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Academic Year 2025 - 2026 Courses

This course list is tentative and may be subject to change. Please visit the Schedule of Classes for specific dates, times, and locations of the courses listed below.

Fall 2025

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS 10R. African American Studies 
  • AAS 170R. Legacies of Research

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racism
  • *ANTH 23. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity and Class in American Societies
  • **ANAR 104. Geographic Information Systems

CHEMISTRY

  • CHEM 117. Biomedical Research in Health Disparities

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM 120M. AMP: Media Stereotypes
  • COMM 135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers and the Festival Experience

COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

  • CSE 194. Race, Gender, & Computing

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

  • CGS 150/ETHN 150. Visuality, Sexuality, and Race

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • EDS 112. Urban Education in the United States
  • EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • ETHN 101TV. Ethnic Images on TV
  • ETHN 120. Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture
  • ETHN 150/CGS 150. Visuality, Sexuality, and Race
  • ETHN 161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941
  • ETHN 174. Themes in Afro-American Literature
  • ETHN 186. Queer of Color Performance

HISTORY

  • HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
  • HIUS 144. Topics in US History

LINGUISTICS

  • LIGN 108. Languages of Africa

LITERATURE

  • LTAF 120. Literature and Film in Modern Africa
  • LTCS 130. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Culture
  • LTEN 185/ETHN 174. Themes in African American Literature
  • LTWL 101 - Death and Life in Ancient Egypt

MUSIC

  • *MUS 8. American Music: Jazz Cultures
  • *MUS 17. Hip Hop
  • *MUS 19R. Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • POLI 100. Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
  • POLI 100. Participation and Inequality
  • POLI 100V. Organized Interests
  • POLI 101A. Black Politics in the U.S
  • POLI 104N. Race and Law

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • PH 157. Intersectionality & Public Health

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • **SOCI 104Q. Qualitative Interviewing
  • **SOCI 105. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods
  • SOCI 113. Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic
  • SOCI 117/EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • SOCI 129. The Family
  • SOCI 148E. Inequality and Jobs
  • SOCI 153/USP 105. Urban Sociology

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT 101 - Topics in Dramatic Literature and Theatre History
  • *TDMV 20. Ancestral Technologies
  • TDMV 138. Beginning Hip-Hop
  • TDMV 143. West African Dance

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 1. History of US Urban Communities

  • USP 105/SOCI 153. Urban Sociology

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Winter 2026

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS 10R. African American Studies 
  • AAS 11R. Black Diasporic Studies

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racism
  • *ANTH 23. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity and Class in American Societies
  • ANBI 131. Biology and Culture of Race 

BIOLOGY

  • *BILD 60. DEI in Relation to Human Bio

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

  • CGS 125. Women of Color Writers

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM 110M. LLC: Communication and the Community
  • COMM 137. Black Women Filmmakers 
  • COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media

ECONOMICS

  • ECON 138. Economics of Discrimination

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS 102. Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS 112. Urban Education in the United States
  • EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • EDS 126. Social Organization of Education

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • ETHN 103. Environmental Racism
  • ETHN 161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941
  • ETHN 172/LTEN 183. Afro-American Prose
  • ETHN 174/LTEN 185. Themes in Afro-American Literature
  • ETHN 179/MUS 127. Discover Jazz

HISTORY

  • *HILD 60. Global Black History
  • HIAF 111. Modern African since 1880
  • HILA 121A. History of Brazil
  • HIUS 146. Race, Riots, and Violence in the U.S. 

LITERATURE

  • LTAF 110. African Oral Literature
  • LTAF 120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa

  • LTEN 183/ETHN 172. African American Prose

  • LTEN 185/ETHN 174. Themes in African American Literature

MUSIC

  • MUS 127/ETHN 179. Discover Jazz

PHILOSOPHY

  • PHIL 170. Philosophy and Race

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • POLI 100V. Organized Interests
  • POLI 100W. Politics, Policy, and Educational Inequality

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • *SOCI 10. American Society
  • *SOCI 40. Sociology/Health Care Issues
  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • SOCI 117/EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • SOCI 126/EDS 126. Social Organization of Education
  • SOCI 127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
  • SOCI 130E. Sociology of Higher Education
  • SOCI 133E. Sociology of Race & Ethnicity
  • SOCI 139. Social Inequality. Class, Race, and Gender
  • SOCI 139A. Race and Racism in America
  • SOCI 140A. Defund Police and Prisons?
  • SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDGE 127. The Films of Spike Lee
  • *TDMV 20. Movement Lab - Africa in America 
  • *TDMV 38. Beginning Hip Hop
  • *TDMV 43. West African Dance
  • TDMV 142. Latine Diaspora - Afro Cuban
  • TDMV 142. Latine Diaspora - Bomba

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 1. History of US Urban Communities

  • *USP 3. City and Social Theory

VISUAL ARTS

  • VIS 8. Visuality and African Diaspora
  • VIS 157D. US Civil Rights in Art and Media 

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Spring 2026

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS 10. African American Studies 
  • AAS 170. Legacies of Research

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racism
  • *ANTH 23. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity and Class in American Societies
  • **ANAR 104. Geographic Information Systems
  • **ANSC 138. The Cultural Design Practicum
  • ANSC 180/CGS 118. Gender and Incaraceration

COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

  • CSE 194. Race, Gender, & Computing

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

  • CGS 114/ETHN 183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class 
  • CGS 118/ANSC 180. Gender and Incaraceration

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS 103. Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • EDS 126. Social Organization of Education

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • *ETHN 3R. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
  • ETHN 101. Ethnic Images in Film
  • ETHN 102. Science and Technology
  • ETHN 104. Race, Space, Segregation 
  • ETHN 152. Law and Civil Rights
  • ETHN 183/CGS 114. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class 

HISTORY

  • HILA 122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
  • HIUS 155. From Zoot Suits to Hip-Hop: Race and Popular Culture

LITERATURE

  • *LTEN 27. Introduction to African American Literature
  • LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
  • LTEN 185/ETHN 174. Themes in African American Literature

MUSIC

  • *MUS 8. American Music: Jazz Cultures
  • *MUS 17. Hip Hop
  • *MUS 19R. Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music
  • MUS 127/ETHN 179. Discover Jazz

  • MUS 150. Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora

  • MUS 151/ETHN 108. Race, Culture, and Social Change

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • POLI 13D. Power and Justice

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

  • **SIO 110. Introduction to GIS and GPS for Scientists

SOCIOLOGY

  • *SOCI 10. American Society
  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • SOCI 117/EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education 
  • SOCI 126/EDS 126. Social Organization of Education 
  • SOCI 139. Social Inequality. Class, Race, and Gender
  • SOCI 140J. Sociology of Social Justice
  • SOCI 151. Social Movement
  • SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT 101. Black Performance Theory
  • TDHT 109. African American Theatre
  • *TDMV 11. Stepping
  • TDMV 143. West African Dance

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 3. City and Social Theory

VISUAL ARTS

  • VIS 158D. Black Subjects and Black Material in Photography

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Projected Course Offerings

Please note the courses listed are subject to change. 

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

25-26 AAS Schedule

AAS 172 - Scholarly Work Practicum: Students will work with a chosen UC San Diego or UC faculty member on the faculty member’s scholarship
  •   In lieu students can take AAS 199 and be partnered with an affiliated faculty member. Please contact the program coordinator regarding the process.
 
AAS 171. Service Learning in Nonprofits: is a community engagement course focused on the Black community.
 
In lieu of AAS 171 students can enroll in the below course to satisfy the core requirement:
  • ETHN 109 Race & Social Movements, 
  • SOCI 151 Social Movement from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
  • ETHN 104 Race, Space, Segregation
  • SOCI 126 Social Org. of Education
  • SOCI 139 Social Inequality: Class, Race and Gender
  • USP 133/SOCI 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
  • POLI 100W  Politics, Policy, and Educational Inequality
  • ETHN 172 / LTEN 183 Topics in African American Prose: American Racial Gothic Narratives
  • ETHN 174 / LTEN 185 Themes in Afro-American Literature: Prison, Slavery Abolition
    • Some of the courses will be offered this year and others you may have enrolled in previously.
  •  Or students can enroll in AAS 199 and produce a paper or project addressing an issue pertaining to the Black community, for example. Research on community activist's engagements, education systems, or nonprofits.
     
AAS 179 Capstone - is meant to be an opportunity for you to showcase the knowledge and critical skills you've gained throughout the program. 
 
In lieu of taking AAS 179 students can enroll in the below courses to satisfy the core requirement:
  • ETHN 172 / LTEN 183 Topics in African American Prose: American Racial Gothic Narratives
  • ETHN 174 / LTEN 185 Themes in Afro-American Literature: Prison, Slavery Abolition
  • Or students can enroll in AAS 199 and produce a research paper or project with a Black Diaspora and African American focus. You can select any subject, area of study or discipline you would like to approach the paper from. 
If there is another course that you believe fulfills the spirt of AAS 172, 171 and AAS 179, feel free to petition the course to count towards the requirement. Please notify the Program Coordinator on what option you choose to take for each of the required classes listed above. The coordinator will need to adjust your degree audit to reflect the option you choose to pursue. 

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