ETS 251 - Theories of Race and Ethnicity

(3 units) CO6, CO10

Theories of race and ethnicity, racial formation, and its effects in the United States. Race and ethnicity in relationship to other social categories, especially class, gender, sexuality, citizenship, and nation.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Recommended preparation: GRI 103.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. explain how race and ethnicity are socially constructed through political, economic, and cultural systems.
2. explain how race and ethnicity intersect with other social categories, such as class, gender, sexuality, citizenship, and nation.
3. analyze anti-racist challenges to racism and ethnocentrism, and scholarly applications of anti-racist thought.
4. formulate and articulate arguments that synthesize course material, through writing assignments, exams, and class discussions.

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