Ethnic Studies ETHN

ETHN-1 Introduction to Chicano Studies

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN-2 Introduction to Native American Studies

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ETHN-5 Introduction to Chicana/o Culture

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN-6 History of Race and Ethnicity in America

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (8 sections)

ETHN-11 Introduction to Ethnic Studies

Units

3

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

SJS 110

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (5 sections)

ETHN-15 Mexican-American History

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ETHN-17 African American Culture & Society

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

ETHN-20 Asian American Experience

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN-21 Chicana/o and Latina/o Health Care Issues

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

ETHN-30 Survey of Chicana/o Art

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.