242 Chabot College 2024-2026 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, ES 6 Introduction to Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies 3 Units This course is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of race and ethnicity with a special focus on the cultures, histories, traditions, experiences, struggles and resistance of the people of the Pacific Islands and Oceania (Polynesian, Micronesian, Melanesian communities) under the broader categorization of one of the four historically defined racialized core groups in Ethnic Studies: Asian American and Pacific Islanders. It consists of an examination of Oceania’s history through the pre-colonial period to present events and issues. Key themes include: racism, racialization, self- determination, imperialism, colonialism, settler colonialism, decolonization, immigration, intersecting identities, resistance, justice, liberation, solidarity, and the creative expression of the people of Oceania throughout the diaspora. Groups include: Native Hawai’ian, Samoan, Samoan American, Tongan, Maori, Tahitian. Fijian, Solomon Islanders, Chamorro, Papua New Guinea, Palauan, Marshallese, and Native American. Lecture: 54 hours 7 Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (See also SOCI 7 ) 3 Units Critical examination of the historical and socio-cultural experiences of African American, Latinx/a, Asian American, Native American, Arab American, and Pacific Islander women through a feminist perspective. The course will study gender and how it intersects with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, sexuality, religion, and other systems of difference and power. The course will consider various issues related to how racism, capitalism, patriarchy, war, sexual violence and other systems of power intersect to influence the lives of women of color in the United States, as they may relate to work, family, politics, identity, resistance, and artistic expression. Students will also be introduced to Women’s Studies and the study of gender and sexuality May not receive credit if SOCI 7 has been completed successfully. Lecture: 54 hours 10 Introduction to Asian American Studies (See also SOCI 10 ) 3 Units An examination of the experiences and perspectives of Asian Americans from mid-1800’s to the present. Major topics will include immigration, law, citizenship, racialization, colonialism, imperialism, war, family, political involvement, social movements, education, and employment. Provides a comparative context for understanding the panethnic movement. May not receive credit if SOCI 10 has been completed successfuly. Lecture: 54 hours 11 Solidarity in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities 3 Units This course explores the core experiences, histories, cultures, and theories with an emphasis on solidarity across the broad and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, including East Asian Americans, Southeast Asian Americans, South Asian Americans, Filipinx Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and Arab Americans. Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, and Pacific Islander Studies frameworks and core competencies will be applied to describe critical events and intellectual traditions, including: AAPI solidarity within and among other ethnic/racialized groups; impacts of white supremacy and racialization; impacts of wars, colonization, and imperialism; intersectionality, decoloniality, self-determination, anti-racism, liberation, and sovereignty in order to build a just and equitable society. Lecture: 54 hours 12 Chicanx and Latinx Expressive Cultures and Resistance 3 Units This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x expressive cultures, whose composition spans differences along the lines of citizenship, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, language, and more. Readings and course material will cover Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x representation, identities, and the role of race, gender, nationality, sexuality, and class in creative expression in everyday life and social movements. Key topics include resistance, self-determination, liberation, decolonization, sovereignty, transnationalism, imperialism, colonialism, and racial and social justice. We will explore these main topics through Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x cultural expressions. Lecture: 54 hours 13 Pacific Islander Expressive Cultures 3 Units This course centers cultural expressions of Pacific islander people in Oceania and the Diaspora. Using an Ethnic Studies and Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies framing, this course will center and discuss Pacific Islander creation and expressions in response to dismantling oppressive systems like settler colonialism, white supremacy, and racialization, while reclaiming and reinventing cultural and artistic narratives and identities related to themes of decolonization, sovereignty, anti-racism, self-determination, liberation, solidarity, and intersectionality. A centering of resistance, social and cultural movements, and intersectional identities through Oceania/Pacific Islander music, poetry, film, visual arts, dance, multiple forms of media, and the humanities. Lecture: 54 hours 25 American Indian History and Culture (See also HIS 25 ) 3 Units Historical survey of American Indians in the United States from earliest times to the present day. Emphasis on Indian societies and cultures, Indian relations with predominant cultures, Indian movement for self-preservation, and historical background necessary to understand contemporary problems of the Indians. Emphasis on the Indians of California and the West. May not receive credit if HIS 25 has been completed successfuly. Lecture: 54 hours
