Ethnic Studies, Associate of Arts (AA)
The United States, California, and the Santa Barbara area have a great variety of peoples of different ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds. All of these together make up the American Mosaic. The American Ethnic Studies Department examines the heritage, contributions and problems of these communities. Emphasis is placed on the Black, Mexican-American and Native American cultures. It is the department's belief that through an examination of the heritage of others, one can appreciate ones own heritage.
Associate Degree Graduation Requirements
Complete all of the following:
- All Major Requirements listed below with a “C” or better or “P” in each course (at least 20% of the major requirements must be completed through SBCC).
- One of the following General Education options:
- OPTION 1: SBCC General Education pattern OR
- OPTION 2: Cal-GETC pattern
- A minimum of 60 semester units of degree-applicable college credit (SBCC courses numbered 100 and higher and C1000 and higher).
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in degree-applicable coursework.
- A minimum of 12 units through SBCC.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| Required Core | ||
| BLST 111 | The African-American Music Experience | 3 |
| or NATA 112 | Native American Visual And Musical Art | |
| BLST 113 | African-American And Afro-Caribbean Literature In The U.S. | 3 |
| or CHST 113 | Introduction to Chicano/Mexican-American Literature | |
| or CHST 115 | Introduction To Mexican Literature | |
| or NATA 113 | The Indian In Literature: Fact And Fiction | |
| List A - Complete two courses from the following: | 6-8 | |
| Comparative Asian-American History, 1849-1965 | ||
or ASAM 102 | Contemporary Asian-American History | |
| The African-American In U.S. History To World War II | ||
or BLST 102 | The African-American In U.S. History, From Civil Rights Movement To Present | |
or BLST 102H | The African-American in U.S. History, from Civil Rights to Present, Honors | |
| Mexican-American (Chicano) History In The U.S. | ||
or CHST 102 | The Chicano And Latino In U.S. History, From The 1960's To The Present | |
| The Immigrant Experience in the U.S. | ||
or ETHS 101H | The Immigrant Experience in the U.S., Honors | |
| Women of Color In The U.S. | ||
or CHST 121 | The Chicana And Other Latina Women | |
or ETHS 122 | Arab-American/Middle Eastern Women In The U.S. | |
| American Indian: Past and Present | ||
| List B - Complete two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| African-American Culture | ||
| Mexican-American (Chicano) Culture | ||
| Racism In America | ||
| U.S.-Mexico And Other Borderlands | ||
| Contemporary Ethnic Communities | ||
| Native American Cultural Heritage | ||
| Total Units | 18.00-20.00 | |
- Analyze the role of the state in maintaining social inequality through institutions.
- Explain how race, class and gender roles create and sustain society within institutions.
- Explain how social forces influence the life experience of individuals.
- Explain the major theoretical perspectives in American Ethnic Studies.