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Academic Year 2024 - 2025 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.

Spring 2025

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS 10R. African American Studies 
  • AAS 170R. Legacies of Research
  • AAS 198. Directed Group Study

ANTHROPOLOGY

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

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM 110M. LLC: Communication and the Community
  • COMM 139. Examining Marvel's Black Panther

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

  • CGS 114. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, & Class
  • CGS 117. Transgenderisms
  • CGS 147. Black Feminisms Past & Present

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS 102. Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • EDS 126. Social Organization of Education
  • EDS 180. Topics in Education Studies

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • *ETHN 3R. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
  • ETHN 101. Ethnic Images in Film 
  • ETHN 108. Race, Culture, & Social Cange
  • ETHN 142. Medicine, Race, and Global Politics of Inequality
  • ETHN 172. Afro-American Prose
  • ETHN 174. Themes in Afro-American Literature 
  • ETHN 183/CGS 114. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class

GLOBAL SOUTH STUDIES

  • *GSS 21. Africa: History, Culture, and Politics

HISTORY

  • HIAF 112. West Africa Since 1880
  • HIUS 144. Topics in US History

LITERATURE

  • LTAM 111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse 
  • LTEN 183/ETHN 172. African American Prose
  • 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
  • MUS 150. Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora
  • MUS 151. Race, Culture, and Social Change

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • POLI 100O. Perspectives on Race 

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • *SOCI 10. American Society. Social Structure and Culture/U.S
  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • SOCI 113. Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic
  • SOCI 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • SOCI 126. Social Organization of Education
  • SOCI 129. The Family
  • SOCI 139. Social Inequality. Class, Race, and Gender 
  • SOCI 139A. Race and Racism in America
  • SOCI 140A. Defund Police and Prisons?
  • SOCI 151. Social Movement from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
  • SOCI 157. Religion in Contemporary Society
  • SOCI 158. Islam in the Modern World

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT 101. Black Performance Theory
  • TDHD 175. Cultural Perspectives on Dance
  • *TDMV 20. Movement Lab: Identity as Super Power
  • TDMV 130. Intermediate Jazz
  • TDMV 138. Beginning Hip-Hop
  • TDMV 140 - Dances of the World: Puerto Rican Bomba
  • TDMV 140 - Dances of the World: Capoeira
  • TDMV 143. West African Dance

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 1. History of US Urban Communities

  • *USP 3. City and Social Theory
  • USP 100. Introduction to Urban Planning

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Winter 2025

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS 10. African American Studies 
  • AAS 11. Black Diasporic Studies
  • AAS 198. Directed Group Study

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racism
  • *ANTH 23. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity and Class in American Societies
  • **ANAR 121. Cyber-Archaeology and World Digital Cultural Heritage

BIOLOGY

  • *BILD 60: DEI in Relation to Human Bio
  • **BISP 193. Biology Education Research 

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM 120M. AMP: Media Stereotypes 
  • COMM 138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media 

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

  • CGS 125. Women of Color Writers
  • CGS 165/ETHN 165. Gender and Sexuality in African American Communities 

ECONOMICS

  • ECON 138. Economics of Discrimination

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS 103. Introduction to Quantitative 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 101TV. Ethnic Images on TV
  • ETHN 102. Science and Technology: Race, Gender, and Class
  • ETHN 119. Race in the Americas
  • ETHN 165/CGS 165. Gender and Sexuality in African American Communities
  • ETHN 174/LTEN 185. Themes in Afro-American Literature 
  • ETHN 179. Discover Jazz

HISTORY

  • *HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States 
  • HIAF 114. Black Internationalism
  • HILA 121B. History of Brazil, 1889 to Present
  • HIUS 146. Race, Riots, and Violence in the U.S.
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LITERATURE

  • *LTEN 27. Introduction to African American Literature
  • LTEN 185/ETHN 174. Themes in African American Literature

MUSIC

  • MUS 127. Discover Jazz

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • POLI 100W. Politics, Policy, and Educational Inequality 
  • POLI 108. Politics of Multiculturalism

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • SOCI 126. Social Organization of Education
  • SOCI 127. Immigration, Race, & Ethnicity
  • SOCI 133E. Social Of Race & Ethnicity
  • SOCI 148E. Inequality and Jobs
  • SOCI 188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT 101. Topics: LIt & Theatre History - Black Queer Drama
  • TDHT 102. Masters in Theatre - Black Feminist Playwriting
  • TDGE 127. The Films of Spike Lee
  • TDMV 138. Beginning Hip-Hop
  • TDMV 143. West African Dance

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 3. City and Social Theory

VISUAL ARTS

  • VIS 157D. US Civil Rights in Art and Media 

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Fall 2024

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • AAS 10. African American Studies 

ANTHROPOLOGY

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

BIOLOGY

  • *BILD 60: DEI in Relation to Human Bio

CHEMISTRY

  • CHEM 117. Biomedical Research in Health Disparities

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS 102. Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Education Research
  • **EDS 103. Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS 117. Language, Culture, and Education

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • ETHN 109. Race & Social Movements
  • ETHN 128. Hip Hip: Politics of Culture
  • ETHN 150. Visuality, Sexuality, and Race
  • ETHN 161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941
  • ETHN 179. Discover Jazz

HISTORY

  • HIAF 111. Modern Africa since 1880
  • HILA 121. History of Brazil
  • HILA 122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic

LITERATURE

  • LTAF 120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa

MUSIC

  • MUS 19R. Blacktronika: Afrofuturism
  • MUS 127. Discover Jazz
  • MUS 150. Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora
  • MUS 151. Race, Culture, and Social Change

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • *POLI 13D. Power and Justice
  • POLI 100H. Race & Ethnicity in American Politics
  • POLI 100I. Participation and Inequality
  • POLI 108. Politics of Multiculturalism

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • PH 157. Intersectionality & Public Health

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT 18: Managing Diverse Teams

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

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

SOCIOLOGY

  • **SOCI 104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • **SOCI 104Q. Qualitative Interviewing
  • SOCI 105. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods
  • SOCI 127. Immigration, Race, & Ethnicity
  • SOCI 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT 109. African American Theatre
  • TDMV 138. Beginning Hip-Hop
  • TDMV 143. West African Dance

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP 1. History of US Urban Communities
  • USP 105. Urban Sociology

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Projected Course Offerings

Academic Year 2024 - 2025 Courses

Please note the courses listed are subject to change. 

Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

2024-25 course offerings

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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