UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| CH ST 1A - Introduction to Chicano/a Studies |
| (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. |
| CH ST 1B - Introduction to Chicano/a Studies |
| (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. |
| CH ST 1C - Introduction to Chicano/a Studies |
| (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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 9B - Maya Hieroglyphic Writing |
| (3) Aldana |
| An introduction to the classic Maya hieroglyphic writing system. Treatment balances language acquisition with methods for interpreting hieroglphic records. |
| CH ST 9BL - Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Lab |
| (1) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 9B. |
| Laboratory accompanying Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. Explores the various methods and media of hieroglphic writing. |
| CH ST 12 - Introduction to Chicano Spanish |
| (4) Lomeli |
| Prerequisites: Spanish 3. |
| The course will introduce 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. |
| CH ST 51 - U.S. Third World Feminist Politics |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Introduces U.S. third world feminism from an interdisciplinary perspective. Explores that movement's cultural, political, and artistic rise to prominence. Identifies a coalitional consciousness that crosses differing nations, genders, races, sexualities, classes, and cultures as expressed by the international political class "women-of-color." |
| CH ST 51H - U.S. Third World Feminist Politics Honors |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 51, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 99 - Independent Studies |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Independent study under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Course offers students the opportunity to undertake independentstudy or work in a group. |
| CH ST 103 - Chicana/o and Latina/o Media and Popular Culture |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: CHST 138 |
| Consumption of popular culture in relation to U.S. ethnic identity with an emphasis on telenovelas, "border" films, U.S. Spanish-language music sales, etc. |
| CH ST 107 - Politics of Language, Accent, and Translation |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: SPAN 3 or equivalent |
| How language politics are magnified in public policy, public culture, and the mainstream media; how accents work to racialize Latinos. |
| CH ST 108 - Transnational Chicana and Chicano Studies |
| (4) Casillas |
| How Chicana/o scholars position themselves within the interdisciplinary field of transnational literature as ethnic U.S. subjects; reviews patterns and scholarship of transnational migration, media, mothering, etc. |
| CH ST 109 - Indigenous People and the Nation State in the Americas |
| (4) Palerm |
| The changing relationship between indigenous people and the state. Compare the differences and similarities between indigenous peoples' mobilizations in the cases of Canada, USA, Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico. |
| CH ST 112 - Methodology of the Oppressed |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| "Minority discourses" employ in various modes what can be defined at "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? |
| CH ST 114 - Cultural and Critical Theory |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to the various modes, techniques, terminologies, and methodologies fundamental to cultural studies. |
| CH ST 117 - Aztec and Maya Mythologies |
| (4) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 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 the course surveys Olmec, Teotihuacano, Mixtec, and Aztec art as well. |
| CH ST 120 - Indigenous Mestizos of Ancient Mesoamerica |
| (4) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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 coroborate and extend our understanding of this cultural phenomenon. |
| CH ST 124 - Introduction to U.S. Chicana/o and Latina/o Public Art |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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 had lead these artists to create public art as a form of decolonization. |
| CH ST 124L - Introduction to U.S. Chicana/o and Latina/o Public Art Lab |
| (1) Staff |
| 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. |
| CH ST 125B - Contemporary Chicano and Chicana Art |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 126 - Educating the Native |
| (4) Palerm, Saldivar |
| We look at different educational projects, such as Indian boarding schools, English-only laws, the "indirect rule" of the British colonies. We address the not-always-clear line between education as a form of social control or as a form of liberation. |
| CH ST 130 - Imaging (Imagining) Chicanas/os: A Critical Media Literacy Seminar |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 132 - A History of Chicana/o Education |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| A theoretical and empirical overview of Chicana/o educational issues in the United States. Special emphasis on analyzing the ways in which race, gender, class, and immigrant status affect Chicana/o educational attainment and achievement. |
| CH ST 133 - Struggles for Equality in Chicana/o Education |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 134 - Chicana/o Curricula K-12: Theory into Practice |
| (5) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 135 - Critical Race Theory in Chicana/o Education |
| (4) Yasso |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 135H - Critical Race Theory in Chicana/o Education (Honors) |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; and consent of instructor. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 135, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 136 - Oral History: Theories and Methods |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 137 - Chicana/o Oral Traditions |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 138 - Barrio Popular Culture |
| (4) Broyles-Gonzalez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Explore 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. |
| CH ST 138 - Barrio Popular Culture |
| (4) Broyles-Gonzalez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Explore 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. |
| CH ST 138 - Barrio Popular Culture |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 138 - Barrio Popular Culture |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 138H - Barrio Popular Culture (Honors) |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; and consent of instructor |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 138, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 139 - Chicana/o Native American Heritage |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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, and graphic arts. |
| CH ST 140 - Chicana/o Mexican Cultural Heritage |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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 Chicano/o culture, its achievements, and contribution to the overall American culture. |
| CH ST 141 - Central Americans in the United States |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 142 - Salvadoran Diasporas |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Review 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. |
| CH ST 143 - Chicano/a Film Studies |
| (4) Lomeli |
| Study of Chicano/a cinema to view film as an art form and projection of the filmmaker. Techniques, messages, and ideology stressed as instruments which propose film truth within the context of Chicano/a experience. |
| CH ST 144 - The Chicano Community |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 146 - Humor and the Chicana/o Artist |
| (4) Latorre |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 147 - Figuration in Chicana/o Art |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 148 - Chicana Art and Feminism |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 149 - Body, Culture, and Power |
| (4) Inda |
| Prerequisites: 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 tothe work of Michel Foucault on disciplinary technologies, medical practicesof ab/normalization, and the emergence of bio-power. |
| CH ST 149A - Race and Science |
| (4) Inda |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examines the role of science in the construction and management of racialized bodies. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 151 - De-Colonizing Feminism |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Surveys contemporary forms of feminist consciousness expressed U.S. women of color. Can U.S. women of color be considered a political class? What relations exist between women of color across race, culture, sex, and class differences? |
| CH ST 151H - De-Colonizing Feminism (Honors) |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 151 along with a weekly honors
seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the
readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 152 - Postcolonialism |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Exploration of postcolonial theories and their effectivenes as critical tools in discussing Chicano culturl production. Focus will be on Chicano culture as it creates a counterdiscourse to dominant cultural formations. We will study film, music, visual, performance, and literary arts. |
| CH ST 153 - Queer Identities, Communities, and Theories |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 153H - Queer Identities, Communities, and Theories (Honors) |
| (4) Roque, Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 153 along with a weekly honors
seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the
readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 154F - The Chicano Family |
| (4) Segura |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course provides an overview of historical and contemporary research on Chicano families in the United States. Changing view-points on the character of Chicano families and their implications with respect to policyissues are examined. |
| CH ST 158 - Spoken Word Art Performance Activism (SWAPA) |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; a previous upper-division course in Chicano Studies. |
| a previous 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 method is based on the shaman-witness ritual proposed by Chicana theorist and writer, Gloria Anzaldua. |
| CH ST 158L - Spoken Word Art Performance (SWAPA) Lab |
| (1) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 158. |
| Accompanies Spoken Word Art Performance Activism (SWAPA) course. Focuses on creative production, atriculation, and vocal expression. |
| CH ST 160 - Pre-Colombian Religions, Mexican Religions, and Chicano Religions |
| (4) Talamantez |
| A response to present-day indigenous spirituality movement by examining pre-Colombian religions, religion in Mexico, Chicano religion, and the impact of Spanish colonization on these traditions. Pilgrimage, altars, rituals, influence of Aztec philosophy, Mexican and Chicano spirituality are examined from a contemporary perspective. |
| CH ST 162 - Guerrilla Digital Video |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper division courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies. |
| Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. Course explores creative approaches to practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing "guerrilla tactics" for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries. |
| CH ST 162A - Guerrilla Digital Video |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper division courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies; consent of instructor. |
| Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. Course explores creative approaches to practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing "guerrilla tactics" for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries. |
| CH ST 162B - Guerrilla Digital Video |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper division courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies; consent of instructor. |
| Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. Course explores creative approaches to practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing "guerrilla tactics" for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries. |
| CH ST 162C - Guerrilla Digital Video |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper division courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies; consent of instructor. |
| Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. Course explores creative approaches to practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing "guerrilla tactics" for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries. |
| CH ST 162D - Guerrilla Digital Video |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C; two upper division courses in Chicana and Chicano Studies; consent of instructor. |
| Low cost digital tools have created a revolution in video. Course explores creative approaches to practical techniques of independent digital video production. Students establish a production strategy by employing "guerrilla tactics" for creative and unconventional uses of digital machineries. |
| CH ST 162L - Guerrilla Digital Video Lab |
| (1) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 162. |
| Lab for producing guerrilla digital video. |
| CH ST 166 - Issues in Contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o Politics |
| (4) staff |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Examines various politicized issues relevant to Chicanas/os such as immigrant rights, unauthorized Latina/o residency, Latina/o struggles for LGBT civil rights, English-only movements and nativism, Latina/o political participation, current community and grassroots organizing, and contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o electoral politics, and urban politics. |
| CH ST 167 - Chicana Feminisms |
| (4) Barvosa |
| 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. |
| CH ST 167H - Chicana Feminisms (Honors) |
| (4) Barvosa |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 167 along with a weekly honors
seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the
readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 168A - History of the Chicano |
| (4) Garcia, Vargas |
| Prerequisites: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-divisistanding. |
| The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the sociocultural life line of the Mexicans who have lived North of Mexico. |
| CH ST 168B - History of the Chicano |
| (4) Garcia, Vargas |
| Prerequisites: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-divisistanding. |
| The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the sociocultural life line of the Mexicans who have lived North of Mexico. |
| CH ST 168E - History of the Chicano Movement |
| (4) Garcia |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| History of the Chicano Movement. 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 Plande Aztlan, the Raza Unida Party, Chicana feminists, the anti-war movement, and Chicanostudies. |
| CH ST 168EH - History of the Chicano Movement (Honors) |
| (4) Garcia |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 168E History of the Chicana/o
Movement along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional
assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly
motivated and well prepared students. |
| CH ST 168F - Racism in American History |
| (4) Garcia, Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or Asian AmericStudies 1 or 2 or Black Studies 1 or 2 or 5 or 6 or 20. |
| Racism in American History. This course will examine racism as a major ideolocical force in defining American society from the colonial era to the1980s. Major focus will be in the changing nature of racism as an ideology as well as the relationship of racism to specific minority groups such as Afro-American, Native American, Chicanos,and Asian-American. |
| CH ST 168GQ - Minority Autobiography and U.S. History |
| (4) Garcia |
| Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or History 17A or 17B or 17C. |
| Seminar utilizes autobiographical or life-story texts by U.S. minority writers to better understand the diversity of U.S. history and the racialized ethnic experience. |
| CH ST 168I - Latino Autobiography and History |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Course examines a diverse number of Latino autobiographical texts that reflect the changing nature of the Latino historical experience. Topics covered included issues of race, class, gender, immigration, labor, politics, religion, and culture. |
| CH ST 168LA - History of Chicano Workers from the Nineteenth Century to the Early 1930's |
| (4) Vargas |
| Prerequisites: History 168A or 168B or Chicano Studies 168A or 168B. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 168LB - History of Chicano Workers from the late 1930's to the Present Era |
| (4) Vargas |
| Prerequisites: History 168A or 168B or Chicano Studies 168A, 168B, or 168LA. |
| History of Chicano workers from the late 1930's to the present era, focusing on labor struggles, union organization, civil rights politics, migration and immigration, and work. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history. |
| CH ST 168P - Proseminar in Chicano History |
| (4) Garcia, Vargas |
| Prerequisites: History 168A or 168B, or Chicano Studies 168A or 168B. |
| Studies in selected aspects of Chicano history with an emphasis on social and economic history. |
| CH ST 168R - Latino Religious Traditions in Historical Perspective |
| (4) STAFF |
| Focuses on the role of religion in the Chicano/Latino historical experience. Includes pre-Columbian traditions, Spanish colonial traditions, religion of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, immigrant religious traditions, the changing nature of Latino religions in the twentieth century. |
| CH ST 168S - Latino Leadership Traditions |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Course 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. |
| CH ST 170A - Chicano Political Organizing: Proseminar in Theory & History |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An in-depth examination of the theory and practice of various forms of political organizing. Case studies focus on Chicano/a political organizing in the post-war period with attention to grassroots community organization, electoral politics, and cultural production. |
| CH ST 171 - The Brown/Black Metropolis: Race, Class, & Resistance in the City |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Traces the transition of Browns/Blacks from a rural urban population and examines trends in family size, language, usage, segregation and social inequality. Issues of urban decay and community conflict are also examined. |
| CH ST 172 - Law and Civil Rights |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: 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 is given to landmark cases and decisions. Analysis of opposing views on each case in a historical context. |
| CH ST 174 - Chicano/a Politics |
| (4) Barvosa |
| Political life in the barrio, political behavior of the Chicano community, and representation of Chicanos by elected officials and interest groups. |
| CH ST 174A - The Political Philosophy of Cesar Chavez |
| (4) Barvosa |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 175 - Comparative Social Movements |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Examination of major ethnic political and social movements of twentieth century America. Topics include: constructions of ethnic communities-- music, culture, collective identity; influence of leadership, community networks, immigration. Class will specifically examine relevant Chicano/a movements |
| CH ST 176 - Theories of Social Change and Chicano Political Life |
| (4) Barvosa-Carter |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 177 - Globalization and Transnational Social Movements |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 178A - Global Migration, Transnationalism in Chicana/o Contexts |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| This course considers Chicana/o and U.S. Latina/o culture(s) within the context of transnational practices and patterns including both hemispheric and global migration trajectories. |
| CH ST 179 - Democracy and Diversity |
| (4) Digeser, Barvosa |
| Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 1B or Political Science 1. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 179A - Race and Environmental Justice |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 180 - Survey of Chicano Literature |
| (4) Lomeli, Herrera-Sobek |
| The course encompasses a general overview of all genres (poetry, novel, theater, short story and essay) of Chicano literature. A people's socio-historical experiences are examined to understand ethnicity, creativity, and world view. |
| CH ST 181 - The Chicano Novel |
| (4) Lomeli, Herrera-Sobek |
| Reading, analysis, and critique of the contemporary Chicano novel as it pertains to the Chicano experience. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 183 - Border Narrative |
| (4) Leal, Lomeli |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 184A - Chicana Writers |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 184AH - Chicana Writers (Honors) |
| (4) Herrera-Sobek |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Fluency in Spanish. |
| Lecture is concurrent with Chicana/o Studies 184A Chicana Writers along with a
weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive
discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared
students. |
| CH ST 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? |
| CH ST 185A - Techno Imaginaries |
| (4) Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 185L - De-Colonizing CyberCinema Lab |
| (1) Chela Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Chicano Studies 185; upper-division standing. |
| Mandatory Laboratory for CHST 185. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 188C - Chicano Theater Workshop |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 189 - Immigration and the U.S. Border |
| (4) Armbruster-Sandoval, Inda |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Immigration and the U.S. border. 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. |
| CH ST 189B - The Global Underground |
| (4) Inda |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 189C - Cultures of Globalization |
| (4) Inda, Sandoval |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Examination of ethnographic and other efforts to come to terms with the increasingly hybrid, mobile, and interconnected world in which we live. Topics include: deterritorialized nations, borders and diasporas, exotic destinations, mass culture, and cultural imperialism. |
| CH ST 191 - Special Topics in Chicano Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| 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. |
| CH ST 191AZ - Special Topics in Chicano Studies |
| (4) STAFF |
| 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. |
| CH ST 191DF - Puerto Rican History and Resistance |
| (4) SANDOVAL |
| Colonial history of Puerto Rico and the vibrant movements for independence. |
| CH ST 192 - Group Studies for Advanced Students |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing. |
| Intensive study and research. |
| CH ST 193 - Senior Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Two courses in Chicana/o Studies; consent of instructor; and senior standing. |
| Capstone course for Chicana and Chicano Studies majors. Goal is to produce a thoroughly documented and professionally crafted Chicana/o Studies research paper (or creative project). |
| CH ST 195A - Community Studies and Outreach Initiatives |
| (1-5) Armbruster |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 195B - Community Studies and Outreach Initiatives |
| (1-5) Armbruster |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 195C - Community Studies and Outreach Initiatives |
| (1-5) Armbruster |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 195D - Community Studies and Outreach Initiatives |
| (1-5) Armbruster |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 197HA - Honors Project Seminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Chicana and Chicano Studies honors program; senior standing; consent of department; open to Chicana and Chicano Studies majors only. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 197HB - Honors Project Research |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 197HA; acceptance into the Chicana and Chicano Studies honors program; senior standing; consent of department; open to Chicana and Chicano Studies majors only. |
| Independent research comprising the bulk of the data acquisition and organization for the honors project. |
| CH ST 197HC - Honors Project Writing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Chicana/o Studies 197HB; acceptance into Chicana and Chicano Studies honors program; senior standing; consent of department; open to Chicana and Chicano Studies majors only. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 199 - Independent Studies |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in Chicana/o Studies. |
| Independent studies in Chicana/o students under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short plan of study. |
| CH ST 199RA - Independent Research Assistance in Chicana/o Studies |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Chicana/o Studies; consent of instructor and department. |
| Coursework consists of faculty supervised research assistance. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 201 - Special Topics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Special seminar on research subjects of current interest. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 222 - Ethnicity and Race in the Americas |
| (4) Saldivar |
| Identifies different racial projects, of how "ethnicity" and "race" are understood in specific contexts. Special attention is put on the ideas of mestizaje, indigenismo and development, and the role that played in the racial projects of Latin America. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 250A - Theory of the Chicana/o Novel |
| (4) Lomeli |
| Examines theoretical approaches to the Chicana/o 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. |
| CH ST 250B - Literary History in Chicana/o Literature |
| (4) Lomeli |
| Attempts to explain factors and parameters contributing to literary history in Chicana and Chicana literature from the colonial period (1540s) to the contemporary period (twenty-first century). Each major period is characterized and studied through a representative text. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 250D - Feminist Theory of 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. |
| CH ST 250E - Colonial Literature of the Southwest, 1521-1821 |
| (4) Herrera-Sobek |
| Examines literary texts from the colonial period (1521-1821) of the Southwest. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 252A - Indigenous Texts |
| (4) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: 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. |
| CH ST 252B - Indigenous Science |
| (4) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: 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." |
| CH ST 252C - Indigenous Material Culture |
| (4) Aldana |
| Prerequisites: 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 archaeological record of ancient Mesoamerica. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 254 - Listening to Race |
| (4) Casillas |
| Prerequisites: Graduate student standing. Preference given to Chicano Studies graduate students. |
| Explores various sound theories, listening studies, and sound-specific case studies that analyze the relationship made between sound and race. Material reviewed includes radio studies, sound semiotics, music as texts, and the queering of sound. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 255B - Perspectives in Popular Culture |
| (4) Broyles-Gonzalez |
| An interdisciplinary course on popular culture expression by raza peoples. Examines these cultural forms as part of the social fabric and social movements. |
| CH ST 256 - Contemporary Readings in Chicana-o Latina-o Indigenous Studies |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Focuses on recent publications covering different fields in Chicana-o Latina-o Indigenous studies in the Humanities, Social and/or Natural Sciences. |
| CH ST 257 - Performance and Gender |
| (4) Broyles-Gonzalez |
| An examination of selected performance theories and practices as they express gender and sexual relations. |
| CH ST 258 - Feminine Energy in Native America |
| (4) Broyles-Gonzalez |
| An interdisciplinary exploration of feminine energy in Native American philosophical, scientific, and ritual perspectives. |
| CH ST 259 - The Chicano Movement: New Historical Perspectives |
| (4) Garcia M T |
| Focuses on the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the developing historiographical literature on the Movement. Topics to be covered include Chicanismo, the student movement, the anti-war movement, and La Chicana. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 260B - Ethnicity and Community |
| (4) Garcia |
| Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 260A. |
| Second of a two-quarter research seminar, focusing on the historical development of ethnic communities in the U.S. Examines community institutions such as the family, the church, voluntary associations, and the ethnic press, with emphasis on Santa Barbara and Southern California. |
| CH ST 261A - Chicana/o Education |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; 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. |
| CH ST 261B - Imaging (Imagining) Chicanas/os |
| (4) Yosso |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; 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. |
| CH ST 262A - Governmentality |
| (4) Inda |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Surveys the growing body of interdisciplinary literature that has developed around the theme of governmentality. Topics explored might include the regulation of reproduction, crime control, colonial governance, and the management of welfare. |
| CH ST 262B - Chicano/Latino Social and 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. |
| CH ST 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 Chicano/a accounts of civic engagement, ethnic group and cultural rights, and ethnic subordination by the state. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 263 - Comparative Ethnic Theory |
| (4) Staff |
| Theories of ethnicity drawn primarily from the fields of Sociology, Anthropology, and Ethnic Studies. Comparative and historical approach, including an analysis of "race", racialization, class and nationalism. |
| CH ST 270 - Globalization and Transnational Social Movements |
| (4) Inda |
| An examination of globalization in the world economy and its impact on Central America, Mexico, and the Chicano/Latino community in the U.S. Topics include the historical and contemporary nature of capitalism, the WTO, the IMP, the World Bank, and neoliberalism. |
| CH ST 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 U.S., with selected examples of migrations into Europe. Attention is paid to the changing significance of the nation. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 273 - Central American Displacements and Diasporas |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: 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 imperialisms, (im)migrations, and identity formations. |
| CH ST 274A - Oral History: Theories, Ethics, and Methods |
| (4) Ramirez |
| 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. |
| CH ST 274B - Oral History: Fieldwork and Practice |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Field studies component of Chicano 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. |
| CH ST 275 - Site and Intervention: Chicana/o Public Art |
| (4) Latorre |
| Prerequisites: Enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. programs or graduate student status with instructor's permission. |
| 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. |
| CH ST 276 - The Body in Chicana and Chicano Art |
| (4) Latorre |
| Prerequisites: Enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. programs or graduate student status with instructor's permission. |
| Focuses on the representation 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. |
| CH ST 277 - Photography and Digital Media in Chicana/o Art |
| (4) Latorre |
| 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). |
| CH ST 278 - Glyph and Sign: Mesoamerican Imagery in Contemporary Chicana/o Art |
| (4) Latorre |
| Prerequisites: Enrollment in Chicana/o Studies or Art History Ph.D./M.A. programs or graduate student status with instructor's permission. |
| 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-Columbian stylistic conventions, and the incorporation of Aztec writing systems into the visual. |
| CH ST 280 - Critical Race Theory in Education |
| (4) Yosso |
| 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 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. Reading in history, literature, and post colonial queer studies include Anzaldua, Yarbro-Bejarano, and Jose Munoz. |
| CH ST 283 - Queer/LGBTIQ Communities, Histories, and Theories |
| (4) Ramirez |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Examines queer/lgbitq 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." |
| CH ST 284 - Globalizing Sexualities in the Americas |
| (4) Ramirez |
| 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. |
| CH ST 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. |
| CH ST 501 - Teaching Assistant and Assocatie Training |
| (4) STAFF |
| Supervised teaching of lower division Chicana/o Studies courses. Required participation in occasional workshops related to teaching. |
| CH ST 502 - Research Assistant Practicum |
| (4) STAFF |
| Supervised research in Chicana and Chicano studies literature, history, culture, and other relevant areas. |
| CH ST 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.
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| CH ST 594 - Special Topics |
| (1-12) Staff |
| Special seminar on research subjects of current interest. |
| CH ST 595 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (1-12) Staff |
| Critical review of research in selected fields. |
| CH ST 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (1-12) Staff |
| An independent research or individually guided tutorial in an area not covered by existing courses. |
| CH ST 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.
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| CH ST 598 - Master's Research and Writing |
| (1-12) Staff |
| Open to graduate students conduction master’s research. |
| CH ST 599 - Dissertation Research and Writing |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to graduate students conducting doctoral thesis research. |
| Open to graduate students conducting doctoral research.
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