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Below is a list of approved electives for the CRES major and Black Studies minor by quarter. Click the course number link for further information about the course - including a description, prerequisites, and enrollment restrictions - in the official Schedule of Classes.
Courses from other departments that are bolded are taught by CRES principal faculty.
NOTE: This is a preliminary course list and will be updated as new courses become available in the Schedule of Classes. As always, please check the Schedule of Classes as the official source for the quarter, instructor, and meeting times.Courses may be added as they become available.
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CRES Courses (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
| CRES 10 | Critical Race and Ethnic Studies: An Introduction | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Lebrón, Marisol | ER | ||
| CRES 68 | Approaches to Black Studies | TuTh 8:00am-9:35am | Azeb, Sophia | ER | ||
| CRES 113 | Music and Performance | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | ife, fahima | x | ||
| CRES 139 | Queer and Trans Art and Games | TuTh 09:50AM-11:25AM | brice, m. | PR-C | ||
| CRES 185A | Race, Gender, and Science | TuTh 09:50AM-11:25AM | Sharma, Kriti | |||
| CRES 121 | Struggle for K12 Ethnic Studies | Online | Gallagher-Geurtsen, Tricia | |||
| CRES 190A/FMST 194S | Critical Race Feminisms | M 12:00pm-3:00pm | Livermon, Xavier | |||
| CRES 190G/ANTH 196G | Queer Worlds: Sexuality, Intimacy, and Power in Contemporary Ethnography | M 12:00pm-3:00pm | Shange, Savannah | |||
Black Studies Minor Electives (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | ||
CRES 113 | Music and Performance | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | ife, fahima | |||
| EDUC 160 | Issues in Educational Reform | MW 5:20pm-6:55pm | Kissell, Rene | |||
| EDUC 181 | Race, Class, and Culture in Education | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Lashaw, Amanda | |||
| FILM 165B | Race on Screen | TBD | Jones, D.B. | |||
| HAVC 116 | African Architecture | Online | Cameron, E.L. | |||
| HIS 122A | Jazz and United States Cultural History, 1900-1945 | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Porter, Eric | |||
CRES Major Electives from Other Departments (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
| ANTH 130I | Cultures of India | Online Asynchronous | Pandey, A.D. | x | ||
| EDUC 160 | Issues in Educational Reform | MW 5:20pm - 6:55pm | Kissell, R. | |||
| EDUC 181 | Race, Class, and Culture in Education | TuTh 3:20pm - 4:55pm | Lawshaw, A. | ER | ||
| FILM 165B | Race on Screen | TBD | Jones, D.B. | |||
| FMST-POLI 112 | Women and the Law | MW 7:10pm-8:45pm | Krauss, A. | x | ||
| HAVC 116 | African Architecture | TBD | Cameron, Elisabeth | x | ||
| HAVC 141B | Death, Desire, and Modernity | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Gonzalez, J.A. | |||
| HIS 122A | Jazz and United States Cultural History, 1900-1945 | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Porter, Eric | |||
| HIS 130 | History of Modern Cuba | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Diaz, Maria | x | x | |
| LALS 100 | Concepts and Theories in Latin American/Latina/o Studies | MWF 1:20pm-2:25pm | Patel, S. | ER | x | |
| POLI 111B | Civil Liberties | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Beaumont, Katharine | |||
| LIT 155A | Cinema and Subjectivity | Tu 5:20pm-10:10pm Th 7:10pm-8:45pm | Bachman, E.M. | x | ||
| LIT 190Y | Topics in Jewish Culture and Literature | MWF 9:20am-10:25am | Thompson, B.A. | |||
| MUSC 80O | Music, Politics, and Protest | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Munoz, D.L. | x | ||
| MUSC 81A | Survey of Rap and Hip Hop Music | MWF 10:40am-11:45am | Dralle, K.A. | |||
| SOCY 145 | Sociology of Masculinities | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Mccullen, C.G. | |||
| SOCY 156 | U.S. Latinx Identities: Centers and Margins | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Pedroza, Juan | ER | ||
CRES Courses (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
| CRES 70S | Introduction to the Sikhs | Online | Chann, Naindeep | |||
| CRES 100 | Comparative Theories of Race and Ethnicity | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Kelly, Jenny | ER | ||
| CRES 115 | Frantz Fanon: Resistance, Revolution, and Decolonization | TuTh 5:20pm - 6:55pm | Azeb, Sophia | x | x | |
| CRES-EDUC 121 | The Struggle for K-12 Ethnic Studies | Asynchronus Online | Gallagher-Geurtsen, Tricia | |||
| CRES 151 | After Man:Race, Gender and Technology | TuTh 1:30pm - 3:05pm | cardenas, micha | |||
| CRES 160 | Latina/o/x Geographies | MWF 8:00am-9:05am | Trujillo, Luis | |||
| CRES 190N* (no DC) | Science/Fiction and the Possible | Tu 8:30am - 11:30am | Sharma, Kriti | PE-T | ||
| CRES 190Y* (no DC) | Solidarity | M 10:00am - 1:00pm | Kelly, Jenny | ER | x | x |
Black Studies Minor Electives (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | ||
CRES 115 | Frantz Fanon: Resistance, Revolution, and Decolonization | TuTh 5:20pm - 6:55pm | Azeb, Sophia | |||
| FILM 165B | Race on Screen | Online | Wang, Yiman | ER | ||
| THEA 151A | Studies in Performance: African American Theater Arts Troupe | M,Tu,W,Th 7:00pm-10:00pm Fri 4:00pm-7:00pm | Staff | ER | ||
CRES Major Electives from Other Departments (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
| ANTH 130O | Native Feminisms, Gender, and Settler Colonialism | TuTh 8:00am-9:35am | Ramirez, Renya | ER | ||
| ANTH 158 | Feminist Ethnographies | TuTh 8:00am-9:35am | Kramer, Alejandra | |||
ANTH 187 | Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts | MW 5:20pm-6:55pm | Daehnke, Jon | |||
| EDUC 128 | Immigrants and Education | TuTh 3:20pm - 4:55pm | Mosqueda, Eduardo | ER | ||
| EDUC 135 | Gender and Education | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Jibrin, Rekia | |||
| FMST 20 | Feminism and Social Justice | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | TBD | ER | x | |
| FILM 165B | Race on Screen | Online | Wang, Yiman | ER | ||
| HIS 128 | Chicana/Chicano History | MWF 9:20am-10:25am | Delgado, Grace | ER | ||
| HIS 140D | Recent Chinese History | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Chan, P.S. | CC | x | |
| HIS 150E | History and Memory in the Okinawan Islands | Online | TBD | IM | x | |
| JRLC 135 | Apprenticeship in Community Engaged Research | TuTh 11:40am - 1:15pm | Staff | ER | ||
| LALS 178 | Gender, Transnationalism, Globalization | TuTh 8:00am - 9:35am | Patel, S. | ER | x | |
| LGST 111B/POLI 111B | Civil Liberties | TuTh 7:10pm-8:45pm | Snickars, Eric | |||
| SOCY 172 | Sociology of Social Movements | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05 pm | Mukharesh, Aida | PE-H | x | |
CRES Courses (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
CRES 101 | Research Methods and Writing in CRES | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | ife, fahima | DC | ||
CRES 45 | Pilipinx Historical Dialogue | TuTh 7:10pm-8:45pm | Casumbal, Melisa | ER | x | |
CRES 70B | Black Radical University? | TuTh 7:10pm-8:45pm | Livermon, Xavier | x | ||
CRES 70U | (Un)docu Studies | TuTh 7:10pm-8:45pm | Meneses Samperio, Raul | x | ||
CRES 123 | Introduction to Native American & Indigenous Studies | TBD | Casumbal, Iokepa | x | x | |
CRES 127 | Indigenous Environmentalisms From Oceania to Native California | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Niumeitolu, Fuifuilupe | PE-E | x | |
ANTH 130F/CRES 130 | Blackness in Motion: Anthology of the African Diaspora | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Shange, Savannah | CC | x | x |
CRES 131 | Black Freedom Movements | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Livermon, Xavier | ER | x | |
CRES 161 | The Racial and Gendered Economies of Housing | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Trujillo, Luis | ER | ||
CRES 179E/LIT 179E | Writing for Transformation | TBD | Casumbal, Melisa | PR-C | ||
CRES 190M/FMST 194M | Empire and Sexuality | We 2:00pm-5:00pm | Arondekar, Anjali | |||
CRES 190P | Trans of Color Performance and Media | Th 3:30pm-6:30pm | cardenas, micha | |||
CRES 190X | Racial Capitalism | Mo 4:00pm-7:00pm | Mitchell, Nick | |||
Black Studies Minor Electives (back to top) | ||||||
| Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | ||
| ANTH 130F/CRES 130 | Blackness in Motion: Anthology of the African Diaspora | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Shange, Savannah | CC | ||
| CRES 131 | Black Freedom Movements | TuTh 11:40am-1:15pm | Livermon, Xavier | ER | ||
| EDUC 164 | Urban Education | TuTh 5:20pm - 6:55pm | Lawshaw, A. | |||
| FMST 145 | Racial and Gender Formations in the U.S. | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | TBD | ER | ||
| MUSC 180B | Studies in World Musics: Africa and the Americas | MWF 12:00pm-1:05pm | Hammond, Nicol | |||
CRES Major Electives from Other Departments (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
EDUC 125 | Multicultural Children's Literature for Elementary Classrooms | TBD | TBD | |||
EDUC 141 | Bilingualism and Schooling | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Lang, Nora | |||
EDUC 164 | Urban Education | TuTh 5:20pm - 6:55pm | Lawshaw, A. | |||
EDUC 177 | Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Reigh, Emily | ER | ||
FMST 145 | Racial and Gender Formations in the U.S. | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | TBD | ER | ||
FILM 165D | Asian Americans and Media | MW 2:40pm - 4:40pm | Kim, L. | ER | ||
HIS 104D | Museums and the Representation of Native American History, Memory, and Culture | TuTh 3:20pm - 4:55pm | Lonetree, A. | ER | ||
HIS 184B | Racism and Antiracism in Europe: From 1870 to the Present | TuTh 1:30pm - 3:05pm | Davis, M. | TA | x | |
HAVC 124B | History of Photography in Southeast Asia | TuTh 5:20pm-6:55pm | Ly, Boreth | CC | x | |
HAVC 170 | Art of the Body in Oceania | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Kamehiro, Stacy | ER | x | |
LALS 128/OAKS 128 | Latino Media in the U.S | TuTh 9:50am-11:25am | Lopez, Leslie | IM | ||
| LALS 131 | Latino Literatures: Assimilation and Assimilability | TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm | Ramirez, Catherine | TA | ||
| LGST 128I/SOCY 128I | Race and Law | TuTh 8:00am-9:35am | f*ckurai, Hiroshi | ER | ||
LIT 135G | Postcolonial Writing | TuTh 3:20pm - 4:55pm | Cooppan, Vilashini | |||
POLI 187 | Decolonial Global Health: A View from the Middle East and Africa | TuTh 5:20pm-6:55pm | Serres, Thomas | CC | x | |
PSYC 159H | Community-Based Interventions | MWF 1:20pm-2:55pm | Langhout, R. | |||
SOCY 120 | Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Sexuality, and Cultural Politics | TuTh 1:30pm-3:05pm | Bettie, J. | |||
SOCY 148 | Educational Inequality | TuTh 11:40AM-01:15PM | Jones, DL | ER | ||
CRES Courses (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
| CRES 10 | Critical Race and Ethnic Studies: An Introduction | MW 09:00AM-12:30PM | Mitchell | ER | ||
| CRES 70S | Introduction to the Sikhs | Asynchronous Online | Chann | |||
| CRES/EDUC 121 | The Struggle for K-12 Ethnic Studies | Asynchronous Online | Gallagher-Guertsen | |||
| CRES 153 | A Radical History of the Korean War | Asynchronous Online | Hong | CC | x | x |
| ANTH/CRES/FMST 110Q | Queer Sexuality in Black Popular Culture | MWF 12:00PM-02:30PM | Hussein | IM | ||
Black Studies Minor Electives (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | ||
ANTH/CRES/FMST 110Q | Queer Sexuality in Black Popular Culture | MWF 12:00PM-02:30PM | Hussein | IM | ||
EDUC 164 | Urban Education | MW 09:00AM-12:30PM | Re,M.A | AH&I | ||
EDUC 181 | Race, Class, and Culture in Education | MW 05:00PM-08:30PM | Staff | ER | ||
FILM 165B | Race on Screen | Asynchronous | Unsal Genc,M. | ER | ||
FMST 145 | Racial and Gender Formations in the US | MW 09:00AM-12:30PM | Mitchell, Nick | ER | ||
CRES Major Electives from Other Departments (back to top) | ||||||
Course Number | Course Title | Meeting Times | Instructor | GE | Transnational | Social Movements |
ANTH 130O | Native Feminisms, Gender, and Settler Colonialism | TuTh 09:00AM-12:30PM | Ramirez, Renya | ER | ||
EDUC 135 | Gender and Education | TuTh 01:00PM-04:30PM | Lovos,J.D. | |||
EDUC 164 | Urban Education | MW 09:00AM-12:30PM | Re,M.A | AH&I | ||
EDUC 181 | Race, Class, and Culture in Education | MW 05:00PM-08:30PM | Staff | ER | ||
FILM 165B | Race on Screen | Asynchronous | Unsal Genc,M. | ER | ||
FMST 145 | Racial and Gender Formations in the US | MW 09:00AM-12:30PM | Mitchell | ER | ||
HAVC 141K | Activist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism | Asynchronous Online | Benson | IM | X | |
HIS 106B | Asian and Asian American History, 1941-Present | TuTh 09:00AM-12:30PM | Simon-Reynolds | ER | ||
HIS 181A/ANTH 110O | Postcolonial Britain and France | TuTh 01:00PM-04:30PM | Butingan, Leonard | CC | X | |
| SOCY 127P | Sociology of Drugs, Botanicals, and Pharmaceuticals | TuTh 12:00PM-03:00PM | Doucet-Battle | |||
