4. Race & Ethnic Studies Requirement (RESR)

Students entering PSU with fewer than 90 college transfer credits will satisfy this requirement by completing two RESR designated courses (a minimum of 3 credits each) with a central focus on race, ethnicity and systemic oppression. One course must focus on the U.S. experience; the second course must center the experiences of groups under European and U.S. colonialism and imperialism beyond the United States. One of the two courses taken must come from a course offered within the School of Gender, Race & Nations (SGRN) or one that is cross-listed with an SGRN course. Students must select courses from the list below which identifies the list of acceptable U.S. focused courses, the list of European and U.S. Colonialism and Imperialism courses, as well as which courses come from or are cross-listed with SGRN departments.

Students entering PSU with 90 or more college credits will satisfy this requirement by completing one RESR designated course (a minimum of 3 credits) with a central focus on race, ethnicity and systemic oppression.

Courses focused on the U.S. experience:

SGRN Courses

BSt 202	Introduction to Black Studies	4
BSt 203	African American History I - Slavery to the Harlem Renaissance	4
BSt 204	African American History II - From the Depression Era to Civil Rights	4
BSt 207	Race, Class, and Gender	4
BSt 214	Contemporary Race and Ethnic Relations	4
BSt 221	Introduction to African American Literature	4
BSt 261	The African American Economic Experience	4
BSt 302U	The Contemporary African American Experience	4
BSt 304	The Civil Rights Movement	4
BSt 316	Issues in African American Education	4
BSt 318U/CFS 318U	Black Families in the U.S.	4
BSt 335U	The Multi-Racial Experience	4
BSt 339U	Afro-Futurisms/Black Science Fiction	4
BSt 342U	Black Feminism/Womanism	4
BSt 345U	Black Popular Music: Contextualizing the Black Experience	4
BSt 351U/Eng 351U	African American Literature I	4
BSt 352U/Eng 352U	African American Literature II	4
BSt 361	The Black Business Experience	4
BSt 378	Philosophy of Race	4
BSt 384U	African Immigrant Communities in Oregon	4
BSt 396	Research Methodologies in Black Studies	4
BSt 412	Oregon African American History	4
BSt 419	African American Women in America	4
BSt 421	African American Writers	4
BSt 425	Black Cinema: the 1970s	4
BSt 426	Contemporary African American Cinema	4
BSt 444	Food Justice	4
ChLa 201	Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies	4
ChLa 301U	Chicano/Latino Communities	4
ChLa 302U/Eng 302U	Survey of Chicano/Latino Literature	4
ChLa 303U	Chicana/Latina Experience	4
ChLa 325/Hst 325	Chicano/a History, 1492-1900	4
ChLa 326U/Hst 326U	Chicano/a History, 1900-Present	4
ChLa 360	Bilingualism in U.S. Latinx Communities	4
ChLa 420	Chicanx Families	4
ChLa 450U	Latinos in Education	4
ChLa 471/Hst 471	Chicanx Labor History in the USA	4
GRN 410	TOP: RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES	4
NAS 201	Introduction to Native American Studies	4
NAS 299	SPST: INTRO ALASKA NATIVE ST	4
NAS 309U/Eng 309U	Indigenous Nations Literature	4
NAS 314	Introduction to Indigenous Film	4
NAS 342	Indigenous Gardens and Food Justice	4
NAS 344	Indigenous Women Leadership	4
NAS 346	Contemporary Issues in Indian Country	4
NAS 351U	Indigenous Philosophy	4
NAS 392	Indigenous Ways of Knowing	4
NAS 399	SPST: INTRO INDIG LIT &CULTURE	4
NAS 399	SPST: TEOSINTE	4
NAS 404	COOP ED: DRUM CULTURE	2
NAS 410	TOP: REINDIGENZNG SOUNDSCAPES	4
NAS 422	First Foods of the Pacific Northwest	4
PIAA 301	Introduction to Pacific Islander Studies	4
PIAA 302U/WS 302U	Introduction to Asian American Studies	4
PIAA 316/PHE 316	Asian American Health Equity	4
PIAA 369U/Eng 369U	Asian American Literature	4
WS 301	Feminisms: Theories and Analyses	4
WS 305	Women of Color Feminist Theory	4
WS 306U	GLBL GEN ISS: ASIAN AM STUDIES	4
WS 307U	Resistance, Activism, and Social Change	4
WS 330U	Women of Color in the United States	4
WS 332U	Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the United States	4
WS 344U/EES 344U	Queer Ecologies	4
WS 346U/Bi 346U	Genes & Society	4
WS 360U	Introduction to Queer Studies	4
WS 372U/Eng 372U	TOP: BODIES, POWER AND PLACES	4
WS 372U/Eng 372U	TOP: LESBIAN&WOMXN IDS IN LIT	4
WS 375U	Topics in Sexuality Studies	4
WS 381	Queer of Color Theorizing and Perspectives	4
WS 417/Ec 417	Women in the Economy	4
WS 451	Interrupting Oppression	4

Non-SGRN Courses

CCJ 317	Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice	4
CFS 310	Critical Histories in CYFS: Gender/Race/Class	4
CFS 313	Mothers, Mothering, and Motherwork	4
CFS 385U	Working with Diverse Families	4
CFS 388U	Sexual and Reproductive Justice in the United States	4
CFS 487	Examining Bias and Belief	4
CFS 488	Structural Oppression	4
CS 418	Cultural Competence in Computing	4
Eng 353U	African American Literature III	4
Eng 469	Advanced Topics in Asian American Literature and Culture	4
ESM 487	Environmental Justice	4
FILM 370U	TOP: BLACK QUEER CINEMA	4
FILM 484	ATMY MV: DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST	4
Geog 444	Political Ecologies of the Western US	4
Geog 446	Water Resource Management	4
Geog 449	Geography of Food	4
Hon 101	GBL CITY: UNEVEN AMERICA	5
Hon 102	GBL CITY: GLOBAL INNER CITY	5
Hon 201	SOCSCI METHODS:URBETHNOGRAPHY	4
Hon 360	JRTRWRI:HIP HOP URBAN ISSUES	4
Hon 360	JRTRWRI: IDENTITY & FREEDOM	4
Hon 407	SEM: ASIANAMER CRIT STUDIES	4
Hon 407	SEM: FOUNDATION MEDHUMANITIES	4
Hon 407	SEM: QUEERING THE METROPOLE	4
Hon 407	SEM: RACE IDENTITY & PLACE	4
Hon 407	SEM: RACIAL POLITICS OF CITY	4
Hon 407	SEM: THEORIZING SPECULATIVE LIT	4
Hst 324	United States Civil Rights Movements	4
Hst 335U	Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History	4
Hst 442	Race, Class and Gender in the American West	4
Hst 446	Civil Rights and the Law: The History of Equal Protection	4
Ling 332U	"Do I talk wrong?" Language Myths in the USA	4
PS 335U	Race and Politics in the United States	4
Psy 428	Diversity, Prejudice and Intergroup Relations	4
Psy 429	The Psychology of Race & Gender in Sport	4
Soc 337U	Prejudice, Privilege, and Power	4
SW 339	Introduction to Oppression and Privilege	4
SW 410	TOP: COLONALISM & LATINO WELL	4
SW 410	TOP: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH	4
UnSt 101	RACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE	5
UnSt 220	UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITIES	4
UnSt 421	CAP: ENV JUSTICE & SALMON	6
UnSt 421	CAP: HEALING & INDIG EDUCATION	6
UnSt 421	CAP: RACIAL EQUITY OREGON	6

Courses focused on the experience of groups under European and U.S. Colonialism and Imperialism Beyond the U.S.:

SGRN Courses

BSt 206	Caribbean Studies	4
BSt 211	Introduction to African Studies	4
BSt 301U/Hst 301U/WS 335U	Women in African History	4
BSt 305U/Hst 312U	African History, Before 1800	4
BSt 306U/Hst 313U	African History, 1800-Present	4
BSt 319U/Anth 319U	Traditional Cultures of Africa	4
BSt 325U	Race and Ethnicity in Latin America	4
BSt 326U	Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico	4
BSt 333U	Protests and People Power in Contemporary Africa	4
BSt 353U	African Women in Film	4
BSt 356U	Cuban Film: Politics and Culture	4
BSt 357U	Caribbean Spirituality and Resistance	4
BSt 359U	The African Diaspora in Europe	4
BSt 362U/Anth 362U	African Prehistory	4
BSt 363U	African Cinema and African Cultures	4
BSt 368U/WS 368U	Gender and Sexualities in Africa	4
BSt 372U/Intl 372U	Post-colonial Studies of Africa	4
BSt 377U	Vodoun, Rasta and Islam in the African Diaspora	4
BSt 396	Research Methodologies in Black Studies	4
BSt 399	SPST: SARA GOMEZ/CUBAN FILM	4
BSt 420	Caribbean Literature	4
BSt 422	African Fiction	4
ChLa 341/Phl 341	Latinx Philosophy	4
WS 349U/Intl 349U	Gender and International Development	4
WS 369U	Global Reproductive Justice	4
WS 471	Global Feminisms	4
WS 482	Topics in Global Sexuality Studies	4

Non-SGRN Courses

ArH 379U	Latin American Baroque Art	4
CCJ 375U	Global Crime & Justice	4
CFS 385U	Working with Diverse Families	4
CR 449	Intro to Holocaust and Genocide Studies	4
Ec 325	Latin American Economics	4
Eng 325U	Postcolonial Literature	4
Eng 420	Caribbean Literature	4
Eng 422	African Fiction	4
FILM 370U	TOP: CINEMA AGAINST EMPIRE	4
FILM 487	TOP: ART CIN ISLAMIC REB IRAN	4
FILM 487	TOP: CINEMA TAIWAN & HONG KONG	4
Geog 325U/Intl 325U	Contemporary India	4
Geog 340U	Global Water Issues and Sustainability	4
Geog 345U	Resource Management	4
Geog 348U	Cultural and Political Ecology	4
Geog 370U/Intl 370U	Global Migration	4
Geog 450	Climate and Society	4
Hon 101	GBL CITY: COLONIAL AFTERLIVES	5
Hon 101	GBL CITY: GLOBAL COLOR LINE	5
Hon 101	GBL CITY: WOMEN IN MIDEAST	5
Hon 102	GBL CITY: NATIONALISM	5
Hon 102	GBL CITY:POWER AND CONFLICT	5
Hon 102F	GBL CITY: WHO BELONGS IN CITY?	5
Hon 103	GBL CITY: HISTORICAL NARRATIV	5
Hon 103	GBL CITY: RACIAL CAPITALISM	5
Hon 407	SEM: CITIES OF GLOBAL SOUTH	4
Hon 407	SEM: ENV HIST & SOC JUST KENYA	4
Hon 407	SEM: GLOBAL CITY FILM	4
Hon 407	SEM: LATIN AMERICAN CITIES	4
Hon 407	SEM: THEORIZING SPECULATIVE LIT	4
Hst 297	HST: THRU FILM: IMMIGRATION	4
Hst 367U	The Haitian Revolution, 1790-1804	4
Hst 369U	Women in World History	4
Hst 372/JSt 372	History of Antisemitism	4
Hst 373	After Empire: Immigration & Decolonization in the UK	4
Hst 388	Global Histories of Disability	4
Intl 360U	Bollywood: Communicating Contemporary South Asia through Cinema	4
Intl 380U	Globalization, Representation and Difference in Media and Film	4
PS 355U/Intl 355U	Introduction to African Politics	4
PS 361U	Introduction to the Politics of the Middle East	4
PS 362U	Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
PS 364	Politics of Identity and Inequality in the Middle East	4
PS 472	Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa	4
PS 473	Government and Politics of Arab North Africa	4
Rus 335	Rebels and Nomads: Literatures and Cultures of Central Asia and the Caucasus	4
Soc 444	Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality	4
Span 331	Latin American Culture and Civilization	4
Span 342	Early Modern and Colonial Cultural and Literary Expression	4
SW 410	TOP: COLONALISM & LATINO WELL	4

2025-2026 Bulletin

4. Race & Ethnic Studies Requirement (RESR)

Courses focused on the U.S. experience:

SGRN Courses

Non-SGRN Courses

Courses focused on the experience of groups under European and U.S. Colonialism and Imperialism Beyond the U.S.:

SGRN Courses

Non-SGRN Courses