CLASSIC 173Classics and Social Justice
Classics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Classical antiquity has long been perceived as the privileged inheritance of white Euro-American culture. While there has been a long history of the Greco-Roman classics being used and misused to justify domination, there has also been an equally profound history of it being reappropriated for liberation. Exploration of how the classics has been used by Black, Indigenous, and people of color artists and activists in the U.S. for different social justice movements. Study engages with classical works and their modern retellings to explore topics such as racial justice, indigeneity, immigration, and gender and sexuality.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.