Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies,
Division of Social Sciences,
South Hall 1713;
Telephone (805) 893-5546
E-mail: chicstinfo@chicst.ucsb.edu
Website: www.chicst.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Department Chair: Chela Sandoval
Contents:
- Faculty
- Overview
- Senior Honors Program
- Undergraduate Program
- Graduate Program
- Chicano Studies Courses
Gerardo Aldana, Ph.D., Harvard University, Assistant Professor (Maya hieroglyphic history, Mesoamerican art, experimental archaeology, science studies, culture theory)
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Ph.D., UC Riverside, Associate Professor (globalization, labor, social movements, race and ethnic relations, Latin American studies and community/urban studies)
Edwina Barvosa-Carter, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (contemporary social and political theory, intellectual history, Chicana/o studies)
Mario T. García, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Professor (Chicano history, race and ethnicity, southwestern history, autobiography, Latino religion)
María Herrera-Sobek, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy, Professor, Luis Leal Endowed Chair in Chicano Studies (literature, gender, cultural studies, oral traditions, folklore, feminist theory)
Jonathan Xavier Inda, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (anthropology of globalization; governmentality and biopolitics; science, medicine, and the body; diasporic cultures)
D. Ines Casillas, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Assistant Professor (U.S. Spanish-language media, radio/sound practices, immigration policy, gender, popular culture)
Guisela Latorre, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor (Chicana/o and Latin American art history, Chicana creative expressions, and Latina/o public art)
Francisco A. Lomelí, Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Professor (Chicano literature, literary history, cultural studies, border studies, language)
Horacio N. Roque Ramírez, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (queer/LGBT community history and theory, Central American (-American) studies, oral history theories and methods, popular cultures, creative writing and narrative)
Chela Sandoval, Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz, Associate Professor (cyber and millennial studies, third space feminism, critical media theory and production, oppositional consciousness and social movement)
Tara J. Yosso, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (sociology of education, critical race theory, Latina/o critical race theory, visual sociology)
Professor Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor Emeritus (Chicano and German studies, gender and performance, oral traditions, Native American studies, cultural studies, music)
Professor Luis Leal, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Professor Emeritus (Mexican, Chicano, and Latin American Literature)
Professor Rudy Busto, (Religious Studies)
Professor Manuel Casas, (Education)
Professor Leo Cabranes-Grant, (Dramatic Art/ Spanish)
Professor Joseph Castro, (Education)
Professor Sarah Cline, (History)
Professor Richard Duran, (Education)
Professor Carl Gutierrez-Jones, (English)
Professor Ellie Hernandez, (Women’s Studies)
Professor Ray Huerta, (Chicana/o Studies)
Professor Gaye T. Johnson, (Black Studies)
Professor Claudine Michel, (Black Studies)
Professor Carlos Morton, (Dramatic Art)
Professor Denise Segura, (Sociology)
Professor Gabriela Soto-Laveaga, (History)
Professor Zaragoza Vargas, (History)
Professor Cristina Venegas, (Film Studies)
Professor Howard Winant, (Sociology)
The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program that fosters a historical, political, social, and cultural understanding of the heterogeneous Chicano and Chicana experience. Chicana and Chicano Studies builds upon the critical inquiry of traditional disciplines, as well as upon a host of innovative approaches that have surfaced over the last few decades, most notably in gender, ethnic, sexuality, border, and global studies. Chicana and Chicano Studies thus actively advocates the crossing of disciplinary boundaries and encourages the creative interweaving of methods, providing a unique alternative to traditional forms of intellectual inquiry.
In the twenty-first century, the Chicana and Chicano/Latina and Latino peoples of the United States and particularly of California are situated at the forefront of a new multicultural, multilingual force that is rapidly changing the face of the Americas. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is uniquely positioned to comprehend the diverse knowledge, experience, and cultures resulting from these millennial transformations. The academic program integrates the study of Chicana/o populations in the United States with studies of history, consciousness, political institutions, social systems, and forms of cultural expression. Many Chicana and Chicano Studies courses address contemporary issues that arise in response to new political, economic, and cultural realities: changing modes of identity; new understandings of gender, sexuality, and social movements; immigration and bi-national populations; and growing trends toward globalization, transnationalization, and transculturation. Courses critically engage themes and methods capable of speaking about race, culture, power, sexuality, gender, class, and social transformation.
The major in Chicana and Chicano Studies is designed to provide a broad liberal arts education for the twenty-first century. The goals of the major are as follows: (1) to encourage participatory and student-centered learning so that students become agents of knowledge and change; (2) to motivate students to examine their own political, economic, social, and cultural positions; (3) to empower students to move beyond being objects of study toward being subjects in their own social realities; (4) to enable majors to become conversant in historical and structural formations of power pertaining to processes such as racism, sexism, historicity, gender, race relations, inter-ethnic connections, and dominant social theories; (5) to prepare all students to inhabit and contribute to an increasingly diverse and transnational society which demands new modes of interaction.
The major can be used as preparation for a career in such fields as teaching and education, counseling and social services, health and human services, public service, law, and business. The major also provides excellent undergraduate preparation for students who intend to do graduate work in the field of ethnic-American studies or associated areas in the social sciences, humanities, or arts.
Undergraduate majors, incoming students, and prospective majors are invited to consult the departmental undergraduate academic advisor about all aspects of planning a program in Chicana and Chicano Studies. Detailed descriptions of course offerings are available in the department office prior to the registration period, along with several guides and information sheets for majors and prospective majors.
Students with a bachelor’s degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.
The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies offers honors sections in lower-division survey courses. Upper-division College Honors Program students may design their own contract courses and independent studies courses with Chicana and Chicano Studies faculty. Candidates from the Chicana and Chicano Studies honors program must be in residence at UCSB for at least one year (three quarters) as Chicana and Chicano Studies majors and have either a grade-point average of 3.5 in Chicana and Chicano Studies or a grade-point average of 3.3 in Chicana and Chicano and a substantial record of community service. During their senior year, students work closely with department faculty to prepare an honors thesis. The honors seminar, Chicana/o Studies 197HA-HB-HC, is designed to facilitate research and writing of the thesis. Honors program graduates receive the award of distinction in their major upon graduation.
Undergraduate Program
Bachelor of Arts - Chicana and Chicano Studies
Preparation for the major. Chicana/o Studies 1A-B-C; Spanish 3 or equivalent.
Upper-division major. Forty-four upper-division units emphasizing seven sub-areas, selected from the following:
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Global, Postcolonial, and Border Studies - One course (4 units). Chicana/o Studies 141, 142, 171, 177, 178A, 185, 189, 189B,
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Literature, Culture, and Representation - Two courses (8 units). Chicana/o Studies 110, 117, 119, 124, 125B, 130, 137, 138, 139, 146, 147, 148, 158, 160, 162, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184A, 185A, 186A, 188C
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Politics, History, and Community - Two courses (8 units). Chicana/o Studies 112, 120, 132, 133, 134, 136, 140, 144, 153, 154F, 168A-B, 168E, 168F, 168I, 168GQ, 168LA, 168LB, 168P, 168R, 168S, 170A, 172, 174, 179A, 192
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Critical and Cultural Theory - One course (4 units). Chicana/o Studies 110, 114, 135, 149, 150, 151, 167, 174A, 176, 179, 185.
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Gender and Sexuality Studies - One course (4 units). These courses are also listed in Areas A through D but may not be applied to more than one area. Chicana/o Studies 148, 149, 151, 153, 154F, 155W, 167, 184A,
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Senior seminar: Chicana/o Studies 193 - One course (4 units). The senior seminar, offered twice a year, must be taken in the senior year.
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Electives - (12 units). Three upper-division Chicana and Chicano Studies courses. Up to 8 units of closely related fields outside the major may be applied by petition.
Graduate Program
The Chicana/o Studies Ph.D program engages students in the interdisciplinary study of Chicana/o lives, cultures, and political struggle. Students examine Chicana/o experiences in their most broad, comprehensive sense, through the study of politics, philosophy, history, literature, religion, art, psychology, sociology, education, oral traditions, anthropology, mass media, film, environment, health, and music as well as other intellectual, scholarly, and artistic traditions. International and Hemispheric Studies allow students to explore the interlocking connections between Latin America, the Caribbean, and U.S. Indigenous, Mestizo/a, Latina/o, and Chicana/o communities. The main goal of the M.A./Ph.D. program is to educate scholars as interdisciplinary researchers equipped to work with a broad range of contents, perspectives, approaches, and methodologies. The M.A./Ph.D degree in Chicana/o Studies challenges students to understand struggles toward social justice by linking theory with practice, scholarship with teaching, and the academy with the community. The program’s intellectually rigorous course of study is designed to train students to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Master of Arts - Chicano Studies
Admission
The department does not admit students who are only interested in pursuing a terminal M.A. The M.A. degree is earned as one of the requirements for the Ph.D. Students in the Ph.D. program must complete the requirements for the master’s degree before continuing toward the doctorate.
Degree Requirements
M.A. degree requirements include the department’s core courses and a minimum of three Chicana/o Studies subfield seminars with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. In addition, an M.A. qualifying paper is also required. Two years is the normative time to complete the master’s degree.
Doctor of Philosophy - Chicano Studies
Admission
All applicants must fulfill the general UCSB university requirements as described in the section titled “Graduate Education at UCSB” for admission to graduate status. To be considered for admission to the Chicano Studies Ph.D. program, a student must show a strong aptitude for scholarly work and demonstrate intellectual maturity. Students admitted to the graduate program would normally have completed an undergraduate major in Chicana/o Studies or a closely related discipline. Admission to the program is based on (1) academic transcripts, (2) statement of purpose, (3) letters of recommendation, (4) Graduate Record Examination scores, and (5) a writing sample.
Degree Requirements
Candidates for the Ph.D. degree must complete at least 56 graduate units. Students must complete the core curriculum (24 units), as follows:Chicana/o Studies 200A-B-C, 210, 220, 230. Students must also complete 32 units of additional coursework, as follows:
Chicana/o Studies Subfield Seminars (24 units): Six graduate seminars in Chicana/o Studies focused on two chosen subfields selected from four programmatic subfields: (1) aesthetic and cultural studies, (2) social and political institutions, (3) global and transnational studies, (4) critical race, gender, and sexuality studies.
Seminars outside Chicana/o Studies (8 units): Two graduate seminars that complement students’ chosen subfields, taken outside the Department of Chicana/o Studies.
Students who are admitted to the doctoral program in Chicano Studies with an M.A. degree must complete all the requirements for the Chicano Studies Master of Arts degree. These students may be able to transfer up to three graduate courses (12 units) from another institution toward the additional course requirements.
A fluent reading knowledge of Spanish or another language relevant to a chosen area of study is also required. After satisfying course requirements, students are eligible to take their doctoral qualifying examination. Upon advancement to candidacy, students begin work on the dissertation. Expected time to Ph.D. candidacy is no more than nine quarters. Full-time studentss normally complete the requirements for a Ph.D. within six years of full-time work.
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Chicana and Chicano Studies Courses
1A-B-C. Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
(4-4-4) Staff
Introduction to the historical and contemporary development of the Chicano/a community. Course is interdisciplinary in nature. Focuses by quarter on A. history, B. gender, and C. culture.
7A. Aztec History
(4) Aldana
An introduction to Aztec culture from its mythological origins to contact with Europe. Consideration of statecraft, religion, art, and science from historical and archeological perspectives.
7B. Beginning Nahuatl
(4) Aldana
An introduction to the reading of sixteenth-century Nahuatl documents. Emphasis is on language acquisition, with some reference made to indigenous codices.
9A. Classic Maya History
(4) Aldana
An introduction to ancient Maya culture through its history recovered from hieroglyphic texts. Emphasis is on political history, but religion, art, and science are considered as well.
9B. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
(3) Aldana
An introduction to the classic Maya hieroglyphic writing system. Treatment balances language acquisition with methods for interpreting hieroglyphic records.
9BL. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Lab
(1) Aldana
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in Chicana/o Studies 9B.
Laboratory accompanying Maya Hieroglyphic Writing course. Explores the various methods and media of hieroglyphic writing.
12. Introduction to Chicana/o Spanish
(4) Lomelí
Prerequisite: Spanish 3.
Introduces students to Chicano Spanish and helps them to improve oral and written skills, distinguish between standard speech and popular variants, and to learn the Chicano Spanish lexicon.
99. Independent Studies
(1-4) Staff
Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Independent study under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Course offers students the opportunity to undertake independent study or work in a group.
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110. Research Methods in Chicano Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Using Chicano studies topics, the course will introduce students to: (1) the epistemology of scientific inquiry (its history and contemporary movements); (2) the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative and qualitative methodologies; and (3) the mechanisms of research design (transforming an idea into a research plan).
112. Methodology of the Oppressed
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
“Minority discourses” employ in various modes what can be defined as “the theories and methodologies of the oppressed.” What are these theories and methods, and how are they encoded in literature, theory, ideology, and popular culture?
114. Cultural and Critical Theory
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Introduction to the various modes, techniques, terminologies, and methodologies fundamental to Cultural Studies.
117. Aztec and Maya Mythologies
(4) Aldana
Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 7A-B or 9A-B.
Explores ancient Mesoamerican mythology in both its indigenous and modern Chicana representations from archeological, historical, and Chicano perspectives. Emphasizes consideration of the various forms by which mythologies are maintained.
119. Mesoamerican Art and Artists
(4) Aldana
Introduction to public and private art in Mesoamerican cultures. Considers the social and political place of artists and their products. Focus is on the Classic Maya, but course surveys Olmec, Teotihuacano, Mixtec, and Aztec art as well.
120. Indigenous Mestizos of Ancient Mesoamerica
(4) Aldana
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Course begins with a comparison of the meanings of mestizaje in colonial and modern times. We then look at case studies from classic and postclassic Mesoamerica that both corroborate and extend our understanding of this cultural phenomenon.
124. Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Public Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Explores examples of public and site-specific artwork created by Chicano/Latino artists challenging museum and gallery spaces. The history of displacement and marginalization traditionally suffered by Chicano/Latino communities has led these artists to create public art as a form of decolonization.
124L. Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Public Art Laboratory
(1) Latorre
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in Chicana/o Studies 124.
After visiting the Chicana/Latino museum and gallery spaces, the lab supports students in producing their own public and site-specific artwork. Other students describe, arrange, and curate a gallery showing by the end of the quarter.
125B. Contemporary Chicano and Chicana Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Art History 125B or 146.
Examination and appraisal of the Chicana/o art movement within the context of contemporary American art and the contemporary art of Mexico. A survey of major Chicano and Chicana artists and developments in Chicano painting, sculpture, graphic, and conceptual art from the late 1960’s to the present.
130. Imaging (Imagining) Chicanas/os: A Critical Media Literacy Seminar
(4) Yosso
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Presents a critical historical overview of mainstream entertainment media images of Chicanas and Chicanos, with an emphasis on educational impact of such portrayals. Students examine how historical, social, psychological, political, and economic forces construct imaginary Chicanas/os through media images.
132. A History of Chicana/o Education
(4) Yosso
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Presents a theoretical and empirical overview of Chicana/o educational issues in the U.S. Examines how historical, social, political, and economic forces impact Chicana/o educational attainment and achievement. Fieldwork component encompasses students conducting research projects in Chicana/o educational settings.
133. Struggles for Equality in Chicana/o Education
(4) Yosso
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Investigates Chicana/o struggles for educational equality in the U.S. Presentations, discussions, written assignments analyze historical and contemporary examples of Chicana/o communities responding to and resisting subordination based on intersections of race with gender, class, language, immigrant status, and sexuality.
134. Contemporary Chicana/o Experiences in Bilingual/Multicultural Education
(5) Yosso
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Addresses academic literature in bilingual and multicultural education in the context of hands-on experience in Chicana/o educational settings. Fieldwork encompasses students working as part of a research team in Santa Barbara area schools to link academic knowledge with K-12 practice.
135. Critical Race Theory in Chicana/o Education
(4) Yosso
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examines Critical Race Theory (CRT) as an emerging analytical framework in the field of education. Course investigates how a CRT framework might address and challenge the impacts of race, class, gender, language, immigrant status, accent, and sexual orientation on Chicana/o, Latina/o educational attainment and achievement.
136. Oral History: Theories and Methods
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Survey of oral history as a theoretical and methodological practice, including the “testimonio” tradition. Through readings, discussions, and a small field studies component, the politics of memory and truth, and the challenges and pleasures of oral history work are considered.
137. Chicana/o Oral Traditions
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Introduces students to Chicana/o oral traditions. Contemporary forms of Chicano oral poetry, oral narrative, and drama are examined in addition to more ephemeral forms such as cabula, choteo, joke-telling, or dichos.
138. Barrio Popular Culture
(4) Broyles-González
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Explores various manifestations of popular and mass culture in Chicano urban and semi-rural communities throughout the southwest. Both secular and religious cultural phenomena are analyzed (lowriders, saints, music, etc.). Relationships to mainstream culture is examined.
139. Native American Heritage and Chicanas/os
(4) Broyles-González
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Explores the intense recourse to the Native American heritage during the Chicano cultural renaissance of the 1960s and 1970s. The rediscovery of the native ancestral cultures will be analyzed in poetry, prose, drama, the graphic arts.
140. The Mexican Cultural Heritage of the Chicana/o
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
A panoramic view of present-day Chicana/o traditions analyzed from a Mexican cultural heritage perspective in order to comprehend and appreciate the uniqueness and difference of present-day Chicana/o culture, its achievements, and contribution to the overall American culture.
141. Central Americans in the United States
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Provides an interdisciplinary historical overview of Central American migrations to the U.S., and a cultural and political analysis of resulting individual and group identities. Transnationalism, diasporas, politics, and community building among Central Americans, or “Central American-Americans” are explored.
142. Salvadoran Diasporas
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Reviews of Salvadoran people’s movements across time and space, conscious of the intersection of cultural, social, and economic processes at individual and collective levels. Examines this diaspora and the forging of new identities and vision from this new Cuzcatlan.
144. The Chicana/o Community
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval, Segura
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 144.
Origins of the Chicano in rural Mexico; context of contact; patterns of settlement in the United States; the Chicano community, social structure, and social change; acculturation and generational patterns; community leadership and change.
146. Humor and the Chicana/o Artist
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Though Chicana/o art is often associated with serious political and grassroots movements, the use of humor has been a recurring element in its production. Course examines the various instances of humor, irony, and parody in Chicana/o art.
147. Figuration in Chicana/o Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Chicana/o artists often work in a realist style putting great emphasis on the human figure. Class analyzes how Chicana/o artists render the human figure and how their representations of the body reflect or inform the ideology of the Chicano movement.
148. Chicana Art and Feminism
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
An overview of contemporary Chicana art and feminist theory from the late 1960s to the present placed within the context of the Chicano movement and other historical events.
149. Body, Culture, and Power
(4) Inda
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Exploration of the construction, imaging, and experience of the body in light of modern regimes of power/knowledge. Particular attention is paid to the work of Michel Foucault on disciplinary technologies, medical practices of ab/normalization, and the emergence of bio-power.
149A. Race, Science and Medicine
(4) Inda
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examines the role of science and medicine in the construction and management of racialized bodies. Topics might include public health, reproductive politics, genomics, colonial medicine, and enhancement technologies.
150. Mesoamerican Technology and Ideology
(4) Aldana
Explores the extent to which communities and individuals can be identified in their production of material cultures. Begins and ends with examples from modern culture, then treats the production of stone tools, ceramics, and stone sculpture in classic Maya culture.
153. Queer Identities, Communities, and Theories
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Examines queer/lgbt community life and death; political and social identities; and multiple gender and sexual expressions. Grounded in narratives of identity and experience, the course explores dimensions of visibility, space, “silence,” and politics of exclusion in queer worlds.
154F. The Chicana/o Family
(4) Segura
Prerequisites: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 154F.
Provides an overview of historical and contemporary research on Chicano families in the United States. Changing viewpoints on the character of Chicano families and their implications with respect to policy issues are examined.
158. Spoken Word Art Performance Activism (SWAPA)
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; a prior upper-division course in Chicana/o Studies.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Recommended preparation: a prior writing course.
Spoken wor(ld) art performance activism (SWAPA) introduces students to a method for reading, writing, thinking, and performing before an audience of peers. This methods is based on the shaman-witness ritual proposed by Chicana theorist and writer, Gloria Anzaldúa.
158L. Spoken Word Art Performance Activism (SWAPA) Laboratory
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in Chicana/o Studies 158.
Laboratory accompanies Spoken Word Art Performance Activism (SWAPA) course. Lab focuses on creative production, articulation, and vocal expression.
160. Pre-Colombian Religions, Mexican Religions, and Chicana/o Religions
(4) Talamantez
A response to present-day indigenous spirituality movement by examining pre-Colombian religions, religion in Mexico, Chicana/o religion, and the impact of Spanish colonization on these traditions. Pilgrimage, altars, rituals, influence of Aztec philosophy, Mexican and Chicana/o spirituality are examined from a contemporary perspective.
162. Guerrilla Digital Video
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper-division courses in Chicana/o Studies.
Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. This course explores creative approaches and practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing “guerrilla tactics” for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries.
162L. Guerrilla Digital Video Laboratory
(1) Sandoval
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in Chicana/o Studies 162.
Lab for producing guerrilla digital video.
166. Performing Politics
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Recent definitions of the term politics describe it as an artful yet scientific process of “performance.” This course examines the performances enacted by twenty-first century Chicano/a community activists. Students analyze these to produce their own video, spoken, audio, and written performance.
167. Chicana Feminisms
(4) Barvosa-Carter, Herrera-Sobek, Sandoval
Different feminisms have contributed significantly to contemporary political thought. In this course, students survey the historical development and primary issues of Chicana Feminism, including its practices of political intervention, major writings, and comparisons to other influential feminisms.
168A-B. History of the Chicana/o
(4-4) García, Vargas
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 168A-B.
The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the sociocultural lifeline of the Mexicans who have lived north of Mexico.
168E. History of the Chicana/o Movement
(4) García
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 168E.
An examination of the Chicano movement in the United States from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Topics will include the student movement, the farmworker movement, the Plan de Aztlan, the Raza Unida Party, Chicana feminists, the anti-war movement, and Chicana/o Studies.
168F. Racism in American History
(4) García, Armbruster-Sandoval
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or Asian American Studies 1 or 2 or Black Studies 1 or 2 or 5 or 6 or 20.
Same course as History 168F.
Examines racism as a major ideological force in defining American society from the colonial era to the 1980s. Major focus is in the changing nature of racism as ideology as well as the relationship of racism to specific minority groups such as Afro-American, Native American, Chicanos, and Asian-American.
168GQ. Minority Autobiography and United States History
(4) García
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or History 17A or 17B or 17C.
Same course as History 168GQ.
Seminar utilizes autobiographical or life-stories texts by U.S. minority writers to better understand the diversity of U.S. history and the racialized ethnic experience.
168I. Latino Autobiography and History
(4) García
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 168I.
Examines a diverse number of Latino autobiographical texts that reflect the changing nature of the Latino historical experience. Topics to be covered include issue of race, class, gender, immigration, labor, politics, religion, and culture.
168LA. History of Chicano and Chicana Workers from the Nineteenth Century to the Early 1930’s
(4) Vargas
Prerequisite: History 168A or 168B or Chicana/o Studies 168A or 168B.
Not open to students who have taken Chicana/o Studies 194 or History 168LA.
History of Chicano workers from the late nineteenth century to the early Great Depression, focusing on immigration, regional labor migrations, class formation, unionization, and work lives. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
168LB. History of Chicana/o Workers from the Late 1930’s to the Present Era
(4) Vargas
Prerequisite: History 168A or 168B or 168LA or Chicana/o Studies 168A or 168B or 168LA.
Not open to students who have taken History 168LB.
History of Chicano workers from the late 1930’s to the present era, focusing on labor struggles, union organizations, civil rights politics migration and immigration, and work. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
168P. Proseminar in Chicana/o History
(4) GarcÍa
Prerequisite: History 168A or 168B or Chicana/o Studies 168A or 168B.
Same course as History 168P. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Studies in selected aspects of Chicano history with an emphasis on social and economic history.
168R. Latino Religious Traditions in Historical Perspective
(4) García
Same course as History 168R and Religious Studies 124R.
Focuses on the role of religion in the Chicano/Latino historical experience. Includes pre-Colombian traditions, Spanish colonial traditions, religion of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, immigrant religious traditions, the changing nature of Latino religions in the twentieth century.
168S. Latino Leadership Traditions
(4) García
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Focuses on the issue of leadership in the Chicano/Latino experience. A historical as well as a contemporary perspective is utilized. Leadership includes politics, community action, labor, academics, and cultural activities.
171. The Brown/Black Metropolis: Race, Class, and Resistance in the City
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Traces the transition of Browns/Blacks from a rural to urban population and examines trends in family size, language usage, segregation and social inequality. Issues of urban decay and community conflict are also examined.
172. Law and Civil Rights
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Survey of recent state and federal laws and court decisions affecting the Chicano community. Special consideration will be given to landmark cases and decisions. Analysis of opposing views on each case in a historical context.
174A. The Political Philosophy of Cesar Chavez
(4) Barvosa-Carter
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Surveys the political work and philosophy of Cesar Chavez. Elements of his philosophy covered include approaches to race, class, gender, and diversity, basic liberal principles, religious faith and spirituality, and his commitment to nonviolence.
176. Theories of Social Change and Chicano Political Life
(4) Barvosa-Carter, Armbruster-Sandoval
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Introduction to classical and contemporary theories of social and political change. Students apply these theoretical frameworks toward understanding specific cases of social and political transformation and continuity which have affected Chicanos/as during the twentieth century.
177. Globalization and Transnational Social Movements
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Analysis of the globalization of the world economy and the social and economic consequences of this process. Examination of the transnational social movements that emerged in response to globalization. Emphasis on Mexico and Central America and role of Chicanos in these movements.
178A. Global Migrants/Traveling Cultures
(4) Inda
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
The migration of people and cultures across national boundaries in the current age of globalization. Focus on Mexican migration to the US and third world migration to Europe.
179. Democracy and Diversity
(4) Barvosa-Carter
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Introduction to the ancient and modern model of democracy which underpin contemporary democratic life. Special attention given to recent reformulations of our democratic models and how these new approaches relate to Chicano/a political concerns and practices.
179A. Race and Environmental Justice
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Provides an introduction to the topics of environmental inequality and environmental justice. Of particular interest is how race is implicated in the unequal exposure of populations to environmental pollution and in the social movements developed to address environmental inequality.
180. Survey of Chicana/o Literature
(4) Lomelí, Herrera-Sobek
Same course as Spanish 135.
This course encompasses a general overview of all genres (poetry, novel, theatre, short story, and essay) of Chicano literature. A people’s socio-historical experiences are examined to understand ethnicity, creativity, and world view.
181. The Chicana/o Novel
(4) Lomelí, Herrera-Sobek
Same course as Spanish 179.
Reading, analysis, and critique of the contemporary Chicano novel as it pertains to the Chicano experience.
182. Contemporary Chicano/a Authors
(4) Leal
Detailed reading and critical examination of a limited number of contemporary Chicano/a authors. A more intense study of their literary works than that provided in introductory courses.
183. Border Narrative
(4) Leal, Herrera-Sobek, Lomelí
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Reading and analysis of U.S./Mexico border narratives (novels, essays, short stories, autobiographies) focusing on the problems associated with relations between countries.
184A. Chicana Writers
(4) Herrera-Sobek
Examination of literary works by Chicana writers. Feminist theories as well as other contemporary critical theories are applied to the analysis of prose, poetry and dramatic words written by such authors as Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, Helen Viramontes, and others.
185. De-Colonizing CyberCinema
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 185L; upper-division standing.
Cybercinema is one of the most recent and innovative technologies for representing reality. What are its aesthetic forms, and how do they work tode-colonize the imagination under postcolonial conditions? Can we identify a specific “Chicana/o” criticism or aesthetics?
185A. Techno Imaginaries
(4) Sandoval
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Explores the role of technology in relation to Latino populations. Topics might include the digital divide, cyberpublics, television, film, computers, cyborgs, and medical technologies.
185L. De-Colonizing CyberCinema Lab
(1) Sandoval
Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 185; upper-division standing.
Mandatory Laboratory for CHST 185.
186A. Chicano and Mexican Music
(4) Staff
Traditional music from pre-Hispanic to contemporary; regional styles and instruments, indigenous and urban popular styles; social movement music from resistance against Spain, Independence, “La Reforma,” the Mexican Revolution, “Cancion Nueva,” the Chicano Movement and the contemporary Zapatistas.
188C. Chicano Theater Workshop
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Reading and analysis of contemporary bilingual Chicano plays, in conjunction with acting and technical training. A dramatic piece will be rehearsed and performed.
189. Immigration and the U.S. Border
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval, Inda
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
An analysis of the socioeconomic and political factors which have determined and continue to form the basis for the development of United States immigration policies and practices toward Mexico and the U.S-Mexican border.
189B. The Global Underground
(4) Inda
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Explores some of the more negative aspects of globalization. Topics covered might include the trafficking of women, the exploitation of workers, and the subjugation of indigenous peoples.
191AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Chicana/o Studies
(4) Staff
Course may be taken up to three times (12 units) providing the letter designations are different.
Designed to allow courses of varying topics in areas of expertise of visiting professors to broaden opportunities for students. Examples might be: immigration, Native American, Mexican, or Latin American influences on the Chicano, legal issues, the migrants.
192. Group Studies for Advanced Students
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of Chicana/o Studies 192/195A-B-C-D/198/199 courses combined to the Chicana/o Studies major.
Intensive study and research.
193. Senior Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: two prior courses in Chicana/o Studies; consent of instructor; and senior standing.
To be offered intermittently.
Capstone course for Chicana and Chicana/o Studies majors. Goal is to produce a thoroughly documented and professionally crafted Chicana/o Studies research paper (or creative project).
195A-B-C-D. Community Studies and Outreach Initiatives
(1-5 each) Armbruster
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of Chicana/o Studies 192/195A-B-C-D/198/199 courses combined to the Chicana/o Studies major.
Internship in contemporary urban problems and decision-making processes as they affect the Chicana/o community. Student individually assigned, instructed and supervised in fieldwork involving practical experience in decision-making unit of local governmental social service, or of community liaison agencies. (A-fall; B-winter; C-spring; D-summer)
197HA-HB-HC. Honors Project Seminar
(4-4-4) Staff
Prerequisite: acceptance into the Chicana and
Chicana/o Studies honors program; senior standing; consent of department; open to Chicana/o Studies majors only; Chicana/o Studies 197HA (for 197HB): Chicana/o Studies 197HB (for 197HC).
Designed for majors.
HA. Seminar for the development of the honors research project. Emphasis is on the design of the project and the establishment of methodologies to be utilized. Background and initial research is undertaken. (F)
HB. Independent research comprising the bulk of the data acquisition and organization for the honors project. (W)
HC. Allows students to complete the writing of the honors thesis. Time is allotted to prepare a presentation of the project before an audience of peers and faculty members.
199. Independent Studies
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Chicana/o Studies.
Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 8 units of Chicana/o Studies 192/195A-B-C-D/198/199 courses combined to the Chicana/o Studies major.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance in Chicana/o Studies
(1-5) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Chicana/o Studies; consent of instructor and department.
Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Chicana/o Studies 199RA may not be used for credit in the major.
Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance.
200A. History and Narrativity
(4) Staff
Examines critical theories and methods in the production of historical narratives, social myths, and ideologies of racialization and ethnicity. Special attention is given to employment strategies, tropes, and allegorical forms in the construction of historical events and narratives.
200B. Cultural Texts
(4) Staff
Explores critical theories and methods in the production of cultural knowledge in the humanities. Special attention is given to interdisciplinary articulations with theories and methods in the social sciences.
200C. Social Processes
(4) Staff
Explores critical theories and methods in the production of knowledge relevant to social, political, economic, and institutional structures. Special attention is given to interdisciplinary articulations with theories and methods in the humanities.
201. Special Topics
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
Special seminar on research subjects of current interest.
210. Research Seminar
(4) Staff
Introduces students to the practice of original research in the interdisciplinary field of Chicana and Chicano Studies, including articulating a research problem, placing it within theoretical discussions, selecting appropriate methods, and analyzing and writing data, results, and/or findings.
220. Interdisciplinary Methods
(4) Staff
A critical introduction to a broad range of approaches and methodologies used in Chicana and Chicano Studies. These methods include but are not limited to fieldwork, archival and historical research, textual analysis, action research, visual production, political economy, and statistics.
230. Teaching Practicum
(4) Staff
This pedagogical course is designed to help beginning instructors develop and refine their teaching methods, explore techniques, consider innovative strategies and syllabi, and conceptualize interdisciplinary course materials through discussions with appropriate members of the department’s faculty.
240. Chicana and Chicano Studies Colloquium
(1) Staff
A year-long, bi-monthly colloquium required for all doctoral Chicana and Chicano Studies graduate students. Designed to provide cohort-identity and faculty-student exchange, the colloquium provides students with the opportunity to present research papers, hear guest lecturers, and see faculty presentations.
250A. Theory of Chicana/o Novel
(4) Lomeli
Examines theoretical approaches to the Chicana/Chicano novel. Combines questions and methods pertaining to specific texts of this genre: structuralism, formalism, Marxism, postmodernism, semiotics, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies. Centers notions of nationhood, identity, space, gender, and culture.
250B. Literary History in Chicana/o Literature
(4) Lomeli
Attempts to explain factors and parameters contributing to literary history in Chicana and Chicano literature from the colonial period (1540s) to the contemporary period (twenty-first century). Each major historical period is characterized and studied through a representative text.
250C. Theory and Text: The Mexican/Chicano Ballad
(4) Herrera-Sobek
Analyzes the Mexican/Chicano ballad or corrido, applying contemporary critical theories. Examines the trajectory of the ballad from its literary roots in the Spanish romance tradition to its crystallization as a ballad tradition in the U.S. Southwest.
250D. Feminist Theory and Chicana/o Writers
(4) Herrera-Sobek
Examines Chicana writers’ narratives applying feminist theories to their analyses. Uses Marxist feminism, psychoanalytic, liberal, cultural and third world feminism, and postmodern theories to interpret novels, short stories, and theatrical work by Mexican American women writers.
250E. Colonial Literature of the Southwest from 1521-1821
(4) Herrera-Sobek
Examines literary texts from the colonial period (1521-1821) of the Southwest.
251A. Aztec Religion and Philosophy
(4) Talamantez
An analysis of methodological issues in the study of Aztec religious traditions and philosophies. Various approaches include readings from pre-Colombian codices or the folded books of Mexico. A critical examination of important figures, symbols, deities, and sacred narratives.
251B. Impact of Mexican Religion on Chicana/o Religion
(4) Talamantez
A survey of religious traditions of Mexico from the time of contact, including Mexican Catholicism, spiritualism, curanderismo, and Mexican Protestantism as they impact the development of religion in Chicano communities today.
252A. Indigenous Texts
(4) Aldana
Prerequisite: coursework on ancient Mesoamerica.
Treats translations of primary indigenous documents. Investigates the oral performance inherent to written indigenous records. Attention focuses on the Popol Vuh and the Codex Chimalpopoca, but Classic Maya hieroglyphic texts and Aztec codices are considered as well.
252B. Indigenous Science
(4) Aldana
Prerequisite: coursework on ancient Mesoamerica.
Examines the enterprise that may be categorized as indigenous science, beginning with an approach grounded in science studies. Proceeds to consider ensuing alternative epistemologies and how they change a characterization of “science.”
252C. Indigenous Material Culture
(4) Aldana
Prerequisite: coursework on ancient Mesoamerica or archaeology.
Treats material culture as compromised forms of non-verbal communication. Considers the theories and methodologies of Bourdieu, Latour, Gallison, and Pfaffenberger as applied (primarily) to the archeological record of ancient Mesoamerica.
253A. Techno Imaginaries
(4) Sandoval
Exploration of the history and philosophy of contemporary science and technology in relation to Chicanas/os and the digital divide, technoscience studies, cyberspace, and cybercultural studies. Explores film, computer, television, print and other media related to scientific and popular cultures.
255A. Oral Tradition
(4) Broyles-Gonzalez
An interdisciplinary exploration of current theoretical perspectives on oral traditional performances. Various cultural practices are examined, such as music, dance, storytelling, historical discourse, and spiritual practices.
255B. Perspectives in Popular Culture
(4) Broyles-Gonzalez
An interdisciplinary course on popular cultural expression by raza peoples. Examines these cultural forms as part of the social fabric and social movements.
257. Performance and Gender
(4) Broyles-Gonzalez
An examination of selected performance theories and practices as they express gender and sexual relations.
258. Feminine Energy in Native America
(4) Broyles-Gonzalez
An interdisciplinary exploration of feminine energy in Native American philosophical, scientific, and ritual perspectives.
260A. Seminar in Chicana and Chicano History
(4) Garcia
First part of a two-quarter research seminar exploring various facets of Chicano history, concentrating on the twentieth century. Examination of literature and projects covering immigration, labor, women, the Mexican-American, and the Chicano movement.
260B. Ethnicity and Community
(4) Garcia
Second of a two-quarter research seminar, focusing on the historical development of ethnic communities in the United States. Examines community institutions such as the family, the church, voluntary associations, and the ethnic press, with emphasis on Santa Barbara and Southern California.
261A. Chicana/o Education
(4) Yosso
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
A theoretical and empirical overview of Chicana/o educational issues in the U.S., analyzing effects of race, gender, class, language, sexuality and immigrant status on attainment and achievement. Examination of social, political, economic, and historical contexts of Chicana/o educational experiences.
261B. Imaging (Imagining) Chicanas/os
(4) Yosso
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Using visual sociology, course examines film, television, and print media for their inclusion, exclusion, or distortion of Chicanas/os and the impacts of these images. Historical examination of how society, economy, and politics shape popular discourse.
262A. Governmentality
(4) Inda
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Surveys the growing body of interdisciplinary literature that has developed around the theme of governmentality. Topics explored include the regulation of reproduction, crime control, colonial governance, and the management of welfare.
262B. Chicano/Latino Social Political Theory
(4) Barvosa-Carter
Surveys the major texts in contemporary Chicano/Latino social and political thought, including works by Lugones, Rosaldo, Lauretis, Anzaldua, Moraga, and Alarcon. Areas and themes of inquiry: poststructuralism, postmodernist thought, postcolonial theory, psychoanalysis and various feminisms.
262C. Contemporary Problems in Chicano/Latino Ethics and Politics
(4) Barvosa-Carter
Surveys Chicano/Latino-specific problems in contemporary ethics and politics. Topics include gender and sexual equality, distributive justice, transnational citizenship and political membership, competing Chicana/o accounts of civic engagement, ethnic group and cultural rights, and ethnic subordination by the state.
262D. Bio-Power
(4) Inda
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Explores and elaborates on Michel Foucault’s concept of bio-power. Topics dealt with might include disease and public health, genocidal politics, and eugenic/genomic projects.
270. Globalization and Transnational Social Movements
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval
An examination of globalization in the world economy and its impact on Central America, Mexico, and the Chicano/Latino community in the United States. Topics include the historical and contemporary nature of capitalism, the WTO, the IMF, the World Bank and neoliberalism.
271. Globalization and Immigration
(4) Inda
Tracks the migration of people and cultures across national boundaries, focusing on the itinerary of Mexican migrations to the United States, with selected examples of migrations into Europe. Attention is paid to the changing significance of the nation.
272. Post-Border Thought
(4) Sandoval
Introduces inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to constructing knowledge. Some of the methods discussed include Marxism, deconstruction, semiotics, the feminist critique of representation, transnational feminism, critical and cultural theory, disidentification, the methodology of the oppressed, mestizaje, poststructuralism, and chusmaria.
273. Central American Diaspora and Displacements
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Examines the structural and cultural forces of displacement in Central American national histories, and the ensuing diasporas within and outside the isthmus. Using various (inter)disciplinary approaches, the course focuses on the interplay between imperialism, (im)migrations, and identity formations.
274A. Oral History: Theories, Ethics, and Methods
(4) Roque Ramírez
A survey of the theory and practice of oral history methodologies, including the testimonio tradition in Latin America. Considers the politics of memory and truth, evidence and experience, and the challenges and pleasures of oral history work among subordinated communities.
274B. Oral History: Fieldwork and Practice
(4) Roque Ramírez
Field studies component of Chicana/o Studies 274A. Students are required to engage in a sustained, carefully planned oral history project of their choice, and develop writing and historical analysis based primarily on this labor of community documentation.
275. Site and Intervention: Chicana/o Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. program or graduate student status with consent of instructor.
Course centers on public art in Chicana/o art history. Examines various media, from murals to street performance. Contextualizes the artwork within the history of the displacement suffered by Chicana/o and Mexican people from the colonization of the Americas to the present.
276. The Body in Chicana and Chicano Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. program or graduate student status with consent of instructor.
Focuses on the representations of the body in Chicana/o art as a shifting site for the articulation of nation, culture, gender, and sexuality. Situates Chicana/o depictions of the human figure within existing postmodern and feminist discourses on the body.
277. Photography and Digital Media in Chicana/o Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. program or graduate student status with consent of instructor.
Overview of the emerging trend among
Chicana/o artists of using photographic and digital technologies as creative media. Students become familiar with theoretical writings on photography (Benjamin, Barthes) and cultural studies on technology as an empowering vehicle (Stafford, Balsamo).
278. Glyph and Sign: Mesoamerican Imagery in Contemporary Chicana/o Art
(4) Latorre
Prerequisite: enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. program or graduate student status with consent of instructor.
Documents the influence of Mesoamerican art and culture in work by Chicana/o artists. Topics include the use of pre-conquest iconographic motifs and figures, the adoption of pre-Colombian stylistic conventions, and the incorporation of Aztec writing systems into the visual.
280. Critical Race Theory in Education
(4) Yosso
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor.
Utilizing a critical race theory framework, the course examines education with an emphasis on the intercentricity of race/racism with other forms of subordination and the power of experiential knowledge to challenge traditional theories, concepts, methods, and data.
281. The Chicano/Latino Metropolis: Race, Class, and Resistance
(4) Armbruster-Sandoval
Examines the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in urban settings such as Los Angeles. Topics include the historical development of Mexicano L.A., police-community relations, political and economic restructuring, the 1992 L.A. rebellion/riots, and intra-ethnic relations.
282. Sex, Gender, and Feminist Theories
(4) Sandoval
Examination of sex, gender, and race across fields of representation, investigating the relationship between these political categories and Chicana and U.S. third world feminist consciousness. Readings in history, literature, and post colonial queer studies include Anzaldúa, Yarbro-Bejarano, and José Muñoz.
283. Queer/LGBTIQ Communities, Histories, and Theories
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Examines queer/lgbtiq life and death in Chicana/o and Latina/o American communities by grounding the discussion in lived experiences. Explores the relationship among theory, his/herstories, and community archives, the evidence of desire, and the (dis)placement of voice and authority in “queer theory.”
284. Globalizing Sexualities in the Americas
(4) Roque Ramírez
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Examines multiple sexualities in contemporary political, cultural, social, and economic life in the Americas. Considers transnational notions of rights and freedom, the nation, and the body in relation to the policing and containment of gender and sexual expressions.
299. Special Topics in Chicana and Chicano Studies
(4) Staff
Seminar on topics of contemporary and historic importance in Chicana and Chicano Studies. Specific topics vary according to instructor’s interests and expertise.
501. Teaching Assistant and Associate Training
(4) Staff
Units earned do not apply toward completion of advanced degrees. S/U grading only. Required of all teaching assistants in Chicana and Chicano Studies.
Supervised teaching of lower-division Chicana/o Studies courses. Required participation in occasional workshops related to teaching.
502. Research Assistant Practicum
(4) Staff
Units earned do not apply toward completion of advanced degrees. S/U grading only.
Supervised research in Chicana and Chicano Studies literature, history, culture, and other relevant areas.
592. Directed Reading
(1-12) Staff
Course content variable; may be repeated. Special readings selected under guidance of individual instructor to help students make up particular gaps in their intellectual backgrounds that are pertinent to their graduate program.
594AA-ZZ. Special Topics
(1-12) Staff
Special seminar on research subjects of current interest.
595AA-ZZ. Directed Reading and Research
(1-12) Staff
Critical review of research in selected fields.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(1-12) Staff
An independent research or individually guided tutorial in an area not covered by existing courses.
597. Individual Study for Master’s or Ph.D. Examinations for Advancement to Candidacy
(1-12) Staff
Normally taken with the student’s committee chair in preparation for Master’s or Ph.D. examinations. Units do not count toward graduate degrees.
598. Master’s Research and Writing
(1-12) Staff
Open to graduate students conduction master’s research.
599. Dissertation Research and Writing
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: open to graduate students conducting doctoral thesis research.
Open to graduate students conducting doctoral research.
