Chicana/o Studies Minor

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(18-20 units)

Lower Division Requirements - 6-7 units

Choose one of the following:

CHS 100 - Chicana/os in Contemporary Society Units: 3 *
CHS 200 - Diversity in Latina/o Communities Units: 3 *
CHS 292 - Chicana/o Studies Service Learning and Civic Engagement Units: 3

Choose one of the following:

SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I Units: 4 *
SPAN 211 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers I Units: 4 *
Any Spanish Course Units: 3
(Approved by the minor faculty advisor)

Upper Division Requirements - 12-13 units

Select four courses from the following:

CHS 331 - Transborder Perspectives in Chicana/o Studies Units: 3 *
CHS 333 - History of Southern California Chicana/o Art (Cross-listed as ART 333, HIST 333) Units: 3 *
CHS 343 - Health Issues in the Latina/o Community (Cross-listed as COMM 343, NRS 343) Units: 3 *
CHS 350 - Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as HIST 350) Units: 3 ^†
CHS 353 - Chicana/o Latina/o Literature (Cross-listed as ENGL 353) Units: 3
CHS 364 - Chicano English Units: 3
CHS 383 - Chicana/o Latina/o Identity and Empowerment (Cross-listed as PSY 383) Units: 3
CHS 401 - Latina/o Workers in a Global Economy Units: 3
CHS 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as HIST 402) Units: 3 *
CHS 425 - Contemporary Immigration Issues (Cross-listed as SOC 425) Units: 3
CHS 445 - Chicano Child and Adolescent (Cross-listed as EDUC 445, HIST 445) Units: 4 *
CHS 491 - Theoretical Foundations of Chicana/o Studies Units: 3
BUS 349 - History of Business and Economics in North America (Cross-listed as ECON 349, HIST 349) Units: 3 *
HIST 360 - History of Colonial Latin America Units: 3 *
HIST 361 - History of Modern Latin America Units: 3 *
HIST 369 - California History and Culture Units: 3
HIST 401 - United States Immigration History, 1840-1945 Units: 3
HIST 420 - History of Mexico Units: 3
HIST 421 - Revolutionary Mexico, 1876-1930 Units: 3
POLS 306 - The Politics of Race and Ethnicity Units: 3 *
SOC 352 - Social Movements Units: 3
SOC 360 - Race & Ethnicity Units: 3
SPAN 411 - Civilizations and Cultures of Latin America Units: 3
SPAN 461 - Masterpieces of Latin American Literature Units: 3
SPAN 462 - Modern Mexican Literature Units: 3

Note(s):

Other upper division courses approved by the minor faculty advisor.

Double-Counting for Chicana/o Studies Majors According to the GE requirements, students must take 9 units from those interdisciplinary courses numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six of the 9 units can be double counted and three of the 9 units must be outside the major and not cross-listed with the CHS prefix.

* Courses Fulfilling GE Requirement.

† Courses Fulfilling American Institution Requirement.