Diversity and Identity

Consider how multiple kinds of difference—ethnic, racial, gender, and sexual—impact individuals and societies in the past and present.

Diversity and Identity Courses

ANTH 001: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology Units: 4
ANTH 110: Migration, Diaspora and Transnational Belonging Units: 4
ANTH 111: The Anthropology of Globalization Units: 4
ANTH 112: Political Anthropology Units: 4
ANTH 114: Social Memory Units: 4
ANTH 116: Indigenous Activism in the Americas Units: 4
ANTH 120: Introduction to Medical Anthropology Units: 4
ANTH 121: Ethnomedicine Units: 4
ANTH 122: Anthropological Perspectives on Religion and Healing Units: 4
ANTH 126: Anthropological Approaches to Gender Units: 4
ANTH 131: Space and Place: An Anthropological Perspective Units: 4
ANTH 140: Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice Units: 4
ANTH 142: Archaeology of Colonialism Units: 4
ANTH 144: Archaeology of Religion Units: 4
ANTH 150: Race and Human Variation Units: 4
ANTH 171: Human Population Studies: Data and Mapping Units: 4
CCST 060: Introduction to Chicano/a Culture and Experiences Units: 4
CCST 113: Latino and Immigrant Health Units: 4
CCST 120: Chicanx, Latinx & Indigenous Representation Units: 4
CHN 003: Intermediate Chinese I Units: 4
CHN 004: Intermediate Chinese II Units: 4
COGS 149: Music, Language, and Cognition Units: 4
COGS 179: The Cognitive Science of Religion Units: 4
COMM 003: Interpersonal Communication Units: 4
COMM 100: Advanced Writing Units: 4
COMM 129: Special Topics in Rhetoric Units: 4
CRES 001: Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Units: 4
CRES 011: Climate Justice Units: 4
CRES 012: World Histories & World Geographies Units: 4
CRES 020: Introduction to Asian American Studies Units: 4
CRES 022: The Golden Road: California History as US History Units: 4
CRES 030: Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx Studies Units: 4
CRES 040: Introduction to Black Studies Units: 4
CRES 043: African Civilization Units: 4
CRES 051: The History of Things: A History of the Contemporary World Units: 4
CRES 052: Power in Film Units: 4
CRES 059A: Cinema as Rebellion and Love Units: 4
CRES 072B: Elements and Cultures of Hip Hop Units: 4
CRES 076A: Social Dance, Social Bodies Units: 4
CRES 100: Theories in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Units: 4
CRES 101: Race and the Media Units: 4
CRES 102: Race, Gender, Sexuality Units: 4
CRES 110: Interdisciplinary Methods in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Units: 4
CRES 119: Topics in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Units: 4
CRES 120: Race, Law and Civil Rights Units: 4
CRES 121: Critical Refugee Studies Units: 4
CRES 122: Comparative Immigrations Units: 4
CRES 123: Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the United States Units: 4
CRES 124A: African American History to 1877 Units: 4
CRES 124BR: African American History 1877 to Present: Research Units: 4
CRES 141: The African Diaspora in Latin America Units: 4
CRES 142: Black Feminist Theories Units: 4
CRES 143: Black Feminism & Film Units: 4
CRES 147: Decolonizing Africa Units: 4
CRES 150: Asians in the Americas Units: 4
CRES 152: Twentieth Century Latin American Revolutions Units: 4
CRES 153: Mesoamerican Literature and Culture Units: 4
CRES 166B: Topics in Korean History and Cultures Units: 4
CRES 167B: Topics in Japanese History and Cultures Units: 4
ECON 140: Labor Economics Units: 4
ECON 142: The Economics of Gender and Poverty Units: 4
ECON 144: Economics of Immigration Units: 4
ECON 149: Economics of Sports Units: 4
EH 067: Environmental Justice in Beast Fables Units: 4
EH 125: Ecology and Indigenous Religious Traditions Units: 4
EH 183: Literature and Queer Ecology Units: 4
ENG 011: Introduction to World Literature in English Units: 4
ENG 018: Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture Units: 4
ENG 022: Love and its Languages Units: 4
ENG 030: Children’s Literature Units: 4
ENG 031: Black Literatures, Black Lives Units: 4
ENG 032: Introduction to Chicano/a Culture and Experiences Units: 4
ENG 033: Literature and Sexuality Units: 4
ENG 034: Literatures of Asian America Units: 4
ENG 061: Native American Memoir Units: 4
ENG 062: Literature and Gender Units: 4
ENG 063: 20th Century Women Writers Units: 4
ENG 064: LGBT Fiction Units: 4
ENG 067: Environmental Justice in Beast Fables Units: 4
ENG 103: Literature in the Age of Transformation, 1830-1945 Units: 4
ENG 104: Reimagining Worlds: Literature since 1945 Units: 4
ENG 109: Encounters with Islam in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Literature Units: 4
ENG 111: Mesoamerican Literature and Culture Units: 4
ENG 112: South Asian Literature and Culture Around the World Units: 4
ENG 113: Latinx Literature Units: 4
ENG 115: Chicanx Literature Units: 4
ENG 117: Literature of California Units: 4
ENG 120: Chicanx, Latinx & Indigenous Representation Units: 4
ENG 125: Ecology and Indigenous Religious Traditions Units: 4
ENG 132: Human Rights and Literature Units: 4
ENG 133: Race, Law, and American Literature Units: 4
ENG 134: Poetry and Justice Units: 4
ENG 140: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry Units: 4
ENG 155: Toni Morrison and James Baldwin Units: 4
ENG 183: Literature and Queer Ecology Units: 4
ENG 184: Literature and Queer Studies Units: 4
ENG 185: Reading from the Margin Units: 4
ENG 187: Shakespeare and Social Justice Units: 4
ESS 011: Climate Justice Units: 4
FRE 003: Intermediate French I Units: 4
FRE 004: Intermediate French II Units: 4
FRE 103: French Composition and Conversation Units: 4
GASP 006: Global Art History Units: 4
GASP 007: Music in Society Units: 4
GASP 055A: Arts of Asia Units: 4
GASP 055B: Arts of the Islamic World Units: 4
GASP 059A: Cinema as Rebellion and Love Units: 4
GASP 064B: Power in Film Units: 4
GASP 072B: Elements and Cultures of Hip Hop Units: 4
GASP 076A: Social Dance, Social Bodies Units: 4
GASP 103U: Race and the Media Units: 4
GASP 144A: Art for Social Change Units: 4
GASP 153: Theater and Social Responsibility Units: 4
GASP 156B: South Asia After Europe: Visual Cultures of Colonialism & Post-colonialism Units: 4
GASP 158B: Women, Gender, and Art in Islamic Cultures Units: 4
GASP 172B: Global Popular Music Units: 4
GASP 174A: Music, Gender, and Sexuality Units: 4
HIST 012: World Histories & World Geographies Units: 4
HIST 016: Forging of the United States, 1607-1877 Units: 4
HIST 022: The Golden Road: California History as US History Units: 4
HIST 030: Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx Studies Units: 4
HIST 043: African Civilization Units: 4
HIST 051: The History of Things: A History of the Contemporary World Units: 4
HIST 052: Power in Film Units: 4
HIST 055: Arts of the Islamic World Units: 4
HIST 055A: Arts of Asia Units: 4
HIST 070: History of the Middle East to 1500 Units: 4
HIST 071: History of the Middle East since 1500 Units: 4
HIST 106: Topics in the History of Women and Gender Units: 4
HIST 107: Topics in Urban History Units: 4
HIST 115: Topics in African History Units: 4
HIST 116: History of Decolonization in the Twentieth Century Units: 4
HIST 123: Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the United States Units: 4
HIST 124A: African American History to 1877 Units: 4
HIST 124B: African American History 1877 to Present Units: 4
HIST 124BR: African American History 1877 to Present: Research Units: 4
HIST 133: Topics in Nineteenth Century U.S. History Units: 4
HIST 135: Literature and History of the 1960s Units: 4
HIST 137: Gender, Race, and Slavery in American History Units: 4
HIST 141: The African Diaspora in Latin America Units: 4
HIST 142R: Topics in Latin American History: Research Units: 4
HIST 143: West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World Units: 4
HIST 147: Decolonizing Africa Units: 4
HIST 152: Twentieth Century Latin American Revolutions Units: 4
HIST 156B: South Asia After Europe: Visual Cultures of Colonialism & Post-colonialism Units: 4
HIST 164: Urban East Asia Units: 4
HIST 166A: History of Korea Units: 4
HIST 166B: Topics in Korean History and Cultures Units: 4
HIST 167A: History of Japan Units: 4
HIST 167B: Topics in Japanese History and Cultures Units: 4
HIST 172: Europe and the Early Modern Atlantic World Units: 4
HIST 181: Historical Geography of North America Units: 4
HIST 187R: White Supremacy and White Violence in the US: Research Units: 4
HS 140: Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice Units: 4
HS 167: Buddhist Art and Architectural Heritage Units: 4
HS 181: Historical Geography of North America Units: 4
HS 185: Ethnic Geography Units: 4
JPN 003: Intermediate Japanese I Units: 4
JPN 004: Intermediate Japanese II Units: 4
MGMT 118: Women in Executive Leadership Units: 4
MGMT 122: Teams and Organizations Units: 4
MIST 011: Climate Justice Units: 4
NSED 100: Project Based Instruction: Assessment and Management for Beginning Teachers Units: 4
NSED 120: Classroom Interactions in Science and Mathematics: A Focus on Equity in Urban and Rural Schools Units: 4
NSED 180: Critical Perspectives on the History of Science and Mathematics Units: 4
PH 111: Social Epidemiology Units: 4
PH 113: Latino and Immigrant Health Units: 4
PHIL 008: Love, Sex, and Gender Units: 4
PHIL 126: Environmental Philosophy and Politics Units: 4
POLI 009: Community Mobilization and Politics Units: 4
POLI 106: Urban Politics Units: 4
POLI 111: Liberty, Equality and the Constitution Units: 4
POLI 127: Race, Gender, and Politics Units: 4
POLI 158: Politics of Human Rights Units: 4
PSY 124: Health Disparities Units: 4
PSY 132: Development in the Family Context Units: 4
PSY 133: Neurodevelopmental Cognitive, Language and Learning Disorders Units: 4
PSY 142: Psychopathology Units: 4
PSY 151: The Psychology of Stereotyping and Prejudice Units: 4
PSY 152: Psychological Perspectives on Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Diversity Units: 4
PSY 153: Psychology of Gender Units: 4
PSY 175: Human Sexuality Units: 4
SOC 001: Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
SOC 009: Community Mobilization and Politics Units: 4
SOC 020: Social Problems Units: 4
SOC 030: Social Inequality Units: 4
SOC 060: Introduction to Sociology of Gender Units: 4
SOC 107: Law and Society Units: 4
SOC 110: Social Movements, Protest and Collective Action Units: 4
SOC 111: Environmental Sociology Units: 4
SOC 112: Climate Change and Society Units: 4
SOC 118: Hate Crime Units: 4
SOC 120: Sociology of Culture Units: 4
SOC 123: Indigenous Sociology Units: 4
SOC 130: Social Stratification Units: 4
SOC 131: Urban Inequality Units: 4
SOC 132: Sociology of Education Units: 4
SOC 135: Sociology of Work Units: 4
SOC 146: Social Determinants of Health Units: 4
SOC 149: Sociology of Science, Medicine, and Technology Units: 4
SOC 155: Sociology of the Family Units: 4
SOC 160: Gender and Society Units: 4
SOC 161: Sociology of Sexuality Units: 4
SOC 180: Advanced Issues in Race and Ethnicity Units: 4
SOC 181: Chicanos in U.S. Society Units: 4
SOC 191: Sociology Senior Capstone Units: 4
SPAN 003: Intermediate Spanish I Units: 4
SPAN 004: Intermediate Spanish II Units: 4
SPAN 010: Spanish for Heritage Speakers I Units: 4
SPAN 011: Spanish for Heritage Speakers II Units: 4
SPAN 050: Introduction to Literary Analysis Units: 4
SPAN 060: Introduction to Chicano/a Culture and Experiences Units: 4
SPAN 105: Claiming Identity in the Hispanic World Units: 4
SPAN 106: Freedom and Revolution in the Hispanic World Units: 4
SPAN 107: Spanish for Health Professionals Units: 4
SPAN 108: Spanish for Business and Management Units: 4
SPAN 109: Medical Spanish Translation and Interpretation Units: 4
SPAN 111: Empire, The Postcolonial, and Representation: Reading East & West Units: 4
SPAN 112: Chicano/a Literature Written in Spanish Units: 4
SPAN 113: U.S. Latinx Literature Units: 4
SPAN 114: Latinx in Children’s Literature and Film Units: 4
SPAN 115: Chicanx Literature Units: 4
SPAN 122: Spanish (Peninsular) 18-19 Centuries Units: 4
SPAN 123: Race and Gender in Contemporary Spanish Literature Units: 4
SPAN 130: The Transatlantic Baroque Units: 4
SPAN 131: Transatlantic Modernismo Units: 4
SPAN 140: Indigenous and Latin American Colonial Literature and Culture Units: 4
SPAN 143: Nation and Identity in Contemporary Latin American Literature Units: 4
SPAN 144: Race and Gender in Caribbean Cultural Production Units: 4
SPAN 145: Latin American Dictatorship Literature and Film Units: 4
SPAN 146: Environmental Violence in Latin American Film and Literature Units: 4
SPAN 147: The Boom and Post-Boom as World Literature Units: 4
SPAN 150: Asians in the Americas Units: 4
SPAN 151: Diasporas and Exiles in Latin America Units: 4
SPAN 153: Bilingualism and Borders in Hispanic Literatures Units: 4
SPAN 154: Theater and Performance in Spanish Units: 4
SPAN 170: Spanish Linguistics Units: 4
SPAN 172: History of the Spanish Language Units: 4
SPAN 173: Erotic Novel and Film Units: 4
SPAN 175: Spanish in the U.S. Units: 4
SPAN 177: Sociolinguistics and Latino Health Units: 4
SPAN 180: Topics in Hispanic Languages and Cultures Units: 4
SPAN 181: Topics in Literature and Culture Units: 4
SPAN 190: Spanish Capstone Seminar Units: 4
SPAN 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research Units:
WRI 022: Interpersonal Communication Units: 4
WRI 025: Introduction to Creative Writing Units: 4
WRI 090: Intersections of Creative and Professional Writing Units: 4
WRI 100: Advanced Writing Units: 4
WRI 101: Writing in the Disciplines: Psychology Units: 4
WRI 110: Tutor Training Units: 4
WRI 120: Rhetorical Theory Units: 4
WRI 122: Special Topics in Rhetoric Units: 4
WRI 125A: Topics in Creative Writing: Poetry Units: 4
WRI 141: Writing Narrative for Archaeology Units: 4

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