SOC 23

About this course

Focus on the meaning of race and ethnicity as it relates to intergroup relations in the U.S.A. Inclusive analysis of concepts, theories, socio-legal effects of the Civil Rights Movement, public policy and its impact on diverse racial and ethnic populations in the U.S.A. Historical and sociological assessment of majority-minority relations with emphasis on the perspectives of African-Americans, Hispanic/Latino-Americans, Asian-Americans and the indigenous Native American tribes. Demographic implications of race and ethnic relations on U.S.A.'s economic, political and educational institutions. Relationship among race, ethnicity and poverty.

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

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Transfer pathways that use SOC 23

ASSIST maps SOC 23 to a requirement in 36 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.

• SOCIOLOGYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Social Policy and Public ServiceFoothill → UC Irvine
• SociologyFoothill → UC Irvine
• Political ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
• SociologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
• SOCIOLOGY, Justice, Law, and Society EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• SOCIOLOGYFoothill → UC Merced
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, Linguistics Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)Foothill → UC Merced
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, Media Production Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)Foothill → UC Merced
• SOCIOLOGY, Health, Medicine, and Society EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• SOCIOLOGY, Race and Racial Justice EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES, Teaching and Social Sciences Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)Foothill → UC Merced
• HISTORY, Teaching Social Sciences Emphasis, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)Foothill → UC Merced
• SOCIOLOGY, Community Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2026)Foothill → UC Merced
• History-Social Science Teacher Preparation for Middle and High SchoolsFoothill → CSU Hayward
• CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• Human Developmental Sciences B.S. with a Specialization in Equity & DiversityFoothill → UC San Diego
• Human Developmental Sciences B.S. with a Specialization in Healthy AgingFoothill → UC San Diego
• ECE: Electrical Engineering and SocietyFoothill → UC San Diego
• Human Developmental SciencesFoothill → UC San Diego
• Human Developmental SciencesFoothill → UC San Diego
• Gender, Ethnicity and Multicultural Studies, B.A. - Pre-Credential OptionFoothill → Cal Poly Pomona

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with SOC 23. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

• CETH 10Introduction to Ethnic Studies · De Anza