The Department of Ethnic Studies UC Berkeley

All students in the department are required to satisfy four units of 197 Field Study coursework in their respective major doing community service work (paid or unpaid internship or volunteer) with organizations and programs that engage and support underrepresented communities on-campus and in the surrounding community.  The idea is that students can apply and further enrich their knowledge of the study of communities of color and the qualitative appreciation of their agency and varied productions.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 45 hours of field study work per unit of credit (4 units = 180 hours).  Please contact a major advisor for the 197 field study form that is required before students can enroll.  197 units are also available during the summer.  Below are some examples of field study sites that previous students have used to fulfill their 197 requirement. 

ON-CAMPUS:

• Ethnic Studies Library
• Center for Race & Gender
• The Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3)
• Public Service Center
• Basic Needs Center
• Berkeley Underground Scholars
• Multicultural Community Center
• Stiles Hall
• U.C. Berkeley Labor Center
• Gender & Equity Resource Center
• Queer Alliance Resource Center
• Educational Opportunity Program
• Transfer Student Center
• Student Parent Center
• Re-entry Student Program
• Starting Point Mentorship Program
• African American Student Development
• Asian Pacific American Student Development
• Chicanx Latinx Student Development
• Native American Student Development
• Division of Equity & Inclusion
• Multicultural Immigrant Student Program
• Undocumented Student Program
• bridges Multicultural Resource Center
• REACH!
• Raices Recruitment & Retention Center
• Black Recruitment & Retention Center
• Indigenous and Native Coalition Recruitment & Retention Center
• Center for Latin American Studies
• Latinx Research Center
• Upward Bound
• Biology Scholars Program
• Southeast Asian Mentorship Program
• Southeast Asian Student Coalition
• hardboiled
• Pilipinx Academic Student Services
• maganda magazine
• Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues
• Teach In Prison
• Alternative Breaks 
• Suitcase Clinic
• Death Penalty Clinic

OFF-CAMPUS:

• East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
• Oasis Legal Services
• Centro Legal de la Raza
• Asian American Law Caucus
• California Civil Rights Coalition
• American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
• Justice Now
• JusticeCorps
• Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
• Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Oakland Museum of California
• La Pena Cultural Center
• Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
• Prospera
• Asian Health Services
• Native American Health Center
• La Clinica de la Raza
• Street Level Health Project
• Berkeley Free Clinic
• Children’s Hospital of Oakland
• International Pediatrics
• American Indian Child Resource Center
• Korean Community Center of the East Bay
• East Bay Asian Youth Center
• East Oakland Boxing Association
• YWCA Berkeley/Oakland
• College Track
• YMCA Berkeley Y-Scholars Program
• East Bay Consortium
• Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action
• East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
• Resources for Community Development
• California Peace Action
• Japanese American Citizens League (San Francisco)
• National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
• Evident Change (formerly National Council on Crime & Deliquency)
• Oakland Asian Student Education Services
• Contra Costa College Puente Project
• Merritt College Puente Program
• The Women’s Building
• Pinoy Educational Partnerships
• Friends of Port Chicago
• Asian Women’s Shelter
• Youth Radio
• Greenlining Institute
• Asian Family Resource Center
• Youth Alive
• American Indian Film Institute
• CAAMFest
• Center for Asian American Media
• Office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee
• Office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
• Office of State Senator Nancy Skinner
• Various K-12 Bay Area Schools