General Education: AERM Overlay  {SF State Bulletin 2014 - 2015}

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American Ethnic and Racial Minorities

 

Courses approved for the American Ethnic and Racial Minorities Requirement should: present views of one or more groups of American Ethnic and Racial Minorities both from the perspective of the group and as an integral part of American society; encourage the study of values, attitudes, behaviors and/or creative endeavors that acknowledge and respect the dignity of all groups; and present a thorough analysis of the historical experiences, social stratification processes, political activism, basic cultural patterns, aesthetic experiences and/or ideologies, and include one or more of the oppressed groups of color: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, US Latinas/Latinos, South West Asian/North African Americans, and people of mixed racialized heritages.

 

  • AA S 110 Critical Thinking and the Asian American Experience [AERM]
  • AA S 210 History of Asians in the United States [AERM]
  • AA S 211 Contemporary Asian Americans [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 214 Second Year Written Composition: Asian American Studies [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 216 Introduction to Asian American Literature [AERM]
  • AA S 320 Chinese in the United States [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 322 Chinese American Language and Literature [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 323 Chinese American Identities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 330 Nikkei in the United States [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 332 Japanese American Art and Literature [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 333 Japanese American Identities [AERM]
  • AA S 350 Filipina/os in the United States [AERM]
  • AA S 352 Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 353 Filipina/o American Identities [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 360 Koreans in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 370 Vietnamese in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 372 Vietnamese American Literature [AERM]
  • AA S 373 Vietnamese American Identities [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 377 Cambodians in the United States [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 512 Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 514 Asian American Community Arts Workshop [AERM]
  • AA S 516 Asian American Photographic Explorations [AERM]
  • AA S 540 South Asians in the United States [AERM][GP]
  • AA S 570 Southeast Asians in the United States [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 581 Asian American Women [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 582 Asian American Women's Literature and the Arts [AERM]
  • AA S 585 Asian American Religiosities [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AA S 587 Asian Americans and Environmental Justice [AERM][ES][SJ]
  • AA S 588 Asian American Media Workshop [AERM]
  • AA S 595 Asian American Communities and Public Policy [AERM][SJ]
  • AA S 681 Asian American Community Changes and Development [AERM][SJ]
  • AFRS 111 Black Cultures and Personalities [AERM][SJ]
  • AFRS 200 Introduction to Black Psychology [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AFRS 203 Black Social Sciences [AERM][SJ]
  • AFRS 204 Introduction to Black Creative Arts [AERM]
  • AFRS 208 Introduction to African American History [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AFRS 215 Introduction to Black Family Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AFRS 335 The Black Woman: A Cultural Analysis [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AIS 100 Introduction to American Indian Studies [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 150 American Indian History in the United States [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 160 Survey of Native California [AERM][ES]
  • AIS 205 American Indians and U.S. Laws [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 230 Urban Indians [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 235 American Indians: Image and Issues in the Mass Media [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 300 American Indian Studies Research Methodology [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AIS 310 American Indian Religion and Philosophy [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AIS 320 American Indian Music [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 330 American Indian Law [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 350/ Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
  • AFRS 350/ Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
  • LTNS 355 Black-Indians in the Americas [AERM]
  • AIS 360 Modern American Indian Authors [AERM]
  • AIS 400 American Indian Education [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • AIS 410 Perspectives of Native California Indians [AERM][ES]
  • AIS 440/ Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][SJ]
  • SXS 440/ Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 440 Native Sexualities and Queer Discourse [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 460 Power and Politics in American Indian History [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 470 American Indian Ethnicity: Problems in Identity [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 535 American Indian Film [AERM][SJ]
  • AIS 550 American Indians in Contemporary U.S. History [AERM][SJ]
  • AMST 310/ The Arts and American Culture [AERM]
  • HUM 485 The Arts and American Culture [AERM]
  • BECA 201 Life on TV: A Critical View [AERM]
  • BECA 485/ Women and Media [AERM]
  • WGS 485 Women and Media [AERM]
  • BIOL 176 Science and Politics of Stem Cell Biology [AERM][SJ]
  • CFS 351/ Asian Food, Culture and Hospitality [AERM]
  • HTM 351  Asian Food, Culture and Hospitality [AERM]
  • CINE 331 Hollywood Representation of Race and Ethnicity [AERM]
  • CINE 375 U.S. Culture and Cinema of the 1950s [AERM]
  • COUN 450/ AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 460 AIDS and People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830 - 1860 [AERM]
  • ENG 546/ 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM]
  • JS 546/ 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM]
  • WGS 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers [AERM]
  • ENG 602 Literature and Society [AERM]
  • ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader [AERM]
  • ETHS 100/ Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 100 Introduction to Ethnic Studies [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • ETHS 260 Ethnic Studies: The African American and Western Racism [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • GEOG 455 Geography of Ethnic Communities [AERM][SJ]
  • GEOG 552 Geography of California [AERM][ES][SJ]
  • H ED 120 Educational Justice, Health Equity, and Academic Success [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • H ED 221 Health and Social Justice - Burning Issues, Taking Action [AERM][SJ]
  • H ED 241 Health and Social Movements in the United States in the 20th Century [AERM][SJ]
  • H ED 315 Drugs and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • H ED 414 Women’s Health—Problems and Issues [AERM][SJ]
  • H ED 417 AIDS: Contemporary Health Crisis [AERM][GP]
  • H ED 455 Community Organizing and Community Building for Health [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • H ED 640 Structural Inequities and Public Health [AERM][SJ]
  • HH 210 The Dao of Well-Being in Chinese Tradition [LLD][AERM]
  • HIST 418 Society and Politics in American History [AERM][SJ]
  • HIST 464 American Ethnic and Racial Relations I: 1740 - 1890 [AERM][GP]
  • I R 335 Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective (4) [AERM]
  • JOUR 610 Cultural Diversity and News Media [AERM][SJ]
  • JS 449/  American Jewish History [AERM][SJ]
  • HIST 449 American Jewish History [AERM][SJ]
  • JS 451/ Jewish Literature of the Americas [AERM][GP]
  • CWL 437/ Holocaust and Literature
  • ENG 533 Holocaust and Literature
  • LTNS 110 Critical Thinking in Latina/o Studies [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 210 Latina/Latino Health Care Perspectives [AERM][ES][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 211 Latina/o Families Narrative [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 222 Latina/o Art History [AERM][GP]
  • LTNS 225 Survey of Latina/o Visual Images [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 230 Introduction to Latina/o Literature [LLD][AERM][GP]
  • LTNS 265 Topics in Latina/o History [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 276 Latina/o, U.S. Government, and Constitutional Ideals [AERM]
  • LTNS 278/ History of Latinos in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • HIST 278 History of Latinos in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 305 Latina/o Studies Creative Writing Workshop [AERM][GP]
  • LTNS 315 Latina/os in California [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 380 Afro/Latina/o Diasporas [AERM][GP]
  • LTNS 409/ Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • CINE 409 Latina/o Cinema [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 445/ Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 445 Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 450 Indigenismo: Indigenous Cultures of the Americas [AERM][ES]
  • LTNS 460 Central Americans of the U.S.: History and Heritage [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 470/ Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • ETHS 470 Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 475 Aztec Philosophy [AERM][GP]
  • LTNS 530 Latino/as and the Media [LLD][AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 560 Contemporary Latina/o Literature [AERM]
  • LTNS 580/ Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 580/ Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
  • SOC 580 Educational Equality [AERM][SJ]
  • LTNS 660 Latina/o Politics [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • LTNS 670/ Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • PLSI 408 Mexican Politics and Society [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • MUS 558 Music of John Coltrane [AERM]
  • PHIL 130 Political and Social Philosophy [AERM][SJ]
  • PHIL 335 Law and Society [AERM][SJ]
  • PHIL 451 Feminist Moral Issues [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • PLSI 466/ Race and American Democracy (4) [AERM]
  • ETHS 466 Race and American Democracy (4) [AERM]
  • RRS 101 Introduction to Arab and Muslin Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 224 Arab-American History, Community, and Activism [AERM][GP]
  • RRS 230 Muslins in America: Communities and Institutions [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 240 All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties" [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 285 Race, Sports, and Society [AERM]
  • RRS 315 Arab-American Immigration, Society, Identity, and Culture [AERM]
  • RRS 330/ Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.:
     Class, Gender, and Nation [AERM][SJ]
  • SOC 330 Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 370 Islamophobia: Roots, Development, and Contestation of Hatred [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 380/ Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities [AERM][SJ]
  • SXS 380 Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 420 Arab American Identity: Memory and Resistance [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 430 Arab Media Images in America: Impact on Arab Americans [AERM][GP]
  • RRS 435 National Security and the Racialization of Arabs and Muslims in North America [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 450/ Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
  • ARAB 450 Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature [AERM][GP]
  • RRS 571 Women, Race, and Class [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 600/ History of People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • HIST 466 History of People of Color in the U.S. [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 625 Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus [AERM][SJ]
  • RRS 630 Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 657/ South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP]
  • AA S 541 South Asian Diaspora [AERM][GP]
  • SXS 551/ Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 551 Queer Literatures and Media [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • USP 580/ Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • PLSI 580 Housing Policy and Planning [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 150 Women and Gender in the U.S. History and Society [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 160 Gender, Politics, and Citizenship [AERM]
  • WGS 200 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies [LLD][AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 303 Women as Creative Agents [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 304 Gender and Popular Culture [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 514 Women and the Prison Industrial Complex [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 515 Gender, Race, and Reproduction [AERM]
  • WGS 534 Gender and the Law [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 542 Gender and Popular Music [AERM][GP]
  • WGS 552 Transgender Identities and Communities [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 561 Women, Ethnicity, and Social Movements [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 562 History of African American Women [AERM][SJ]
  • WGS 565 Muslim Feminisms [AERM][GP]
  • WGS 566/ Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • RRS 566 Gender and Modernity in the Muslim and Arab Worlds [AERM][GP][SJ]
  • WGS 621 Feminist Theories [AERM][GP][SJ]

 

Overlay abbreviations
LLD: Area E (Lifelong Learning and Self-Development)
AERM: American Ethnic and Racial Minorities
ES: Environmental Sustainability
GP: Global Perspectives
SJ: Social Justice

 

 

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