ACES Courses

"ACES has made me realize the possibility and pedagogical benefit of off-campus experiences for students. I realize I can do this without sacrificing the rigorous academic and theoretical elements of my course"

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ACES courses represent corners of campus that highlights the intent of the AC requirement, while also deepening the meaning of that intent through a combination of multi-disciplinary research and praxis, the development of students and community partners as co-educators, mentoring opportunities, and increased and sustained accessibility of information.

To learn about projects developed with ACES community partners, please visit the ACES Student Community Projects. 

The ACES Program provides support for faculty to incorporate community-based learning into new or revised AC courses. If you are a faculty member interested in developing or continuing an ACES course, please visit our Grants page.

American Cultures Faculty Pat Steenland (left) and Librarian Theresa Salazar (right) on a sunny day in front of Wheeler HallPublications on the ACES Program


Publications on the ACES Program were created in the "Catalysts for Change" report, which featured coverage of:

2023-24 ACES Courses

2022-23 ACES Courses

2023 Spring ACES Courses

  • AFRICAM 182AC, "Social Movements and Organizing," Instructor: Sarumathi Jayaraman
  • ASAMST 132AC, "Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness," Instructor: Hatem Ahmad Bazian
  • ASAMST 145AC, "Politics, Public Policy, and Asian American Communities," Instructor: Winston Tseng
  • CHICANO 180AC, "Topics in Chicano Studies: Art & Social Justice: Politics, Methods, and Practice for Community Based Work," Instructor: Jesus Barraza
  • EDUC 182AC, "The Politics of Educational Inequality," Instructor: Lisa Garcia Bedolla
  • ENGIN 157AC, (cross-listed as IAS 157AC) "Engineering, The Environment, and Society," Instructor: Khalid Kadir
  • ESPM 50AC, "Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management," Instructor: Kurt Spreyer
  • ETHSTD 22AC, "An Introduction to Abolition Pedagogy and Practice," Instructor: Victoria Robinson
  • ETHSTD 122AC, "Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films," Instructor: Raymond Telles
  • GEOG 50AC, "California," Instructor: Seth R Lunine
  • GEOG 167AC, "Decolonial Border Geographies," Instructor: Diana M Negrin
  • HISTORY 133A, "The History of American Capitalism," Instructor: Caitlin C Rosenthal
  • LEGALST 172AC, "Decolonizing UC Berkeley," Instructor: Nazune M Menka
  • LEGALST 133AC, "Law and Social Change: The Immigrant Rights Movement," Instructor: Kathryn R Abrams
  • MELC 158AC, "Middle East: Post-Colonialism, Migration, and Diaspora," Instructor: Hatem Ahmad al-Bazian

2022 Fall ACES Courses

  • ANTHRO C12AC (cross-listed as ESPM C22AC), "Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California," Instructors: Scott L Stephens, Kent G Lightfoot
  • ART 23AC, "Digital Media: Foundations," Instructor: Greg Niemeyer
  • ASAMST 20AC, "Asian American Communities and Race Relations," Instructor: Harvey C Dong
  • ASAMST 128AC, "Muslims in America," Instructor: Hatem Ahmad Bazian
  • ASAMST 143AC, "Asian American Health," Instructor: Winston Tseng
  • CYPLAN 118AC, "The Urban Community," Instructors: Ricardo Huerta, Monica Guerra
  • EDUC 155AC, "Asian American Struggles and Collective Learning for Racial Justice," Instructor: Thomas M Philip
  • EDUC W190A, "Berkeley Changemaker: Critical Studies in Education," Instructor: Christyna Serrano
  • ESPM C22AC (cross-listed as ANTHRO C12AC), "Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California," Instructors: Scott L Stephens, Kent G Lightfoot
  • ESPM 50AC, "Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management," Instructor: Kurt Spreyer
  • ETHSTD 190AC, "Inside and Beyond Walls: Migra, Masses and the Carceral State," Instructor: Victoria Robinson
  • GEOG 72AC, "The Bay Area," Instructor: Seth R Lunine
  • LEGALST 133AC, "Law and Social Change: The Immigrant Rights Movement," Instructor: Kathryn R Abrams
  • LEGALST 162AC, "Restorative Justice," Instructor: Julie Shackford-Bradley
  • MELC 158AC, "Middle East: Post-Colonialism, Migration, and Diaspora," Instructor: Hatem Ahmad al-Bazian
  • PBHLTH 155E, "Seeing People: Understanding Homelessness' Roots, Stigmas, Systems and Solutions," Instructor: Colette Leslie Auerswald

2022 Fall Program for First Semester (FPF) ACES Courses*

  • XESPM 50AC, "Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management," Instructor: Kenneth A Worthy
  • XGEOG 50AC, "California," Instructor: Seth R Lunine

*Only for students enrolled in the Fall Program for First Semester