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Requirements for the Major in Chicanx Latinx Studies

A major in Chicanx Latinx Studies requires a minimum of ten (10) courses in the subject area, including a senior thesis or senior project, but excluding the Spanish Language classes (SPAN 044 SC, SPAN 065 CH, or equivalent).

Language Requirement: 

All CLS majors must demonstrate fluency in Spanish by completing SPAN 65CH (Spanish for Bilinguals), SPAN 044, an equivalent course, or a language assessment.

Required Courses

Three courses from the following list of introductory courses:

• CHLT061 CH - Contemporary Issues of Chicanas & Latinas
• CHLT072 CH - Central Americans in the U.S.
• CHLT157 CH - Latina Activists Work and Protest
• CHST028 CH – Epicentro América: Introduction to Central American Studies
• CHST077 CH - Chicana - Latina, Gender, and Popular Culture
• HIST017 CH - Introduction to Chicanx Latinx History
• HIST032 CH - Latin America Since Independence
• HIST034 CH - History of Mexico
• PSYC084 CH - Psychology of the Chicanx Latinx Experience
• SOC030 CH - Chicanxs - Latinxs in Contemporary Society
• SPAN127 CH - Literatura Chicana en Español

One course from each of the three areas of concentration:

A. Educación: Identities, Cultures and Communities
B. Experiencia: Literature, Music and Representation
C. Sin Fronteras: Latinx Experiences in the Americas

1. Educación: Identities, Cultures and Communities

2. Experiencia: Literature, Music and Representation

  • ARHI130 PO - Modern Latin American and Chicanx/Latinx Art
  • ARHI131 PO - Border Art: U.S.-Mexico and Beyond
  • CHLT068 CH - Rock en Las Americas
  • CHST064 CH - Chicanx Music from Genre to Experience 
  • CHST066 CH - Fandango as a De-Colonial Tool
  • CHST067 CH - Chicanx Art and Its Antecedents
  • CHST074 CH - Women Who Rock: The Archive, Pop Music and New Media
  • CHST126B CH - Contemporary Chicanx Literature
  • CHST130 CH - (Re)Claiming Voices & Sharing Stories in Chicanx Latinx Communities
  • CHST184D CH - Chicanx Short Fiction
  • CHST185B CH - Narratives of U.S. Mexico Borderlands
  • CHST185C CH - Voices of the Tropics: Latina Literature of the Caribbean
  • CHST186 CH - Contemporary Chicana Literature Seminar
  • MUS130 SC - Rhythm and the Latina Body Politic
  • MUS 131 SC - Mariachi Performance and Culture
  • SPAN127 CH - Literatura Chicana en Español
  • THEA130 PO - Introduction to Directing (CP)

3. Sin Fronteras: Latin@ Experiences in the Americas

  • CHLT060 CH - Women in the Third World
  • CHLT072 CH - Central Americans in the U.S.
  • CHLT085 PZ - Gender, Radicalism & Revolution: Central American Feminisms
  • CHLT105 PZ - Undocumented Los Angeles: The Untold Story of Organizing
  • CHLT120 PZ - Immigration from “The Tropics” to the Borderlands: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
  • CHLT153 CH - Rural and Urban Social Movements
  • CHLT154 CH - Latinas in the Garment Industry
  • CHLT160 CH - Queering (Im)Migration: LGBTI & Gender Nonconforming Migration from Central America
  • CHST028 CH – Epicentro América: Introduction to Central American Studies
  • CHST121 CH - Artivistas in the Americas
  • CHST128 CH - Latinx Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Resistance
  • EA099 PO - Introduction to Urban Health Equity: Uncovering Local and Global Disparities
  • ECON115 PO - Economics of Immigration
  • HIST017 CH - Introduction to Chicanx Latinx History
  • HIST025 CH - All Power to the People! Social Movements for Justice
  • HIST031 CH - Colonial Latin America
  • HIST032 CH - Latin America Since Independence
  • HIST034 CH - History of Mexico
  • HIST080 PO - Revolutions, Uprisings, Coups, and Interventions in the Americas since 1910
  • HIST101T CH - Latinifornia
  • HIST130 CH - Mexico-United States Border: Diaspora, Exiles, and Refugees (CP)
  • HIST132 PO - Political Protest and Social Movements in Latin America
  • POST174 CH - U.S. Immigration Policy
  • POST175 PZ - Immigration and Race in America
  • SPAN131 SC - Representations of Queer Lives in Latin America
  • SPAN140 PO - From Borges to “Literatura Lite”: Gender and Genre in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
  • SPAN142 PO - Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad
  • SPAN154 SC - Trans-Caribbean Formations: Translating Identity, Race, and Gender in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
  • SPAN183 SC - Interculturality and Bilingualism in the Andes

NOTE: Double-counting of courses to satisfy the requirements listed above is not permitted.

One Course with a service learning or civic engagement component:

One of the courses taken to satisfy the CLS major must include a service learning or civic engagement component. The following courses include a service learning or civic engagement component:

CHLT 085 PZ, CHLT 105 PZ, CHLT 110 PZ, CHLT 120 PZ, CHLT 153 CH, CHLT 154 CH, CHLT 157 CH, CHLT 160 CH, CHST 101 CH, HIST 101S CH, HIST 130 CH, POST 107 CH, SOC 114 CH, SOC 150 CH

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Updated 1/2021