GANAS Learning Community

GANAS students are enrolled in a cohort-based learning community, moving together through their first year as  transfer students at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥. Through this clustered coursework, students can begin to integrate into the university, feel connected, and develop a sense of belonging while surrounded by fellow GANAS participants.

Upper-Division Graduation Requirement Courses

Transfer students must complete twelve (12) units of upper-division graduation requirement courses at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥. GANAS students will fulfills these G.E. Breadth Requirements as well as overlays, by enrolling and completing the following two (2) classes during their first year:

  • Professors: Alberto Valdivia

    Ethnic Studies 327 (fulfills UD GE D4 and Sustainability overlay)

    Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice in Communities of Color (3 units)

    This course explores issues related to food justice in communities of color in the US. Topics may include recovering knowledge about ancestral food, community gardens in urban environments, or healing from Western diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.

     

    Professors: Crystal Perez 

    ENGL 328 (fulfills UD-C and Diversity Overlay)

    Latinx Literature: (4 units)

    Literature of all genres written by Latinx authors that reflects diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences and that explores themes such as immigration, class, gender, and sexuality.

     

  • Professor: Rotating 

    Environmental Science 320 (3 units) (fulfills UD GE B6)

     The Science of Global Change

    The science of global environmental change over time; impacts on the physical environment and living organisms (including humans). Topics include orbital variations, greenhouse gases, ozone, extreme weather, ocean acidification, sea level rise, climate variability, climate modeling.

General Studies Courses

As participants in the GANAS Program, students must enroll in a Transfer Success Seminar course each semester during their first year. The course will exclusively be taught by our GANAS Transfer Academic Counselor, who has received specialized GANAS training focusing on supporting Latinx students.

  • Professor: Gerardo Ureño

    General Studies 331, 332  (fulfills Social Justice overlay)

    Transfer Success Seminar (Fall 1 unit; Spring 2 units) 

    The seminar course will help students connect with other transfer students, learn the new environment, find the resources to be successful, explore major and/or career interests, develop strategies for getting involved on campus, and assist in goal setting as students look to graduation - it's the GANAS's how-to course for life after you transfer to ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥.