Courses are grouped by areas of focus. The information in brackets following the course number refers to UCORE requirements satisfied by that course. The first three pages list only the course numbers and names; starting on page 4 the same courses are listed again, this time with their catalog descriptions.
Vancouver offers the minor in Comparative Ethnic Studies.
Ethnic Studies (U.S.):
- CES 101 [DIVR] Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
- CES 201 [DIVR] Foundations of Comparative Ethnic Studies
- ENGLISH 311/CES 313 [HUM] Asian Pacific American Literature
- ENGLISH 220/CES 220 [HUM] Introduction to Multicultural Literature
- ENGLISH 321/CES 314 African American Literature
- ENGLISH 322/CES 332 [DIVR] [M] Topics in African American Literature
- ENGLISH 341/CES 373 [M] Native American Literature
- HISTORY 426/CES 426 Workers Across North America
- WOMEN_ST 300/CES 300 [DIVR] [M] Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality (Cross-listed with SOC 300)
Other courses with an ethnic studies focus that are not cross-listed with the Comparative Ethnic Studies degree:
- ENGLISH 314 [M] Topics in Asian Pacific American Literature
- HISTORY 150 [DIVR] Peoples of the United States
- HISTORY 308 [DIVR] North American Indian History, Precontact to Present
- HISTORY 314 [DIVR] American Roots: Immigration, Migration, and Ethnic Identity
African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American Studies:
- ANTH 307 Contemporary Cultures and People of Africa
- CHINESE 111 [DIVR] Asian Film (Cross-listed with ASIA 111, JAPANESE 111)
- CHINESE 121 [HUM] Modern Chinese Culture
- HISTORY 230 [HUM] Latin America, The Colonial Period
- HISTORY 272 [DIVR] Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HISTORY 273 [DIVR] Foundations of Islamic Civilization (Cross-listed with ASIA 273).
- HISTORY 274 [DIVR] Introduction to African History
- HISTORY 275 [DIVR] Introduction to East Asian Culture (Cross-listed with ASIA 275)
- HISTORY 331 [HUM] Latin American Cultural History
- HISTORY 335 [DIVR] Women in Latin American History (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 335) HISTORY 373 [HUM] Chinese Civilization (Cross-listed with ASIA 373)
- HISTORY 387 World War II in Asia and the Pacific (Cross-listed with ASIA 387)
- HISTORY 432 [HUM] 20th Century Latin America
- HISTORY 476 [M] Revolutionary China, 1800 to Present (Cross-listed with ASIA 476, POL S 476)
- POL_S 475 Mao to Deng: The People's Republic of China, 1949 – Present (Cross-listed with
- HISTORY 475, ASIA 475)
- SPANISH 111 [ARTS] Latin American Film
- SPANISH 121 [HUM] Latin American Culture
- SPANISH 321 [DIVR] Latin American Cultures (Taught in Spanish)
Global, International, and Transnational Studies:
- ANTH 203 [DIVR] Global Cultural Diversity
- ANTH 330 Origins of Culture and Civilizations
- ANTH 331 Archaeology of the Americas
- COM 105 [HUM] Communication in Global Contexts
- ENGLISH 373 20th and 21st Century Global Literatures in English
- ENGLISH 489 [DIVR] 20th/21st Century British and Postcolonial Literatures
- FOR_LANG 101 [DIVR] Introduction to the World of Languages
- FOR_LANG 120 [DIVR] Introduction to Foreign Cultures
- HISTORY 435 [CAPS] European Expansion Overseas, 1400-1800
- HISTORY 436 [CAPS] Imperialism in the Modern World
- HISTORY 439 Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation in World History
- HISTORY 495 [CAPS] Space, Place, and Power in History: Historical Geography in Global Perspective
- HUMANITY 450 Representations of the Holocaust
- POL_S 418 Human Issues in International Development
- WOMEN_ST 332 Global Feminisms (Cross-listed with ANTH 317)
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:
- ANTH 316 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- CRM_J 403 [CAPS] Violence Toward Women (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 403)
- ENGLISH 309 Women Writers (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 309)
- HISTORY 298 [DIVR] History of Women in American Society (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 298)
- HISTORY 350 European Women's History, 1400-1800 (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 350)
- HISTORY 398 [DIVR] Women in the US West (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 398)
- POL_S 305 Gender and Politics
- PSYCH 230 Human Sexuality (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 230)
- PSYCH 324 Psychology of Gender (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 324)
- SOCIOLOGY 251 [DIVR] The Sociology of Sex, Relationships, and Marriage (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 251)
- SOCIOLOGY 351 [DIVR] The Family (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 351)
- SOCIOLOGY 390 Gender and Work (Cross-listed with WOMEN ST 390)
- WOMEN_ST 101 [DIVR] Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WOMEN_ST 336 History of Sexualities (Cross-listed with HISTORY 336)
- WOMEN_ST 338 [HUM] Women and Popular Culture
- WOMEN_ST 481 [M] Feminist Theory
- WOMEN_ST 485 [M] Theoretical Issues in Queer Studies
Class, Media, Social-Cultural, and Environmental Studies:
- ANTH 302 [SSCI] Childhood and Culture
- ANTH 304 [SSCI] Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Mental Health and Illness
- ANTH 309 Cultural Ecology
- ANTH 469 Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity
- COM 471 [CAPS] Stereotypes in Communication
- CRM_J 205 Realizing Justice in a Multicultural Society
- DTC 475 [DIVR] Digital Diversity (Cross-listed with AMER ST 475, ENGLISH 475)
- HD 350 [DIVR] Family Diversity
- ENGLISH 472 Ecological Issues and American Nature Writing
- HISTORY 322 [DIVR] US Popular Culture Since 1930
- SOE 312 [DIVR] Natural Resources, Society, and the Environment
- SOCIOLOGY 340 [DIVR] Social Inequality
Special topics
Note: College of Arts and Sciences also offers special topics courses and seminars that focus on ethnic diversity that vary semester by semester. For more information, refer to topics listed in the course schedule each semester.