETHN 165 Sex and Gender in African American Communities
- ETHN 167 African-American History in War and Peace: 1917 to the Present
- ETHN 170A Origins of the Atlantic World c. 1450-1650
- ETHN 170B Slavery and the Atlantic World
- ETHN 180 Topics in Mexican-American History
- ETHN 181 American Slave Communities in Comparative Perspective
- ETHN 182 Segregation, Freedom Movements, and the Crisis of the 20th Century
- ETHN 183 Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class
- ETHN 184 Black Intellectuals in the 20th Century
- ETHN 187 Black Nationalism
- ETHN 188 African Americans, Religion, & the City
- ETHN 189 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies Honors:

ETHN 191A Research in Ethnic Studies
ETHN 191B Honors Research in Ethnic Studies
ETHN 191C Honors Research in Ethnic Studies

Special Studies: *

ETHN 197 Field Work in Racial and Ethnic Communities
ETHN 198 Directed Group Studies
ETHN 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research

* Only 2 will be counted in fulfillment of this requirement.

C. At least three (3) upper-division courses that focus on language, ethnicity, and institutional discourses:

ETHN 120 Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture
ETHN 140 Language and American Ethnicity
ETHN 141 Language and Culture
ETHN 142 Medicine, Race and the Global Politics of Inequality
ETHN 144 Bilingual Communities in the USA
ETHN 145 Spanish Language in the U.S.
ETHN 164 African Americans and the Mass Media
ETHN 185 Discourse, Power and Inequality
ETHN 186 The Ethnic Press in the U.S.

Students may petition to count one course on language and ethnicity offered by other departments, including the following:

Anthropology:

ANSC 162 Language, Identity, and Community
ANSC 163 Culture and Communication in Education
ANSC 122 Language and Society

Linguistics:

LIGN 140 American Sign Language
LIGN 145 Pidgins and Creoles
LIGN 174 (cross-listed with SOCB 118A) Gender and Language in Society
LIGN 175 Sociolinguistics
LIGN 177 Multilingualis

Communication:

COSF 140C Comparative Media Systems: Latin American and the Caribbean

COHI 114 Bilingual Communication

Sociology:

SOCB 118A Gender & Language in Society Education Studies

Education Studies:

EDS 116 The Psychology of Teaching & Structures of Information for Human Learning

In addition, one foreign language course at the upper-division level may be counted in partial fulfillment of this requirement, with the consent of the department.

NOTE: The area studies list that was in effect during the 2001-2002 academic year will not be available to students who enter in Fall, 2002 or later. Students who entered UCSD prior to Fall 2002 may petition to count courses from the area studies list to fulfill the "C" requirement as long as at least one of the three courses used to fulfill the "C" requirement is an Ethnic Studies Department offering. Students must seek faculty advice on which courses would best satisfy this requirement and yield the most rigorous training.

D. At least three (3) upper-division ethnic studies courses on the literature and cultural expressions of American racial and ethnic minorities:

ETHN 101 Ethnic Images in Film

ETHN 110 Cultural World Views of Native Americans

ETHN 111 Native American Literature

ETHN 120 Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture

ETHN 122 Asian-American Culture and Identity

ETHN 124 Asian-American Literature

ETHN 126 Comparative Filipino & Vietnamee American Identities & Communities

ETHN 128 Hip Hop: The Politics of Culture

ETHN 132 Chicano Dramatic Literature

ETHN 133 Hispanic-American Dramatic Literature

ETHN 135A Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848 to 1960

ETHN 135B Contemporary Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1960 to Present

ETHN 136 Topics in Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultures

ETHN 138 Chicano Poetry

ETHN 139 Chicano Literature in English

ETHN 146A Theatrical Ensemble

ETHN 148 Latino/a and Chicano/a Literature

ETHN 168 Comparative Ethnic Literature

ETHN 172 Afro-American Prose

ETHN 173 Afro-American Poetry

ETHN 174 Themes in Afro-American Literature

ETHN 175 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

ETHN 176 Black Music/Black Texts: Comm. and Cultural Expression

ETHN 178 Blues: An Oral Tradition

ETHN 179A Jazz Roots and Early Development (1900-1943)

ETHN 179B Jazz Since 1946: Freedom and Form

E. One (1) four-unit field methods course.

ETHN 190 Research Methods: Studying Ethnic and Racial Communities

NOTE: ETHN 190 is usually offered only in the Winter Quarter of each academic year.

3. Subject Matter Diversity

Since the goal of the Department of Ethnic Studies is to intensively study both the particular histories of various ethnic and racial groups in the United States and to draw larger theoretical lessons from comparisons among and between groups, students may not fulfill requirement 2B and 2D by focusing all of the seven required courses on only one ethnic or racial group.

To Add the Ethnic Studies Major or Minor you may go to My TritonLink and click on Major and Minor:

Current Students

For more information and degree planning, please contact:

Yolanda Escamilla, Undergraduate Coordinator
Email: yescamilla@ucsd.edu