Ethnic Studies Approved Electives
The following list represents Ethnic Studies related courses offered through other Cal Poly departments, and currently on the Ethnic Studies Approved Electives list for the 2020-2021 Catalog. For full course descriptions, please refer to the Cal Poly Catalog.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LIST IS NEITHER STATIC, NOR EXHAUSTIVE; AND THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL COURSES ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
Approved Electives
| The Global Environment | |
| World Food Economy | |
| Cultural Anthropology | |
| Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica | |
| Native American Cultures | |
| Topics in Architectural History | |
| Asian Art Survey | |
| Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements | |
| Managing People in Global Markets | |
| International Finance | |
| International Marketing | |
| Children's Learning and Development in Educational Settings | |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| Critical Cultural Studies and Communication | |
| Cities in a Global World | |
| Cultural Influence on Dance in America | |
| International Trade Theory | |
| Economics of Poverty, Discrimination and Immigration | |
| Sustainable Environments | |
| Women Writers of the Twentieth Century | |
| Ethnic American Literature | |
| Gender in Twentieth Century Literature | |
| African American Literature | |
| Climate and Humanity | |
| Global Origins of United States Cultures | |
| Fire and Society | |
| Queer Ethnic Studies | |
| Ethnicity and the Land | |
| Indigenous Peoples and International Law and Policy | |
| Human Geography | |
| Global Geography | |
| Geography of California | |
| Geography of Latin America | |
| Geography of the Caribbean | |
| American Cultures | |
| Political Economy of Latin America and the Middle East | |
| East Asian Culture and Civilization | |
| Middle East | |
| Colonial Latin America | |
| Modern Latin America | |
| Modern Central America | |
| African-American History to 1865 | |
| African-American History from 1865 | |
| Modern Japan | |
| 20th Century China | |
| Chinese Film and History | |
| Precolonial African History | |
| Modern African History | |
| Topics and Issues in Asian History | |
| Freedom and Equality in American History | |
| World History, 1800 - Present | |
| American Women's History to 1870 | |
| American Women's History from 1870 | |
| Personal Health: A Multicultural Approach | |
| Global Communication | |
| Introduction to Non-Western Musics | |
| Jazz Styles | |
| Music of the 60's: War and Peace | |
| America's Music | |
| Jazz History and Theory | |
| Asian Philosophy | |
| Introduction to International Relations | |
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | |
| The Politics of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality | |
| International Relations Theory | |
| Global Political Issues | |
| Politics of Developing Areas | |
| Authoritarian and Democratic Rule | |
| Civil Rights in America | |
| Social Movements and Political Protest | |
| Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy | |
| Politics of the Global Economy | |
| World Food Systems | |
| Intergroup Dialogues | |
| Cross-Cultural International Psychology | |
| Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | |
| Hinduism | |
| Buddhism | |
| Religion, Gender, and Society | |
| Comparative Societies | |
| International Political Economy | |
| The World System and Its Problems | |
| Global Race and Ethnic Relations | |
| American Ethnic Minorities | |
| Social Stratification | |
| Social Organization of Modern Japan | |
| Introduction to Hispanic Readings | |
| Significant Works in Spanish | |
| Chicano/a Authors | |
| Hispanic Literature in English Translation | |
| Chicano/Latino Writers in the United States | |
| Advanced Literature in Spanish | |
| Global Theatre and Performance | |
| Contemporary Issues in Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Women, Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective | |
| Feminist Theory | |
| Queer Theory | |
| Humanities in Chicano/a Culture |