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Undergraduate Minors<\/h1>\n
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Minor in American Studies and Ethnicity<\/a><\/p>\n

Minor in American Popular Culture<\/a><\/p>\n

Minor in Jewish American Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Minor in Native American Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>Minor in American Studies & Ethnicity<\/h2>\n

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For the minor in\u00a0American Studies and Ethnicity, five courses in American Studies and Ethnicity, or courses certified for American Studies and Ethnicity credit, are required. The five courses must be distributed as follows: two core requirement courses and three additional elective courses chosen from the courses certified in American Studies and Ethnicity at the 300 level or above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Core requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 200<\/td>\nIntroduction to American Studies and Ethnicity<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 350<\/td>\nJunior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity: Theories and Methods<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Upper division elective courses<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Three courses from the American Studies and Ethnicity major lists<\/a>, at the 300 level or higher. No more than one course in the minor may be taken outside the College.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Minor in American Popular Culture<\/h2>\n

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The interdisciplinary minor in\u00a0American Popular Culture\u00a0helps students to assess from a variety of perspectives the icons and ideas they encounter every day, to think critically about the images and assertions of the mass media and commercial culture, and to see the experience of popular culture as it interacts with questions of gender and ethnicity in the American context. Students choose five classes, including one upper-division elective, from a curriculum organized to explore: critical approaches to popular culture; gender and ethnicity in American popular culture; and popular culture in the arts. Twenty units are required, 4 at the lower-division and 16 at the upper-division level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lower division requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Choose one course (4 units)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMST 150<\/td>\nThe American War in Viet Nam<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 205<\/td>\nIntroduction to American Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
AMST 206<\/td>\nThe Politics and Culture of the 1960s<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
AMST 274<\/td>\nExploring Ethnicity through Film<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
AMST 285<\/td>\nAfrican American Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

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Upper division requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Choose four courses (16 units), at least one from each of the groups below.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Critical Approaches to Popular Culture: choose one (4 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMST 301<\/td>\nAmerica, the Frontier, and the New West<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

COLT 365<\/td>\nLiterature and Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

COMM 384<\/td>\nInterpreting Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ENGL 392<\/td>\nVisual and Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

HIST 380<\/td>\nAmerican Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Gender and Ethnicity in American Popular Culture: choose one (4 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMST 357<\/td>\nLatino Social Movements<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 365<\/td>\nLeadership in the Community — Internship<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 385<\/td>\nAfrican American Culture and Society<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 395<\/td>\nAfrican American Humor and Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 448<\/td>\nChicano and Latino Literature<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 449<\/td>\nAsian American Literature<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ANTH 445<\/td>\nAfrican American Anthropology<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

GESM 130<\/td>\n\n

Seminar in Social Analysis<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Popular Culture in the Arts: choose one (4 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AHIS 363<\/td>\nRace, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Art<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AHIS 370<\/td>\nModern Art III: 1940 to the Present<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 305<\/td>\nArt and Performance in the Americas<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CTCS 392<\/td>\nHistory of the American Film, 1925-50<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CTCS 393<\/td>\nHistory of the American Film, 1946-75<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CTCS 394<\/td>\nHistory of the American Film, 1977-Present<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ENGL 375<\/td>\nScience Fiction<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

HIST 481<\/td>\nProducing Film Histories<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MUSC 320<\/td>\nHip-Hop Music and Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

MUSC 373<\/td>\nWriting About Popular Music<\/td>\n\u00a04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MUSC 422<\/td>\nThe Beatles: Their Music and Their Times<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

MUSC 460<\/td>\nFilm Music: History and Function from 1930 to the Present<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

MUSC 465<\/td>\nMusic, Television and American Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Electives (4 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choose one additional upper-division course from the lists above, in a department you have not already chosen for the minor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Minor in Jewish American Studies<\/h2>\n

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Jewish American Studies\u00a0is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical, cultural, social, political, and religious experience of Jewish Americans, with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of Jewish communities in California and the West, as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues on American Jewish communities. By drawing upon courses in American Studies and by emphasizing comparative as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in the analytical tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for studying the American Jewish experience in its particularity, and ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the humanities and social sciences, and for students preparing to work and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United States and abroad in such fields as education, human services, business, journalism, and public administration.
\nSuccessful completion of 20 units in American Studies and Judaic Studies are required to qualify for the minor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Core requirements<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 202<\/td>\nInterethnic Diversity in the West<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 300<\/td>\nAmerican Jewish History<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Three courses from the following:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMST 301<\/td>\nAmerica, the Frontier, and the New West<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AMST 350<\/td>\nJunior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity: Theories and Methods<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 330<\/td>\nJewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the Modern Era<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 381<\/td>\nThe Jew in American Society<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 382<\/td>\nJudaism as an American Religion<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 383<\/td>\nJews in American Popular Culture<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 415<\/td>\nThe American Jewish Experience in Film<\/td>\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JS 428<\/td>\nBlacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances<\/td>\n\n

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<\/a>Minor in Native American Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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This minor is an overview of Native American studies. We will study Indigenous intellectualism and resistance through Indigenous language revitalization, art, decolonization and political resistance.<\/p>\n

Minimum Required Units: 20<\/p>\n

Students choose five classes in American Studies and Ethnicity, or courses certified for American Studies and Ethnicity credit. The five courses are distributed as follows: two core requirement courses and three additional elective courses chosen from the courses listed below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Core Requirements – 8 Units<\/h2>\n
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