This course will survey the origins of Chicana/o Studies as a foundational area of Ethnic Studies in relation to contemporary Chicana/o/Mexican-American culture. Critical analysis is placed on the development of the field in Ethnic Studies as an academic discipline and critical theories of racialization and intersectionality. A socio-political constructivist approach will examine a range of identity-making cultural expressive arts in the form of travel, murals, theatre, fairs, festivals, film, literature, food, music, comedy, dance, religion, incorporated into celebrations. This Ethnic Studies Chicano studies course is intended for students interested in applying their learning through Chicano/Ethnic Studies, all majors, career interests, and or for personal and career development.

This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the social forces that create and resist oppression in the U.S. population in the face of racism and the struggle for ethnic identity in the United States. It also highlights historical and contemporary social justice movements that have responded to inequity and injustice. Students will be provided a basis for understanding local, state, and national socio-economic, political and cultural conditions in the community and the role of power and privilege in societies.

This course is a survey of cultural, political, and social trends of Mexican and Latino Americans in the history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. The course combines lectures and class discussions in order to analyze the critical issues and significant turning points in the historical development of the Mexican American as well as Puerto Rican, Cuban and Central American communities in U.S. history. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or received credit in HIST 108.

This course provides opportunities for individual research and field projects under the direction of a faculty member in a given department. With the guidance of the faculty member, students prepare and carry out a written learning agreement describing the purposes and outcomes of the project. Students should expect to meet with the supervising faculty member one to two hours each week for conferences. Credit is based upon the number of hours in the semester expected to complete the project (1 unit for 54 hours). For selected disciplines, UC transfer credit may be possible after admission to a UC campus, pending review of appropriate course materials by UC staff. See a counselor for an explanation.

A course to provide opportunity for individual research and field projects under the direction of a faculty member in a given department. With the guidance of the faculty member, students prepare and carry out a written learning agreement describing the purposes and outcomes of the project. Students should expect to meet with the supervising faculty member one to two hours each week for conferences. Credit is based upon the number of hours in the semester expected to complete the project (2 units for 108 hours). For selected disciplines, UC transfer credit may be possible after admission to a UC campus, pending review of appropriate course materials by UC staff. See a counselor for an explanation.