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Apr 03, 2026
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ES 381 - Racialized Masculinities
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; Diversity
This course explores the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality and the construction of masculinity for gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, queer men of color in contemporary American society.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay -Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Students will explain cutting-edge, discipline specific Ethnic Studies theoretical frameworks including queer of color theory, cultural studies, post-colonial theory, sexuality, and interdisciplinary studies and a broad range of topics including media representations, marketing strategies of monopoly capitalism, American legal and penal systems, and the global economy to promote social justice and equity. (SLO #2)
- Students will recognize the complexity, heterogeneity and power dynamics between and within racialized and gendered groups in the US. Across different historical moments. (SLO #3)
- Students will research and write effectively, in individual or collaborative contexts, on issues, ideas, perspectives, and values that affect people of color in the United States (SLO #4)
GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes
- analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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