Coursework for AY '26-'27

The gateway requirement for all CCSRE majors can be satisfied by taking CSRE 100. Find below course descriptions and '26-'27 schedule information for the gateway requirement.

CSRE 100: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (formerly CSRE 196C)

Course Description

This course covers foundational concepts in the creation and application of racial and ethnic categories and identities, the perception of racialized others, and the systematic institutionalization of racialized hierarchies. We take a transdisciplinary approach to interrogating how socially constructed differences are realized and how they may be transformed. Key topics include: ideology, identity, intersectionality, discrimination, hierarchy, solidarity, resistance, reproduction, and transformation.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Winter Quarter
Time: TBA
Units: 5
Instructor: Michael Wilcox
 

The capstone requirement can be satisfied by completing CSRE 200X or, for honors students, CSRE 201X, 201Y, and 201Z. Find below course descriptions and '26-'27 schedule information for the capstone courses.

CSRE 200X - CCSRE Senior Seminar 

Course Description (200X)

This capstone course will support students in the completion of a public-facing research project or research paper that draws upon disciplinary expertise and training in race studies. A public-facing research project will translate social sciences and/or humanities research on race and ethnicity into genres that reach diverse audiences. After developing a research question and consulting with a faculty project mentor, students will conduct research, identify their audience, design a public-facing research project, and compose a substantial writer's memo that includes a literature review, an analysis of genre and audience, a discussion of stakes, and a plan for distribution. The process will require students to explore and justify the parameters of their projects, including their methodologies and academic interlocutors. Note that this course is required for CCSRE majors in their final year of study who are not enrolled in CSRE 201X, including those who opt to write honors theses in departments or programs outside of CSRE.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Autumn Quarter
Time: Th. 10:30am-11:50am
Units: 5
Instructor: Thaomi Michelle Dinh (PI)

CSRE201X, Y, and Z - CCSRE Honors Seminar 

Course Description (201X)

This Honors Thesis Seminar is a research- and writing-intensive course designed to help students reflect on CCSRE coursework and to apply their skills, knowledge, and political commitments to the investigation of a focused research question. Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity at Stanford–and the field of ethnic studies broadly–has always worked to ground academic research in political practice, embodied experience, and community, and it systematically challenges disciplinary boundaries in the academy. Our weekly meetings and assignments are designed to scaffold your ongoing work with a faculty advisor and to facilitate our coming together as a community of writers, researchers, artists, and activists. Together, we will build a trusting, supportive community of scholars and work to gain clarity about the stakes of our methodologies and research projects.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Autumn Quarter
Time: T 1:30pm-2:50pm
Units: 5
Instructor: Magie Ramírez

Course Description 201Y

This Honors Thesis Seminar is a research- and writing-intensive course designed to help students reflect on CCSRE coursework and to apply their skills, knowledge, and political commitments to the investigation of a focused research question. Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity at Stanford–and the field of ethnic studies broadly–has always worked to ground academic research in political practice, embodied experience, and community, and it systematically challenges disciplinary boundaries in the academy. Our weekly meetings and assignments are designed to scaffold your ongoing work with a faculty advisor and to facilitate our coming together as a community of writers, researchers, artists, and activists. Together, we will build a trusting, supportive community of scholars and work to gain clarity about the stakes of our methodologies and research projects.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Winter Quarter
Time: TBA
Units: 5
Instructor: Magie Ramírez (PI)

Course Description 201Z

This Honors Thesis Seminar is a research- and writing-intensive course designed to help students reflect on CCSRE coursework and to apply their skills, knowledge, and political commitments to the investigation of a focused research question. Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity at Stanford¿and the field of ethnic studies broadly¿has always worked to ground academic research in political practice, embodied experience, and community, and it systematically challenges disciplinary boundaries in the academy. Our weekly meetings and assignments are designed to scaffold your ongoing work with a faculty advisor and to facilitate our coming together as a community of writers, researchers, artists, and activists. Together, we will build a trusting, supportive community of scholars and work to gain clarity about the stakes of our methodologies and research projects.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Spring Quarter
Time: TBA
Units: 5
Instructor: Magie Ramírez (PI)

All CCSRE majors (with the exception of Jewish Studies majors; Jewish Studies majors are required to take only one) must take two of three comparative core courses (CSRE 101A, 101B, or 101C). Find below course descriptions and '26-'27 schedule information for the comparative core courses.

CSRE 101A: Indigeneity and Colonialism

This course charts processes of imperialism and colonization and their joint impact on indigeneous peoples worldwide. By looking at the history of colonialism with a focus on its impact on indigenous communities and other communities of color through the processes of conquest, slavery, genocide, the exploitation of human and natural resources, and the legacy of colonization embedded in contemporary systems of oppression, students will gain an understanding of the complexity of these systems, as they continue to impact marginalized communities in the Americas, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Trans-Pacific region, and the Middle East. The course concludes with studies in decolonial projects and the emergence of epistemologies from the Global South as methods for countering the histories of empire and colonization.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Autumn Quarter
Time: T Th 3:00pm-4:20pm
Units: 5
Instructors: Ana Figueiredo (PI), Michael Wilcox (PI), Alena Smith (TA)

CSRE 101B: Institutions and Inequities

This course offers frameworks for understanding institutional racism, racial capitalism, and the historical and contemporary ways through which these forces reinforce and maintain racial inequity across a variety of social sectors (e.g., health, media, education, criminal justice, and the environment). At the end of this course, students will be able to identify how race is institutionalized, how racialized institutions are interconnected, and how institutional violence can be combated.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Winter Quarter  
Time: TBA
Units: 5 
Instructor: Thaomi Michelle Dinh (PI) 
 

CSRE 101C: Resistance and Liberation

This course investigates strategies for racial and economic liberation by analyzing past and present social justice movements. Students will be exposed to theoretical frameworks for liberation (e.g., abolition, resistance, mutual aid, rematriation) and engage with how they are applied. At the end of this course, students will better understand how liberation can be achieved and will be able to apply anti-racist theory to their work at Stanford and beyond.

Schedule for AY '26-'27

Spring Quarter
Time: TBA
Units: 5
Instructor: Magie Ramírez (PI) 

To satisfy the research and methodology requirement, all CCSRE majors must complete at least one of the following courses (min. 3 units and for a letter grade). Find below when each will be offered for AY '26-'27.

Autumn Quarter

• ANTHRO 91: Method and Evidence in Anthropology
• ANTHRO 98C: Digital Methods in Anthropology
• COMM 106: Communication Research Methods 
• ENGLISH 160: Poetry and Poetics
• ENGLISH 161: Narrative and Narrative Theory 
• HISTORY 200DE: Doing the History of Death and Disease 
• POLISCI 150A: Data Science for Politics

Winter Quarter

• ANTHRO 91A: Archaeological Methods
• ENGLISH 160: Poetry and Poetics
• ENGLISH 161: Narrative and Narrative Theory
• HISTORY 200D: Doing the History of Science and Technology 
• PUBLPOL 105: Empirical Methods in Public Policy
• SOC 180A: Foundations of Social Research
• SOC 180B: Introduction to Data Analysis

Spring Quarter

• ANTHRO 91: Methods and Evidence in Anthropology
• ANTHRO 93: Prefield Research Seminar
• DATASCI 154: Data Science for Social Impact
• ENGLISH 160: Poetry and Poetics 
• FEMGEN 103: Feminist and Sexuality Studies Theories Across the Disciplines Graduate Seminar
• HISTORY 200GH: Doing Gender History 
• PUBLPOL 105: Empirical Methods in Public Policy
• PUBLPOL 155: Data Science for Social Impact 
• URBANST 123B: Community Engaged Research - Principles, Ethnics, and Design

CCSRE students must complete at least one community-engaged learning (CEL) course or co-curricular experience that centers issues of race, ethnicity, and inequality. This requirement may be fulfilled by enrolling in a Cardinal course, completing a CCSRE Undergraduate Fellowship, or participating in an Alternative Spring Break. The CEL requirement may be fulfilled by courses that also fulfill other degree requirements (e.g, a Methodology course may also count toward the CEL requirement). 

Below are CEL courses offered for AY '26-'27. Students who wish to meet the CEL requirement through a co-curricular experience (e.g. research fellowship) should fill out this form.

Autumn Quarter

• EDUC 309X: Roses Talk: Youth Participatory Action Research for Policy Impact 
• HUMRTS 108: Advanced Spanish-Service Learning: Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border
• NATIVEAM 112: Muwekma(CEL) Traditional Ecological Knowledge(TEK) Native Plant Garden Field Project
• SPANLANG 11SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, First Quarter
• SPANLANG 12SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, Second Quarter
• SPANLANG 13SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, Third Quarter

Winter Quarter

• AFRICAAM 212: How We Free Us: Activism and Community 
• CSRE 245: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Identity Development 
• EDUC 309X: Roses Talk: Youth Participatory Action Research for Policy Impact 
• HUMRTS 108: Advanced Spanish-Service Learning: Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border
• SPANLANG 11SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, First Quarter
• SPANLANG 12SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, Second Quarter
• SPANLANG 13SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, Third Quarter

Spring Quarter

• AFRICAAM 212: How We Free Us: Activism and Community 
• CSRE 103B: Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices 
• CSRE 125E: Shades of Green: Exploring and Expanding Environmental Justice in Practice 
• CSRE 146B: Community Engaged Research - Principles, Ethics, and Design
• CSRE 199: Community Engaged Research Practicum 
• EDUC 309X: Roses Talk: Youth Participatory Action Research for Policy Impact 
• HUMRTS 108: Advanced Spanish-Service Learning: Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border
• SPANLANG 11SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, First Quarter
• SPANLANG 12SL: Second-Year Spanish: Emphasis on Service Learning, Second Quarter

Students majoring in Asian American Studies, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, Jewish Studies, or Native American Studies are also required to take core curriculum in their respective major. Below are major core offerings for '26-'27.

Asian American Studies Major Core

ASNAMST 100: Introduction to Asian American Studies

Course Description: What is meant by the term Asian American? How have representations of Asian Americans influenced concepts of US citizenship and belonging? What are the social and political origins of the Asian American community? This course provides a critical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies. Drawing on historical, creative, and scholarly texts, the course examines the history and possibilities of Asian American community. To do this, we place the Asian American experience within a transnational context, paying particular attention to the ways that Asian American lives have been shaped by the legacies of US wars in Asia and by the history of US racism. In the process, we examine the role that representations of Asian Americans have played in shaping the boundaries of US citizenship and belonging. Throughout the course, we utilize our discussions of Asian American racialization and community formation to think critically about the social and political ramifications that the designation Asian American entails.

Autumn Quarter
Time: T Th 12:00pm-1:20pm
Units: 4
Instructor: Thaomi Michelle Dinh (PI), Kaden Nguyen (CA)

Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies Major Core

CHILATST 100: Introduction to Latinx Studies

Course Description: What does it mean to be Latina/o/e/x? What meaning does ‘Latinidad’ hold in 2026? How has the current regime impacted Latine communities, organizing and solidarity on the ground? In this course we will explore the colonial and imperial relations that have fueled migration from countries across the Americas to the United States, as well as the distinct experiences and geographies of Latine peoples in the US. To make sense of Latine presence in this country, wemust first think historically and transnationally to understandthe US’s role as an imperial power throughout the Americas.Together we will read foundational texts of Latinx studies, aswell as feminist, queer, Afro and Indigenous Latinx writingsand critiques to disentangle how the “Latino/a/e/x” identityexists in relation to other identities within the US national project. We will explore these questions, looking to the histories and geographies of Latine peoples in the US, and think about how political movements of the past can help us grapple with the present moment.

Autumn Quarter
Time: T Th 10:30am-12:20pm
Units: 5
Instructor: Magie Ramírez (PI)

Jewish Studies Major Core

JEWISHST 115: Understanding Jews

Course Description: This discussion-based course will give students an opportunity to explore the constellation of religious, ethnic, national, cultural, artistic, spiritual, and political forces that shape Jewish life in the 21st century. Drawing on historical documents, classical texts, and contemporary events, this course will give students from any background an opportunity to ask hard questions, deepen their own understandings, and challenge their conceptions of what makes Jewish life 'Jewish.' No matter where you went for Sunday school - church, synagogue, the woods, or nowhere at all - this course is a chance to question what you know, and interrogate how you came to know what you know about Jews, Judaism, and Jewish culture.

Spring Quarter
Time: TBA
Units: 3
Instructor: Ari Kelman (PI)

Native American Studies Major Core

NATIVEAM 100: Decolonizing Methodologies: Introduction to Native American Studies

Course Description: This course provides students with an introductory grasp on major concepts, theoretical highlights, and important figures in Native American and Indigenous Studies, also known as American Indian Studies or First Nations Studies. The discipline emerged in the United States during the late 1960s when Native student-activists demanded the inclusion of their histories alongside the dominant white settler narratives in universities educational catalog. By examining historical and legal documents, storytelling accounts, images, films, and literary works, students will explore a diverse range of themes and perspectives, gaining an understanding of Native American cultures, histories, and contemporary lifeworlds. The course emphasizes materials from relevant sources produced by and about Natives to foster critical thinking and analysis. It also aims to cultivate an appreciation for the richness and complexity of Native American experiences while introducing major concepts, theoretical highlights, and important figures in the field of Native American Studies. Throughout the course, students will explore the global development of the discipline from a pan-Indian perspective, discussing keywords, histories, politics, disciplinary concerns, and the recent "decolonial turn" within academia. By the end of the course, students will have an introductory understanding of key disciplinary jargon, methodological research, and constitutive issues in Native American Studies.

Autumn Quarter
Time: T Th 12:00pm-1:20pm
Units: 5
Instructor: Michael Wilcox (PI)