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Chicana/o Studies

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Undergraduate Programs in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Director: Gary Segura

Chicana/o Studies is an interdisciplinary major focusing on the Mexican-origin population of the U.S., the second largest ethnic group in the nation. Students who major or minor in Chicana/o Studies have an opportunity to select from courses in the humanities, social sciences, and courses offered by affiliated faculty in the School of Education.

REQUIREMENTS

Chicana/o Studies majors must take the 15-unit CSRE core curriculum including two introductory core courses and a senior seminar taken in Autumn Quarter of the senior year. One single-group, core course that focuses on a non-Mexican origin group may be counted toward the 15-unit core requirement.

Majors are required to take CHICANST 180E/SPANLIT 180E, Introduction to Chicana/o Studies. Majors complete an additional 40 units of courses relevant to the thematic concentration and approved by the adviser. A total of 60 units of course work are required for the major.

Students who wish to minor in Chicana/o Studies must complete two core introductory courses, including CHICANST 180E/SPANLIT 180E, Introduction to Chicana/o Studies, and one additional course from the approved list available from the CSRE undergraduate program office, and four additional courses related to the thematic concentration. A total of 30 units of approved course work is required for each minor.

Students in Chicana/o Studies may find the following courses useful in fulfilling course requirements in the major or minor.

Core Courses—

ANTHRO 88. Theories of Race and Ethnicity (5 units)

COMPLIT 142/ENGLISH 172E. Literature of the Americas (5 units)

CSRE 179G//DRAMA 179G/279G. Indigenous Identity in Diaspora: People of Color Art Practice in North America (5 units)

CSRE 196C/ENGLISH 172D/PSYCH 155. Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (5 units)

CSRE 200X. CSRE Senior Seminar (WIM; 5 units)

EDUC 177. Education of Immigrant Students: Psychological Perspectives (4 units)

EDUC 245. Understanding Racial and Ethnic Identity Development (3-5 units)

POLISCI 137R/EDUC 261X. Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century (5 units)

SPANLIT 180E. Introduction to Chicana/o Studies (not given this year)

Thematic Courses for Majors and Minors—

CHICANST 121R/CSRE 121R. Redefining the Nation: Chicana/o Literature and Art From the 1960s to the Present (5 units)

CHICANST 122/CSRE 122. Introduction to Latina Literature (5 units)

CHICANST 165A/CSRE 165A/HISTORY 264X. Chicana/o History (5 units)

CHICANST 189W/CSRE 189W. Language and Minority Rights (3-5 units)

CHICANST 201B/CSRE 201B. From Racial Justice to Multiculturalism: Movement-based Arts Organizing in the Post-Civil Rights Era (5 units)

Cognate Courses—

DRAMA 17N. Salt of the Earth: The Docudrama in America (3 units)

DRAMA 179F. Flor y Canto: Poetry Workshop (3-5 units)

EDUC 149. Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism (3-5 units)

EDUC 177. Education of Immigrant Students: Psychological Perspectives (4 units)

EDUC 178X. Latino Families, Languages, and Schools (3-5 units)

EDUC 193B. Peer Counseling in the Chicano/Latino Community (1 unit)

POLISCI 327. Minority Behavior and Representation (5 units)

SOC 164. Immigration and the Changing United States (5 units)

SOC 166. Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Chicanos in American Society (5 units)

SPANLIT 193. The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar (3-5 units)

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