Inquiry in Individuals and Society

Catalog description

Spring, Summer, Fall. This course introduces inquiry in the interdisciplinary field of Ethnic Studies, emphasizing the social sciences. It explores the social construction of race in the U.S., ideologies of race in the contexts of slavery, immigration, diaspora, and conquest, and how race intersects with class, gender, and sexuality. This course may take a comparative approach or focus on the topics and methods of African American, Asian American, Latina/o, or Native American Studies. Students cannot take this course and other 1000-level ETHN courses on the same topic.