A Sampling of Courses that Explore Diversity
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Several major departments and programs offer courses that explore a wide variety
of issues related to cultural differences and diversity. Some of these departments
may be obvious, such as Black Studies, and Chicano Studies. However, other departments
offer courses which explore diversity issues including English, History, Religious
Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies. For example, a class titled "Global Diasporas
and Cultural Change" (Global Studies 104) focuses in part on interactions between
immigrant/ethnic cultures and the dominant cultures of the host societies. Check
with specific departments and the General Catalog for descriptions of classes that
focus on cultural differences and diversity. Please note that you must check with
the General Catalog to determine whether these courses satisfy the Ethnicity or
World Culture requirements, and to determine whether there are any prerequisites.
Below is a partial list of courses offered at UCSB:
Anthropology (ANTH):
ANTH 2: Introductory Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 125: Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 131: North American Indians
ANTH 136: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
ANTH 142: Peoples and Cultures of India
ANTH 148A: Comparative Ethnicity
Asian American Studies (AS AM):
AS AM 1: Comparative Asian American History, 1850-1965
AS AM 2: Contemporary Asian American History
AS AM 8: Introduction to Asian American Gender and Sexuality
AS AM 113: The Asian American Movement
AS AM 128: Writings by Asian American Women
AS AM 132: Asian/Asian American Women In the Global Economy
AS AM 134: Asian American Men and Contemporary Men's Issues
AS AM 135: Asian Pacific American Queer Issues
AS AM 137: Multiethnic Asian Americans
Black Studies (BL ST):
BL ST 1: Introduction to Afro-American Studies
BL ST 6: The Civil Rights Movement
BL ST 15: The Psychology of Blacks
BL ST 38AB: Introduction to Afro-American Literature
BL ST 50: Blacks in the Media
BL ST 122: The Education of Black Children
BL ST 153: Black Popular Music in America
Chicano Studies (CH ST):
CH ST 1ABC: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
CH ST 137: Chicana/o/Mexican Oral Traditions
CH ST 138: Barrio Popular Culture
CH ST 168E: History of the Chicana/o Movement
CH ST 181: The Chicana/o Novel
English (ENGL):
ENGL 114AA-ZZ: Women and Literature
ENGL 122AA-ZZ: Cultural Representations
ENGL 129: Queer Textuality
ENGL 134AA-ZZ: Literature of Cultural & Ethnic Communities in U.S.
Global and International Studies (GLOBL):
GLOBL 1: Global History, Culture and Ideology
GLOBL 102: Global Religion
GLOBL 104: Global Disaporas and Cultural Change
GLOBL 111: Human Rights in World Affairs
History (HIST):
HIST 8: Introduction to the History of Latin America
HIST 49A-B: Survey of African History
HIST 117C: Women, the Family & Sexuality in the Middle Ages
HIST 133Q: Readings on the Holocaust
HIST 168G: Autobiography in American History
Interdisciplinary Studies (INT):
INT 20: Introduction to the University
INT 150: Voices of the Stranger
Political Science (POL S):
POL S 176: Black Politics in America
Religious Studies (RG ST):
RG ST 9: Ethnicity & Religion
RG ST 14: Introduction to Native American Religious Studies
RG ST 42: Religion and Sexuality
RG ST 61A&B: Survey of Afro-American Religious Traditions
RG ST 118A: Religious Nationalism
RG ST 131B: Judaism in the Greco-Roman World
Sociology (SOC):
SOC 128: Interethnic Relations
SOC 139C: Betwixt and Between: Multiracial Identity in the U.S.
SOC 144: The Chicano Community
SOC 144S: Sexuality, Race, Gender, and Class
SOC 151: Gender in Film and Television
SOC 155A: Women In American Society
SOC 155W: La Chicana: Mexican Women in the U.S.
SOC 159LG: Sociology of Lesbian & Gay Communities
SOC 185D: Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations
Women's Studies (WM ST):
WM ST 20: Women, Society, and Culture
WM ST 60: Women of Color : Race, Class, and Ethnicity
WM ST 80: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
WM ST 150: Sex, Love, and Romance
WM ST 159C: Women in 20th Century American History
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