Format: Hybrid (in person & online), Mondays 9:00-11:50am

10 hours of service learning are built into the course meeting times

Location: Del Norte 2545

Children’s picture books are often misconstrued to be neutral and apolitical tools that only support young children to read, write, speak, and listen. However, as Ladson-Billings asserted, there is no such thing as literary neutrality. All books can leave a lasting impression on young children because they are beginning to learn and form opinions about themselves, people unlike themselves, and about societal themes pertaining to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). In this course, we will:

• Learn about the benefits of reading Latinx children’s picture books!

• Support children’s literacy, language, and social-emotional skills through children’s picture books!

• Gain hands on experience working with young children at local PK-3rd grade schools!

• Collaborate with our community!

Format: In- Person

Meets Monday & Wednesday 1:30-2:45PM

Location TBD

Students work on a community-based research project approved by the instructor that integrates academic research, applied learning and community engagement, while addressing real world social problems, community needs and interests. Students will work individually or collaboratively with other students on a research project from start to finish and will present their findings at the annual undergraduate research conference (see photo above).

This course is required for CHS Majors and optional, but highly recommended for CHS Minors, and students interested in undergraduate research.

Format: Hybrid (in-person & virtual)

Days & Times: Mon & Wed, 3:00PM-4:15 PM

Location: Bell Tower 2424 & Online

This class is an introduction to Chicana/o Culture in the United States. Emphasis is placed on philosophy, folk art, spiritual practices, literature, visual and performing arts, dance, theater, music, and sports. 

• Fulfills Category F: Ethnic Studies

• Fulfills the Mission Pillar: Multicultural Perspectives (MP)

• Gateway Course for Minors and Majors in Chicana/o Studies

• This introductory course is designed to be accessible to students of all backgrounds and requires no previous experience in Chicano/a.

You will meet learning objectives through a combination of the following activities in this course:

• Attendance & Participation in class

• Participation in one or more community activities/events/field trips that relate to the course

• Participate in interactive lectures and short writing reflection assignments that will develop both creative and critical thinking skills and critical analysis of the reading material

• Group Collaborative Work & Presentation (Class activities)- Learn how to make a silkscreen protest & persuasion poster or Zine as part of a cumulative final (project)!

Format: In-Person

Two Sections: Meets Tuesday/Thursday

Section 1: 10:30-11:45

Section 2: 1:30-2:45

This course is an introduction to the histories, philosophies, ways of knowing and knowledge/wisdom production in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Because this area of study is both inter- and multi-disciplinary, we will take into consideration the social, cultural, legal, and political philosophies that have been developed and maintained by Indigenous Peoples of the western hemisphere including North, Central, South America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific with specific attention and responsibility to the teachings and lifeways of California Native Peoples.

Modality: In-Person

Days and Times:

Section 1: Mon & Wed, 9:00-10:15AM

Section 2: Mon & Wed, 1:30-2:45 PM

This course explores the diverse histories and contemporary social, cultural, and political experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The course covers a brief history and selected issues of Americans of East Asian (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Southeast Asian (e.g., Filipino, Vietnamese, Hmong, Mien), South Asian (e.g., Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi), and Pacific Islander (e.g., Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan) ancestry.

We will read, discuss films, critique common misconceptions and center Asian Americans and Pacific Islander people, communities, and culture.

General Education Requirement:

• Fulfills Category F: Area F (Ethnic Studies) requirement for GE

• Fulfills the Mission Pillar: Multicultural Perspectives (MP)

Required Texts

• Thi Bui, The Best We Could Do, New York: Abrams ComicArts, (2017)

• Min Zhou and Anthony Ocampo, Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader, 3rd ed. NY: NYU Press (2016)

Format: In-Person

Meets MW 10:30AM -11:45AM

Location Del Norte 2550

An introduction to interdisciplinary research methods and writing in Chicana/o Studies. Examines various research methodologies, ranging from quantitative to qualitative, with special emphasis in oral history, ethnography, participant observation and other interdisciplinary methods drawing on applied critical race, feminist, decolonial and postcolonial theories. Introduces students to academic writing strategies such as research reports, literature reviews and research proposals.

Required Books:

(1) Community-Based Participatory Research edited by Natalia Deeb-Sossa

(2) White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology edited by Tukufu Zuberi and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

This course is required for CHS Majors and optional, but highly recommended for CHS Minors, and students interested in undergraduate research.

Format: In-person

Location: Bell Tower 2372

Section 1: Tue/Thu 10:30-11:45am

This course will provide you with a historical overview of 20th and 21st-century Chicana/o/x and U.S. Central American literary history. We will trace some of the key historical events, social movements, and political concerns that this body of literature explores: from the colonization of the Americas and its lasting impact on the peoples of the Western hemisphere, to the Chicano/a, Feminist, and LGBTQ Movements that began in the 1960s, to contemporary immigration and educational politics in the US and Latin America. We will explore how Chicana/x/o-Latina/x/o artists use poetry, novels, autobiographies, and essays to examine and address topics such as: colonization, patriarchy, colorism, assimilation, bilingualism, internalized racism, as well as immigrant, queer, feminist, and first-generation college student experiences. Overall, the course seeks to answer the questions: what are the aims of this literature? How does Chicana/o/x-Latina/o/x literature advance Latinx politics? How can we use storytelling and narrative to survive, heal, and thrive?

In Person

Wednesday 12-2:50pm

Location Bell Tower 2515

This course examines the connections between reproduction, public health, and social justice as it relates to the Chicana/o community.  This course focuses on the sexual and reproductive rights of socially and economically marginalized women, Chicanas, Indigenous women, and women of color in the U.S.

Required Books:

Reproductive Justice, by Loretta J. Ross and Rickie Solinger

How to Get a Girl Pregnant, by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez

In Person

Tuesdays

4-5:50 Lecture

6-7:50

(There will long breaks in between and ending by 7:30pm)

The Danza Mexica tradition and movement (commonly referred to also as Danza Azteca/Aztec Dance) is but one strand in a dynamic history and legacy that has shaped how both Mexicanas/os/xs and those self-identifying as Xicana/o/x name themselves and their experiences and how they (re)claim and embrace Indigenous knowledge. This class explores how Danza has served as a collective voice of self-representation and self-determination. By exploring the historical context of Danza and its trajectory in Mexico City and growing popularity in the United States Southwest during the Chicano Movement in the 1970s, we will address the key role Danza continues to play in the identity and spirit politics of MeXicanas/os/xs.

We will study Danza Mexica, as well as practice it.  We will gain an understanding that Danza is a constant reflection of life and our relationship to the Earth. As humans existing in this universe, we are constantly surrounded by divine, intelligent beings, such as the stars, planets, and moon, and therefore, Danza is one form of expression to give gratitude and honor to this reality. Danza is both a social movement and movement of the body.

All readings will be provided for you on canvas!

Format: Hybrid (in-person & virtual)

Location: Del Norte 1550 & Online

Days & Times: Mon. & Wed, 3:00PM-4:15 PM

According to 2017 Motion Picture Association of America data reports U.S. Latinos/as are the biggest movie-goers in the country compared to any other ethnic groups. However, they remain underrepresented and stereotyped in mainstream Hollywood movies and independent films. This course will help students develop critical viewing skills to

understand how portrayals and stereotypes can shape societal views of U.S. Latino/as by providing a critical examination of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in U.S film and media.

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate critical and analytical thinking skills in their writing, integrating the theories, methods, and/or concepts of cultural representations of Latinos and Latinas.

• Develop critical viewing skills of films to uncover and challenge stereotypes about Latinos and Latinas.

• Identify and explain the main stereotypes, plots, characters, film techniques, narrative structures of films with Latino/a subjects.

• Connect theories, methods, and/or conceptual models with examples and insight from their own experiences and knowledge of Latinas/os growing up in a diverse society.

Tuesdays: Virtual, Asynchronous (no class meeting)

Thursdays: In-person, 5:30-6:45 Bell Tower 2424

No cost course readings! All readings will be provided on Canvas.

GenEd: UDGE-D
CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives

Course Description

This course presents a broad social, cultural, political, and historical overview of Chicanx/Latinx student education in the United States. Provides a holistic approach to Chicanx/Latinx educational experiences by exploring K-16 schooling policies and practices as well as teaching and learning in familial and community contexts from a historical and contemporary perspective. Emphasizes the application of pedagogical theories to educational practice and research with and for Chicanx/Latinx students.

Course Structure

Asynchronous modules (in Canvas) will include a variety of professor led VoiceThread lecturettes, films, readings, presentations, and discussions. In-person class sessions will consist of seminar-style discussions on course readings and related topics.

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of the semester, a successful student will be able to:

· Examine historical and contemporary educational issues faced by Chicanx/Latinx students from elementary to graduate school.

· Explain how race, class, gender, sexual orientation, language, culture, and immigration status impacts Chicanx/Latinx students along the educational pipeline.

· Evaluate deficit and asset-based ideologies and practices shaping the educational trajectories of Chicanx/Latinx students.

· Review multiple sociocultural teaching and learning approaches to the education of Chicanx/Latinx students in formal and informal settings.

*Art Credit: Gateways/Portales mural, 2016

Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Charlotte, N.C.

Format: Mon/Wed 12-1:15pm (Section 1)

Location: Bell Tower 1422

Format: Mon/Wed 3-4:15pm (Section 2)

Location: Bell Tower 2424

In-person for both sections

No cost course readings

This course offers an introductory study of Chicanas and Chicanos in the United States. It focuses on history, culture, identity, (de)colonization, immigration, education, labor, politics, gender and social justice movements as they relate to the Mexican American experience in American society.

Gen Ed Area F: Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement and Multicultural Perspectives Mission Pillar

Format: Tues/Thu 9-10:15am (in-person)

Location: Bell Tower 2424

No cost course readings

This course provides an examination of diverse Latina/o communities in the United States from their origins in Latin America to the various ways they have integrated into U.S. society. Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:

1) Describe the diversity and heterogeneity of the Latino/a population in the United States. 

2) Examine the historical and contemporary relations between Latin America and the United States in connection with the divergent incorporation of Latino/a groups in U.S. society. 

3) Identify the most pressing societal issues affecting diverse Latino/a communities. 

4) Analyze cultural representations and portrayals of Latina/os in print and visual media, music and popular culture. 

5) Analyze narratives, images, facts, and figures on the Latino/a population through writing, discussion and oral presentation. 

6) Articulate theoretical concepts of class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality as they relate to contemporary Latino/a communities

The course will also increase your appreciation and curiosity about Latina/o communities in the U.S. and their contributions of U.S. society.

Format: Tues/Thu 1:30-2:45pm (in-person)

Location: Del Norte 1550

No cost course readings

This interdisciplinary course will examine how race and ethnicity, politics, laws, policies, and economics played a crucial role in the decision to admit, examine, deny, deport, and naturalize selected immigrant groups in the U.S.

The first part of the course focuses on the paradox of US explains why unauthorized immigration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy from 1882 to 1965. The second part examines the politics of immigration control since the establishment of US Border Patrol and the Bracero Program, up until the present moment. The third part examines the contemporary Immigrant Rights Movement and its main dimensions, including the 2006 marches, considered one of the largest social movement campaigns in the 21^st-century, the DREAMER movement, and the organization of undocumented workers. The class concludes with current immigration issues, including the effects of neoliberalism on immigration, unaccompanied Central American children, and the humanitarian crisis at the US border.

Format: Tue/Thu 4:30-5:45pm (in person)

Location: Bell Tower 1352

No cost course readings

This course offers students a critical examination of Latina/o politics, including electoral and non-electoral political participation, social movements, and community organizing, and the Latina/o struggle against racial and class domination in the US. We cover the history of major Latina/o social movements, political thought and ideology, public policy and political issues, and strategies by which U.S. Latinas/os have struggled to achieve power and equity in the United States.

Format: In Person

Location: Bell Tower 1352

Days & Times: M/W 4:30- 5:45 PM

This class will examine the use of language within Chicanx communities through creative writing.

During the 1960s Chicana/o Movement, Chicanas/os began to write creatively exploring their experiences either growing up or migrating to the U.S. Their work examined identity and made reclamations of their right to Indigenous identity and right to express themselves in however they chose and in whatever language, be it “Spanglish,” Chicano English, and/or Caló (combination of English, Spanish, and Nahuatl). Chicanx Voices began to carve a new space in the literary world that proved to be unique linguistically and politically. Poetry (creative writing in general) was utilized as a way to empower the community toward activism and joining the social movement for Chicanx liberation. While we will examine “Chicano English” and linguistic histories of the Chicanx community, the majority of this course will focus on the process of creative writing and producing original works of poetry and prose.

This class is open to all students even if they do not self-identify as Chicanx!!!!

Sections: 1, 2, 3

Format: Online Asynchronous

Course Description:

This upper division course examines the health issues affecting the Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x Communities and considers interventions, public health policies, and health promotion programs developed to improve the health status for these communities. The course content will challenge students to think critically and understand the root causes of health disparities and inequities for Latinx communities. In addition to understanding western health frameworks, foundational frameworks of social justice, indigenous knowledge systems, culture as prevention and healing, intersectionality, and resiliency will be examined in this course.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1) Analyze the health issues facing the Latino/a/x population

2) Apply public health strategies to the Latino/a/x community

3) Demonstrate cultural competency in Latino/a/x health issues

4) Evaluate strengths & weaknesses of public health programs in the Latino/a/x community

5) Identify and explain the principle communicable, infectious, and chronic diseases affecting the Latino/a/x population

6) Identify & explain cultural & structural issues in obtaining healthcare access for Latino/a/x

Instructor: Dr. Christy Teranishi Martinez

Meeting Days/Times: In-Person Wednesdays 9 – 11:50 am  Location: Sierra 1422

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines theories of identity development and empowerment applied to Latina/o adolescents and adults living in a multicultural society. Psychological, social and cultural issues will be examined from the perspective of Latina/os from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We will examine identity development and positive functioning across diverse and multicultural communities. In this class, you will apply what you are learning to real world experiences and community service activities.

Required Books (Low-Cost):

Flores, Y. G. (2013). Chicana and Chicano Mental Health: Alma, Mente Y Corazón. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.

Rodríguez, L. J. (2012). It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Additional Readings and Films Streaming on Canvas

Modality: In-person, T/Th 9-10:15 am

Location: Del Norte 3550

Required materials: No cost course materials

Graduation Requirements: Fulfills Title V US History requirement.

Course Description

This course examines the historical settlement and culture of Chicanas/os in the United States to the present. Particular attention is given to the relationship of the Chicana/o experience to the economic, political, and social institutions of the United States. These institutions are examined in relation to historical movements and developments that span over several centuries. 

Dates/Times: Tuesday 4:30PM - 7:20PM

In person: Del Norte 2550

No cost Readings

Multicultural Perspectives Mission Pillar
Upper Div - D Social Sciences

This course examines gender and sexuality in terms of historical, cultural and social roles. Students explore structural (societal/institutional) and behavioral elements that contribute to how Chicanas/os are gendered and raced subjects in contemporary U.S. society. Gender roles, issues of health and violence, and the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender communities are placed within the context of the larger Chicana/o-Latina/o community.

Thematically, we will examine issues of Indigeneity, de)colonization, cis-hetero-patriarchy, gender identity, gender roles, sexuality, intersectionalities, power, education, the role of religion and spirituality, and artistic expressions. The historical, and oftentimes patriarchal, origins of “Chicano Studies” demonstrate the deliberate absence and erasure of Xicanas and Queer Raza/LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer + inclusive of all other expressions of Queer identities and self-definitions) in the movement and in our collective story. Through discussion, research, and analysis, students will come to an understanding of how the Xicana/o/x LGBTQ+/Queer Aztlan community have historically positioned themselves and are negotiating power today.