Plenty of seats are currently available in AES 212: Comparative American Ethnic Literature, which fulfills VLPA/I&S/DIV requirements and is a core course for the AES major. Prof. Steve Sumida, who taught the course for many years, has retired; this year the instructor will be Prof. Vince Schleitwiler, a UW PhD graduate and former 212 TA for Prof. Sumida who has taught at leading colleges around the country.
There are also plenty of seats currently available in CHSTU 354: Unions, Labor & Civil Rights in California and the Pacific Northwest, which fulfills VLPA/I&S/DIV requirements. Prof. Erasmo Gamboa, who has taught the course for many years will not be teaching it this year; the instructor will therefore be Guadalupe Gamboa, a graduate of UW’s law school with a long history of involvement in organizing farmworkers in Washington.