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Undergraduate Degrees

Chicano/Latino Studies

Chicano/Latino Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical, cultural, social and political experience of Chicanos and Latinos, with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the Chicano/Latino communities in California and the West as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues on Chicano/Latino communities. By drawing upon courses in American Studies and by emphasizing comparative as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in the analytic tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for studying the Chicano/Latino experience in its particularity and ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the humanities and social sciences and for students preparing to work and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United States and abroad in such fields as education, human services, business, journalism and public administration.

The program in Chicano/Latino Studies is administered by an advisory committee comprising a director and two other faculty members, one from the social sciences and one from the humanities. These faculty members serve as advisors to majors and minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses, a unique opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary concentration under close faculty supervision.

Chicano/Latino Studies Major
Degree: B.A., American Studies and Ethnicity (Chicano/Latino Studies)

Core RequirementsUnits
AMST 202Interethnic Diversity in the West4
AMST 301America, the Frontier, and the New West4
AMST 350Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and Methods4

200/300/400-Level Required CoursesUnits

One course from each of the following five categories:

History
HIST 472History of the Mexican-American4

Literature and Culture
ENGL 448Chicano and Latino Literature4

Social and Political Issues
AMST 357Latino Social Movements4
ANTH 328Culture Change and the Mexican People4
SOCI 356Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society4
SOCI 366Chicana and Latina Experiences4

California and the West
GEOG 340Latino L.A.4
HIST 457The American West4
HIST 458History of California4
PPD 352aLos Angeles Mini Semester4
PPD 353aLos Angeles Semester4

American Comparative Ethnicities and/or Gender
ANTH 315North American Indians4
ANTH 316North American Indians in American Public Life4
ANTH 371Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs4
CTCS 407African American Cinema4
ENGL 445The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural Perspectives4
ENGL 446African-American Poetry and Drama4
ENGL 447African-American Narrative4
ENGL 448Chicano and Latino Literature4
ENGL 449Asian-American Literature4
ENGL 470Women in English and American Literature after 18004
ENGL 476Images of Women in Contemporary Culture4
GEOG 350Race and Environmentalism4
HIST 245Gender and Sexualities in American History4
HIST 378Introduction to Asian American History4
HIST 455Advanced Topics in African-American History4
JOUR 466People of Color and the News Media4
LING 375Sociolinguistics4
MUJZ 486Jazz Masters from World War II to the Present2
POSC 421Ethnic Politics4
POSC 427Black Politics in the American Political System4
POSC 441Cultural Diversity and the Law4
REL 469Black Religion in America4
SOCI 342Race Relations4
SOCI 355Immigrants in the United States4
SOCI 375Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity4
SWMS 364Racial and Ethnic Women in America4
SWMS 384Overcoming Prejudice4

Upper Division ElectivesUnits

Two courses from:
ANTH 328Culture Change and the Mexican People4
ANTH 371Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs4
COLT 388U.S. Latino Fiction and the Literature of the Americas4
HIST 354Mexican Migration to the United States4
HIST 457The American West4
HIST 458History of California4
LING 375Sociolinguistics4
SOCI 342Race Relations4
SOCI 355Immigrants in the United States4
SOCI 356Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society4
SOCI 366Chicana and Latina Experiences4
SPAN 413Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish4

Chicano/Latino Studies Minor
Core RequirementsUnits
AMST 202Interethnic Diversity in the West4
AMST 301America, the Frontier, and the New West4
AMST 350Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and Methods4

200/300/400-Level Required CoursesUnits

One course from each category:

History
HIST 472History of the Mexican-American4

Literature and Culture
ENGL 448Chicano and Latino Literature4

Social and Political Issues
AMST 357Latino Social Movements4
ANTH 328Culture Change and the Mexican People4
SOCI 356Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society4
SOCI 366Chicana and Latina Experiences4

Upper Division ElectiveUnits

One course from:
ANTH 328Culture Change and the Mexican People4
ANTH 371Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs4
COLT 388U.S. Latino Fiction and the Literature of the Americas4
HIST 354Mexican Migration to the United States4
HIST 457The American West4
HIST 458History of California4
LING 375Sociolinguistics4
POSC 421Ethnic Politics4
SOCI 342Race Relations4
SOCI 355Immigrants in the United States4
SOCI 356Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society4
SOCI 366Chicana and Latina Experiences4
SPAN 413Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish4