CRES 101: CRES Resrch Methods
University of California, Santa Cruz
Introduces students to tools, conceptual frameworks, keywords, and methods for research and writing in critical race and ethnic studies. Drawing from ethnic studies, Asian American studies, Arab American studies, Black studies, Indigenous studies, Latinx studies, feminist studies, and queer studies, students analyze how scholars do the work of studying the effects of and resistance to U.S. colonialism, capitalism, empire, war, globalization, and migration. Examines questions of settler colonial state practice, dispossession, diaspora, incarceration, and the ethics of research methods. Students practice the craft of writing about race, colonialism, state violence, and the manifold movements that imagine alternative, decolonized futures.
Average GPA: 3.40
Grade distribution records: 240 students across 5 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 61 | 25.4% |
| A | 64 | 26.7% |
| A- | 38 | 15.8% |
| B+ | 13 | 5.4% |
| B | 15 | 6.3% |
| B- | 5 | 2.1% |
| C | 9 | 3.8% |
| D- | 1 | 0.4% |
| F | 18 | 7.5% |
| P | 10 | 4.2% |
| NP | 1 | 0.4% |
| W | 3 | 1.3% |
Based on 240 student grade records across 5 terms and 5 professors.
Instructors
- Jennifer Mogannam 50 students, Average GPA 3.32
- Luis Trujillo 50 students, Average GPA 3.17
- Fahima Ife 48 students, Average GPA 3.80
- Felici Schaeffer-Grabiel 46 students, Average GPA 3.16
- Jennifer Lynn Kelly 46 students, Average GPA 3.53