Chicana/o Studies Major

Requirements for the B.A. in Chicana/o Studies (120 units)

Core Requirements in the major     45-47
General Education                                    48
American Institution Courses                   6
Electives                                               19-21

Students are encouraged to identify a minor, or possible major, in a related discipline such as English, History, Political Science, or Spanish.

Lower Division Core Requirements - 9-10 units

CHS Intructory Courses - 6 units

Select two of the following:
CHS 100* Chicana/os in Contemporary Society
CHS 200* Diversity in the Latina/o Communities
CHS 292* Chicana/os Studies SErvice Learning and Civic Learning

Language Requirement - 3-4 units
SPAN 202* Intermediate Spanish II or
SPAN 212* Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
Substitute an Upper Division Spanish course (approved by advisor)

Upper Division Core Requirements - 36-37 units

Theory and Methods - 6 units

Select one of the following: (consult advisor)
ANTH  376  Qualitative Reasearch Methods in Anthropology
HIST   280* The Historians Craft
POLS 300   Political Science Research Methods
PSY    300   Psychological Research and Statistical Methods I
SOC   202   Introduction to Research Methods
SOC   310   Research Methods in Sociology
Other methods course (approved by advisor)

Required Course

CHS 491 Theoretical Foundations of Chicana/o Studies

History and Society - 6 units

Select one of the following:
HIST 360* History of Colonial Latin America
HIST 361* History of Modern Latin America

Select one of the following:
CHS 350  Chicana/o History and Culture
CHS 402* Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture

Art and Culture - 3 units

Select one of the following:
ART  333 History of Southern California Chicana/o Art
ENGL 354 Studies in Cultural Literatures (only when focus is Chicana/o Latina/o Literature, approved by advisor)

Transborder Issues - 9-10 units

Required Course
CHS 331* Transborder Perspectives in Chicana/o Studies

Select two of the following:
CHS  343* Health Issues in the Latina/o Community
CHS  364  Chicana/o English
CHS  383  Chicana/o Latina/o Identity and Empowerment
CHS  401  Latina/o Workers in a Global Economy
CHS  425  Contemporary Immigration Issues
EDUC 445  Chicano Child and Adolescent
UNIV 392  International Experience (approved by advisor)

Upper Division Electives - 9 units

Select three of the following:
ENGL 311  Bilingual Literacy Studies/Estudios Literarios Bilingues
ENGL 331* Narratives of the Working Class
ENGL 378  Contemporary Native American Authors: Telecourse
HIST 334* Narratives of Southern California
HIST 349* History of Business and Economics in North America
HIST 401  United States Immigration History, 1840-1945
HIST 369  California History and Culture
HIST 420  History of Mexico
HIST 421  Revolutionary Mexico, 1876-1930
POLS 306* The Politics of Race and Ethnicity
SOC  352  Social Movements

(Upper Division Spanish courses may satisfy this category, see advisor)

The following courses can stisfy major requirements, depending on the topic. See Major Advisor:
CHS 490 Special Topics in Chicana/o Studies
CHS 494 Independent Research
CHS 497 Directed Studies

Service Learning Capstone - 3 units

CHS 492 Internship/Service Learning
CHS 499 Service Learning Capstone in Chicana/o Studies

* Courses fulfilling GE requirement