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 2022-2026 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
| Select from the following (at least 8 units must be at the 300-400 level): 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| The Global Environment | |
| World Food Economy | |
| Cultural Anthropology | |
| Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica | |
| ANT/ISLA 393 | Action-oriented Ethnography |
| ANT 401 | Culture and Health |
| Native American Cultures | |
| ANT 460 | Queer Anthropology |
| Topics in Architectural History | |
| ARCH/ES 326 | Native American Architecture and Place |
| Asian Art Survey | |
| Asian Art Topics: National, Religious, and Intellectual Movements | |
| BUS 302 | International and Cross Cultural Management |
| Managing People in Global Markets | |
| International Finance | |
| International Marketing | |
| Children's Learning and Development in Educational Settings | |
| CD 424 | Children's Development in Diverse Cultures |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| Critical Cultural Studies and Communication | |
| COMS 421 | Gender and Communication |
| CRP 211 | Cities: Form, Culture and Evolution |
| CRP/ES 215 | Planning for and with Multiple Publics |
| Cities in a Global World | |
| Cultural Influence on Dance in America | |
| ECON/HNRS 303 | Economics of Poverty, Discrimination and Immigration |
| International Trade Theory | |
| Sustainable Environments | |
| Women Writers of the Twentieth Century | |
| Ethnic American Literature | |
| ENGL 347 | African American Literature |
| Gender in Twentieth Century Literature | |
| ENGL 370 | World Cinema |
| ENGL 381 | Diversity in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Literature |
| ENGL 382 | LGBT Literature and Media |
| Climate and Humanity | |
| Global Origins of United States Cultures | |
| Fire and Society | |
| Queer Ethnic Studies | |
| ES/WGQS 351 | Gender, Race, Class, Nation in Global Engineering, Technology & International Development |
| Ethnicity and the Land | |
| Indigenous Peoples and International Law and Policy | |
| FSN 250 | Food and Nutrition: Culture and Customs |
| FSN 415 | Nutrition Education and Communications |
| Human Geography | |
| Global Geography | |
| Geography of California | |
| Geography of Latin America | |
| Geography of the Caribbean | |
| GEOG 408 | Geography of International Development |
| United States Cultures | |
| HIST 208 | Survey of California History |
| Political Economy of Latin America and the Middle East | |
| HIST 216 | Comparative Social Movements |
| HIST/HNRS 223 | World History, 1800 - Present |
| HIST 308 | The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade |
| East Asian Culture and Civilization | |
| HIST 313 | Modern Middle East |
| 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 | |
| HIST 419 | Modern Southeast Asia |
| HIST/WGQS 421 | The History of Prostitution |
| Precolonial African History | |
| Modern African History | |
| HIST 433 | History of the American West, Southwest Borderlands, and California |
| HIST/WGQS 434 | American Women's History to 1870 |
| HIST/WGQS 435 | American Women's History from 1870 |
| HIST 442 | Topics and Issues in Latin American History |
| Topics and Issues in Asian History | |
| HIST 444 | Topics and Issues in African History |
| HIST 459 | Imperialism and Postcolonial Studies |
| Freedom and Equality in American History | |
| HLTH 255 | Personal Health: A Multicultural Approach |
| JOUR 219 | Multicultural Society and the Mass Media |
| JOUR 401 | Global Communication |
| Personal Health: A Multicultural Approach | |
| KINE 323 | Sport and Gender |
| Introduction to Non-Western Musics | |
| Jazz Styles | |
| MU 228 | Music of the 60's: War and Peace |
| America's Music | |
| MU 326 | Cultural Concepts and Structures in Music |
| Jazz History and Theory | |
| Asian Philosophy | |
| PHIL 335 | Social Ethics |
| PHIL/WGQS 336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality and Society |
| 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 | |
| POLS 332 | World Food Systems |
| POLS 337 | U.S. and China in the Contemporary World |
| Authoritarian and Democratic Rule | |
| Civil Rights in America | |
| Social Movements and Political Protest | |
| Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy | |
| POLS 426 | International Organizations and Law |
| Politics of the Global Economy | |
| World Food Systems | |
| POLS 445 | Voting Rights and Representation |
| POLS/WGQS 457 | U.S. Reproductive Politics |
| POLS 459 | The Politics of Poverty |
| PSY 252 | Social Psychology |
| PSY 260 | African American Psychology |
| Intergroup Dialogues | |
| PSY/WGQS 324 | Psychology of Gender |
| PSY 372 | Multicultural Psychology |
| Cross-Cultural International Psychology | |
| PSY 475 | The Social Psychology of Prejudice |
| RELS 301 | Religions of Asia |
| Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | |
| Hinduism | |
| Buddhism | |
| Religion, Gender, and Society | |
| RELS/POLS 380 | Religion and Politics in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
| Comparative Societies | |
| International Political Economy | |
| The World System and Its Problems | |
| SOC/WGQS 311 | Sociology of Genders and Sexualities |
| Global Race and Ethnic Relations | |
| American Ethnic Minorities | |
| Social Stratification | |
| SOC 327 | Social Change |
| 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 | |
| TH 305 | Topics in Diversity on the American Stage |
| 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 | |
| WLC 315 | Critical Issues in Latin American Studies |