Comparative Ethnic & American Studies Requirements | Department of Comparative Studies

All major areas of concentration in Comparative Studies require a total of 36 credits, including at least one “foundation course” in the area of concentration; remaining courses fulfill interdisciplinary/thematic/comparative and distribution requirements. All Comparative Studies students should work with their advisers to develop a strong, coherent, individualized program. Juan Pollo Restarant, Barstow, CA

The concentration in Comparative Ethnic and American Studies requires the following:

1. Required courses (10 credit hours):

One of the following courses is required:

2099 The Question of Comparative Studies
2360 Introduction to Comparative Cultural Studies
3990 Approaches to Comparative Studies
4990 Senior Seminar in Comparative Studies

2. Concentration core (15 credit hours):

At least 4 in Comparative Studies or Religious Studies, and no more than two at the 2000 level. See the list of available classes below, or any from the list of courses from outside the department.

CS 2105 Literature and Ethnicity
CS 2214 Introduction to Sexuality Studies
CS 2264 Introduction to Popular Culture Studies
CS 2281 American Icons
CS 2321 Introduction to Asian American Studies
CS 2322 Introduction to Latino Studies
CS 2323 Introduction to American Indian Studies
CS 3686 Cultural Studies of American Musics
CS 3689 Transnationalism and Culture in the Americas
CS 4658 Folklore of the Americas
CS 4685 Comparative Ethnic and American Studies
CS 4692 Comparative Social Movements
CS 4803 Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
CS 4804 Studies in Latino Literature and Culture
CS 4805 Literatures of the Americas
CS 4822 Native American Identity
CS 4921 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality

3. Electives (12 credit hours):

Students should choose a field of focus for the major. The field of focus describes a line of interest or inquiry which will guide the choice of electives within the concentration. The topics listed here are examples of ways in which a focus area in comparative ethnic and American studies can be developed in keeping with students’ particular interests. Courses from other Comparative Studies tracks as well as courses in other departments may be used to satisfy part of this requirement. Sample areas include: environmental justice; race and disability; race and religion in America; comparative Asian American, African American, and Latino/a literature; science, technology and race; ethnicity and film.

Courses from other Comparative Studies tracks as well as courses in other departments may be used to satisfy the distribution requirement. Titles of these courses are listed under Requirements, but others may be substituted, depending on the focus of the student’s major program, with the adviser’s approval. No more than 9 credits at the 2000-level may count toward fulfillment of the Electives Requirement.

Every student is encouraged to meet with the faculty adviser often to discuss his or her course of study and to explore the precise combination of courses that speaks directly to the student’s developing scholarly interests.

For quarterly/semester course schedule: Comparative Studies Courses, click "concentration course schedule" and be sure to choose correct quarter/semester.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COURSES IN COMPARATIVE ETHNIC AND AMERICAN STUDIES

Comparative Studies electives
African American and African Studies electives
Anthropology electives
Arabic electives
Art Education electives
East Asian electives
English electives
History electives
Linguistics electives
Music electives
Near Eastern electives
Political Science electives
Psychology electives
Social Work electives
Sociology electives
Spanish electives
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies electives

Comparative Studies electives (department list)

2105 Literature and Ethnicity
2214 Intro to Sexuality Studies
2281 American Icons
2321 Introduction to Asian American Studies
2322 Introduction to Latino/a Studies
2343 SIavery, Gender, and Race in the Atlantic World
2367.02 U.S. Latino Identity
2367.08 American Identity in the World
3604 Women in East Asian and Asian-American Literature
3672 Native American Religions
3677 South Asian American Religion and Culture
3678 Religion and American Culture
3686 Cultural Studies of American Musics
3689 Transnationalism and Culture in the Americas
4655 Studies in Ethnography
4658 Folklore of the Americas
4661 The City and Culture
4692 Comparative Social Movements
4803 Asian American Literature and Culture
4804 Latino/a Literature and Culture
4805 Literature of the Americas
4822 Native American Identity
4845 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
4871 Religion and American Politics
4873 Contemporary Religious Movements in Global Context
4874 New Age and New Religious Movements
5691 Topics in Comparative Studies

African American and African Studies Electives (department list)

2218 Black Urban Experience
2251 Intro to African Literature
2253 Intro to Caribbean Literature
2288 Bebop to Doowop to Hiphop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradition
2290 Black Youth
2291 The Black Family
2343 Slavery, Gender, and Race in the Atlantic World
2367.01 African Amer Voices in US Lit
2367.04 African Amer Women’s Literature
3080 Slavery in the United States
3081 Free Blacks in Antebellum America
3082 Black Americans During the Progressive Era
3083 Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
3086 Black Women in Slavery and Freedom
3230 The Black Woman: Her Role in the Liberation Struggle
3310 Global Perspectives on the African Diaspora
3361 Psychology of the Black Experience
3376 Arts and Cultures of Africa and the Diaspora
3440 Theorizing Race
3451 Themes in Francophone African and Caribbean Literature
4326 Topics in African American and Public Policy
4378 History of Jazz
4504 Black Politics
4551 Topics in Africana American Literature
4561 Topics in Africana Psychology
4565 Topics in African Diaspora Studies
4571 Black Visual Culture and Popular Media
4582 Special Topics in African American Literature
4921 Intersections: Appr to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality

Anthropology Electives (department list)

3420 Indians of North America

Arabic Electives (department list)

2367 Issues in Arab-American Society, Culture, and Literature

Art Education Electives (department list)

2367.01 Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity and Social Justice

East Asian (department list)

3446 Asian American Film

English (department list)

2281 Introduction to African American Lit
2367.05 The U.S. Folk Experience
4550 Special Topics in Colonial and Early National Literature in the U.S.
4551 Special Topics in 19^th-Century U.S. Literature
4552 Special Topics in American Poetry through 1915
4553 20^th Century U.S. Fiction
4577.01 Folklore I: Groups and Communities
4577.02 Folklore II: Genres, Form, Meaning, and Use
4577.03 Folklore III: Issues & Methods
4580 Special Topics in LGBTQ Literatures and Cultures
4581 Spec Topics in US Ethnic Literatures
4582 Speci Topics in African American Literature
4583 Spec Topics in World Literature in English
4586 Studies in American Indian Literature & Culture
4587 Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
4588 Studies in Latino/a Literature and Culture
4597.02 American Regional Cultures in Transition
4601 Language and the Black Experience

History (department list)

2001 Launching America
2002 Making America Modern
2065 Colonialism at the Movies: American History in Film
2070 Intro to Native American History
2071 American Indian History of the U.S. Midwest
2075 Intro to U.S. Latino/a History
2079 Asian American History
2080 African American History to 1877
2081 African American History from 1877
2085 Exploring Race and Ethnicity in Ohio: Black Ohio in the 19th Century
2110 Intro to Native American Peoples from Mesoamerica
2111 Native American Peoples of the Andes
2115 Women and Gender in Latin America
2455 Jews in American Film
2610 Intro to Women’and Gender in the U.S.
2620 Women Changing the World: Histories of Activism and Struggle
2630 History of Modern Sexualities
2700 Global Environmental History
2750 Natives and Newcomers: Immigration and Migration in U.S. History
2752 Social Reform Movements in U.S. History
3005 The U.S. Constitution and American Society to 1877
3006 The U.S. Constitution and American Society since 1877
3010 Colonial North America to 1763
3011 The American Revolution and the New Nation
3012 Antevellum America
3013 Civil War and Reconstruction
3014 Gilded Age to the Progressive Era
3015 From the New Era to the New Frontier
3016 The Contemporary U.S. since 1963
3017 The Sixties
3020 19^th-Century American Ideas
3021 20^th-Century American Ideas
3040 The American City
3041 American Labor History
3045 American Religious History
3070 Native American History from European Contact to Removal 1560-1820
3071 Native American History from Removal to the Present
3075 Mexican American/Chicano/a History
3080 Slavery in the United States
3081 Free Blacks in Antebellum America
3082 Black Americans during the Progressive Era
3083 Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
3085 African American History through Contemporary Film
3086 Black Women in Slavery and Freedom
3089 Studies in African American History
3100 Colonial Latin America
3101 South Amer since Independence
3102 Central America and the Caribbean since Independence
3465 American Jewish History
3600 Studies in Women’s and Gender History
3612 Asian American Women: Race, Sex, and Representations
3630 Same-Sex Sexuality in a Global World
3642 Women in Modern Europe, from the 18^th Century to the Present
3650 Families in Historical Perspective
3700 American Environmental History
3701 History of American Medicine
3750 Ethnicity and Nation in Global Perspective

Linguistics (department list)

3501 Intro to American Indigenous Languages
3601 Language, Race, Ethnicity in the U.S.
3602 Language & Social Identity in the U.S.
4601 Language and the Black Experience

Music (department list)

2244 African American Musical Traditions
2252 History of Rock and Roll
2253 Intro to Jazz
2288 BebMusicop and Doowop to Hiphop: The Rhythm and Blues Tradition
3341 American Popular Music

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (department list)

3201 Islam in the United States
5202 Representing the Near East in Film

Political Science (department list)

4140 Black Politics
4145 Asian American Politics

Psychology (department list)

3375 Stereotyping and Prejudice
4545 Cross-Cultural Psychology

Social Work

2101 Social Policies and Human Services in the Latino Community

Sociology (department list)

2345 The Social Structure of American Society
2380 Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
2382 Sociology of Asian American Life
2391 Social Organization of Communities
3435 Sociology of Gender
3463 Social Stratification: Race, Class, and Gender
3464 Work, Employment, and Society
4606 Social Movements and Collective Behavior
4608 Gender, Race, and Class in Mass Communications
4635 Men and Women in Society
4666 Power and Society
5605 Sociology of Sexuality

Spanish (department list)

2242 Introduction to Latino Studies
2330 Reinventing American
2331 Caribbean Cultures
2367 The U.S. Experience: Hispanics, Language, and History
2380 Introduction to Latin American Film
2389 Spanish in the U.S.: Language as Social Action
2520 Latin American Literature in Translation: Fictions and Realities
4555 Indigenous, Colonial, and National Literatures and Cultures of Spanish America
4557 Survey of Latino Lit in the US
4560 Introduction to Spanish American Cultures
4565H Latin American Indigenous Literatures and Cultures
4580 Latin American Film
5640 Globalization and Latin America: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches
5689 Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential Course

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (department list)

2215 Reading Women Writers
2230 Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Popular Culture
2282 Intro to Queer Studies
2300 Appr to Feminist Inquiry
2305 Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective
2340 Latina Experience in the U.S.
2367.02 U.S. Latina Writers: Text and Context
2367.04 Black Women Writers: Text and Context
2550 History of Feminist Thought
2750H Natives and Newcomers: U.S. Immigration and Migration
3306 Gender, Media, and New Technologies
3317 Hollywood, Women, and Film
3320 Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
3370 Sexualities and Citizenship
3505 Feminist Perspectives on Globalization
4375 Women and Visual Culture
4401 Asian American Women; Race, Sex, and Represenatations
4402 Black Women: Representations, Politics, and Power’
4404 Regulating Bodies: Global Sexual Economies
4405 Race and Sexuality
4510 American Women’s Movements
4520 Women of Color and Social Activism
4524 Women and Work
4527 Studies in Gender and Cinema
4560 Chicana Feminism
4576 Women and Visual Culture in Latin America
4921 Intersections: Appr to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality
5623 African Women: History and Socioeconomic Change
5624 Women and Social Change in Latin America

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