AA Ethnic Studies - Degree Map

Semester 1

Major/GE Area /Elective/Grad  Requirement: ES/CD/MEP

Course Number

Course Name

# of Units

Major

Choose one of the following classes:

ETHN/HIST 107^^ or ETHN/SOC 114^^

History of Race & Ethnicity in the United States or Introduction to Race & Ethnicity

3

Area A2

Choose one of the following classes:

MATH 160+ (suggest Umoja section if available) or PSY 215

Elementary Statistics or Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

4

ES

Choose one of the following classes: 

ES 028A^ or ES 028B^ or ES 028C^, ES 175A^, ES 175B^, ES 175C^

Beginning Yoga, Intermediate Yoga Advanced Yoga, Beginning Volleyball, Intermediate Volleyball, or Advanced Volleyball

1-1.5

Area C

Choose one of the following classes:

ETHN/ENGL 236^^, ETHN/ENGL 238^^, HIST 114^^, HIST 115^^, KUMEY/HUM 116, MUS 111, or MUS 123

Chicana/o Literature, or Black Literature, Comparative History of the Early Americas, Comparative History of the Modern Americas, Kumeyaay Arts & Culture I, History of Jazz, or History of Hip-Hop Culture

3

Total Units: 11-11.5 units

 

Semester 2

Major/GE Area /Elective/Grad Requirement: ES/CD/MEP

Course Number

Course Name

# of

Units

Major

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken:

ETHN/HIST 107^^ or ETHN/SOC 114^^

History of Race & Ethnicity in the United States or Introduction to Race & Ethnicity

3

Major

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken:

ETHN/SOC 150^^, ETHN/ART 151^^, ETHN/POSC 165^^, ETHN/POSC 166^^, ETHN/ENGL 236^^, or ETHN/ENGL 238^^

Latinx Sociology, Chicanx Art, Introduction to the Politics of Race and Gender, Introduction to Native American Politics and Policy, Chicana/o Literature, or Black Literature

3

Area A1

ENGL 120**

College Composition and Reading

3

Area D

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken:

ETHN/HIST 107^^,ETHN/HIST 118^^, ETHN/HIST 119^^, ETHN/HIST 130^^, ETHN/HIST 131^^, KUMEY/HIST 132^^, KUMEY/HIST 133^^, ETHN/HIST 180^^, ETHN/HIST 181^^

OR

HED 204, ETHN/POSC 165^^, ETHN/POSC 166^^, PSY 125^^, PSY/SOC 138, SOC 120^^, SOC 130

History of Race &  Ethnicity in the United States, Chicano/Chicana

Perspectives I, Chicano/Chicana

Perspectives II, Native American Perspectives I, Native American Perspectives II, Kumeyaay History I, Kumeyaay History II, Black Perspectives I, Black Perspectives II

OR

Health and Social Justice, Politics of Race and Gender, Native American Politics and Policy, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Social Psychology, Introductory Sociology, Contemporary Social Problems

3

Total Units: 12 units

 

Semester 3

Major/GE Area /Elective/Grad Requirement: ES/CD/MEP

Course Number

Course NameMajor/GE 

# of

Units

Major

ETHN/HUM 111^^

Culture, Art & Ideas of the United States

3

Major

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken: 

ETHN/HIST 118^^, ETHN/HIST 130^^, KUMEY/HIST 132^^, or ETHN/HIST 180^^ (offered in the fall)

Chicano/Chicana Perspectives I, Native American Perspectives I, Kumeyaay History I, or Black Perspectives I

3

Area B

Choose 4 units:

BIO 133* (fall course) or BIO 134* (spring course)

AND

BIO 135* (spring course)

Ethnoecology or Ethnobotany 


AND

Ethnobotany/Ethnoecology Lab

3



1

ES

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken: 

ES 028A^ or ES 028B^ or ES 028C^, ES 175A^, ES 175B^, ES 175C

Beginning Yoga, Intermediate Yoga Advanced Yoga, Beginning Volleyball, Intermediate Volleyball, or Advanced Volleyball

1-1.5

Total Units: 11-11.5 units

 

Semester 4

Major/GE Area /Elective/Grad Requirement: ES/CD/MEP

Course Number

Course Name

# of

Units

Major

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken: 

ETHN/HIST 119^^, ETHN/HIST 131^^, KUMEY/HIST 133^^, or ETHN/HIST 181^^ (offered in the spring)

Chicano/Chicana Perspectives II, Native American Perspectives II, Kumeyaay History II, or Black Perspectives II

3

Major

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken:

ETHN/SOC 150^^, ETHN/ART 151^^, ETHN/POSC 165^^, ETHN/POSC 166^^, ETHN/ENGL 236^^, or ETHN/ENGL 238^^

Latinx Sociology, Chicanx Art, Introduction to the Politics of Race and Gender, Introduction to Native American Politics and Policy, Chicana/o Literature, or Black Literature

3

Area D

Choose one of the following classes you have not already taken:

ETHN/HIST 107^^,ETHN/HIST 118^^, ETHN/HIST 119^^, ETHN/HIST 130^^, ETHN/HIST 131^^, KUMEY/HIST 132^^, KUMEY/HIST 133^^, ETHN/HIST 180^^, ETHN/HIST 181^^

OR

HED 204, ETHN/POSC 165^^, ETHN/POSC 166^^, PSY 125^^, PSY/SOC 138, SOC 120^^, SOC 130

History of Race &  Ethnicity in the United States, Chicano/Chicana

Perspectives I, Chicano/Chicana

Perspectives II, Native American Perspectives I, Native American Perspectives II, Kumeyaay History I, Kumeyaay History II, Black Perspectives I, Black Perspectives II

OR

Health and Social Justice, Politics of Race and Gender, Native American Politics and Policy, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Social Psychology, Introductory Sociology, Contemporary Social Problems

3

Area C

Choose one of the following you have not already taken: 

ETHN/ENGL 236^^, ETHN/ENGL 238^^, HIST 114^^, HIST 115^^, KUMEY/HUM 116, MUS 111, or MUS 123

Chicana/o Literature, or Black Literature, Comparative History of the Early Americas, Comparative History of the Modern Americas, Kumeyaay Arts & Culture I, History of Jazz, or History of Hip-Hop Culture

3

Total Units: 12 units

Notes: 

* Area B requirement is fulfilled by taking a 3-unit lecture course and the corresponding 1-unit lab course 

** Course fulfills the Competency requirement for English; completion of ENGL 120 or a successful score on an approved

external examination in English. Talk to a counselor for more information.

+ Course fulfills the Competency requirement for math; completion of MATH 110 or a higher numbered math course or a successful score on an approved external examination in math. Talk to a counselor for more information.

^ Course fulfills part of the Exercise Science graduation requirement. Students must complete 2-2.5 units of exercise science coursework.  

^^ Course fulfills 3-unit Cultural Diversity Degree Requirement. Requirement goes into effect for students enrolling in Fall 2021. For more information, view the list of approved Cultural Diversity courses.