Introduction to Ethnic Studies
AMST 202
Fall 2026
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01
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This course introduces students to the key terms and concepts of Ethnic Studies, an interdisciplinary field that emerged out of student of color struggles in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. Through its relational, intersectional approach to this historic knowledge project, this class explores the fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies; Black Studies and African American Studies; Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies; and Chicanx and Latinx Studies. Drawing from a range of scholarly and non-academic texts and media (readings, films/videos, artwork), we will critically study the historical and ongoing construction of race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, gender, and sexuality within and beyond the United States. In the process, we will deeply engage such topics as Indigenous sovereignty and settler colonialism; gender and sexual violence and liberation; colonial epistemologies and cultures; empire and militarization; and art, activism, and abolition. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Sample readings may include Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States; Shari Huhndorf, Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination; Kelly Lytle Hernandez, City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles; Edward Said, Orientalism; Richard T. Rodríguez, ¿Reappraising the Archive¿; Dean Spade, Mutual Aid.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class participation, short writing assignments, midterm exam (essays), final group project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course will be taught by incoming faculty member Gregoria Rosa Olson |
Instructor(s): STAFF
Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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