Labor Studies Minor Courses
Below are course options for fulfilling the Labor Studies minor requirements. Please keep in mind that courses that count towards your major cannot count towards your minor degree. The requirements for the Labor Studies minor are listed in the “Academic Programs” link:
https://laborstudies.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/labor_studies_minor_reqs_2024.pdf
Core Courses
LABR 001 Introduction to Labor Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. Through comparative and historical perspective, examines the social forces shaping labor conditions and workers’ struggles for justice. Covers the changing nature of work under capitalism, race and gender discrimination in the labor market, the impact of economic globalization, and unions’ successes and limitations.
HIST 124 Women in Middle Eastern and Islamic History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Explores the history of women in the Middle East from the medieval to the modern period. Focuses on the legal status of women, their social and economic position, the rise and development of the feminist movement, and the impact of various Islamist movements.
ETST 102 The Political Economy of Race and Class 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. This course explores the interrelationships among race, class, ethnicity, and the operation of market processes. Readings for this course will center on the comparative economic well-being of African Americans, Chicanos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
SOC 112 Sociology of the Labor Movement 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001. Introduces sociological literature related to the labor movement. Provides a comparative and historical overview of research on unions, workers’ centers, and other organizational forms and collective actions through which working-class people have sought to improve their working and living conditions. Credit is awarded for only one of SOC 112 or SOC 112S.
SOC 135 Conflict 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Analysis of the sources of social conflict, especially class conflict. Studies social movements arising out of such conflicts, which attempt to bring about fundamental social change. Credit is awarded for only one of SOC 135 or SOC 135S.
GSST 101 Women, Work, and Capitalism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001S or GSST 001H or consent of instructor. Examines how class, race, and sexual inequalities impact, contest, and shape gender identities and relations. Analyzes patterns of women’s work in the new international division of labor through case studies of export processing zones, reproductive labor, and sex tourism.
POSC 138 Labor and Globalization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the relationship between globalization and labor in contemporary context. Focuses on four key political actors who shape workers’ fates in the global economy: multi-and transnational corporations, national governments, international organizations, and workers themselves. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 138 or POSC 138S.
Labor Internship Course:
LABR 198I Individual Internship in Labor Studies 1 to 12 Internship, 2 to 24 hours; written work, 1 to 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; consent of instructor. Supervised experience in a labor union or relegated community organization. Focuses on the issues affecting workers and/or low-income people, as well as the prospects and challenges for achieving social justice for working-class people in the contemporary United States. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.
Courses on Inequality Based on Gender, Race, and/or Sexual Orientation:
ANTH 122 Economic Anthropology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or ANTH 001W; or consent of instructor. Examines the social and cultural dimensions of production, | 115 exchange, saving, borrowing, and consumption. Topics covered include rationality and economizing, reciprocity, gender and household decision-making, and neoliberalism.
ANTH 139 Change and Development 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or ANTH 001W or ANTH 003 or ANTH 005; upper-division standing or con- sent of instructor. Examines alternative theories of society, change, and development, as well as the assumptions and premises on which they are based. Consider how they are used to explain capitalist development, imperialism, colonial encounters, nationalism, decolonization, socialist revolution, modernization, unequal exchange, uneven development, globalization, and postcolonialism.
ANTH 144G/GSST 140:
ANTH 144G Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Dis- cusses political and economic processes and sociocultural dynamics; population control; sex preference; infanticide and neonatal neglect; adoption and foster parenting; abortion; technologically assisted conception; and gestational surrogacy. Cross-listed with GSST 140.
GSST 140 Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Dis- cusses political and economic processes and sociocultural dynamics; population control; sex preference; infanticide and neonatal neglect; adoption and foster parenting; abortion; technologically assisted conception; and gestational surrogacy. Cross-listed with ANTH 144G.
ANTH 149/GSST 149:
ANTH 149 Gender, Kinship, and Social Change 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S. Examines theories of gender and kinship, the formation of gender hierarchies and their uneven development, and the dynamics of family and gender in stratified social formations. Analyzes the relationship between family forms and political and economic processes. Cross-listed with GSST 149.
GSST 149 Gender, Kinship, and Social Change 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S. Examines theories of gender and kinship, the formation of gender hierarchies and their uneven development, and the dynamics of family and gender in stratified social formations. Analyzes the relationship between family forms and political and economic processes. Cross-listed with ANTH 149.
ANTH 164 Forensic Anthropology 4 Lecture 2, Activity 3, Research 3, Prerequisite(s): ANTH 002 with a grade of “C-” or better; Introduces the applied study of forensic anthropology. Topics include basic training in forensic anthropology, its history and theoretical background, medico-legal aspects, case studies, and training in how to identify human skeletal remains and information that can be determined from human bone.
DNCE 135 Dance, Race, Property 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): DNCE019 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor. Explores intersections between dancing bodies, questions of race, and notions of cultural property. Investigates issues of embodied identity and racialization, cultural appropriation and cultural exchange, purity and hybridity, and ownership and copyright.
ECON 155/GSST 155:
ECON 155 Women’s Labor and the Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. A special-topics-based labor economics course. Focuses on one important dimension of worker differences: gender. Covers the topics of human capital, wages and employment, occupational choice, discrimination, the family as an economic unit, and public policy. Cross-list- ed with GSST 155, and PBPL 155.
GSST 155 Women’s Labor and the Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. A special-topics-based labor economics course. Focuses on one important dimension of worker differences: gender. Covers the topics of human capital, wages and employment, occupational choice, discrimination, the family as an economic unit, and public policy. Cross-list- ed with ECON 155, and PBPL 155.
ETST 100 Race and Ethnicity in A Comparative Perspective 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001. Explores the interrelationships between race, class, ethnicity, and the operation of social processes. Accordingly, readings for this course center on the comparative well-being of African Americans, Hispanics (especially Chicanos), Native Americans, and Asian Americans.
ETST 101A Historical Development of Race and Power 4 Seminar, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 011 or ETST 012 or RLST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or MUS 014 or URST 014 or ETST 098 or ETST 102; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Focuses on a critical historical charting of the political, economic, and cultural development of race and power.
ETST 101B Theories of Race and Power 4 Seminar, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 011 or ETST 012 or RLST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or MUS 014 or URST 014 or ETST 098 or ETST 102; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Focuses on specific theories of race, dominance, and resistance. Recognizes the central structuring debates about social formation and social change.
ETST 102 The Political Economy of Race and Class 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. This course explores the interrelationships among race, class, ethnicity, and the operation of market processes. Readings for this course will center on the comparative economic well-being of African Americans, Chicanos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
ETST 105A History of Black Americans: West African Backgrounds to 1877 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The study of the experiences of Black people in the United States with emphasis on the ideas and institutions that have shaped those experiences from the period of slave trading in West Africa to 1877.
ETST 105B History of Black Americans: 1877-1965 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the experiences of Black people in the United States with emphasis on the ideas and institutions that have shaped those experiences from 1877 to 1965.
ETST 106 Theory in Asian American Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 011 or ETST 012 or RLST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or MUS 014 or URST 014 or ETST 098 or ETST 102; or consent of instructor. Introduces interdisciplinary theories within Asian American Studies to understand and disrupt conditions of dominance within and beyond the Americas. Considers interdependent structures of oppression such as racism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy, transphobia, Orientalism, imperialism, (settler) colonialism, carcerality, antiblackness, ableism, and xenophobia. Empha- sizes emergent forms of resistance within Asian American communities.
ETST 108 (E-Z) Special Topics in Chicano Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Selected topics in: E. Culture, Ethnicity, And Social Change; F. The Conditions Of Education For Chicanos; I. Mexi- can Immigration And The Chicano Community; L. The Labor And Legal History Of The Chicano; P. Chicano Poetry And Theatre.
ETST 109E African Americans in the United States Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 003, upper-division standing; or consent of instructor. Explores the role of African Americans in the U.S. political economy. Examines the interaction of class, race, the state, and social institutions determining the economic life chances of Americans of African descent.
ETST 109 (E-Z) Special Topics in African American Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 003; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Selected topics addressing the issues of the African American experience. Includes reading, research, and discussion on the African American experience.
ETST 109I The Black Diaspora: Cultural, Political, and Historical Connections 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 003, upper-division standing; or consent of instructor. Examines the dispersal and evolution of transplanted African populations throughout the world. Emphasis is on the most recent diaspora between 1600 and 1890 when millions of Africans migrated to the Western Hemisphere. The smaller African communities in Asia, Europe, and the Pacific Islands are also examined.
ETST 110 (E-Z) Special Topics in Asian American Studies 1 to 4 Lecture, 1 hour; term paper, 3 hours. Selected topics addressing the issues of the Asian American experience. Reading, research, and discussion on the Asian American experience. G. Community Research: Asian American Community; K. Foreign Policy And Asian Americans.
ETST 111 Ethnic Politics: Practicum in Political Change 4 Lecture, 3 hours; practi- cum, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Studies theories and practices of comparative ethnic political change. Examines topics intrinsic to the understanding of how to effect political change within the Chicano, African American, Asian American, Native American, and other ethnic communities, as well as the dominant societies.
ETST 112/HISA 135:
ETST 112 The Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1970 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The main focus will be on the “grassroots.” African American aspects of “The Movement,” as it was popularly known, from school desegregation to voting rights and beyond. Cross-listed with HISA 135.
HISA 135 The Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1970 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The main focus will be on the “grassroots.” African American aspects of “The Movement,” as it was popularly known, from school desegregation to voting rights and beyond. Cross-listed with ETST 112.
ETST 113/ HISA 134:
ETST 113 Black Feminist Theory and Activism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Consider the writings and collective organizational strategies of African American women intellectuals and activists developed in response to the ways racial, sexual, and economic oppression work interdependently and are institutionalized. Fol- lows black women’s agendas for social change from the early women’s slave narratives to the present. Cross-listed with HISA 134.
HISA 134 Black Feminist Theory and Activism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Consider the writings and collective organizational strategies of African American women intellectuals and activists developed in response to the ways racial, sexual, and economic oppression work interdependently and are institutionalized. Fol- lows black women’s agendas for social change from the early women’s slave narratives to the present. Cross-listed with ETST 113.
ETST 115 (E-Z)/HISA 144 (E-Z):
ETST 115 (E-Z) Topics in Native American History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Selected topics addressing the issues of the Native Americans. Includes reading, research, and discussion on the Native American experience. F. Erly Amer:emrging Interprettns. Cross-listed with HISA 144 (E-Z).
HISA 144 (E-Z) Topics in Native American History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Selected topics addressing the issues of the Native Americans. Includes reading, re-research, and discussion on the Native American experience. F. Erly Amer:emergi Interpretatns. Cross-listed with ETST 115 (E-Z).
ETST 116/HISA 147:
ETST 116 Medicine Ways of Native Americans 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the medical history of Native Americans. Focuses on traditional Native American medicine and how Western diseases, medical practices, health care, and policies influenced American Indian health. Topics include medicine people, rituals, ceremonies, smallpox, measles, influenza, anomie, accidents, diabetes, suicides, mental illness, and murders. Cross-listed with HISA 147.
HISA 147 Medicine Ways of Native Americans 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the medical history of Native Americans. Focuses on traditional Native American medicine and how Western diseases, medical practices, health care, and policies influenced American Indian health. Topics include medicine people, rituals, ceremonies, smallpox, measles, influenza, anomie, accidents, diabetes, suicides, mental illness, and murders. Cross-listed with ETST 116.
ETST 117 (E-Z)/HISA 137 (E-Z):
ETST 117 (E-Z) Themes and Topics in African History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. A thematic and topical approach to the study of African history from the early Nile Valley civilizations to the twentieth century. Examines the temporal and spatial development of African societies--including their social, political, economic, and ideological systems--during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods. F. West African History To 1800; I. Nineteenth- And Twentieth Century Africa And European Imperialism; J. Ancient Africa; K. Africa From 1000-1880; M. Twentieth-century Africa.
HISA 137 Frontier History of the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; journal, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the frontier in U.S. history, with special attention to the Western frontier and borderlands.
ETST 123 Chicano Politics in Comparative Perspective 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of contemporary Chicano politics, political movements, ideologies, relations with intergovernmental agencies, political attitudes, and participation in the political process. Comparison of the Chicano political experience to that of other racial and ethnic groups in American politics.
ETST 124 The Chicana 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The unique experience of the Chicana viewed from social, intellectual, historical, and artistic perspectives.
ETST 126 The Chicano and the Law 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of the relationship of the Chicano to the U.S. legal and judicial system. Topics include traditional sociological and criminological theories; the history of the Chicano and the law; the Pachuco image and the Chicano; and police and correctional institutions.
ETST 127 Latino Men and Masculinity 5 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours; written work 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or TEST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETS,T 003 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or consent of instructor. Analysis of Chi- cano/Latino men and masculinity in historical and comparative perspective. Examines social construction and expression of manhood and masculinity in a cross-national context and the range and varieties of masculinities in Latino America. Critically evaluates and deconstructs common myths, stereotypes, and misconceptions about men, machismo, and masculinity.
ETST 128/SOC 128:
ETST 128 Chicano Sociology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of the Mexican experience in U.S. society. Explores the history as a minority; mass immigration in the twentieth century; relationships with American institutions; present socioeconomic status; variations in social status from region to region; political emergence and variations in values; and social relations and integration with non-Mexicans. Cross-listed with SOC 128. Credit is awarded for only one of ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/SOC 128S.
SOC 128 Chicano Sociology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of the Mexican experience in U.S. society. Explores the history as a minority; mass immigration in the twentieth century; relationships with American institutions; present socioeconomic status; variations in social status from region to region; political emergence and variations in values; and social relations and integration with non-Mexicans. Cross-listed with ETST 128. Credit is awarded for only one of ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/ SOC 128S.
ETST 129 Theories in Chicano Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H; ETST 002 or ETST 002H; ETST 004/HIST 004; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analyzes prevailing and emerging theories, paradigms, and perspectives in Chicano Studies. Examines and applies traditional social science theories of race and ethnicity such as the order/ pluralistic, assimilationist, and functionalist models, as well as Marxism, internal colonialism, feminism, postmodernism, and critical race theory to the experiences of Chicanos and other Latinos.
ETST 131 Race, Class, and Gender 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or ETST 011 or ETST 098; or consent of instructor. Considers the interde- pendency of race, class, gender, and sexuality in relation to social inequality and oppression. Focuses on the intersection of components, as well as examines the experiences and strategies of resistance of poor, working-class women of color and/or queer people of color.
ETST 132 Chicano Contemporary Issues 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides students with demographic and historical overview of the status of Latinos in the United States today, and of the salient issues plaguing them. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, analyzes strategies, tactics, and policies that may effectively deal with these issues.
ETST 133 Asian Diaspora: Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of the dispersal, transplantation, and transformation of Asian populations in selected regions of the world--the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific--as viewed from the historical and contemporary experiences of the Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, and other Asian groups in the contexts of colonization, cultural and political domination, and an emerging global economy.
ETST 136 The Korean American Experience 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the history of Koreans in the United States to analyze a wide range of contemporary social and identity issues. Students are encouraged to do original research, develop writing and communication skills, and devise research projects that address the immigrant Korean community’s needs.
ETST 137 The Vietnamese Americans: the Refugee and Immigrant Experience 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the Vietnamese American experience in contemporary society. Emphasizes the relationship of Vietnamese Americans to the larger society and on intergenerational strains and conflicts. Topics include socioeconomic and educational problems, family, religion, and the relationship between Vietnamese Americans and other ethnic groups. Cross-listed with SEAS 137.
ETST 139 Contemporary Issues in the Asian American Community 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analyzes contemporary issues facing Asian Americans: Asian American identity and images, education, employment, housing, dual oppression, interethnic conflicts, juvenile delinquency, generational conflicts, and anti-Asian violence.
ETST 140 Asian American Feminist Theory and Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Addresses the shifting role of Asian American women in the United States as they struggle to define their identities between and within diverse and often opposing cultures. Explores and analyzes the myths and realities of being an Asian American woman through literature, art, documents, films, and first-person accounts.
ETST 143 Critical Filipino(a) Studies: Histories and Legacies of United States Conquest, Colonialism, & Empire 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014; or consent of instructor. Critically examines and theorizes- es the historical impact and legacies of U.S. conquest and colonialism in the Philippines. Analyzes the origins of Filipino American civic existence and its links to histories of U.S. racial formation, racialized industrialization, and racialized frontier warfare. Cross-listed with SEAS 143.
ETST 144 Race and Indigeneity in Hawai’i 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Pre- requisite(s): ETST 001 (or ETST 001H), ETST 005 (or ETST 005H). A comparative and historical survey of the racial dynamics of Hawaii’s multicultural community. Explores the intersections between Hawaii’s ethnic groups including the native Hawaiians, the white (“haole”) population, and the plantation immigrant groups (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Portuguese). Also addresses the Pacific Islander population in contemporary Hawaii.
ETST 145/ SOC 145:
ETST 145 Law and Subordination 5 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Ethnic Studies or Sociology; ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/SOC 128. A comparative and historical analysis of subordinated communities and law emphasizing integrating theoretical understanding of racial, class, and gender subordination. Includes field experience working directly with groups that have traditionally lacked equal access to the legal and judicial system. Cross-listed with SOC 145.
SOC 145 Law and Subordination 5 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Ethnic Studies or Sociology; ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/ SOC128. A comparative and historical analysis of subordinated communities and law emphasizing integrating theoretical understanding of racial, class, and gender subordination. Includes field experience working directly with groups that have traditionally lacked equal access to the legal and judicial system. Cross-listed with ETST 145.
ETST 146/ EDUC 146:
ETST 146 Educational Perspectives On the Chicano 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of educational policy issues concerning Chicano students, such as testing and testing procedures, learning styles, socialization, and language acquisition. Other topics will deal with the impact of significant legislative acts related to the education of Chicanos. Cross-listed with EDUC 146.
EDUC 146 Educational Perspectives On the Chicano 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of educational policy issues concerning Chicano students, such as testing and testing procedures, learning styles, socialization, and language acquisition. Other topics will deal with the impact of significant legislative acts related to the education of Chicanos. Cross-listed with ETST 146.
ETST 147 History of Black Education 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 4 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. This course examines major themes in Black education: the education of slave and free Blacks; role of missionaries and philanthropists in Black education; the growth of Black colleges; curricular debates; and the NAACP challenge of the “separate but equal” doctrine.
ETST 148/ANTH 142G/LNST 168:
ETST 148 Caribbean Culture and Society 4 Seminar, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. An overview of the Caribbean region from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. Emphasizes contemporary issues affecting the Caribbean and the struggle of its people to maintain their identities. Cross-listed with ANTH 142G, and LNST 168.
ANTH 142G Caribbean Culture and Society 4 Seminar, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. An overview of the Caribbean region from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. Emphasizes contemporary issues affecting the Caribbean and the struggle of its people to maintain their identities. Cross-listed with ETST 148, and LNST 168.
LNST 168 Caribbean Culture and Society 4 Seminar, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. An overview of the Caribbean region from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. Emphasizes contemporary issues affecting the Caribbean and the struggle of its people to maintain their identities. Cross-listed with ANTH 142G, and ETST 148.
ETST 149 Political Violence in Mexico 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 008; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. A historical analysis of political and state violence in post-revolutionary Mexico from the early twentieth century to the present. Explores cycles of violence across different states and regions as well as their cross-border implications for Mexican communities in the United States.
ETST 155 Chicana/O California: A Social and Cultural History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examination of the historical evolution of Mexican and Mexican American social and cultural experience in California from the Spanish colonial period through the late twentieth century. Analysis of the Chicana/o impact on regional culture and American society as a whole.
ETST 156 Politics of the Chicano Movement 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the various aspects of the politics of the Chicano movement from 1965 to 1974. Focuses on in-depth analysis of the movement’s historical genesis, leadership, ideology, organizations, strategy, and tactics, as well as the issues that brought it into being. Also examines the forces that contributed to its demise.
ETST 157 Native American Diaspora 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 007, upper-division standing; or consent of instructor. Analyzes historical Native American migrations. Explores involuntary Native American diaspora throughout America forced by interaction with Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonists. Exam- ines nineteenth- and twentieth-century reservations and forced and voluntary removals and relocations.
ETST 158 American Indian Intellectual Traditions 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analyzes selected spiritual beliefs of America’s native peoples. Examines sacred beliefs, oral histories, ceremonies, customs, and the historical significance of selected tribes and bands. Explores the conditions and forces which shaped American Indians and influence them today.
ETST 159 Texas Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 007 or ETST 007H or HIST 035 or HIST 036 or HIST 037 or consent of instructor. History of the aboriginal peoples of Texas from the earliest times to the present. Examines pre-colonial eras, European invasion, and colonialism under Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the United States. Discusses the effects of treaties, laws, and federal and state policies on modern Texas Indians. Emphasizes the survival and adaptation of native peoples of Texas.
ETST 161 United States Latinos: Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces the idea of Latino identity as a way to study heterogeneity of ethnic group identification. Focuses on historical chronology, literary tradition, and other cultural practices. Emphasis is on the experience of diversity and pluralism within the Latino experience.
ETST 166 Issues in Bilingual/Bicultural Education 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): bilingual facility and consent of instructor. An intensive analysis of issues involved in developing and implementing bicultural/bilingual programs for Chicano children.
ETST 167/ PSYC 167:
ETST 167 Psychological Development of Black Children 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 002. This course will analyze both the traditional theoretical approaches to the study of Black children and innovative approaches that are currently being developed by Black psychologists. The course will cover topics in the areas of cognitive, social, and personality development. Cross-listed with PSYC 167.
PSYC 167 Psychological Development of Black Children 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 002. This course will analyze both the traditional theoretical approach- es to the study of Black children and innovative approaches that are currently being developed by Black psychologists. The course will cover topics in the areas of cognitive, social, and personality development. Cross-listed with ETST 167.
ETST 168/PSYC 168:
ETST 168 Psychological Aspects of the Black Experience 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 002 This course examines the interdependence between personal characteristics. African American culture, and the social conditions which foster the Black experience. Group membership, lifestyles, role factors, and situational settings as social norms will be explored in order to understand the uniqueness of the Black experience. Cross-listed with PSYC 168.
PSYC 168 Psychological Aspects of the Black Experience 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 002. This course examines the interdependence be- between personal characteristics, Afro-American culture, and the social conditions which foster the Black experience. Group membership, lifestyles, role factors, and situational settings as social norms will be explored in order to understand the uniqueness of the Black experience. Cross-listed with ETST 168.
ETST 175/ GSST 175:
ETST 175 Gender, Ethnicity, and Borders 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or GSST 010 or GSST 010S or upper-division standing. Examines literary, theatrical, and visual sites where the “in-between” space of border cultures is mapped. Materials include autobiographies, testimonial literature, films, novels, performance scripts, and art. Focuses on the interplay of gender and ethnicity. Cross-listed with GSST 175.
GSST 175 Gender, Ethnicity, and Borders 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or GSST 010 or GSST 010S or upper-division standing. Examines literary, theatrical, and visual sites where the “in-between” space of border cultures is mapped. Materials include autobiographies, testimonial literature, films, novels, performance scripts, and art. Focuses on the interplay of gender and ethnicity. Cross-listed with ETST 175.
ETST 177 The United States Prison Industrial Complex: Race, Gender, and Citizenship 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or TEST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or ETST 011 or ETST 098; or consent of instructor. Examines the racialized and gendered information of U.S. jurisprudence, policing, and punishment practices. Explores the connections between prison expansion, corporate investment in prison and policing technology, exploitation of prison labor, and deployment of prison-building initiatives as pork barrels for elected officials. Also analyzes anti-prison, prison reform, and penal abolitionist discourses.
ETST 178 Disability and Race 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores intersections of disability and race in law and policy, critical theory, and media and culture. Themes include how disability discrimination intersects with racial discrimination, how disability and racial justice movements inform each other, and how cultural production emerges from the intersections of race and disability.
ETST 179 Race and Environment: Nature, Colonialism, and Justice 4 Seminar, 3 hours; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Explores the interdependent relationships between race and environment through law, policy, culture, geography, (settler) colonialism, and (racial) capitalism, focused on the United States. Topics include environmental and climate justice, decolonial and abolitionist thought, urban political ecology, and the social constructions of human, nonhuman, and “nature.”
ETST 180/HISA 140:
ETST 180 California Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding of the rich and varied heritage and history of California Indians from the invasion of the Spanish to the twentieth century. Examines geographically and culturally diverse groups as a means of illustrating the various Euro-American Indian policies that affected native Californians. Course is comparative and thematic. Cross-listed with HISA 140.
HISA 140 California Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding of the rich and varied heritage and history of California Indians from the invasion of the Spanish to the twentieth century. Examines geographically and culturally diverse groups as a means of illustrating the various Euro-American Indian policies that affected native Californians. Course is comparative and thematic. Cross-listed with ETST 180.
ETST 181/HISA 141:
ETST 181 Southwestern Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Presents a historical examination of selected Native American groups in the Southwest. Examines the relationship of Southwestern Indians to the Spanish, Mexican, and United States governments. Focuses on Quechans, Tohono O’Odom, Yavapai, Chi-racahuas, Navajos, Zunis, Hopis, Comanches, and selected Pueblos along the Rio Grande. Cross-listed with HISA 141.
HISA 141 Southwestern Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Presents a historical examination of selected Native American groups in the Southwest. Examines the relationship of Southwestern Indians to the Spanish, Mexican, and United States governments. Focuses on Quechans, Tohono O’Odom, Yavapai, Chi-racahuas, Navajos, Zunis, Hopis, Comanches, and selected Pueblos along the Rio Grande. Cross-listed with ETST 181.
ETST 182/HISA 142:
ETST 182 Northwestern Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected aspects of Northwestern Indian History, from approximate- ly the 1750s to the twentieth century. Deals with several native groups along the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon. Compares policies of the Russian, Spanish, English, and United States governments. Particular emphasis on the 1850s when the U.S. negotiated a number of treaties with Native Americans in the Washington and Oregon territories. Cross-listed with HISA 142.
HISA 142 Northwestern Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected aspects of Northwestern Indian History, from approximate- ly the 1750s to the twentieth century. Deals with several native groups along the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon. Compares policies of the Russian, Spanish, English, and United States governments. Particular emphasis on the 1850s when the U.S. negotiated a number of treaties with Native Americans in the Washington and Oregon territories. Cross-listed with ETST 182.
ETST 184 American Indian Policy in the Twentieth-Century 4 Lecture, 3 hours; consultation, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. This course will begin with the end of the treaty-making period and the point in time that the United States emerged as a colonial power (1871). The history of the relationship between the United States government and the American Indian tribes from the year 1871 to 1988 will be presented phase by phase. In addition, it will explore the position and role of the American Indian during the last twenty years.
ETST 185 Native American Law 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Emphasis on traditional law, civil and criminal rights, water rights, First Amendment religious freedom, and gaming on reservations.
ETST 186 Policing and the Hegemony of “Law and Order”: Race, Gender, Sexuality, Citizenship, and the Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or ETST 011 or ETST 098; or consent of instructor. Provides a critical approach to the interdisciplinary study of state violence and militarized policing. Examines ways in which policing technologies and tactics are organized through racialized, gendered, and classed hierarchies.
ETST 187 Anticolonialist Thought 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the political-intellectual work of anticolonialist struggle and independence movements.
ETST 188 Native American Women 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to Native American gender systems and the changing roles of women. Examines the cultural productions of Indigenous women that make important interventions in our understanding of gender and social justice in contemporary Native America. Materials include testimonial literature, autobiographies, films, novels, and popular culture.
ETST 189 Popular Culture and the Production of Race 4 Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H, ETST 100; or consent of instructor. Offers an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to the study of various popular film and television genres in relation to the production--and contestation--of racial meaning. Concerned with the material significance of film and television as, simultaneously, “entertainment,” “pleasure,” “mass culture,” “(self-)representation,” and “cultural resistance or insurgency.”
GBST 110 Global Migrations and Movements 4 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GBST 001 or GBST 002. Examines migration and mobility (both global and interregional). Also addresses economic development and displacement of populations and issues of identity and subjectivity in the context of recent theories of mobility and globalization to understand how migration is reshaping borders, ideas of self, political and social entities, and transnational issues.
HISA 115 Reconstruction 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Major leaders and events of post-Civil War America, with emphasis upon Reconstruction, racial and political conflict, industrial growth, and other historical developments that helped shape the modern South and the expanding nation.
HISA 132/GSST 132:
HISA 132 United States Women, Gender, and Sexuality: 1620-1850 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers topics in early American women’s lives--work, politics, and sexuality--while charting the developments of gendered systems in the United States. Topics may include masculinity, the rise of the middle class, and the private-public dichotomy. Cross-listed with GSST 132.
GSST 132 United States Women, Gender, and Sexuality: 1620-1850 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers topics in early American women’s lives--work, politics, and sexuality--while charting the developments of gendered systems in the United States. Topics may include masculinity, the rise of the middle class, and the private-public dichotomy. Cross-listed with HISA 132.
HISA 146/ GSST 146:
HISA 146 History of Native American Women 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected important aspects of the lives of Native North American women including their political, economic, and religious participation in their societies. Further traces historic changes in Native women’s lives as a result of the colonization of the New World and examines the complex imagery of Native women that developed from colonial contact. Cross-listed with GSST 146.
GSST 146 History of Native American Women 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected important aspects of the lives of Native North American women including their political, economic, and religious participation in their societies. Further traces historic changes in Native women’s lives as a result of the colonization of the New World and examines the complex imagery of Native women that developed from colonial contact. Cross-listed with HISA 146.
LGBS 128/GSST 128:
LGBS 128 Critical Approaches to Heterosexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, LGBS 001. Examines the late nineteenth-century origins and twentieth-century evolution of the meaning of heterosexuality in the United States. Includes the medical, psychological, and political history of heterosexuality; the race and gender components of heterosexuality; and the intersections of heterosexuality and queerness. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Cross-listed with GSST 128.
GSST 128 Critical Approaches to Heterosexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, LGBS 001. Examines the late nineteenth-century origins and twentieth-century evolution of the meaning of heterosexuality in the United States. Includes the medical, psychological, and political history of heterosexuality; the race and gender components of heterosexuality; and the intersections of heterosexuality and queerness. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Cross-listed with LGBS 128.
LGBS 134/GSST 134:
LGBS 134 Queer Identities and Movements in the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines important twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments in queer culture and activism in the United States. Focuses on the origins of sexual identity; the relationship between sexuality, race, and gender; queer representation in art and media; and central issues in queer theory. Cross-listed with GSST 134.
GSST 134 Queer Identities and Movements in the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines important twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments in queer culture and activism in the United States. Focuses on the origins of sexual identity; the relationship between sexuality, race, and gender; queer representation in art and media; and central issues in queer theory. Cross-listed with LGBS 134.
LGBS 135/GSST 135:
LGBS 135 Love, Desire, and Lesbian Sexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Expands upon the notion of lesbian identification and sexuality. Emphasizes the influence of feminism on the interdisciplinarity of lesbian studies and the complexity of lesbianism across class, race, ethnic, age, and national and international differences. Cross-listed with GSST 135.
GSST 135 Love, Desire, and Lesbian Sexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Expands upon the notion of lesbian identification and sexuality. Emphasizes the influence of feminism on the interdisciplinarity of lesbian studies and the complexity of lesbianism across class, race, ethnic, age, and national and international differences. Cross-listed with LGBS 135.
LGBS 137/GSST 137:
LGBS 137 Critical Queer Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours, written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S; or consent of instructor. Presents Euro-American configurations of modern sexuality to map queer communities and homosexual presence across time and space. Critically explores the invisibilities, injustices, erasures, distortions, silences, and voices produced as a result of queer mobility, global gay, and global queer liberation. Cross-listed with GSST 137.
GSST 137 Critical Queer Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours, written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S; or consent of instructor. Presents Euro-American configurations of modern sexuality to map queer communities and homosexual presence across time and space. Critically explores the invisibilities, injustices, erasures, distortions, silences, and voices produced as a result of queer mobility, global gay, and global queer liberation. Cross-listed with LGBS 137.
LGBS 139/GSST 139:
LGBS 139 Coming Out and Sexual Identity 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, LGBS 001; or consent of instructor. Examines speech acts, secrecy, and silence to understand the significance of the closet. Explores perspectives on resistance movements and modes of communication-related to coming out. Considers coming out stories, biographies, and examinations of the social construction of heterosexual identities and formation of public space. Cross-listed with GSST 139.
GSST 139 Coming Out and Sexual Identity 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, LGBS 001; or consent of instructor. Examines speech acts, secrecy, and silence to understand the significance of the closet. Explores perspectives on resistance movements and modes of communication-related to coming out. Considers coming out stories, biographies, and examinations of the social construction of heterosexual identities and formation of public space. Cross-listed with LGBS 139.
POSC 108 Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity in the United States 5 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): POSC 010 or POSC 010H or POSC 010W; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity in the United States including comparisons between African Americans and Latino, Asian, and European immigrants. Emphasizes the role of institutions in shaping the importance of race to politics in the United States.
SOC 129 Racism in Western Society 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 005 with a “C-” or better or consent of instructor. An analysis of the origins, character, maintenance, and consequences of racism in Western society focusing on the United States.
SOC 130 Race and Ethnic Relations 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequi- site(s): SOC 005 with “C-” or better or consent of instructor. A study of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Involves a comparative analysis of the dynamics and consequences of discrimination of racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
SOC 131 (E-Z) Selected Ethnic Groups 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. In-depth studies of particular ethnic groups in the United States. Treats a specific ethnic group for an entire quarter: F. Black Americans; H. Jewish Americans.
SOC 132 Field Research On Internalized Racism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H; ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/SOC 128S or SOC 129 or SOC 130 or a segment of SOC 131 (E-Z) or SOC 133. Studies the dynamics of internalized racism among people and communities of color using advanced research methods and data analysis.
SOC 140 The Sociology of Women 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S or SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Analyzes the role women have played in society emphasizing modern American society. Considers some of the social determinants of women’s positions and the efforts being made to bring about change. Cross-listed with GSST 143.
SOC 141 Men and Masculinity 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 005 with “C-” or better or consent of instructor. A comparative and historical exploration of the social and personal meanings of masculinity focusing on the American experience. Topics include socialization, sports and war, friendship, intimacy, sexuality, fathering, and work. Concentrates on the role of masculinity in systems of gender inequality.
SOC 155 (E-Z) Topics in the Sociology of Gender 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H; SOC 028. Intensively studies selected topics in the sociology of gender. E. Feminist Movements In The United States; G. Queer Theory. Course is repeatable to a maximum of units.
SOC 162 Linguistic Diversity in the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Examines the linguistic diversity that has characterized the socio-historical development of United States society.
GSST 100 Gender Theory 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restrict- ed to class level standing of junior, or senior. A cross-cultural, multidisciplinary course investigating the development of feminist theory and exploring the construction of gender and sexuality. Emphasizes the “female” and the “feminine” in a variety of cultural contexts. Credit is awarded for one of the following GSST 100 or GSST 100S.
GSST 101 Women, Work, and Capitalism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001S or GSST 001H or consent of instructor. Examines how class, race, and sexual inequalities impact, contest, and shape gender identities and relations. Analyzes patterns of women’s work in the new international division of labor through case studies of export processing zones, reproductive labor, and sex tourism.
GSST 103/ANTH 145:
GSST 103 Sexualities and Culture 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S; or consent of instructor. Examines the field of sexuality studies using a comparative, cross-cultural approach. Emphasizes the relation between culture, history, and political economy in the emergence of sexual practices and sexualized identities. Examines theories of sexuality and identity focusing on violence, human rights, and political agency. Cross-listed with ANTH 145.
ANTH 145 Sexualities and Culture 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S; or consent of instructor. Examines the field of sexuality studies using a comparative, cross-cultural approach. Emphasizes the relation between culture, history, and political economy in the emergence of sexual practices and sexualized identities. Examines theories of sexuality and identity focusing on violence, human rights, and political agency. Cross-listed with GSST 103.
GSST 105 Women, Race, and Violence: Intersectionalist and Transnational Perspectives 4 Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 8 hours per quarter; extra reading, 2 hours written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces the theories of violence against women through intersectionalist feminist perspectives. Involves the analysis of violence simultaneously marked by race, ethnicity, nation, class, and sexual orientation. Compares cross-cultur- al and transnational perspectives.
GSST 107 Feminisms, Race, and Antiracisms: Critical Theories and Intersectional Perspectives 4 Seminar, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines how path-breaking scholarship by women of color in the United States and developing countries has been central to re-thinking theoretical foundations and develop- ing new ways of knowing, understanding, and practicing politics. Focuses on scholarship that critiques and analyzes issues concerning race, antiracism, human rights, citizenship, empire, globalization, and social justice.
GSST 108/PHIL 108:
GSST 108 Philosophical Issues of Race and Gender 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Investigates philosophical issues concerning race and gender. Includes the role of cultural and biological criteria in defining these concepts; roles of race and gender in personal identity; nature of racism, sexism, and their variants; and policy implications such as affirmative action and the civil status of homosexual relationships. Cross-listed with PHIL 108.
PHIL 108 Philosophical Issues of Race and Gender 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Investigates philosophical issues concerning race and gender. Includes the role of cultural and biological criteria in defining these concepts; roles of race and gender in personal identity; nature of racism, sexism, and their variants; and policy implications such as affirmative action and the civil status of homosexual relationships. Cross-listed with GSST 108.
GSST 133/HISA 133:
GSST 133 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in United States History: 1850-Present 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces the major themes in the history of U.S. women and gender issues. Drawing upon recent work in the field, explores the relationships between gendered meanings of politics and the politics of gender in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States. Cross-listed with HISA 133.
HISA 133 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in United States History: 1850-Present 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces the major themes in the history of U.S. women and gender issues. Drawing upon recent work in the field, explores the relationships between gendered meanings of politics and the politics of gender in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States. Cross-listed with GSST 133.
GSST 134/LGBS 134:
GSST 134 Queer Identities and Movements in the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines important twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments in queer culture and activism in the United States. Focuses on the origins of sexual identity; the relationship between sexuality, race, and gender; queer representation in art and media; and central issues in queer theory. Cross-listed with LGBS 134.
LGBS 134 Queer Identities and Movements in the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines important twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments in queer culture and activism in the United States. Focuses on the origins of sexual identity; the relationship between sexuality, race, and gender; queer representation in art and media; and central issues in queer theory. Cross-listed with GSST 134.
GSST 135/LGBS 135:
GSST 135 Love, Desire, and Lesbian Sexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Expands upon the notion of lesbian identification and sexuality. Emphasizes the influence of feminism on the interdisciplinarity of lesbian studies and the complexity of lesbianism across class, race, ethnic, age, and national and international differences. Cross-listed with LGBS 135.
LGBS 135 Love, Desire, and Lesbian Sexuality 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Expands upon the notion of lesbian identification and sexuality. Emphasizes the influence of feminism on the interdisciplinarity of lesbian studies and the complexity of lesbianism across class, race, ethnic, age, and national and international differences. Cross-listed with GSST 135.
GSST 136 Women and Grassroots Organizing 4 Seminar, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S or GSST 020 or GSST 020H or GSST 020S. Examines women’s grassroots activism and organizing within the context of political and social structures, culture, and history at the local and global levels. Employs comparative and global perspectives to understand the diversity of women’s issues and women’s activism.
GSST 138 Gender and the Sex Trade 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Addresses structural issues related to sexualized entertainment including pornography, sex work, escort services, sex tourism, erotic dancing, and strip shows. Discusses how gender, race, class, citizenship, and sexuality shape the industry’s stratification. Analyzes how issues such as HIV/ AIDS, traffic in women, forced prostitution, and child prostitution impact the sex trade.
GSST 150 Gender and the State 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; research, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001S; restricted to class level stand- ing of junior, or senior. Examines the various meanings of gender as it is articulated in, reproduced by, and shaped within the state. Discusses gender-state relations, as well as the engendering of politics, state functions, policy, and politics in various historical, political, cultural, and social contexts.
GSST 151 Islam, Women, and the State 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): GSST 167 or GSST 168; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Examines the links between women, Islamic practices, and the politics of state formation and nation-building. Explores ways women constitute the terrain of struggle between the traditional and modern, colonialism and nationalism, and religion and politics. Cross-listed with ANTH 188.
GSST 156 Women and Citizenship 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; research, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores women’s citizenship in light of global movements of people, capital, and social and political rights. Examines what it means to be a citizen and the ways in which women are included or excluded from that category.
GSST 161 Gender and Science 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S; GSST 020 or GSST 020H or GSST 020S or GSST 021. Focuses on the intersections of Western constructions of gender and scientific knowledge since the sixteenth century. Considers the cultural and political roles of the scientist in terms of gender; the structuring of objectivity and objects of study; the status of scientific knowledge; and the emergence of feminist science studies. Credit is awarded for one of the following GSST 161 or GSST 161S.
GSST 162/RLST 162:
GSST 162 Women’s Issues in Modern Muslim Thought 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one Religious Studies course or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces complex religious and social issues related to the role of women in modern Islamic societies ranging from North America to Southeast Asia. Examine Muslim writings produced during the past century. Cross-listed with RLST 162.
RLST 162 Women’s Issues in Modern Muslim Thought 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one Religious Studies course or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces complex religious and social issues related to the role of women in modern Islamic societies ranging from North America to Southeast Asia. Examine Muslim writings produced during the past century. Cross-listed with GSST 162.
GSST 163/RLST 163:
GSST 163 The Women of Early Christianity 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the social roles and literary constructs of early Christian women as evidenced in the New Testament, patristic, and Apocryphal writings. Also considers the significance of those textual traditions for later Western ideas about women’s social roles including traditional and feminist theories. Cross-listed with RLST 163.
RLST 163 The Women of Early Christianity 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the social roles and literary constructs of early Christian women as evidenced in the New Testament, patristic, and Apocryphal writings. Also considers the significance of those textual traditions for later Western ideas about women’s social roles including traditional and feminist theories. Cross-listed with GSST 163.
GSST 166/MCS 127:
GSST 166 Chicana/O Cultural Studies and Gender Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the field of Chicana/o cultural studies and investigates the gender politics that attest to its intersectional approach. Considers how power and gendered politics have impacted the restructuring of the split subject in Chicana/o cultural studies. Cross-listed with MCS 127.
MCS 127 Chicana/O Cultural Studies and Gender Politics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the field of Chicana/o cultural studies and investigates the gender politics that attest to its intersectional approach. Considers how power and gendered politics have impacted the restructuring of the split subject in Chicana/o cultural studies. Cross-listed with GSST 166.
GSST 168 Gender and Power in Muslim Societies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; written work, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the dynamics of gender relations within the context of the Muslim world. Ana- lyzes processes of power which influence concepts of femininity, masculinity, the body, and sexuality. Explores the heterogeneity of the Muslim world as well as its unifying cultural and social history. Cross-listed with ANTH 189.
GSST 176 Gender, Human Rights, and Transnationalism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours, written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores dynamics of gender and power in human rights activism. Examines the history and evolution of human rights discourse, discourses of liberation, and critical responses to the strategy of framing women’s rights as human rights in a comparative, transnational framework.
GSST 185/ANTH 144F:
GSST 185 Gender, Race, and Medicine 4 Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores the relationship between Western medicine and women, racial minorities, and non-Western citizens. Investigates how gender ideology, racial inequity, and colonialism shape the medical representation of bodies, sexuality, and pathology. Examines how patients have renegotiated their relationships with medicine through health movements and alternative healing practices. Cross-listed with ANTH 144F.
ANTH 144F Gender, Race, and Medicine 4 Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level stand- ing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores the relationship between Western medicine and women, racial minorities, and non-Western citizens. Investigates how gender ideology, racial inequity, and colonialism shape the medical representation of bodies, sexuality, and pathology. Examines how patients have renegotiated their relationships with medicine through health movements and alternative healing practices. Cross-listed with GSST 185.
GSST 186 Gender, Power, and Shifting Identities 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores constructions of various identities (racialized, gendered, sexual, diasporic) in cross-cultural contexts. Examines contemporary issues and theorizations concerning the intersection and politics of race, gender, and identity.
GSST 187 Women, Gender, and Technology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S. Introduces historical and sociological studies of gender and technology. Examines how women have been affected by technological developments and how gender ideologies informed the design and implementation of various technologies. Explores the relations among technology, material culture, sustainability, and power. Technologies covered include those in the household, the workplace, and cyberspace.
GSST 189 Gender, Technology, and the Body 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S, LGBS 001. Examines various technologies that alter the body. Investigates how technological interventions in the body reproduce and reshape gender ideologies in contemporary Western culture. Topics include cosmetic, sex-reassign- ment, and weight loss surgeries; reproductive, contraceptive, and medical technologies; antidepressants; sex toys; and body piercing.
Two Courses of the Following:
ANTH 105/BUS 158:
ANTH 105 Organizations as Cultural Systems 4 Lecture, 6 hours; extra reading and written exercises, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the role of culture in the formation and management of complex bureaucratic organizations. Covers types of organizations and organizational cultures, the impact of the cultural environment, and problems posed by rapid cultural change. Offered in summer only. Cross-listed with BUS 158.
BUS 158 Organizations as Cultural Systems 4 Lecture, 6 hours; extra reading and written exercises, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the role of culture in the formation and management of complex bureaucratic organizations. Covers types of organizations and organizational cultures, the impact of the cultural environment, and problems posed by rapid cultural change. Offered in summer only. Cross-listed with ANTH 105.
ANTH 122 Economic Anthropology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or ANTH 001W; or consent of instructor. Examines the social and cultural dimensions of production, exchange, saving, borrowing, and consumption. Topics covered include rationality and economizing, reciprocity, gender and household decision-making, and neoliberalism.
ANTH 134 The Will to Adorn Dress and Identity 4 Seminar, 3 hours; extra reading 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores sartorial practices as a means for examining formations of identities and structural inequalities across space and time.
ANTH 139 Change and Development 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or ANTH 001W or ANTH 003 or ANTH 005; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines alternative theories of society, change, and development, as well as the assumptions and premises on which they are based. Considers how they are used to explain capitalist development, imperialism, colonial encounters, nationalism, decolonization, socialist revolution, modernization, unequal exchange, uneven development, globalization, and postcolonialism.
ANTH 140T (E-Z) Ethnographic Interpretations 4 Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Study of peoples and cultures in particular areas of the world. Emphasis is placed on ethnological and theoretical problems as these are revealed in the examination of the history, coherent sociocultural patterns, and ecology of specific aboriginal populations and contemporary groups.
ANTH 144G/GSST 140:
ANTH 144G Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Dis- cusses political and economic processes and sociocultural dynamics; population control; sex preference; infanticide and neonatal neglect; adoption and foster parenting; abortion; technologically assisted conception; and gestational surrogacy. Cross-listed with GSST 140.
GSST 140 Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Discusses political and economic processes and sociocultural dynamics; population control; sex preference; infanticide and neonatal neglect; adoption and foster parenting; abortion; technologically assisted conception; and gestational surrogacy. Cross-listed with ANTH 144G.
ANTH 144M Political Economy of Health 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level stand- ing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines critical medical anthropology. Focuses on the linkages between political economy, health, and healthcare systems in modern societies. Considers the effects of poverty, occupation, and environmental transformation in particular social contexts. Reviews four case studies: the political economy of HIV/AIDS, poverty, famine, and nuclear regulation.
ANTH 149/GSST 149:
ANTH 149 Gender, Kinship, and Social Change 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S. Examines theories of gender and kinship, the formation of gender hierarchies and their uneven development, and the dynamics of family and gender in stratified social formations. Analyzes the relationship between family forms and political and economic processes. Cross-listed with GSST 149.
GSST 149 Gender, Kinship, and Social Change 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one of the following courses: GSST 001, GSST 001H, GSST 001S. Examines theories of gender and kinship, the formation of gender hierarchies and their uneven development, and the dynamics of family and gender in stratified social formations. Analyzes the relationship between family forms and political and economic processes. Cross-listed with ANTH 149.
ANTH 164 Forensic Anthropology 4 Lecture 2, Activity 3, Research 3, Prerequisite(s): ANTH 002 with a grade of “C-” or better; Introduces the applied study of forensic anthropology. Topics include basic training in forensic anthropology, its history and theoretical background, medico-legal aspects, case studies, and training in how to identify human skeletal remains and information that can be determined from human bone.
BUS 152/ECON 152:
BUS 152 Sales Management 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 1 hour; written work, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): BUS 103. Discusses strategic and tactical aspects of sales force management including sales force planning, deployment, compensation, and control. Also covers selling strategies and managing of customer relationships.
ECON 152 Cost-Benefit Analysis With Applications to Public Policy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 104A; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Provides the economic foundations and practical tools to conduct cost-benefit analysis. Discusses predicting and monetizing impacts of economic policies, as well as discounting future impacts. Also focuses on dealing with uncertainty, value of information, and social welfare.
BUS 153/ECON 153:
BUS 153 Labor Economics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. An analysis of labor demand, labor supply, market equilibrium, and policies affecting each. Topics include labor supply, labor demand, minimum wages, government transfers, education, job training, and discrimination. Cross-listed with ECON 153.
ECON 153 Labor Economics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. An analysis of labor demand, labor supply, market equilibrium, and policies affecting each. Topics include labor supply, labor demand, minimum wages, government transfers, education, job training, and discrimination. Cross-listed with BUS 153.
BUS 160/ECON 160:
BUS 160 Industrial Organization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 104B. A study of the organization and structure of the American industrial system. Emphasizes production and pricing behavior and policies. Also addresses market structure and public policies regulating or influencing market behavior. Cross-listed with ECON 160.
ECON 160 Industrial Organization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 104B. A study of the organization and structure of the American industrial system. Emphasizes production and pricing behavior and policies. Also addresses market structure and public policies regulating or influencing market behavior. Cross-listed with BUS 160.
BUS 176/SOC 176:
BUS 176 The Sociology of Work in Organizations 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H or consent of instructor. Emphasizes the roles of individuals in organizations. Topics include the effects of jobs on workers, long-term trends in the nature of work, and differences in work among major segments of the labor force. Cross-listed with SOC 176.
SOC 176 The Sociology of Work in Organizations 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H or consent of instructor. Emphasizes the roles of individuals in organizations. Topics include the effects of jobs on workers, long-term trends in the nature of work, and differences in work among major segments of the labor force. Cross-listed with BUS 176.
ECON 116 Foundations of Political Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Examines the economic roles of the public sector. Pays particular attention to issues of market failure; government challenges in overcoming market failures; redistributing income; the financing of public sector activities; relationships between federal, state, and local governments; and public choice.
ECON 123/HISA 123:
ECON 123 American Economic History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H; ECON 003 or ECON 003H. Examines the economic history of the United States with an emphasis on the incentives and events surrounding the colonization of the modern-day United States, the American Revolution, economic growth and expansion throughout the 1800’s, the American Civil War, and other major historical events leading up to the present. Cross-listed with HISA 123.
HISA 123 American Economic History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H; ECON 003 or ECON 003H. Examines the economic history of the United States with an emphasis on the incentives and events surrounding the colonization of the modern-day United States, the American Revolution, economic growth and expansion throughout the 1800’s, the American Civil War, and other major historical events leading up to the present. Cross-listed with ECON 123.
ECON 146/URST 146:
ECON 146 Urban Economics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. Applies basic microeconomic principles to the spatial concentration of economic activity, the operation of the urban land, housing, transportation, and labor markets, the role of government in the urban economy, and urban economic problems, including pollution, crime, and homelessness. Cross-listed with URST 146.
URST 146 Urban Economics 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. Applies basic microeconomic principles to the spatial concentration of economic activity, the operation of the urban land, housing, transportation, and labor markets, the role of government in the urban economy, and urban economic problems, including pollution, crime, and homelessness. Cross-listed with ECON 146.
ECON 155/GSST 155:
ECON 155 Women’s Labor and the Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. A special-topics-based labor economics course. Focuses on one important dimension of worker differences: gender. Covers the topics of human capital, wages and employment, occupational choice, discrimination, the family as an economic unit, and public policy. Cross-list- ed with GSST 155, and PBPL 155.
GSST 155 Women’s Labor and the Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 or ECON 104A. A special-topics-based labor economics course. Focuses on one important dimension of worker differences: gender. Covers the topics of human capital, wages and employment, occupational choice, discrimination, the family as an economic unit, and public policy. Cross-list- ed with ECON 155, and PBPL 155.
ECON 182 Trade, Globalization, and Development 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H; ECON 003 or ECON 003H. Explores global development with an emphasis on empirical results regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid, trade, property rights, and other institutions that can influence economic growth. Analyzes the nature and consequences of globalization on individuals, countries, and the world economy.
ETST 102 The Political Economy of Race and Class 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. This course explores the interrelationships among race, class, ethnicity, and the operation of market processes. Readings for this course will center on the comparative economic well-being of African Americans, Chicanos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
ETST 108 (E-Z) Special Topics in Chicano Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Selected topics in: E. Culture, Ethnicity, And Social Change; F. The Conditions Of Education For Chicanos; I. Mexi- can Immigration And The Chicano Community; L. The Labor And Legal History Of The Chicano; P. Chicano Poetry And Theatre.
ETST 109E African Americans in the United States Economy 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 003, upper-division standing; or consent of instructor. Explores the role of African Americans in the U.S. political economy. Examines the interaction of class, race, the state, and social institutions determining the economic life chances of Americans of African descent.
ETST 109 (E-Z) Special Topics in African American Studies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 003; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Selected topics addressing the issues of the African American experience. Includes reading, research, and discussion on the African American experience.
ETST 131 Race, Class, and Gender 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or ETST 011 or ETST 098; or consent of instructor. Considers the interde- pendency of race, class, gender, and sexuality in relation to social inequality and oppression. Focuses on the intersection of components, as well as examines the experiences and strategies of resistance of poor, working-class women of color and/or queer people of color.
ETST 145/SOC 145:
ETST 145 Law and Subordination 5 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Ethnic Studies or Sociology; ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/SOC 128. A comparative and historical analysis of subordinated communities and law emphasizing integrating theoretical understanding of racial, class, and gender subordination. Includes field experience working directly with groups that have traditionally lacked equal access to the legal and judicial system. Cross-listed with SOC 145.
SOC 145 Law and Subordination 5 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Ethnic Studies or Sociology; ETST 128/SOC 128 or ETST 128S/ SOC128. A comparative and historical analysis of subordinated communities and law emphasizing integrating theoretical understanding of racial, class, and gender subordination. Includes field experience working directly with groups that have traditionally lacked equal access to the legal and judicial system. Cross-listed with ETST 145.
ETST 177 The United States Prison Industrial Complex: Race, Gender, and Citizenship 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or ETST 001H or ETST 002 or ETST 002H or ETST 003 or ETST 005 or ETST 005H or ETST 007 or ETST 007H or ETST 004 or HIST 004 or ETST 008 or ETST 012 or ETST 012H or RLST 012 or RLST 012H or ETST 014 or ETST 011 or ETST 098; or consent of instructor. Examines the racialized and gendered information of U.S. jurisprudence, policing, and punishment practices. Explores the connections between prison expansion, corporate investment in prison and policing technology, exploitation of prison labor, and deployment of prison-building initiatives as pork barrels for elected officials. Also analyzes anti-prison, prison reform, and penal abolitionist discourses.
GBST 100 Global Cities 4 Lecture, 3 hours; field, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GBST 001 or GBST 002. A study of urban life as it has emerged in various parts of the world through application of theories of space and the city. Considers how colonialism, urban planning, migration, and trade have influenced contemporary urban environments. Projects explore the city as representation and lived experience in Riverside and Southern California.
HISA 110C The Early Republic: the United States, 1789-1848 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analyzes social, economic, political, and intellectual forces that transformed the United States from a fledgling preindustrial nation into a sprawling, exuberant, capitalist society. Topics include industrialism, capitalism, Christianity, democratic politics, slavery and racial structures, abolitionism, and American radicalism and nationalism.
HISA 113 Slavery and the Old South 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An investigation of slavery in the antebellum South. Topics include the emergence of the self-conscious South, the romanticized plantation, American historians and slavery, etc.
HISA 117A United States, 1914 to 1945 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics include the emergence of the United States as a global power, the Second Industrial Revolution, the development of a consumer culture, and the creation of a regulatory state.
HISA 119 Modern United States Consumer Culture 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines the history and culture of mass consumerism in the United States. Includes the shift from mass production to mass consumption; the growth of advertising and product marketing; the rise of the department store and shopping mall; the relationship of race, ethnicity, and gender to the market; globalization; and anticonsumerism.
HISA 124 Labor and Working Class History of the United States 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to the history of work, workers and their families, communities, organizations, unions, and workers’ organizations in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Attention is paid to gender, race, immigration, and diversity of the workforce, and role of government, within an economic and international context.
HISA 140 California Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding of the rich and varied heritage and history of California Indians from the invasion of the Spanish to the twentieth century. Examines geographically and culturally diverse groups as a means of illustrating the various Euro-American Indian policies that affected native Californians. Course is comparative and thematic. Cross-listed with ETST 180.
HISA 142 Northwestern Indian History 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected aspects of Northwestern Indian History, from approximately the 1750s to the twentieth century. Deals with several native groups along the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon. Compares policies of the Russian, Spanish, English, and United States governments. Particular emphasis on the 1850s when the U.S. negotiated a number of treaties with Native Americans in the Washington and Oregon territories. Cross-listed with ETST 182.
HISA 160/LNST 170:
HISA 160 Colonial Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading; 2 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to independence with an emphasis upon selected themes concerning the social, economic, and cultural aspects of colonialism. Cross-listed with LNST 170.
LNST 170 Colonial Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading; 2 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to independence with an emphasis upon selected themes concerning the social, economic, and cultural aspects of colonialism. Cross-listed with HISA 160.
HISA 161/LNST 171:
HISA 161 Nineteenth-Century Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics include the breakdown of political order and the problem of the nation-state, liberalism and conservatism, slavery and abolition, foreign intervention and capital investment, the reemergence of political order in the Age of Liberalism (1860-1900), and social and cultural change. Cross-listed with LNST 171.
HISE 148B Women and Gender in Europe, 1800-Present 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An introductory survey of women and gender in Europe. Topics include changes in gender relations and the roles of women in the family, workplace, and politics; sexuality and science; and the debate over the “woman question.”
LNST 171 Nineteenth-Century Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics include the breakdown of political order and the problem of the nation-state, liberalism and conservatism, slavery and abolition, foreign intervention and capital investment, the reemergence of political order in the Age of Liberalism (1860-1900), and social and cultural change. Cross-listed with HISA 161.
HISA 162/LNST 172:
HISA 162 Twentieth-Century Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Topics include the Mexican Revolution, the Great Depression, populism, industrialization, revolution, and the emergence of conservative regimes in the age of neoliberalism. Cross-listed with LNST 172.
LNST 172 Twentieth-Century Latin America 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Topics include the Mexican Revolution, the Great Depression, populism, industrialization, revolution, and the emergence of conservative regimes in the age of neoliberalism. Cross-list- ed with HISA 162.
HISA 165 Modern Brazil: State and Society 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Analyzes power and resistance in Brazilian history with emphasis on the social and political movements challenging state power. Topics include slave rebellions, banditry, millenarian uprisings, the industrial working class, the urban poor, social Catholicism, feminism, and “Black Power.”
HIST 108/ENGR 108:
HIST 108 Technology in the Premodern World 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Survey of technological developments in ancient and early-modern Japan, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, and Europe. Focuses on key mechanical and civil technologies and the role of the state in their development. Cross-listed with ENGR 108.
HIST 109/ENGR 109:
HIST 109 Technology in Modern Europe and America, 1700-Present 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the emergence of modern Europe through the first and second industrial revolutions in Europe and America. Explores the development of device commodities as the typical form of consumer technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as addresses philosophical issues in understanding technology. Cross-listed with ENGR 109.
ENGR 109 Technology in Modern Europe and America, 1700-Present 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the emergence of modern Europe through the first and second industrial revolutions in Europe and America. Explores the development of device commodities as the typical form of consumer technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as addresses philosophical issues in understanding technology. Cross-listed with HIST 109.
HIST 182 Modern China 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. HIST 180 and HIST 181 are recommended. Examines the history of China from the Opium War to the early Communist period (1842-1960). The emphasis is on reaction to the Western impact and modernization.
PHIL 116 Business Ethics 4 Lecture, 3 hours, discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An inquiry into some of the moral issues arising from business life, such as conflicts of interest, responsibility to consumers, corporate culture and character, and the morality of competition. Also considers the history of ethics and the history business as an institution.
PHIL 153 Marxist Critique 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of the ideas central to the tradition of Western Marxism: ideology, critique, reification, instrumental reason, the domination of nature, and communicative action. Theorists discussed typically include Hegel, Marx, Lukacs, Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, and Habermas. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 153 or PHIL 253.
POSC 116 Capitalism, Socialism, and Political Theory 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines debates about economic life. Focuses on issues such as markets and marketization, labor, globalization, freedom, class, corporations, democracy, the welfare state, and power. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 116 or POSC 116S.
POSC 116S Capitalism, Socialism, and Political Theory 5 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines debates about economic life. Focuses on issues such as markets and marketization, labor, globalization, freedom, class, corporation, democracy, the welfare state, and power. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 116 or POSC 116S.
POSC 126 The Politics of International Trade, Finance, and Development 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 2 hours; extra reading, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): POSC 020 or POSC 020H; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior. Studies the interaction between international economics and world politics. Focuses on the evolution of the institutions governing world trade and finance; role of multinational corporations; Third World debt and development; the European Union; economic reform in transitional economies; gender; economics and environment; and role of technology in international political economy. Credit is awarded for one of the following POSC 126 or POSC 126S.
POSC 130 Politics and Economics of the Pacific Rim 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding of the politics and economics of countries that border the Pacific Rim, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and China, and of their relationship to the United States. The major issues addressed include economic growth, sociopolitical development, trade, and interdependence.
POSC 138 Labor and Globalization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the relationship between globalization and labor in contemporary context. Focuses on four key political actors who shape workers’ fates in the global economy: multi-and transnational corporations, national governments, international organizations, and workers themselves. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 138 or POSC 138S.
POSC 147 Political Theory of Globalization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H or POSC 005 or POSC 005H or POSC 005W. Examines how the phenomenon of globalization has been theorized within the discipline of political philosophy. Covers how the effects of globalization have been addressed by leading political theorists. Focuses on concepts such as cosmopolitanism, nation-states and citizenship, cultural diversity, moral universalism, and international distributive justice. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 147 or POSC 147S.
POSC 160 Globalization and Underdevelopment 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the political causes and consequences of the spread of the modern state, the competitive market, and political democracy. Examines how these political institutions interact with one another and shape the possibility of development. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 160 or POSC 160S.
POSC 164 The Nation State and Capitalism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers the comparative political economy of advanced industrial countries. Examines forms of capitalism after World War II. Studies political foundations and institutional features and their relation to economic growth, investment, innovation, international trade, employment, and economic quality. Analyzes the impact of globalization on labor relations, social welfare, financial market regulation, and corporate governance. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 164 or POSC 164S.
POSC 164S The Nation State and Capitalism 5 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour. Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers the comparative political economy of advanced industrial countries. Ex- amines forms of capitalism after World War II. Studies political foundations and institutional features and their relation to economic growth, investment, innovation, international trade, employment, and economic quality. Analyzes the impact of globalization on labor relations, social welfare, financial market regulation, and corporate governance. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 164 or POSC 164S.
POSC 182 (E-Z) Politics and Economic Policy 5 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restrict- ed to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines the political and administrative processes of economic policy formation, the rationale of government programs, and the mixture of facts, values, and social forces that determine policy. Emphasizes issues of government-economy interaction emerging under the impact of modern technology. Segment G may be offered online or in person. E. Politics And Economic Policy: American Politics; F. Politics And Economic Policy: International Relations; G. Politics And Economic Policy: Strategy And Institutions.
POSC 186 Regulation: A Political Perspective 5 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines government regulation from a political perspective, covering both traditional areas of business regulation and the newer social regulation in areas of environment, health and safety, and personal behavior. Evaluates rationales for and against regulation, in theory and through case studies.
PSYC 142 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 002. Introduction to the field of industrial/organizational psychology covering fundamental theory and research in personnel and organizations. Topics include employee selection and training, performance appraisal, motivation, organizational dynamics, leadership, and job satisfaction.
SOC 120 Society and Mental Health 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Covers the social causes and patterns of mental health and disorder in the United States. Examines scientific research on the social determinants of mental health and disorder, inequalities of mental health, and access to mental health care and US mental health care policies.
SOC 122 Social Change 5 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 003 with a grade of “C-” or better or consent of instructor. A study of patterns of social change, resistance to change, and change-producing processes and agencies.
SOC 123 Human Societies 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): SOC 003 with a grade of “C-” or better or consent of instructor. Analyzes the emergence and development of human societies from hunters and gatherers to horticultural, agrarian, and industrial forms of social organization. Explores social networks, societal change, the transition from food collecting to food producing, early Germanic societies, the rise of the West, and the causes of the Industrial Revolution.
SOC 125 Evolutionary Sociology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 003 with “C-” or better or consent of instructor. Examines the objectives and scope of a cross-section of approaches that use evolutionary reasoning to examine such topics as social evolution, human evolution, our primate heritage, neurobiology, and human nature.
SOC 133 Inequality and Social Class 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 005 with a “C-” or better or consent of instructor. Covers the analysis of theory and research concerning sources of inequality in the distribution of scarce rewards in societies. Addresses the influence of aspects of social class and processes involving the hierarchical allocation of social groups to positions.
SOC 134 Law, Race, Class, Gender, and Culture 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. An introduction to law, jurisprudence, and legal reasoning focusing on the roles that race, class, gender, culture, and language play in law and jurisprudence. Includes an overview of the development of modern American legal thought and various schools of jurisprudence such as legal realism. Discusses modern challenges to legal formalism by critical legal studies, critical race theory, and feminist jurisprudence. Analyzes the equal protection doctrine and recent legal attacks on affirmative action and immigrants.
SOC 135 Conflict 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Analysis of the sources of social conflict, especially class conflict. Studies social movements arising out of such conflicts, which attempt to bring about fundamental social change. Credit is awarded for only one of SOC 135 or SOC 135S.
SOC 140 The Sociology of Women 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S or SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Analyzes the role women have played in society emphasizing modern American society. Considers some of the social determinants of women’s positions and the efforts being made to bring about change. Cross-listed with GSST 143.
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SOC 143 Urban Sociology 5 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours; field, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H or consent of instructor. A comparative examination of metropolitan and other urban communities, with emphasis on processes of urbanization. Cross-listed with URST 143.
URST 143 Urban Sociology 5 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours; field, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H or consent of instructor. A comparative examination of metropolitan and other urban communities, with emphasis on processes of urbanization. Cross-listed with SOC 143.
SOC 150 The Sociology of Economic Organizations 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines how the scope and nature of formal and informal organizations are shaped by sociological processes external to them, such as the influence of governments, institutions, networks, and resources. Illustrates the processes with examples from contemporary United States and from other periods and cultures.
SOC 151 Formal Organizations 4 Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the structures of formal organizations, the forces that shape them, and the impact they have on their participants, their environments, and one another. Surveys the major classical and contemporary theories of human behavior in organizations.
SOC 156 Community 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Involves a historical and comparative treatment of the community as a social system; political and economic forces shaping the sense of community; and influences of urbanization, industrialization, and bureaucratization on local social systems.
SOC 161 Immigration and Society 4 Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): SOC 001 or SOC 001H. Analyzes the origins of immigration and its nature, patterns, and trends in the twentieth century in Western societies, with special emphasis on the United States. Topics include theories of immigration, causes of immigration, sources of immigrants, immigration laws, reactions to immigrants, and the effects of immigration on the host society.
SOC 181 World-Systems and Globalization 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequi- site(s): SOC 001 with a grade of C- or better, SOC 005 with a grade of C- or better or ECON 101 with a grade of C- or better or PSYC 011 with a grade of C- or better or STAT 004 with a grade of C- or better or STAT 008 with a grade of C- or better; or consent of instructor. Systematic comparisons of societies and world systems with emphasis on changes in the logic of social development. Credit is awarded for one of the following SOC 181 or SOC 181S.
SOC 183 (E-Z) Special Topics in Sociology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prereq- uisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores special topics in sociology. Segment H may be offered online or in person. H. Aging In America; M. Geographic Inform Systems & Mapping In Soc & Other Social Sciences: Principles, Techniques, & Research; P. Poverty And Welfare; W. Social Mobility.
SOC 184 Environmental Sociology 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 001 with a grade of C- or better or SOC 001H with a grade of C- or better, SOC 004 with a grade of C- or better, SOC 005 with a grade of C- or better. A sociological approach to the study of mainstream environmentalism. Addresses societal implications of environmental reform; the nature of distributive impacts (costs and benefits); environmental conflict resolution; land-use decision-making; and the placement of noxious facilities in minority, working class, and poor communities.
GSST 101 Women, Work, and Capitalism 4 Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): GSST 001 or GSST 001S or GSST 001H or consent of instructor. Examines how class, race, and sexual inequalities impact, contest, and shape gender identities and relations. Analyzes patterns of women’s work in the new international division of labor through case studies of export processing zones, reproductive labor, and sex tourism.
GSST 138 Gender and the Sex Trade 4 Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Addresses structural issues related to sexualized enter- tainment including pornography, sex work, escort services, sex tourism, erotic dancing, and strip shows. Discusses how gender, race, class, citizenship, and sexuality shape the industry’s stratification. Analyzes how issues such as HIV/ AIDS, traffic in women, forced prostitution, and child prostitution impact the sex trade.