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Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

ES 243 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies


This course provides students with an introduction to the study of race, ethnicity and culture in the United States. The course reviews the main ideas and key debates in Ethnic Studies, paying attention to the ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with other social identities such as gender, sexual orientation, class, nationality, and citizenship/legal status. Students who complete the course will be equipped with the analytic tools to apply a framework of race/ethnicity to better interpret, engage, and transform the world around them.

(Crosslisted/Equivalent with HCOM 243 )

General Education: 6 Ethnic Studies
University Requirement: ES Ethnic Studies, US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Units: 3