Race and Resistance Studies BA + Ethnic Studies MA SF State Scholars Roadmap
The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. This program allows students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior year, reducing the number of semesters required for completion of a master’s degree.
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult your Degree Planner and an advisor for further guidance.
To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Units | |
| RRS/ETHS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Major Core, GE 4, AERM, GP, SJ) | 3 |
| GE Area 1A: English Composition 1 | 3 | |
| GE Area 1: English Communication | 3 | |
| GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences 2 | 3-4 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| RRS 240 | All Power to the People: Comparative Freedom Movements of the "Sixties" (Major Core, GE 4, USH, AERM, SJ) | 3 |
| GE Area 1: English Communication | 3 | |
| GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences 2 | 3-4 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| RRS 250 | Race, Ethnicity and Power in America (Major Core, USG/CSLG, AERM, SJ) | 3 |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Four | 12 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Disrupting Science Fiction: Race, Gender, and Alternative Futures (GE 3B, AERM) | ||
| Sounds of Resistance: Race, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Revolution (GE 3A, AERM, GP) | ||
| Race, Public Art, and Creative Resistance (GE 6) | ||
| GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ETHS 300GW | Writing in Ethnic Studies - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Select One: | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Race and Comedy in the United States (AERM) | ||
| Youth Culture, Race and Resistance (GE 4UD, AERM, SJ) | ||
| Major Elective (9 units total) 4,5,6 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three | 9 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select One (Major Core, GE 3UD): | 3 | |
| Queer and Trans Ethnic Studies (AERM, SJ) | ||
| Community Engaged Learning: Praxis in Race and Resistance Studies (AERM, ES, GP, SJ) | ||
| Select One (Major Core): 7 | 3 | |
| Grassroots Organizing for Change in Communities of Color (GE 4UD, AERM, SJ) | ||
| Community Engaged Learning: Praxis in Race and Resistance Studies | ||
| GE Area 5UD or 2UD: Upper-Division Sciences or Upper-Division Mathematical Concepts | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| RRS 590 | Senior Capstone (Major Core) | 3 |
| Major Elective (9 units total) - Take Two 4,5,6 | 6 | |
| Select One: | 3 | |
SF State Studies or University Elective if GE 4UD already fulfilled |
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| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Graduate Core 6 | 3 | |
| Area of Emphasis Courses - Select Two 8 | 6 | |
| Units | 9 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Graduate Core - Select Two 6 | 6 | |
| Culminating Experience - Select One: | 3 | |
| Field Study | ||
| Master's Thesis | ||
| Units | 9 | |
| Total Units | 138-140 | |
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Students should use their Pathway/Category to determine the appropriate GE 1A course option. For directions on how to view your Pathway/Category, visit how to find your pathway. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill 5C if not already satisfied.
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Students should use their Pathway/Category to determine the appropriate GE 2 course option. For directions on how to view your Pathway/Category, visit how to find your pathway. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Major Electives - 9 units
Three RRS Courses - 9 units
At least six elective units should be upper-division.- 5
Graduate Core courses may double-count with this requirement for a maximum of 9 units.
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Graduate Core (18 units)
A full list of courses that can fulfill this requirement can be found in the Degree Requirements.- 7
Can be double-counted with either:
ETHS 750 Ethnic Studies Community Practicum (3 units)
OR
ETHS 885 Graduate Projects in the Teaching of Ethnic Studies (3 units)- 8
Area Emphasis: Students are required to focus on an area of emphasis in Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, or Race and Resistance Studies. Courses selected to fulfill the emphasis will provide a student with the subject matter foundation to complete the culminating research project field study or thesis. Upon advisement, upper-division/graduate course work in the College of Ethnic Studies and other departments on campus may be used.