CSRE
Courses
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity offers a wide range of classes concerning the history, issues, culture and study of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States and in aglobal context. As an interdisciplinary major, CSRE courses come from a variety of fields such as anthropology, drama, education, history, law, and sociology. For more information specifically on courses required for the CSRE Major or Minor visit the Program page.
 

Spring 2010-2011

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES

CHICANST 180E/ CSRE 180E. Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
Historical and contemporary experiences that have defined the status of Mexican-origin people living in the U.S. Topics include the U.S./Mexico border and the borderlands; immigration and anti-immigration sentiment; literary and cultural traditions; music; labor; historical perspectives on Mexicans in the U.S. and the Chicano movement; urban realities; gender relations; political and economic changes; and inter- and intra-group interactions.
TTh 10:00a-11:50a, Educ206 (Gallardo, S.) 5 units

THEMATIC COURSES

ASNAMST 173S/ CSRE 173S/ AFRICAAM 173S. Transcultural and Multiethnic Lives: Context, Controversies and Challenges
TThu 10:00a-11:50a, EDUC128 (Murphy-Shigematsu, S.) 5 units

ASNAMST 179/ CSRE 179/ FILMSTUD 279. Asian American Experiences and Documentary Practice
How does representation matter within and for Asian America in framing the complexities of race and racial identity? Focus is on documentary cinema as a technology for understanding Asian Americans in the U.S. Readings include analyses of the implications of these works for cinema studies, ethnic studies, and the politics of film in everyday life. Screenings include works by Freida Lee Mock, Marlon Fuentes, Rea Tajiri and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
F 10:00a-12:50p, 160-314 (Shimizu, C.) 5 units

CHICANST 117N/ CSRE 117N/ ILAC 117N. Film, Nation, Latinidad
Examination of films from Spain, Mexico, and Latina/o USA that expand, trouble, contest, parody, or otherwise interrogate notions of national identity. Filmmakers may include Lourdes Portillo, Alejandro Gonzalez, John Sayles, Maria Novaro, Pedro Almodovar, and Gregory Nava.
M 12:35-2:05p, EDUC230 (Yarbro-Bejarano) 3-4 units

CHICANST 167/ CSRE 167. Chicana and Chicano Representation in Cinema
This course surveys representations of Chicana/os and Latina/os, in independent and Hollywood film and video across a variety of genres. We will consider how film and video are social and artistic phenomenon where cultural and political debates about identity and community are narrated and imagined. Films will be historically situated in relation to the Chicano civil rights movement, the emergence of Chicano in film and television, international film movements, the struggle for access into the means for self-representation.
T 4:15p-8:05p, MEYER 143 (De La Mora, S.) 5 units

CHICANST 199A/ CSRE 199A/ ILAC 389E. Race / Sex / Gender in Cultural Representation
W 3:15-6:05p, 160-315 (Yarbro-Bejarano, Y.) 3-5 units

CSRE 15. Global Flows: The Globalization of Hip Hop Art, Culture and Politics
This course consists of film screenings, dialogues, and performances that examine and engage Hip Hop Cultures and artists from around the world. We will explore diverse scenes and artists, from the formation of new musical genres such as ÒhiplifeÓ in Ghana, to the impact of the first Hip Hop concert in Morocco, to comparative investigations of race and citizenship in Japan, Cuba, Palestine, France, and the United States (including Black, Mexican and Arab-Americans).
Th 7:00p-9:00p, Location TBA (Alim, H.) 1-2 units

CSRE 16N/ SOC 16N/ AFRICAAM 16N. African Americans and Social Movements
Theory and research on African Americans' roles in post-Civil Rights, US social movements. Topics include womenÕs right, LGBT rights, environmental movement, and contemporary political conservativism.
TTh 2:25p-3:30p, MEYER142 (Fields, C.) 3 units

CSRE 121X/ EDUC 121X/ LINGUIST 155/ AFRICAAM 121X/ AMSTUD 121X. Hip Hop, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language
MW 11:00a-12:30p. EDUC128 (Alim, H.) 3-4 units

CSRE 125. Race, Crowds and Gender
On January 19, 2009, over one million people gathered in the Washington Mall to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The press called it "this generation's Woodstock," but in fact, it was three times larger than the crowd at Woodstock: the largest crowd gathered on US soil since 1964's March on Washington. Using political movements including marches around immigration, rallies for and against Obama, and others, this class will look at crowds in America and the mobilization of race as a political tactic in order to question why the centrality of race is so often absent in crowds.
MW 11:00a-12:30p, 80-115 (Arnold, R.) 5 units

CSRE 126. The Psychology of Race and Gender in Popular Culture
This course will survey current American popular culture e.g. movies, television shows, commercials, and music in order to highlight representations that create and maintain our notions of race and gender. The course will be taught from the point of view of social psychology and will focus on empirical research but material from other fields including sociology, anthropology, drama/performance and communications will also be included.
W 2:15-5:05p, EDUC210 (Marshall, S.) 5 units

CSRE 146. Community Matters: Research and Service with Community Organizations
W 3:15p-5:05p, 380-380F (Mitchell, T.) 2 units

CSRE 150/ SOC 150. Race and Political Sociology
How race informs the theories and research within political sociology. The state's role in creation and maintenance of racial categories, the ways in which racial identity motivates political actors, how race is used to legitimate policy decisions, comparisons across racial groups. Emphasis on understanding the ways race operates in the political arena.
TTh 9:30am-10:45am, 60-120 (Fields, C.) 5 units

CSRE 162/ HISTORY 161/ AMSTUD 146S. Women in Modern America
MW 1:15p-3:05p, 200-030 (Freedman, E.) 4-5 units

CSRE 179C/ Drama 179C/ DRAMA 279C. Chroniclers of Desire: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Workshop
M 3:15 PM - 6:05 PM, MEMAUD125 (Moraga, C.) 3-5 units

CSRE 179G/ CSRE 279G/ DRAMA 179G/ DRAMA 279G. Indigenous Identity in Diaspora: People of Color Art Practice in North America
W 3:15 PM - 6:05 PM at MEMAUD125 (Moraga, C.) 3-5 units

CSRE 203A. The Changing Face of America: Civil Rights and Education Strategies for the 21st Century
Th 2:15p-5:05p, EDUC130 (Steyer, J. and Lythcott-Haims, J.) 5 units

CSRE 233A/ EDUC 233A/ AFRICAAM 233A. Counseling Theories and Interventions from Multicultural Perspective
Th 2:15p-5:05p, 160-B37 (LaFromboise, T.) 3-5 units.

COGNATE COURSES

AFRICAAM 45/ EDUC 112X/ EDUC 212X/ SOC 129X/ SOC 229X. Urban Education
M 2:15p-5:05p. 50-51B (Carter, P.)

AFRICAST 111/ AFRICAST 211. Education for All? The Global and Local in Public Policy Making in Africa
M 3:15p-6:05p, 260-001 (Samoff, J.) 5 units

COMPLIT 41Q. Ethnicity and Literature
TTh 11:00a-12:30p, 20-22K (Palumbo-Liu, D.) 5 units

COMPLIT 142/ ENGLISH 172E. The Literature of the Americas
MWF 11:00a-11:50a, 320-109 (Greene, R.; Sald’var R.) 5 units

COMPLIT 242. The Global South Ð Faulkner, Garc’a M‡rquez, Morrison, and Cisneros
Th 3:15p-6:05p, 260-00 (Sald’var, J.) 3-5 units

EDUC 116X. Service Learning as an Approach to Teaching
F 10:00am-12:50p, EDUC 229 (Mitchell, T.) 3 units

EDUC 193C. Peer Counseling in the African American Community
W 3:15p-4:45p, 260-001 (Adams, C.) 1 unit

EDUC193F. Psychological Well-Being on Campus: Asian American Perspectives
Th 2:15p-3:05p, Vaden Health Center, 2nd Floor, CAPS Group Room (Lin, O.) 1 unit

FEMST 120. Introduction to Queer Studies.
MW 10:00a-11:50a, MITCHB67 (Goldin-Perschbacher, S.) 4-5 units

HISTORY 58S. Indians, Degenerates, and Debtors: Perceptions of Failure in 19th Century America
MW 9:00a-10:30a, 200-201 (Hoy, B.) 5 units

HISTORY 64C/ HISTORY 164C, AMSTUD 164C, AFRICAAM 64C. From Freedom to Freedom Now!: African American History, 1865-1965
TTh 12:35p-2:05p, 160-315 (Hobbs, A.) 3 units

HISTORY 137/ JEWISHST 183/ JEWISHST 383. The Holocaust
MW 1:15-3:05p, 200-107 (Zipperstein, S.) 4-5 units

HISTORY 150C/ AMSTUD 150C. The United States in the Twentieth Century
MW 4:15p-5:30p, 200-303 (McGarry, D.) 5 units

HISTORY 260/ HISTORY 360. CaliforniaÕs Minority-Majority Cities
W 3:15p-5:05p, 50-52E (McKibben, C.) 4-5 units

ILAC 193. The Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
T 2:15p-4:05p, 200-107 (Resina, J.) 3-5 units

ILAC 194E. Black Brazil
MW 11:00a-12:30p, 200-124 (Librandi Rocha, M.) 3-5 units

LINGUIST 156. Language and Gender
TTh 2:25p-3:45p, ART2 (Eckert, P. ) 4 units

MUSIC 17Q. Perspectives in North American Taiko
W 2:15p-4:05p, BRAUN 105 (Sano, S.; Uyechi, L.) 4 units

POLISCI 246L. Struggle and Transformation: Political Economy of Southern Africa
T 3:15p-6:05p, Encina West 101 (Samoff, J.) 5 units

PSYCH 183. Mind, Culture, and Society Research Core
Th 4:15p-5:45p, 420-419 (Markus, H.; Eberhardt, J.) 2-3 units

SOC 133. Law and Wikinomics: The Economic and Social Organization of the Legal Profession
T 4:15p-7:05p, EDUC 210 (Dauber, M.) 1-5 units

SPECLANG 189C. Beginning Hawaiian, Third Quarter
WF 12:15p-2:05p, 460-429 (Peralto, S.) 4 units




 

 

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