Ethnic and Women’s Studies

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Sandy Dixon, Chair

The Ethnic and Women’s Studies Department offers an educational program designed to equip students with the knowledge, analytical skills, and experience necessary to effectively live and work in today’s diverse society.

History, culture, and contemporary issues are explored and analyzed through the intersecting perspectives of ethnicity, race, class and gender. The curriculum combines an interdisciplinary knowledge of our socio-cultural world with opportunities in service learning, internships, and community-based research.

EWS offers a major in Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies (GEMS) with two subplans. The first subplan, BA in GEMS, allows for emphases in African American Studies, Asian Pacific Islanders Studies, Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, Native American Studies, or Gender and Sexuality Studies. The second subplan, BA in GEMS Pre-Credential, prepares students for the preliminary Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential. The department also offers minors in African American Studies, Native American Studies, Asian Pacific Islander Studies, Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and a Multicultural Leadership Studies Interdisciplinary Minor.

Courses are open to all students in the university. Enrollment is encouraged for those who are seriously concerned about diversity and the quality of life in the 21st-century. Fields in which such concerns can find direct application are teaching, urban planning, social services, politics, counseling, human resources, recreation, law, and others that have a direct bearing on particular ethnic and gender groups.

A service learning requirement allows students an applied experience prior to graduation.

Programs

• Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies, B.A. - GEMS Subplan/Option: 120 units
• Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies, B.A. - Pre-Credential Subplan/Option: 120 units

• African American Studies Minor: 21 units
• Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Minor: 21 units
• Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Minor: 21 units
• Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor: 21 units
• Multicultural Leadership Studies Interdisciplinary Minor: 21 units
• Native American Studies Minor: 21 units

Courses

• EWS 1020 - Engaged Education: Integrating Knowledge, Learning and Success (3)
• EWS 1400 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3)
• EWS 1450 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)
• EWS 2000 - Special Study for Lower Division Students (1-3)
• EWS 2010 - African American Historical Experience (3)
• EWS 2020 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Historical Experience (3)
• EWS 2030 - Native American Historical Experience (3)
• EWS 2040 - Asian/Pacific Islander American Historical Experience (3)
• EWS 2800S - Service Learning and Community Engagement Service Learning (3)
• EWS 2900 - Multicultural Leadership (3)
• EWS 2990 - Special Topics for Lower Division Students (1-3)
• EWS 2990A - Special Topics for Lower Division Students Activity (1-3)
• EWS 2990L - Special Topics for Lower Division Students Laboratory (1-3)
• EWS 3010 - Ethnic Identity (3)
• EWS 3300 - Ethnicity and Families (3)
• EWS 3450 - Labor, Race and Gender Studies (3)
• EWS 3500 - Immigration, Race and Gender Studies (3)
• EWS 3600 - Cultures of Childhood (3)
• EWS 3700 - Race, Gender and the Law/Public Policies (3)
• EWS 3750 - Gender, Ethnicity, and Film (3)
• EWS 3800 - Women in Global Perspective (3)
• EWS 3850 - Education and Social Change (3)
• EWS 3900 - U.S. Women of Color (3)
• EWS 3950 - Methods in Gender and Ethnic Studies (3)
• EWS 4000 - Special Study for Upper Division Students (1-3)
• EWS 4010 - Contemporary African American Studies (3)
• EWS 4020 - Contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies (3)
• EWS 4030 - Contemporary Native American Studies (3)
• EWS 4040 - Contemporary Asian Pacific Islander American Studies (3)
• EWS 4070 - Diverse Gender and Sexual Identities (3)
• EWS 4100 - Art, Community, and Social Change (3)
• EWS 4110 - Diversity, Education and Applied Arts (3)
• EWS 4200 - Critical Theories in Gender and Ethnic Studies (3)
• EWS 4250 - Gender, Identity and Technology (3)
• EWS 4310 - Ethnicity, Gender and Religion/Spirituality (3)
• EWS 4400 - Feminist and Queer Theories (3)
• EWS 4430 - Women, Health, and Body Politics (3)
• EWS 4450 - Multiethnic Heritage of California (3)
• EWS 4500 - Multiracial and Hybrid Identities (3)
• EWS 4510 - Diaspora Studies (3)
• EWS 4520 - Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality (3)
• EWS 4550 - Cross-Cultural Field Experience (3)
• EWS 4610 - Capstone Senior Project (3)
• EWS 4750 - Communities and Culture (3)
• EWS 4750S - Communities and Culture Service Learning (3)
• EWS 4850 - Social Movements and Resistance (3)
• EWS 4990 - Special Topics for Upper Division Students (1-3)
• EWS 4990A - Special Topics for Upper Division Students Activity (1-3)
• EWS 4990L - Special Topics for Upper Division Students Laboratory (1-3)

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