Ethnic Studies Empowerment
Certificate
About this program
The Certificate in Ethnic Studies Empowerment is designed for incarcerated youth seeking education and change. Through four online courses, students explore race, identity and social justice while earning college credits. The program helps lower recidivism rates and prepares students for college and careers. With support from faculty and Project Rebound, students gain tools to understand structural inequalities and become leaders in their communities. Graduates receive assistance with admission to SFSU.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The College of Ethnic Studies offers an undergraduate certificate in Ethnic Studies for incarcerated youth in collaboration with Project Rebound and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Through the certificate program, the college is helping with lowering recidivism rates and empowering incarcerated youth to become change agents for their communities. Studies show that a liberal arts education lowers recidivism rates more so than a technical degree.
The certificate program consists of four online courses (12 units) in Ethnic Studies taught by SFSU faculty that will fulfill lower division general education requirements at any California State University. Students in the program will receive special assistance with admission into SFSU after completing the certificate.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Identify structural and institutional inequality in the treatment of communities of color and indigenous communities.
- Interpret social movements in the contestation of social hierarchies based on race, gender, sexuality, class, and/or other social determinants.
- Describe historical, cultural, economic, and comparative approaches to the study of race, class, gender, nation, and sexuality.
- Identify and articulate the power and principles of community-based research, arts, letters, and activism, and the self-determination of communities of color.