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Undergraduate Education

Diversity Course List

AHIS 250mModernity and Difference: Critical Approaches to Modern Art (4)
AHIS 304mItalian Renaissance Art: Old Masters and Old Mistresses (4)
AHIS 363mRace, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Art (4)
AHIS 364mMyths, Arts, Realities: Visual Culture in California, 1849 to the Present (4)
AHIS 365mAfrican American Art (4)
AHIS 475mBlackness in American Visual Culture (4)
AMST 101gmRace and Class in Los Angeles (4)
AMST 135gmPeoples and Cultures of the Americas (4)
AMST 200mIntroduction to American Studies and Ethnicity (4)
AMST 202mInterethnic Diversity in the West (4)
AMST 206mThe Politics and Culture of the 1960s (4)
AMST 220mThe Making of Asian America (4)
AMST 274gmExploring Ethnicity Through Film (4)
AMST 285mAfrican American Popular Culture (4)
AMST 357mLatino Social Movements (4)
This course is available for Diversity credit beginning fall 2008.
AMST 377m Legacies of Viet Nam (4)
AMST 378mIntroduction to Asian American History (4)
AMST 395mAfrican American Humor and Culture (4)
AMST 448mChicano and Latino Literature (4)
AMST 449mAsian-American Literature (4)
AMST 466mThe Psychology of African Americans (4)
ANTH 240gmCollective Identity and Political Violence: Representing 9/11 (4)
ANTH 316gmNorth American Indians in American Public Life (4)
ANTH 328mCulture Change and the Mexican People (4)
ANTH 371mCross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs (4)
ARCH 440mLiterature and the Urban Experience (4)
ARCH 442mWomen's Spaces in History: "Hussies," "Harems" and "Housewives" (4)
BUCO 333mCommunication in the Working World -- Managing Diversity and Conflict (4)
CLAS 320gmDiversity and the Classical Western Tradition (4)
COLT 374gmWomen Writers in Europe and America (4)
The title of this course will change to Europe and the Writing of Others beginning fall 2008.
COLT 445m Eurocentrism (4)




This course will be available for Diversity credit beginning fall 2007.
COMM 324m Intercultural Communication (4)
COMM 383mSports, Communication and Culture (4)
COMM 395mGender, Media and Communication (4)
COMM 458mRace and Ethnicity in Entertainment and the Arts (4)
COMM 465mGender in Media Industries and Products (4)
CTCS 192mRace, Class and Gender in American Film (4)
EALC 335mLiterature of the Korean People (4)
These courses are available for Diversity credit beginning spring 2008.
EASC 160gm China and the World (4)
EDCO 102xmHuman Diversity: People, Power and Politics (4)
EDCO 324mAsian American Psychology (4)
ENGL 444mNative American Literature (4)
ENGL 445mThe Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (4)
ENGL 447mAfrican-American Narrative (4)
ENGL 474mLiterature, Nationality and Otherness (4)
ENGL 476mImages of Women in Contemporary Culture (4)
ENGL 478mSexual/Textual Diversity (4)
FBE 428mPrinciples of Employment Law (4)
FREN 370mEquality and Difference Around the Enlighten- ment (4)
GEOG 100gmLos Angeles and the American Dream (4)
GEOG 215gmEthnicity and Place (4)
GEOG 340mLatino L.A. (4)
GEOG 350mRace and Environmentalism (4)
GERO 380mDiversity in Aging (4)
GERO 435mWomen and Aging: Psychological, Social and Political Implications (4)
HIST 200gmThe American Experience (4)
HIST 245gmGender and Sexualities in American History (4)
HP 400mCulture, Lifestyle, and Health (4)
HP 420mGender and Minority Health Issues (4)
JOUR 466mPeople of Color and the News Media (4)
JOUR 468mThe American Press and Issues of Sexual Diversity (4)
MDA 166gmPoverty and Welfare in America (4)
MDA 167gmMarginal Groups in America (4)
This course is available for Diversity credit beginning fall 2007.
MOR 385mBusiness in a Diverse Society (4)
MUJZ 100xmJazz: A History of America's Music (4)
MUJZ 419mThe Jazz Experience: Myths and Culture (4)
MUSC 400mThe Broadway Musical: Reflection of American Diversity, Issues and Experiences (4)
MUSC 430mMusic and the Holocaust (4)
MUSC 450mThe Music of Black Americans (4)
This course is available for Diversity credit beginning spring 2008.
PHIL 137gm Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others (4)
POSC 333mStigma and Society: Physical Disability in America (4)
POSC 424mPolitical Participation and American Diversity (4)
POSC 441mCultural Diversity and the Law (4)
POSC 442mThe Politics of Human Differences: Diversity and Discrimination (4)
PPD 100mLos Angeles, The Enduring Pueblo (4)
PPD 250mThird World Cities (4)
PPD 260mPlanning, Diversity and Space (4)
PPD 300mDesign and Quality (4)
PPD 302mUrban Sleuths: Exploring People and Places in Cities (4)
PPD 352amLos Angeles Mini Semester (4)
PPD 372mPublic Service in an Urban Setting (4)
PPD 485mU.S. Immigration Policy (4)
PSYC 462mMinority Mental Health (4)
REL 145mReligion in Los Angeles (4)
This course will be available for Diversity credit beginning fall 2007.
REL 336m Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America (4)
SOCI 142gmDiversity and Racial Conflict (4)
SOCI 150gmSocial Problems (4)
SOCI 169gmChanging Family Forms (4)
SOCI 200mIntroduction to Sociology (4)
SOCI 305mSociology of Childhood (4)
SOCI 342mRace Relations (4)
SOCI 355mImmigrants in the United States (4)
SOCI 356mMexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society (4)
SOCI 360mSocial Inequality: Class, Status, and Power (4)
SOCI 366mChicana and Latina Experiences (4)
SOCI 375mAsian Americans: Ethnic Identity (4)
SOCI 376mContemporary Issues in Asian American Communities (4)
SOCI 432mRacial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society (4)
SOCI 435mWomen in Society (4)
SOCI 437mSexuality and Society (4)
SOWK 200xmInstitutional Inequality in American Political and Social Policy (4)
SPAN 413mSocial and Geographic Varieties of Spanish (4)
SWMS 210gmSocial Issues in Gender (4)
SWMS 301mIntroduction to Feminist Theory and the Women's and Men's Movements (4)
SWMS 364mRacial and Ethnic Women in America (4)
SWMS 384mOvercoming Prejudice (4)
SWMS 385mMen and Masculinity (4)
SWMS 455mGender and Sport (4)
THTR 393mCultural Identities in Performance (4)
THTR 395mDrama as Human Relations (4)
THTR 476mAfrican American Theatre (4)
THTR 488mTheatre in the Community (4)