POLI 16

About this course

This course offers both applied and theoretical learning for students of social justice, serving as a comparative survey of protest movements since the 1960s. It provides an introductory, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of social and political struggles among Mexican American, African American, Asian American, and white working-class communities from 1960 to the present day. Throughout the course, there is a focus on tracing the development of these protest movements in response to various forms of inequality, including racial, class, gender, ecological, and political disparities within the context of U.S. politics and history. Moreover, the course critically examines both internal and external factors contributing to the rise and fall of social and political movements. Special attention is given to the intersectionality of ecology, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, class, and sexual orientation within contemporary U.S. politics.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use POLI 16

ASSIST maps POLI 16 to a requirement in 15 published pathways from De Anza College.

• SociologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Political ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Molecular Environmental BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Genetics and Plant BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• American StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley