Description & Requirements

The Major Program

The Chicana/Chicano Program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum which focuses on the Chicana/Chicano experience through an analysis of class, race/ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and cultural expression. The program offers a major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree and a minor that can satisfy breadth requirements for the College of Letters and Science. Both the major and minor frame all analysis within the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicanas/os in the Americas. The Chicana/Chicano Studies (Mexican-American) malor gives students an opportunity to specialize whithin one of two emphases: a Humanities/Arts emphasis or a Social Sciences emphasis. Majors are expected to read, write, and speak Spanish at a level suitable for future study and work in Chicana/o and Latina/o settings. There are no language requirements for the minor. Minors must complete 24 units from courses specified below and must register for the minor at the Chicana/Chicano Studies Program Office. All Chicana/Chicano Studies courses are open to program minors and non- majors. Some upper division courses require prerequisites.

The Program

At the lower division level, the curriculum for the major provides an interdisciplinary overview of various topics. Students are advised to take lower division courses that serve as prerequisites for certain upper division courses. At the upper division level, majors pursue advanced interdisciplinary coursework in both the humanities/arts and the social sciences. At this level, students will find courses in Chicana/Chicano history; theory, and method; and several courses taught from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The upper division courses give majors the opportunity to specialize in one of two emphases for the B.A. degree. Each emphasis has a different focus and each requires completion of different sets of courses. The Humanities emphasis integrates literature, culture, and artistic expression and provides a choice of focus in one of two subject areas: 1) creative arts/artistic representation, and 2) literature/cultural studies. The Social Science emphasis incorporates social theory, research methods, and a specialization in one of two areas: 1) community/political economy, and 2) family and society/health issues.

Career Alternatives

The Humanities/Arts emphasis prepares students for professional work in cross-cultural education, cultural/art centers, artistic expression and communications. The Social Sciences emphasis orients students towards professional work in human service delivery, community development, legal services assistance, health services, social welfare, and education. Both emphases in the major prepare students for advanced graduate and/or profesional studies in related fields.

Chicana/Chicano (Mexican-American) Studies

A.B. Major Requirements:

Humanities/Arts Emphasis:

UNITS
Preparatory Subject Matter...................................16-28
Chicana/o Studies 10................................................ 4
Chicana/o Studies 50................................................ 4

One course from Chicana/o Studies 21,30, or
40......................................................................... 4

One course from Chicana/o Studies 60,70, or
73......................................................................... 4

Spanish 1, 2, 3, or 7A, 7B, and 7C or the
equivalent............................................................ 0-12

Depth Subject Matter............................................ 48

Chicana/o Studies 100.............................................. 4

Two courses from History 166B, 169A, 169B Two courses from Chicana/o Studies 110, 120,132, or 140................................................... 8

Comparative ethnicity/gender: two upper division courses selected from two of the following areas........................................................................ 8

African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American Studies, or Women's Studies
Electives, a minimum of 20 units from the following areas, at least 12 of which must be selected from one area only............................................... 20

Area 1: Creative arts/artistic representation-Chicana/o Studies 156, 160,171,172
Area 2: Literature/cultural studies- Chicana/o Studies 150,154,155; Linguistics 115,116; Education 151; Women's Studies 170. (Linguistics 1 is recommended for students selection in Linguistics courses.)

Total Units for the Major...................................... 64-76

*Course not offered this academic year.

Social Science Emphasis:

UNITS
Preparatory Subject Matter.................................. 16-28
Chicana/o Studies 10................................................ 4
Chicana/o Studies 50................................................ 4

One course from Chicana/o Studies 21,30, or
40......................................................................... 4

One course from Chicana/o Studies 60,70, or
73........................................................................... 4
Sociology 46A......................................................... 4
Spanish 1, 2, 3, or 7A, 7B, and 7C or the
equivalent................................................................ 0-12

Depth Subject Matter............................................ 48
Chicana/o Studies 100.............................................. 4

Two courses from History 166B, 169A, 169B
............................................................................ 8

Two courses from Chicana/o Studies 154, 155, or 160
............................................................................ 8

Comparative ethnicity/gender: two upper division courses selected from two of the following areas.................................................................... 8

African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American Studies, or Women's Studies

Electives, a minimum of 20 units from the following areas, at least 12 of which must be selected from one area only............................................... 20

Area 1: Community/polittical economy Chicana/o Studies 110,111,130,132, 140.
Area 2: Family and society/health issues-Chicana/o Studies 120,121, 122,131.

Total Units for the Major...................................... 64-76

Master Adviser. A. Sosa-Riddell.

Major Advisers.

Humanities/Arts Emphasis: A.C. Chabram, M. Montoya.
Social Science emphasis: Y. Flores-Ortiz, B. Pesquera, R. Rochin.

Minor Program Requirements:

This minor provides the student with a broad overview of the status and experience of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in society, and of the historical, social, political. economic, ideological and cultural forces that shape the Chicana/o experience. The minor requires students to attain an interdisciplinary perspective by including courses from the two emphases. The minor is open to all students with or without coursework in Spanish.

UNITS
Chicana/o (Mexican-American) Studies........................... 24

Chicana/o Studies 10........................................................... 4
History 169A or 169B......................................................... 4
Chicana/o Studies 110 or 120.............................................. 4
Chicana/o Studies 130,132, or 140 ..................................... 4
Chicana/o Studies 154,160, or 171 ..................................... 4

Chicana/o Studies 111, 131, or Women's Studies 195.......... 4

Minor Adviser. R. Rochin.