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Regional Specialization

The Americas and Multi-Ethnic United States

(only for students who entered UCSD prior to FA21)

Courses must focus on the following: Mexico, countries of Central America, Countries of South America, or multi-ethnic groups within the U.S., including Native Americans; or be on the approved list for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirement – CLICK HERE

  • UPPER-DIVISION REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION COURSES MAY NOT OVERLAP WITH YOUR MAJOR.
  • Students entering as freshman must take 3 courses, of which 2 are UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
  • Students entering as transfers must take 2 UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
  • Language courses may not count for both language requirement and regional specialization.
  • Students must take ALL courses from the SAME region.
  • Only ONE course can be taken P/NP.
  • Qualifying AP credits for Regional Specialization counts as the one allowable lower-division requirement. It does not count as the one allowable P/NP course.
  • See General Catalog for complete course descriptions and pre-requisites: http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog
  • Students may overlap their Regional Specialization requirement with the Upper-Division Writing requirement. Please see Approved Courses for Upper-Division Writing to determine which classes are eligible for overlap. 

(^) Must take at least TWO UPPER DIVISION courses to satisfy the Regional Specialization requirement
(#) Courses taught in native language, not English.
(*) May be used for Regional Specialization OR Fine Art requirement, NOT BOTH
(!) Can overlap with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirement

African American Studies

Course Number

Course Title

!^AAS 10

Introduction to African American Studies

!^AAS 11

Introduction to Black Diasporic Studies

!AAS 170

Legacies of Research on Disenfranchised
Communities

AAS 179

Capstone for Black and African American Studies

AAS 185

#BlackLivesMatter (Cross-listed with ANSC 185)

!AAS 190

Special Topics in African American Studies (Must be 4 units)

AAS 191

Special Topics: Explorations of Science in Black Diaspora and African American Studies

AAS 193

Special Topics: Social Science Research and Theory in Black Diaspora and African American Studies

AAS 198

Directed Group Study in African American Studies (Must be 4 units)

AAS 199

Independent Study in African American Studies (Must be 4 units)

Analytical Writing Program

Course Number

Course Title

!^AWP 10/10R

Language and Learning in the American Academy

!AWP 103

Writing About the Law

Anthropology

Course Number

Course Title

 !^ANTH 4

Words and Worlds: Introduction to the Anthropology of Language

!^ANTH 10

Climate Justice

!^ANTH 21

Race and Racisms

!^ANTH23

Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Societies

!^ANTH 43

Introduction to Biology and Culture of Race

!ANTH 105

Climate Change, Race, and Inequality

ANTH 108

Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Development, and Climate Change

ANTH 128A

Climate Action Scholars: Community Engagement and Research

ANTH 128B

Climate Action Scholars: Community Engagement and Research

!ANAR 117

Archaeological Field and Lab Class, Southern California

ANAR 153

The Mysterious Maya

ANAR 154

The Aztecs & Their Ancestors

ANAR 155

Study Abroad: Ancient MesoAmerica

ANAR 155S

Study Abroad: Ancient Mesoamerica

ANAR 156 

The Archaeology of South America

ANAR 157

Early Empire of the Andes: Middle Horizon

ANAR 157S

Early Empire of the Andes: Middle Horizon

ANAR 158 

The Inca: Empire of the Andes

ANAR 159

Pre-Hispanic Societies of the Caribbean Archipelago

ANAR 160

Ancient Maya: Archaeological Problems and Perspectives

!ANBI 130

Biology of Inequality

!ANBI 131

Biology and Culture of Race

ANSC 104

The US-Mexico Border

ANSC 106

Global Health: Indigenous Medicines in Latin America

!ANSC 113

Language, Style, and Youth Identities

ANSC 116

Languages of the Americas: Mayan

!ANSC 122

Language in Society

!ANSC 131

Language, Law, and Social Justice

ANSC 135 

Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

ANSC 139

Native American Health and Healing (Cross-listed with GLBH 139)

ANSC 142 

Anthropology of Latin America

!ANSC 145

Indigenous Peoples of North America

ANSC 151

US-Mexico Border Ethnographies

!ANSC 162

Language, Identity, and Community

ANSC 185

#BlackLivesMatter (Cross-listed with AAS 185)

ANSC 194

Language, Migration, Borders

Astronomy and Astrophysics

^ASTR 60

Antiracism in Physics and Astronomy

Biology

Course Number

Course Title

!^BILD 60

Exploring Issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Relation to Human Biology

^BILD 61

Biology, Race, and Society

Cognitive Science

Course Number

Course Title

!^COGS 2

Cognitive NeuroEconomics

Communication

Course Number

Course Title

!^COMM 10 

Introduction to Communication

^COMM 11B

Global Borders: Communication and Conflict

!^COMM 30

Digital Media Literacy: Analyzing Forms, Practices, and Infrastructures of Mediated Public Life

!COMM 102C

MMPP Media and the Design of Social Learning

!COMM 102D 

MMPP Practicum in Child Development

COMM 104G

Comparative Media Systems: Latin America & the Caribbean

!COMM 111B

Global Borders: Communication and Conflict

COMM 114J

CSI: Food Justice

COMM 129

Race, Nation, & Violence in Multicultural California

!COMM 131

Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements

COMM 137

Black Women Filmmakers

COMM 138

Black Women, Femenism, and Media

COMM 139

Examining Marvel's Black Panther

COMM 140

Cinema in Latin America

!COMM 155

Latinx Space, Place and Culture

Computer Science & Engineering

Course Number

Course Title

!CSE 194

Race, Gender and Computing 

Critical Gender Studies

Course Number

Course Title

!^CGS 2A

Introduction to Critical Gender Studies

!CGS 105

Queer Theory 

CGS 108

Gender, Race, and Artificial Intelligence (Cross-listed with LTCS 108)

!CGS 112

Sexuality and Nation (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 127)

CGS 114

Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 183)

!CGS 119

Asian American Film, Video, and New Media: The Politics of Pleasure (Cross-listed w/ LTCS 119)

CGS 125

Women of Color Writers

CGS 130

Queer Performativity

CGS 137

Latina Issues and Cultural Production (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 137)

CGS 147

Black Feminisms, Past & Present (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 147)

CGS 150

Visuality, Sexuality, and Race (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 150)

CGS 165

Gender and Sexuality in African American Communities (Cross-listed with ETHN165)

CGS 187

Latinx Sexualities (Cross-listed w/ ETHN 187)

Dimensions of Culture

Course Number

Course Title

 !^DOC 1

Diversity (restricted to TMC students)

!DOC 100D

Dimensions of Culture: Promises and Contradictions in US Culture

Economics

Course Number

Course Title

 !ECON 138

Economics of Discrimination

ECON 162

Economics of Mexico 

Education Studies

Course Number

Course Title

^EDS 22S

Education in Cuba—Field Experience (must have completed EDS 22) 

!^EDS 25

American Higher Education and the Collegiate Experience

EDS 111

Child, Family and Community Partnerships with Schools

!EDS 112 

Urban Education in the US

!EDS 113

   Chicanas/os and Latinos in Education: Policy, Practice and Challenges to Equity

EDS 116

Equity-Minded Education

!EDS 117

Language, Culture, and Education
(Cross-listed SOCI 117)

!EDS 125

History, Politics, and Theory of Bilingual Education

!EDS 126

Social Organization of Education

EDS 128A-B

Intro to Teaching & Learning/Elementary
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

EDS 129 A-B-C

Introduction to Teaching and Learning (Secondary) (Corequisite: EDS 139)

!EDS 130

Intro to Academic Mentoring of Elementary/School Students
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

!EDS 131

Intro to Early Childhood Education
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

!EDS 133

Counseling, Mentoring and Academic Advising (Pre K through 12th Grade) 
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

!EDS 135

Working with Newcomer Communities in San Diego

!EDS 136

Intro to Academic Tutoring of Secondary School Students
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

!EDS 137

Intro to Discipline-Specific Teaching & Learning
(Corequisite: EDS 139)

EDS 140

 

Introduction to Action Research in P–12 Schools

EDS 141

 

Action Research in P–12 Education: Advanced Practicum in P–12 Schools and Communities

!EDS 145

Artsbridge: Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum
(Corequisite: EDS 139) 

!EDS 146

 Mindfulness and Education (Corequisite: EDS 139) 

EDS 164R

Early Childhood Policy: Children, Contexts, and Policies in Diverse Societies 

Environmental Studies

Course Number

Course Title

ENVR 110

Environmental Law

ENVR 111

Environmental Law and Federal Indian Policy

!ENVR 150

 Environmental Justice 

Ethnic Studies

Course Number

Course Title

!^ETHN 1/1R Intro to Ethnic Studies: Land and Labor
!^ETHN 2/2R Intro to Ethnic Studies: Circulations of Difference
!^ETHN 3/3R Intro to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
!^ETHN 20 Intro to Asian American Studies
!^ETHN 30 Intro to Chicanx & Latinx Studies
ETHN 101 Ethnic Images in Film
ETHN 101TV Ethnic Images on TV
ETHN 102 Science and Technology in Society: Race/Gender/Class
ETHN 103 Environmental Racism
ETHN 103A

The United States and the Pacific World (cross-listed: HIUS 103)

ETHN 104 Race, Space, and Segregation
ETHN 105 Ethnic Diversity & the City
(cross-listed: USP 104)
ETHN 107 Fieldwork in Racial & Ethnic Communities
(cross-listed: USP 130)
*ETHN 108 Race, Culture, and Social Change
(cross-listed: MUS 151)
ETHN 109 Race & Social Movements
ETHN 109A Race, Empire, and Japanese America
!ETHN 110 Cultural Worldviews of Indigenous America
ETHN 111 Native American Literature
!ETHN 112A History of Native Americans in the US I
!ETHN 112B History of Native Americans in the US II
!ETHN 112C California Native American History
ETHN 114A Representing Native America
ETHN 114B Representing Native America—Exhibition Design
ETHN 115 Monsters, Orphans, and Robots
ETHN 116 The United States—Mexico Border in Comparative Perspective
ETHN 117 Organic Social Movements
ETHN 118 Contemporary Immigration Issues
ETHN 119 Race in the Americas
ETHN 120 Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture
ETHN 120D

Race and Oral History in San Diego

(cross-listed: HIUS 120D)

ETHN 121/ETHN 121R Contemporary Asian American History
ETHN 122 Asian American Culture and Identity
ETHN 123 Asian American Politics
!ETHN 124 Asian American Literature
(cross-listed: LTEN 181)
ETHN 125/125R Asian American History
(cross-listed: HIUS 124)
ETHN 126 Comparative Filipino and Vietnamese American Identities and Communities
!ETHN 127

Sexuality and Nation (cross-listed: CGS 112)

ETHN 129 Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy (cross-listed: USP 135)
ETHN 130 Social and Economic History of the Southwest I
(cross-listed: HIUS 158)
!ETHN 131 Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
(cross-listed: HIUS 159)
!ETHN 132 Chicanx Theatre
(cross-listed: TDHT 110)
!ETHN 133 Latinx Theatre and Performance
(cross-listed: TDHT 111)
!ETHN 134 Immigration & Ethnicity in Modern American Society (cross-listed: HIUS 180)
ETHN 135A Early Latino/a Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848-1960 (cross-listed: LTSP 150A)
ETHN 135B Cont. Latino/a Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1960-Present(cross-listed: LTSP 150B)
!ETHN 136 The Science and Critical Analysis of Environmental Justice (cross-listed: SIO 114)
ETHN 137 Latina Issues & Cultural Production (Cross-listed with CGS 137)
ETHN 138 Black and Latinx Crossing
ETHN 139 Chicano Literature in English
(cross-listed: LTEN 180)
ETHN 140 Comparative Refugee Communities from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
ETHN 140A Refugees San Diego
!ETHN 142 Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality
ETHN 143 Chicana/o Film and Media Studies
!ETHN144M Antiracist Medicine & New Perspectives in Healthcare
ETHN 146A Ensemble (Cross-listed with TDAC 120)
ETHN 147 Black Feminisms, Past & Present
(Cross-listed with CGS 147)
ETHN 149 African American History in the 20th Century
(Cross-listed with HIUS 139)
ETHN 150

Visuality, Sexuality, and Race (Cross-listed with CGS 150)

ETHN 151 Ethnic Politics in America
ETHN 152 Law and Civil Rights
!ETHN 153

Citizenship and Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century 
(Cross-listed with HIUS 136) 

ETHN 154 History of Mexican America
(Cross-listed w/ HIUS 113)
ETHN 158 Native American Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
ETHN 159 Topics in African American History
(cross-listed: HIUS 183)
ETHN 161 Black Politics and Protest Since 1941
ETHN 162 Practicum in California Tribal Law and Journalism
!ETHN 163F Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (Cross-listed with TDGE 131)
ETHN 163FR Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (Cross-listed: TDGE 131R)
ETHN 163G Indigenous Theatre and Performance
(Cross-listed with TDHT 120)
ETHN 163I  Asian American Histography
(Cross-listed with HIUS 177)
!ETHN 163J Asian American Social Movements
(Cross-listed with HIUS 125)
ETHN 164

African Americans and the Mass Media
(Cross-listed with MUS 153)

ETHN 165 Gender and Sexuality in African American Communities
(Cross-listed with CGS165)
ETHN 166 Arab/Muslim American Identity & Culture
(Cross-listed with LTEN 179)
ETHN 167 Muslim Identity in America
ETHN 167A Decolonial Muslim Feminisms
!ETHN 168 Comparative Ethnic Literature
(Cross-listed with LTEN 178)
ETHN 170 Slavery and the Atlantic World
ETHN 172 Afro American Prose (Cross-listed with LTEN 183)
ETHN 174 Themes in Afro American Literature
(Cross-listed with LTEN 185)
ETHN 175 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
(Cross-listed with LTEN 186)
!*ETHN 178/178R Blues: An Oral Tradition
(Cross-listed with MUS 126)
!*ETHN 179 Discover Jazz (Cross-listed with MUS 127)
!ETHN 180 Topics in Mexican American History
(Cross-listed with HIUS 167)
!ETHN 182 Race and Gender in Fantasy and Science Fiction
ETHN 183 Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
(Cross-listed with CGS 114)
ETHN 184 Black Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
ETHN 186 Queer of Color Performance
ETHN 187 Latinx Sexualities
(Cross-listed with CGS 187)
ETHN 188 African Americans, Religion, and the City
(Cross-listed with USP 132)
!ETHN 190

Research Methods: Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities (Cross-listed with USP 129)

ETHN 197 Fieldwork in Racial & Ethnic Communities

Global Health Program

Course Number

Course Title

GLBH 103 Global Health Disparities and the Quest for Global Health Equity
GLBH 108 Hispanic and Latinx Issues in Global Health
GLBH 108S The Indigenous Futures Lab (IFL) Field School: Enhancing Ethical Genomic Research with Indigenous Communities
GLBH 111 Clinic on the Border: Health Frontiers in Tijuana
GLBH 114 Latin American Health and Healing
GLBH 139 Native American Health and Healing (Cross-listed with ANSC 139)

Global South Studies

Course Number

Course Title

^GSS 22 Latin America and the Caribbean: History, Culture, and Politics

Human Development Sciences

Course Number

Course Title

!HDS 171 Diversity in Human Development: A Cultural Competency Approach
!HDS 173 Race, Media, and Identity Development Across the Lifespan
!HDS 175 Power, Wealth and Inequality in Human Development
HDS 177 Educational Equity and Development across the Lifespan

History

Course Number

Course Title

!^HILD 7A Race and Ethnicity in the United States
!^HILD 7B Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Asian American History
!^HILD 7C Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Chicana/o History since 1848
^HILD 14 Film & History in Latin America
^HILD 60 Global Black History through Biography
HILA 100D Latin America: Colonial Transformations
HILA 101 Nation State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America
HILA 102 Latin America in the Twentieth Century
HILA 103 Revolution in Modern Latin America
HILA 114 Dictatorships in Latin America
HILA 117 Indians, Blacks, & Whites: Family Relations in Latin America
HILA 118 Subverting Sovereignty: US Aggression in Latin America, 1898–Present
HILA 119 Central America: Popular Struggle, Political Change & U.S. Intervention
HILA 121A History of Brazil through 1889
HILA 121B History of Brazil, 1889-Present
HILA 122 Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
HILA 123 The Incas and Their Ancestors
HILA 124 The History of Chile 1880-Present
HILA 124A History of Women & Gender in Latin America
HILA 126 Columbus to Castro: Caribbean Culture/Society
HILA 131 A History of Mexico
HILA 132 Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA 132D Modern Mexico: From Revolution to Drug War Violence
HILA 133 Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America
HILA 134 Indians of Colonial Latin America
HILA 144 Topics in Latin American History
HILA 145 People and Nature in Amazonia: An Unwritten History
HILA 161 History of Women in Latin America
HILA 162 Special Topics in Latin American History
HILA 163 The History of Chile 1880—Present
HILA 164 Women’s Work and Family Life in Latin America
HILA 167 Scholarship on Latin American History in the Colonial Period
HILA 168 Scholarship Latin American History in the 19th Century
HILA 169 Scholarship Latin American History in the 20th Century
HILA 171 Topics in Latin American History Since 1910
HILA 199 Independent Study in Latin American History
!HITO 136 Jews and African Americans: Slavery, Diaspora, Ghetto
!HITO 155 Race, Sport, and Inequality in the 20th Century
!HITO 156 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the US and Europe: Multiple Multiculturalisms
HITO 164 Jews and Other Ethnics in the American Past
HITO 165 Topics—LGBT History
HIUS 102 Chicana and Chicano Movement
!HIUS 103 United States and the Pacific World
HIUS 105 Chicanas and Latinas: Twentieth-Century US History
HIUS 106 Women of Color and Social Movements
!HIUS 108A History of Native Americans in the U.S I
!HIUS 108B History of Native Americans in the U.S II
!HIUS 112 US Civil War and Reconstruction
!HIUS 113 History of Mexican America
HIUS 117 History of Los Angeles (Cross-listed: USP 168)
HIUS 118 How Jews Became American
HIUS 120D Race and Oral History in San Diego (Cross-listed with ETHN 20D)
HIUS 123 History of New York City (Cross-listed: USP 167)
!HIUS 125 Asian American Social Movements
(cross-listed: ETHN 163J)
HIUS 126 The History of Race in the United States
!HIUS 128 African American Legal History
HIUS 129 History of Race & Ethnicity in American Cities (Cross-listed with USP 106)
HIUS 131D Cultural History from the Civil War to the Present
HIUS 134 From Be Bop to Hip Hop: African American Cultural History Since 1945
HIUS 135 The Atlantic World (1492-1803)
!HIUS 136 Citizenship and Civil Rights in the 20th Century
(cross-listed: ETHN 153)
HIUS 139 African American History in the 20th Century
(cross-listed: ETHN 149)
HIUS 146 Race, Riots, & Violence in the U.S.
HIUS 149 The United States in the 1960s
HIUS 155 From Zoot Suits to Hip Hop: Race and Popular Culture since World War II
HIUS 156 American Women, American Womanhood
HIUS 156D American Women, American Womanhood
!HIUS 157 American Women, American Womanhood 1870 to Present
!HIUS 158 Social and Economic History of the Southwest I
(cross-listed: ETHN 130)
!HIUS 159 Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
(cross-listed: ETHN 131)
!HIUS 167 Topics in Mexican American History
(cross-listed: ETHN 180)
HIUS 168 Race, Resistance, and Cultural Politics
HIUS 174 Race Wars in American Culture
HIUS 176 Race and Sexual Politics
!HIUS 180 Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society (cross-listed: ETHN 134)
HIUS 183 Topics in African American History

Latin American Studies

Course Number

Course Title

!^LATI 10  North by South: Latin American Studies & U.S. Liberation Movements 
^LATI 50 Introducation to Latin America
LATI 140 Decolonial Thought and Practices in Latin America
LATI 150 Digital Oral History in Latin America
LATI 160 Latin American Third Cinema
LATI 170 Social Science Research in Latin America
LATI 180 Special Topics in Latin American Studies
LATI 190 Senior Seminar
LATI 191 Honors Seminar
LATI 199 Individual Study

Linguistics

Course Number

Course Title

!^LIGN 7 Sign Language and Their Cultures
!^LIGN 8 Language and Cultures in America
LIGN 143 The Structure of Spanish
LIGN 144 Discourse Analysis: American Sign Language and Performing Arts
!LIGN 149GS The Historical Roots of American Sign Language
LIGN 146 Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities
LIGN 152 Indigenous Languages of the Americas
LIGN 174 Gender and Language in Society (Cross-listed with SOCI 116)
!LIGN 175 Sociolinguistics
!LIGN 178 Spanish Sociolinguistics
^LISL 1E Intermediate ASL Conversation

Literature

Course Number

Course Title

LTAM 100 Latino/a Cultures in the United States
LTAM 107 Comparative Latino/a and U.S Ethnic Cultures
LTAM 110 Latin American Literature in Translation
LTAM 111 Comparative Caribbean Discourse
LTAM 120 Ecocultural Narratives from Latin America
LTAM 130 Reading North by South
LTEA 144 Korean American Literature and Other Literatures of Korean Diaspora
!^LTEN 27 Introduction to African American Literature
!^LTEN 28 Introduction to Asian American Literature
!^LTEN 29 Introduction to Chicano Literature
!^LTEN 31 Introduction to Indigenous Literature
!LTEN 169 Topics in Latino/a Literature
!LTEN 171 Comparative Issues in Latino/a Immigration in US Literature
!LTEN 178 Comparative Ethnic Literature
LTEN179  Topics: Arab/Muslim American Identity and Culture
LTEN 180 Chicano Literature in English
!LTEN 181 Asian American Literature
LTEN 182 Diaspora, Race, and Iranian American Literature
LTEN 183 African American Prose
!LTEN 185 Themes in African American Literature
!LTEN 186 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
LTEN 188 Contemporary Caribbean Literature
LTCS 108 Gender, Race, and Artificial Intelligence (Cross-listed with CGS 108)
!LTCS 119 Asian American Film, Video, and New Media: The Politics of Pleasure (Cross-listed with CGS 119)
!LTCS 130 Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class and Culture
LTCS 131 Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures
!LTCS 165 Special Topics: The Politics of Food
^#LTSP 2A Intermediate Spanish I: Foundations
^#LTSP 2B Intermediate Spanish II: Reading & Comp
^#LTSP 2C Intermediate Spanish III: Cultural Topics and Composition
^#LTSP 2D Intermediate/Advanced Spanish: Spanish for Bilingual Speakers
LTSP 100A Advanced Spanish Reading and Writing for the Humanities and the Social Sciences
LTSP 100B Advanced Spanish Reading and Writing for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (heritage speakers) 
^#LTSP 2E Advanced Reading & Composition for Bilingual Speakers
#LTSP 130B Development of Latin American Literature
#LTSP 134 Literature of the Southern Cone
#LTSP 135A Mexican Literature Before 1910
#LTSP 135B Modern Mexican Literature
#LTSP 136 Andean Literature
#LTSP 137 Caribbean Literature
#LTSP 138 Central American Literature
LTSP 150 Chicanx/Latinx Cultural Expressions
#LTSP 150A Early Latino/a Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1848—1960
#LTSP 150B Contemporary Latino/a Chicano/a Cultural Production: 1960—Present
#LTSP 151 Topics in Chicano/a & Latino/a Cultures
#LTSP 162 Spanish Language in the United States
LTSP 169 Latin American Popular and Mass Cultures
#LTSP 171 Studies in Peninsular and/or Latin American Literature and Society
#LTSP 172 Indigenista Themes in Latin American Literature
LTSP 175 Feminisms, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America
LTSP 180 Film and Visual Arts in Latin America
LTWL 156 Asian Diasporic Cinema

Music

Course Number

Course Title

!*^MUS 8 American Music: Jazz Cultures
!*^MUS 17 Hip Hop
*^MUS 18 Klezmer Music (cross listed: JUDA 18)
!*^MUS 19/19R  Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music 
!*MUS 126/126R Blues: An Oral Tradition
!*MUS 127 Discover Jazz (cross-listed w/ ETH179)
*MUS 137A Jazz Theory & Improvisation
*MUS 137B Jazz Theory & Improvisation
*MUS 137C Jazz Theory & Improvisation
*MUS 137D Seminar in Jazz Studies I
*MUS 137E  Seminar in Jazz Studies II
*MUS 137F Seminar in Jazz Studies III 
!*MUS 150 Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora
*MUS 151 Race, Culture, and Social Change
*MUS 152 Hip Hop: The Politics of Culture
*MUS 153 African Americans and the Mass Media
(cross-listed: ETHN 164)

Philosophy

Course Number

Course Title

!^PHIL 35 Philosophy in the Americas
!PHIL 155 Mexican Philosophy
!PHIL 156 Latinx Philosophy
!PHIL 165 Freedom, Equality and the Law
!PHIL 170 Philosophy and Race

Political Science

Course Number

Course Title

!^POLI 13/13R/13D/13DR Power and Justice
POLI 101E The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
!POLI 100H Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
!POLI 100I Participation and Inequality
POLI 100J Race in American Political Development
!POLI 100O Perspectives on Race
!POLI 100Q Advanced Topics in Racial Politics
POLI 100Y Asian American Politics in the United States
POLI 104N Race and Law
!POLI 105A Latino Politics in the US
!POLI 108 Politics of Multiculturalism
POLI 134AA Comparative Politics of Latin America
POLI 134B Politics in Mexico
POLI 134D Selected Topics in Latin American Politics
POLI 134I Politics in the Southern Cone of Latin America
POLI 134J Cuba: Revolution and Reform
POLI 146A The U.S and Latin America: Political & Economic Relations
!POLI 150A Politics of Immigration

Psychology

Course Number

Course Title

!PSYC 127 Sexual Health Inequities and Sexual Wellbeing
PSYC 131  Scientific Racism: Genetics, Intelligence, and Race

Rady School of Management

Course Number

Course Title

!^MGT 18 Managing Diverse Teams

Religion

Course Number

Course Title

!RELI 148 Religion and Women's Activism
!RELI 149 Islam in America
RELI 153 Hispanic American Religions
RELI 154 Asian American Religions
!RELI 155 African American Religions

Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Course Number

Course Title

!SIO 114 The Science and Critical Analysis of Environmental Justice

Sociology

Course Number

Course Title

!^SOCI 2 The Study of Society
!SOCI 111 Local Lives, Global Problems
!SOCI 117 Language, Culture and Education
!SOCI 125 Sociology of Immigration
!SOCI 125M Sociology of Refugees, Asylum and Forced Migration
!SOCI 126 Social Organization of Education (cross-listed: EDS 126)
!SOCI 127 Immigration, Race, & Ethnicity
!SOCI 133E Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
!SOCI 138 Genetics and Society
!SOCI 139 Social Inequalities: Class, Race and Gender
!SOCI 139A Race and Racism in America
!SOCI 140J Sociology of Social Justice
SOCI 144P Sociology of Policing
!SOCI 151 Social Movement from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
!SOCI 153 Urban Sociology
!SOCI 173 Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine
SOCI 182 Ethnicity & Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
SOCI 183 The Geography of American Opportunity (cross-listed: USP 183)
SOCI 188 Field Research in Migrant Communities—Practicum
SOCI 188D Latin America: Society & Politics
SOCI 188M Social Movements in Latin America

Theatre & Dance

Course Number

Course Title

^*TDGE 12 Topics in Cinema and Race
!*TDGE 127 The Films of Spike Lee
!*TDGE 131/131R Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (cross-listed: ETHN 163F)
!*TDHT 103 Asian American Theatre
!*TDHT 107 American Theatre
*TDHT 108 Luis Valdez
!*TDHT 109 African American Theatre
!*TDHT 110 Chicanx Theatre
(cross-listed: ETHN 132)
!*TDHT 111 Hispanic American Dramatic Literature
(cross-listed: ETHN 133)
!*TDHT 120 Indigenous Theatre and Performance
(cross-listed: ETHN 163G)
!*TDHT 122 Performing Race, Gender, and Sexuality after Dark
*TDMV 3 Beginning Jazz
*TDMV 130 Intermediate Jazz Dance
*TDMV 133 Advanced Jazz Dance
*TDMV 138  Beginning Hip-Hop
*TDMV 142 Latin Dance of the World
*TDMV 146 Intermediate Latin Dance of the World
*TDMV 148 Intermediate Hip Hop
*TDMV 149 Advanced Hip Hop

Urban Studies & Planning

Course Number

Course Title

!^USP 1 History of US Urban Communities
!^USP 3 The City and Social Theory
USP 104 Ethnic Diversity & The City
(cross-listed: ETHN 105)
USP 106 The History of Race and Ethnicity in American Cities (cross-listed HIUS 129)
USP 132 African Americans, Religion, and the City
(cross-listed: ETHN 188)
USP 135 Asian & Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy (cross-listed: ETHN 129)
USP 147 Case Studies in Health Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Population
!USP 162 Migration and the City
USP 183 The Geography of American Opportunity
(cross-listed: SOCI 183)
!USP 184 Decolonizing Design: Histories and Theories

Visual Arts

Course Number

Course Title

!^*VIS 6 Race, Gender, and Robots
^*VIS 8 Visuality and the African Diaspora
!*VIS 102 Democratizing the City
*VIS 117F Theorizing the Americas 
*VIS 126AN Pre-Columbian Art of Ancient Mexico & Central America
*VIS 126BN The Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya
*VIS 126C Problems in Mesoamerican Art History
*VIS 126D Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography & Inscriptions
*VIS 126E

Indigenisms I: The Making of the Modern, Nineteenth Century to Mid-Twentieth Century

*VIS 126F

Indigenisms II: Contemporary Disseminations, Neo-Avantgarde to the Present

*VIS 126HN Pacific Coast American Indian Art
*VIS 126I Southwest American Indian Art
*VIS 126J African and Afro-American Art
*VIS 126P Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern, 1890-1950
*VIS 126Q Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern, 1950-Present
!*VIS 152D Identity Through Transnational Cinemas
*VIS 156 Latino American Cinema
!*VIS 157D US Civil Rights in Art and Media
*VIS 158D Black Subjects and Black Material in Photography
Last Updated: 9/26/24