African American Studies Minor: 24 units

Minor Required: 15 units

GEMS majors may declare a minor in the same department as their major or option if the college or department determines that the two sets of courses are clearly distinct. Please contact the Department Minor Coordinator.

All students minoring in the African American Studies Minor are required to take the following courses:

• EWS 1400 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3) [D3] or
• EWS 1401 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3) [F]

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• EWS 2010 - African American Historical Experience (3) [D3] or
• EWS 2011 - African American Historical Experience (3) [F]

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• EWS 3900 - U.S. Women of Color (3)
• EWS 4200 - Critical Theories in Gender and Ethnic Studies (3)
• EWS 4010 - Contemporary African American Studies (3) [D4]

Minor Electives: 9 units

Select three courses (9 units) from the courses below. Enrollment in EWS 4000  or EWS 4990  require faculty approval. Students are encouraged to meet with the Department Minor Coordinator.

• EWS 3010 - Ethnic Identity (3) [C3]
• EWS 3300 - Ethnicity and Families (3) [D4]
• 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) [D4]
• EWS 3750 - Gender, Ethnicity, and Film (3) [C3]
• EWS 3800 - Women in Global Perspective (3) [D4]
• EWS 3850 - Education and Social Change (3)
• EWS 4000 - Special Study for Upper Division Students (1-3)
• EWS 4070 - Diverse Gender and Sexual Identities (3) [D4]
• EWS 4100 - Art, Community, and Social Change (3)
• EWS 4110 - Diversity, Education and Applied Arts (3)
• EWS 4250 - Gender, Power, and Emerging Technologies (2) [D4]
• EWS 4250L - Gender, Power, and Emerging Technologies Laboratory (1) [D4]
• EWS 4310 - Ethnicity, Gender and Religion/Spirituality (3) [D4]
• EWS 4430 - Women, Health, and Body Politics (3) [C3 or D4]
• EWS 4450 - Multiethnic Heritage of California (3) [D4]
• EWS 4500 - Multiracial and Hybrid Identities (3) [C3 or D4]
• EWS 4510 - Diaspora Studies (3) [C3 or D4]
• EWS 4550 - Cross-Cultural Field Experience (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)