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CRES 120: Race, Law and Civil Rights

Units: 4

Explores the relationship between race, gender, class, sexuality and law as it applies to civil rights both in a historical and a contemporary context. Themes include myth, production, and effects of law. Topics include slavery, settler colonialism, voting rights, immigration, segregation, marriage, prison industrial complex, deportation, and reproductive rights.

Course Details
Repeatable for Credit: No
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Upper Division: Crossroads
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Arts and Humanities
  • Badge: Literary and Textual Analysis
  • Badge: Societies and Cultures of the Past
  • Badge: Diversity and Identity
  • Badge: Ethics

Requisites and Restrictions
Instructor Permission Required: No


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