# Ethnic Studies (ETHN) courses Woodland Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 10 courses Source: https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=168 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### ETHN-1 — Introduction to Chicano Studies - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in LARAZ1 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4, Area 6 - Cal-GETC: 4, 6 Emphasizes an interdisciplinary analysis of historical, socio-political, economic, educational, and cultural conditions related to the Chicano population in the United States. The focus is on past and contemporary Chicano social movements and the intersections of race/ethnicity, class, and gender. ### ETHN-2 — Introduction to Native American Studies - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Advisory:** Eligibility for college-level composition course - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/ethn.md) - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 4, 6 Introduction to Native American Studies with emphasis upon basic concepts relating to Native American historical and political development. ### ETHN-5 — Introduction to Chicana/o Culture - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Advisory:** Eligibility for college-level composition course - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3B, 4, 6 This course is an interdisciplinary survey of Chicana/o cultural representation in the 20th century. Examines Chicana/o culture within a national and transnational context. Explores how Chicano cultural forms and practices intersect with social/material forces, intellectual formations and cultural discourses. ### ETHN-6 — History of Race and Ethnicity in America - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/ethn.md) - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST6 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 3B, 4, 6 Covers the social, cultural, and economic interaction between various racial and ethnic groups in North America from the fifteenth century to the present. Topics include colonization, immigration, discrimination, group identity, and multiculturalism. ### ETHN-11 — Introduction to Ethnic Studies - **Units:** 3 - **Advisory:** Eligibility for college-level composition course - **C-ID:** SJS 110 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/ethn.md) - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 4, 6 — 54 lecture hours This course introduces the diverse institutional, cultural, and historical issues relating to the past and present life circumstances of Asian Americans, Black Americans, Mexican Americans/Latinos, and Native Americans. Specifically, students will be introduced to information presented in upper division courses with ethnic studies content. ### ETHN-15 — Mexican-American History - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/ethn.md) - Letter Grade Only - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST15 or LARAZ15 - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 4, 3B Historical development of Mexican Americans from Mexican origin, settlement in the United States, to the present time. Emphasis is given to the pre-Columbian setting, indigenous heritage, European conquest and legacy, distinctive colonial institutions, and the growth of independence movements in the United States and Mexico. Major political, social, economic, and cultural factors will be presented, focusing on the roles played by diverse peoples and cultures who share in the development of the United States and Mexico. ### ETHN-17 — African American Culture & Society - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/ethn.md) - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 3B, 4, 6 This course introduces students to the history, intellectual traditions, social movements, literature, culture, art, and call for institutional change that is important for the unity and social, economic, and political progress of people of African Americans. It is intended to show the humanities and social sciences emphases of the discipline and its interdisciplinary character. ### ETHN-20 — Asian American Experience - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3, Area 4 - Cal-GETC: 4, 6 This course is an interdisciplinary study of Asian Americans from a historical, political, sociological, and aesthetic perspective. Social emphasis is placed on the contributions of Asian Americans scholars and activists by using an intersectional lens to explore the effects of colonialism, imperialism, white supremacy, and racism. This course offers pragmatic historical and political evaluations that aim to introduce students interested in Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, Gender Studies, and social movements. ### ETHN-21 — Chicana/o and Latina/o Health Care Issues - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 4, Health Graduation Requirement - Cal-GETC: 4 Overview of health issues of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in the State of California; role of poverty/lack of education in limited access to health care. ### ETHN-30 — Survey of Chicana/o Art - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Letter Grade Only - Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 6, Area 3 - Cal-GETC: 3B Survey of contemporary Chicana/o art in context of the social turmoil from which it springs. Includes political use of the poster, and the mural, the influences of the Mexican mural and graphic movement, and social responsibility of the artist.