Multicultural Studies Minor
Total Units Required: 21
The Minor in Multicultural Studies offers an introduction to the theory and practice of cultural analysis, study of cross-cultural and interethnic issues, and analysis of gender and sexuality.
Course Requirements for the Minor
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | ||
| MCGS 155 | Introduction to Intersectional Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| MCGS 389 | Informed Activism and Internship 1 | 3 |
| MCGS 495W | Senior Seminar in Multicultural and Gender Studies (W) | 3 |
| Ethnic/Racial/Cultural Identities | ||
| Select three of the following: 2 | 9 | |
| Introduction to the Asian American Experience | ||
| Introduction to Critical HMoob Studies | ||
| Introduction to Black/African American Studies | ||
| Sport, Power, and African American Athletes | ||
| Hip Hop Culture | ||
| The Sociology of African Americans | ||
| Contemporary Issues in Black/African American Studies | ||
| Black Political Thought | ||
| Introduction to American Indian/US Native American Studies | ||
| Visual Sovereignty: American Indian Film | ||
| American Indian Literature | ||
| American Indian Storytelling/Oral Narrative | ||
| Contemporary North American Indian Issues and Identities | ||
| American Indian Sovereignty and U.S. Federal Law | ||
| Introduction to Latinx | ||
| Latinx Film: Representation, Resistance, and Disruption | ||
| Latino Politics | ||
| Latinx in Contemporary Society and Social Justice | ||
| Latinx Gender and Sexualities | ||
| Latinx and Immigration | ||
| Latinx in the Labor Market | ||
| Latina & Chicana Power | ||
| Leading Social Change | ||
| Sex Work, Queer Desire, and Transfeminism | ||
| Prison Industrial Complex | ||
| Queer and Trans California | ||
| Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities | ||
| Women Internationally | ||
| Cultural Images of Women | ||
| Multicultural Issues | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Learning from Men of Color in Leadership | ||
| Learning from Women of Color in Leadership | ||
| Religion and Ethnic Diversity in America (W) | ||
| Food Justice | ||
| The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States | ||
| Issues in Racial and Ethnic Equity | ||
| Gender, Race, Sexuality, Science, and Society (W) | ||
| Health Equity | ||
| American Indian Environmental Philosophies | ||
| Philosophy of Race (W) | ||
| Total Units | 21 | |
- 1
Must be taken for three units. This is a letter-graded internship.
- 2
No more than six units may be in any one of Asian American Studies (AAST), African American Studies (AFAM), American Indian Studies (AIST), or Chicanx/Latinx Studies (CHLX).