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Academic Year 2026 - 2027 Courses

This course list is tentative and may be subject to change. Please visit the Schedule of Classes in the Triton Student System (TSS) for specific dates, times, and locations of the courses listed below.

Relevant courses not listed can be petitioned to count toward the major/minor. Instructions on How to Petition Courses.

Summer 2026

Session 1

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racisms
  • *ANTH 23. Debating Multiculturalism
  • CGS 114/ETHN 183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
  • CGS 118. Gender and Incarceration
  • COMM 110M. LLC: Communication and the Community
  • EDS 112. Urban Education in the United States
  • EDS/SOCI 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • ETHN 183/CGS 114. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
  • HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
  • HITO 155. Race, Sport, and Inequality in the Twentieth Century
  • HIUS 126. The History of Race in the U.S.
  • *SOCI 40. Sociology of Health Care Issues
  • SOCI 127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
  • TDHT 109. African American Theatre 
  • TDGE 127. The Films of Spike Lee
  • *TDMV 38. Beginning Hip Hop 
  • *USP 1. History of US Urban Communities

     

Session 2

  • *ANTH 21. Race and Racisms
  • ANSC 148. Global Health and Cultural Diversity
  • ANSC 150. Culture and Mental Health
  • ECON 138. Economics of Discrimination
  • EDS/SOCI 117. Language, Culture, and Education
  • *ETHN 3/R. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
  • ETHN 104. Race, Space, Segregation
  • ETHN 113. Decolonizing Education
  • ETHN 119. Race in the Americas
  • ETHN 142. Medicine, Race, and Global Politics of Inequality 
  • LTEN 178. Comparative Ethnic Literature 
  • *POLI 13R. Power and Justice 
  • SOCI 127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
  • *TDMV 38. Beginning Hip Hop 
  • *USP 3. City and Social Theory

Special Session

  • EDS/SOCI 117. Language, Culture, and Education

* = AASM Approved LD Course

Fall 2026

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS-010R. African American Studies 
  • AAS-170. Legacies of Research
  • AAS-198. Community Health and Wellness Clinic (Group Study)

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • **ANAR-104. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • *ANTH-021. Race and Racisms
  • *ATHN-023. Debating Multiculturalism

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 

  • CHEM-117. Biomedical Research in Health Disparities

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM-110M. LLC: Communication and the Community

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • CSE-194. Race, Gender, and Computing

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES

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

EDUCATION STUDIES

  • **EDS-102. Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Education Research
  • **EDS-103. Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS-112. Urban Education in the United States 
  • EDS-117/SOCI-126. Social Organization of Education

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • ETHN-119. Race in the Americas
  • ETHN-150/CGS-150. Visuality, Sexuality, and Race
  • ETHN-152. Law and Civil Rights
  • ETHN-161. Black Politics and Protest Since 1941
  • ETHN-174/LTEN-185. Themes in African American Literature
  • ETHN-179/MUS-127. Discover Jazz

HISTORY

  • HIAF-111. Modern Africa Since 1880
  • HILA-122. Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic
  • *HILD-007A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States
  • HIUS-146. Race, Riots, and Violence in the U.S.

 LINGUISTICS

  • LIGN-175. Sociolinguistics

 LITERATURE

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

MUSIC

  • *MUS-008. Jazz Cultures
  • *MUS-019R. Blacktronika
  • *MUS-017. Hip-Hop
  • MUS-127/ETHN-179. Discover Jazz

PUBLIC HEALTH

  •  PH-157. Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT-018. Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • **SOCI-104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • **SOCI-104Q. Qualitative Interviewing
  • **SOCI-105. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods
  • SOCI-126/EDS-126. Social Organization of Education
  • SOCI-187. African Societies through Film
  • SOCI-188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHD-175. Cultural Perspectives on Dance
  • TDHT-109. African American Theatre
  • *TDMV-038. Beginning Hip Hop
  • *TDMV-043. West African Dance
  • TDMV-140. African Diaspora

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP-001. History of US Urban Communities

VISUAL ARTS

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

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Winter 2027

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS-010. African American Studies 
  • AAS-170R. Legacies of Research
  • AAS-198. Community Health and Wellness Clinic (Group Study)

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH-021. Race and Racisms
  • *ANTH-023. Debating Multiculturalism

BIOLOGY

  • *BILD-060. DEI in Relation to Human Bio

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM-137. Black Women Filmmakers
  • COMM-138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media

EDUCATION STUDIES

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

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • ETHN-101. Ethnic Images in Film
  • ETHN-102. Science and Technology: Race, Gender, and Class
  • ETHN-103. Environmental Racism
  • ETHN-109. Race and Social Movements
  • ETHN-179/MUS-127. Discover Jazz
  • ETHN-183/CGS-114. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
  • ETHN-144M. Antiracist Medicine and New Perspectives in Health Care

HISTORY

  • *HILD-060. Global Black History
  • HIAF 111. Modern African since 1880
  • HILA-121B. History of Brazil, 1889 to Present

 LITERATURE

  • LTAF-120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa
  • LTEN-027. Introduction to African American Literature
  • LTEN-178. Comparative Ethnic Literature

PHILOSOPHY

  • PHIL-170. Philosophy and Race

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • *POLI-013D. Power and Justice
  • POLI 100H. Race and Ethnicity in American Politics

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • PH-157. Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health 

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT-018. Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  •  **SOCI-104. Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation
  • SOCI-113. Sociology of the AIDS Epidemic
  • SOCI-127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
  • SOCI-139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
  • SOCI-148E. Inequality and Jobs
  • SOCI-158. Islam in the Modern World

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT-102. Black Feminist Playwriting
  • *TDMV-038. Beginning Hip Hop
  • *TDMV-043. West African
  • TDMV-140. Intermediate West African
  • TDMV-142. Afro-Cuban
  • TDMV-148. Intermediate Hip Hop

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  •  *USP-003. City and Social Theory


* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Spring 2027

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • *AAS-010R. African American Studies 
  • AAS-011. Black Diasporic Studies
  • *AAS-015. Racism and Global Imperialism

ANTHROPOLOGY

  • *ANTH-021. Race and Racisms
  • *ANTH-023. Debating Multiculturalism
  • **ANAR-104. Geographic Information Systems

COMMUNICATION

  • COMM-120M. AMP: Media Stereotypes
  • COMM-139. Examining Marvel’s Black Panther 

EDUCATION STUDIES

  •  **EDS-103. Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • EDS-117/SOCI-117. Language, Culture, and Education 

ETHNIC STUDIES

  • *ETHN-003R. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Making Culture
  • ETHN-101TV. Ethnic Images on TV 
  • ETHN-120. Race and Performance: The Politics of Popular Culture
  • ETHN-138. Black and Latinx Crossings
  • ETHN-142. Medicine, Race, and Global Politics of Inequality

HISTORY

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

 LITERATURE

  • LTAM-111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse
  • LTEN-183/ETHN-172. African American Prose
  • LTEN-185. Themes in African American Literature

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • *POLI-013DR. Power and Justice
  • POLI-100I. Participation and Inequality
  • POLI-100W. Politics, Policy, and Educational Inequality 

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • PH-157. Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health

RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

  • *MGT-018. Managing Diverse Teams

SOCIOLOGY

  • SOCI-010. American Society
  • SOCI-127. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
  • SOCI-139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
  • SOCI-151. Social Movement
  • SOCI-157. Religion in Contemporary Society

THEATRE AND DANCE

  • TDHT-101. Black Performance Theory
  • TDHT-101. Topics in Dramatic Literature and Theatre History
  • TDMV-140. Breakin'
  • TDMV-142. Bomba
  • TDMV-142. Afro-Cuban
  • TDMV-149. Advanced Hip Hop

URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

  • *USP-001. History of US Urban Communities
  • *USP-003. City and Social Theory

VISUAL ARTS

  •  VIS-123B. Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora

* = AASM Approved LD Course

** = BDAAS Major Human Research Methods Course

Projected Course Offerings

Please note the courses listed are subject to change. 

Fall 2026 - Spring 2027

Quarter Course Instructor
Fall 2026

AAS-010R. Intro to African American Studies

AAS-170. Legacies of Research

Libby Butler

Chadwick Campbell
Winter 2027

AAS-010. Intro to African American Studies

AAS-170R. Legacies of Research

Dennis Childs

Libby Butler
Spring 2027

AAS-010R. Intro to African American Studies

AAS-011. Intro to Black Diasporic Studies

AAS-015. Racism and Global Imperialism

Libby Butler

Gabriel Bámgbóṣé

Daniel Widener
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-104. Race, Space, Segregation
  • ETHN-109. Race & Social Movements
  • ETHN-140A. Refugee San Diego 
  • 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
  • POLI-100W. Politics, Policy, and Educational Inequality
  • SOCI-151. Social Movement from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
  • SOCI-126. Social Org. of Education
  • SOCI-139. Social Inequality: Class, Race and Gender
  • TMC-120. Partnership Schools Program
  • USP-133/SOCI-152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
    • 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-171, 172, and 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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