11 courses with the subject ETH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ETH 101Ethnic and Diversity Studies3
3 Lecture Hours Description This introductory survey course introduces students to the field of study related to ethnicity and diversity. Students learn about differences attributed to people based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation and identity, national origin, body adornment, physical ability, mental ability or cultural background. These perceived differences are the social, emotional, cultural and historical forces that have shaped the development of America’s ethnic and minority groups over the last 500 years. Students develop an understanding of the factors that create the attitudes and behaviors of Americans in relationship to those who are perceived to be different. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course explores the history of violence in the United States of America. Students examine theories relative to the historical development of violence among human beings. Violence used against women, Blacks, Native Americans, Asians and people of Spanish origin in the “settlement” of America is examined. Periodic use of violence to achieve national goals is explored. Violence found in nursery rhymes, children’s stories, games, movies and television programming is discussed. In addition, gender differences in encouraged violence as well as in child rearing practices are discussed and explored, along with economic and medical violence. Learning Outcomes
ETH 113Introduction to Black Women and Leadership3
3 Lecture Hours Description This introductory course is designed to expose, connect and equip students with an overview of Black Women in leadership positions from African descent to modern America. It provides a basic overview of leadership definitions, theories and concepts. Students examine powerful Black Women who have demonstrated effective leadership in America and their contributions to advance the progress of social change in the African-American culture. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This course equips students with the tools to understand people of cultures other than their own, exploring a working definition of “culture.” Students are exposed to the aspects of culture that lead to our value systems. How value systems determine behavior, leading to unfair treatment of others is studied. Students learn what aspects of our lives are culturally determined, exploring how societies enforce accepted cultural norms. Major aspects of culture are explored as well as how culture is learned and transmitted. Students explore the cultures to which they belong. Learning Outcomes
ETH 121Current Issues in Ethnic and Diversity Studies3
3 Lecture Hours Description This course provides an overview concerning current issues that ethnic groups face everyday in a rapidly changing diverse society. Differences based on ethnicity and perceived ethnicity are examined. The course defines what is meant by “Ethnicity” and how that definition changes over time. Students examine the changing notions of ethnicity in modern America. Learning Outcomes
ETH 122Race and Ethnic Relations in the Global Economy3
3 Lecture Hours Description This course is designed for students to study race and ethnic relationships from a local, national and global perspective. Students are provided with a brief historical overview of how ethnic groups have played a major role in shaping modern America and the world. Students explore races and ethnic relations in the United States, Mexico, Spain, South and Central America, Caribbean, Middle East, Russia, Asia and Africa. Maintenance of ethnic identity, the development of ethnic stereotypes and prejudice and the quality of ethnic relations are examined. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description Hip Hop, the music and lifestyle, is rooted in African American culture with its origins dating back to the urban life of the 1970s on the streets and in the playgrounds of New York City. This course critically explores the evolution of Hip Hop as a socio-cultural, political and economic movement. Aspects of identity, aesthetics, race relations, gender politics and struggles for social justice are examined as they relate to the impact of Hip Hop on American society. Urban lifestyles and political activism in the Hip Hop generation are discussed in an effort to identify Hip Hop as a means to redefine social responsibility and an urban political agenda in an effort to empower American youth. Learning Outcomes
ETH 126Race Ethnicity and Culture in American Sports, Experimental3
3 Lecture Hours Description Sports have a significant impact in American culture and ethnic groups have historically played a prominent role in multiple ways. This course aims to explore the historical contexts and socio-cultural impacts of race, ethnicity, and racism in American sports including professional, Olympic, collegiate, high school and youth sports. Throughout the course we will study prominent sports figures from various ethnic groups and use their lives to help us explore the social, cultural, economic, and political structures that frame them. Learning Outcomes
3 Lecture Hours Description This is a survey course designed to acquaint students with the historical development of the Latino/a American culture, socio-economic experiences, cultural movements and issues in the United States. The course focuses on the rapid construction and transformation of the Latino/a American’s identity from the 1960s onwards. Learning Outcomes
ETH 207Separate and Unequal: The Continuing Story of Discrimination in America3
3 Lecture Hours Description This course examines the historical development of discrimination in America from the beginning of the formation of the United States of America. It looks at unfair treatment of American citizens based on race, creed, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, appearance, economics, speech patterns, disability and other categories into which we divide human beings. The course examines ways to combat such ill treatment and how to move this country towards true equality. Learning Outcomes
ETH 215African Art/Artifacts in the Cycle of Life3
3 Lecture Hours Description This course examines those items known as African Art, when referenced by non-African societies. It explores the difference between art and artifacts in reference to this form of material objects used in traditional African societies. These items, that decorate our walls and knick-knack shelves, and are displayed in European museums as art pieces, are really artifacts, carriers of the varied cultures of traditional African societies. Students explore the rationale for their creation, as well as their use in those societies. Students learn how these items influenced and became the basis for non-representational schools of art created by European “masters.” Students examine the role collectors of art forms played in the acceptance of African art/artifacts. In addition, students explore the actual cultural use of these items as well as how their use and form differ by kinship group and region. Learning Outcomes
