Chicano and Latino Studies Minor

Requirements

Upper Division: (18 units)

Take the following core (12 units):

CHLS 300 - Chicano History (3 units)
CHLS 310 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Thought and Action (3 units)
CHLS 350 - The Latino Population in the United States (3 units)
CHLS 498 - Senior Colloquium (3 units)

Take 6 units selected from the following elective courses:

The electives are organized into two tracks-Cultural Studies and Social Inquiry-to support academic planning, but students may choose freely from either track to fulfill their unit requirement.

Cultural Studies:

CHLS 330 - Critical Issues in Chicana and Latina Studies (3 units)
CHLS 341 - Asian American and Chicano/Latino Cinema (3 units)
CHLS 360 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Rhetoric (3 units)
CHLS 370 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Literature (3 units)
CHLS 375 - Latinas and the Prison System: A Comparative Perspective (3 units)
CHLS 380 - Chicana/o/x Latina/o/x Performance & Theater (3 units)
CHLS 390 - The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Historic and Literary Images (3 units)
CHLS 411 - Archival Quest: Reclaiming Latinx Rhetorics (3 units)
CHLS 412A - Centralizing Latinx Narratives: Seminar in Writing Self–Autoethnography (3 units)
CHLS 420 - Chicano Heritage in the Arts of Mexico and the Southwest (3 units)
CHLS 442 - Sexing Chicana Literature (3 units)
CHLS 445 - Latinas and Revolution (3 units)
CHLS 450 - 1492 and Beyond (3 units)
CHLS 490 - Selected Topics in Chicano and Latino Studies (1-3 units)
CHLS 499 - Directed Studies (1-3 units)

Social Inquiry:

CHLS 305 - Chicana/o and Latina/o California History (3 units)
CHLS 319 - Racial and Ethnic Experience in the United States (3 units)
CHLS 320 - Wealth and Poverty in Latino Communities (3 units)
CHLS 335 - Asian and Latino Immigration Since World War II (3 units)
CHLS 340 - Latino Education in the U.S. (3 units)
CHLS 352 - Central American and Caribbean Peoples in California (3 units)
CHLS 362 - Latinas/os, Law and Public Policy (3 units)
CHLS 385 - Beyond Racial Tensions: The Relational Racial Formation of Latinx Communities in the U.S. (3 units)
CHLS 400 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Politics in the U.S. (3 units)
CHLS 415 - Latina Women in the United States (3 units)
CHLS 421 - Street Gangs in Comparative Perspective (3 units)
CHLS 430 - The Latino Transnational Experience in the Caribbean: Empire, Reform and Revolution (3 units)
CHLS 470 - Latinas/Latinos: Health Status and Health Care Access (3 units)
CHLS 490 - Selected Topics in Chicano and Latino Studies (1-3 units)
CHLS 499 - Directed Studies (1-3 units)

Proficiency in Spanish which may be met by one of the following options:

Two years of college Spanish

Successful completion of the following course:

SPAN 250 - Spanish for Bilinguals (6 units)

High School Advanced Placement Exam in Spanish Language or Literature

A score of 4 or above on the high school advanced placement exam in Spanish language or literature