Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

2021 Summer Session Classes Are Up!

Get a jump and start planning now!

New Black Studies Minor!

Effective Fall 2020. Click to learn more.

The Center for Racial Justice

The CRJ is a vital hub for campus-wide dialogue on race and racial justice. Click here to learn more!

Remote Advising for Winter 2021

All advising will be conducted via email, Zoom or phone (when necessary). To make an appointment with the CRES advisor, click here.

Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at UCSC

Here we explore how race and ethnicity have structured societies past and present, both in the U.S. and globally, and how power and domination and struggles for liberation have been articulated and enacted throughout modern history up to present day.

Design your own CRES major!

See the UCSC Catalog for course requirements and full list of upper-division electives.

2018 CRES Newsletter

Now in its fifth year, CRES is undergoing a vibrant boom as a program. We welcome seven new principal faculty members, and our major numbers more than doubled last year alone. Learn more!

Calendar

Jan 6: Enrollment Deadline ($50 late fee)
Jan 25: Add/Drop/Swap Deadline
Feb 16: Last Day to Withdraw from a Class (for a W)
Mar 5: Last Day to Change Grading Option

News and Events

January 21, 2021
CRES Principal Faculty micha cárdenas featured in NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Exhibit
January 20, 2021
1/22 CRES Book Talk and Celebration with Christine Hong
January 7, 2021
This artist is creating a “belligerent algorithm” to expose AI bias

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Graduate Research Spotlight

Uriel Serrano is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies whose research explores questions around race and gender, children and youth, social movements and resistance, and neighborhood institutions in the context of carceral violence. To read more, click here.

The Center for Racial Justice

Established in 2019, the CRJ is a vital hub for campus-wide dialogue on race, decolonized worldviews, and racial justice. Click here to learn more and get involved!

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