330 Topics in Chicano/a Studies. 3-4 cr. An examination of specific themes in Chicano/a life, ways and culture. Topics may include border culture, Chicano/a ethnicity and identity, and Mexican immigration to the United States. P: Jr st or cons inst.
332 Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change. (Crosslisted with Women St) 3 cr. Explores the multiracial and multicultural reality of Latina societies by becoming familiar with the history and cultures of Chicana, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican women. Interdisciplinary readings in law, journalism, public policy, history, and self-reflective literature. P: So st.
335 Chicano and Chicana Film Culture. 3 cr. Focuses on Chicano and Chicana film from its beginnings in the political activism of the 1960's and 1970's through the contemporary aesthetic products. Major Chicana/o films will be analyzed through diverse critical approaches, including questions of spectatorship, film genres, oppositional cultural forms and cinema role in the construction of ethnic and gendered subjectivities. P: Chic/Std 201, 210, 234, or 245.
347 Race, Ethnicity, and Media. (Crosslisted with Com Arts) 3 cr. Introduction to the changing images of race and ethnicity in U.S. entertainment media and popular culture. Surveys history, key concepts and contemporary debates regarding mediated representation of ethnic minorities. Critical and cultural studies approaches are emphasized. P: Open to Fr.
419 Latino/as and Media. (Crosslisted with Com Arts) 3 cr. Critical and historical survey of the participation and representation of Latino/as in U.S. film, television, and popular culture, with a primary focus on Hispanic representation in Hollywood-produced imagery. The counter-images of Latino and Latina media producers also will be explored.
425 Chicana and Latina Feminisms, Arts, and Media. (Crosslisted with Women St) 3 cr. An introduction to Chicana and Latina history and feminist activism, writing, and creative expression. Surveys Chicana/Latina participation and representation in society, the arts, the media, and popular culture. P: Chic/Std 101 or women's studies intro crse or Jr st.
436 Race, Class, and Colonialism in the Caribbean. (Crosslisted with History) 3 cr. Historical and contemporary perspectives on slavery, capitalism, and colonialism in the Caribbean context. Key issues include the formation of multiracial societies, internal social structures during slavery and after emancipation, and dependence upon imperial powers. P: History 241 or 242 or 260 (Latin America: An Introduction) or Afro-Amer/Hist 347.
450 Chicano and Chicana Autobiography. 3 cr. The course offers an in-depth analysis of Mexican American autobiographies, focusing on the process of the literary and ideological constitution of the (Chicano and Chicana) self, from the nineteenth century to the contemporary hybrid forms articulated by women feminist writers. P: Chic/Std 234, Spanish 240, or 6 cr of intro lit.
459 Mexico in the Chicano and Chicana Literary Imagination. (Crosslisted with Spanish) 3-4 cr. Focuses on analyzing the representations of Mexico in the literary works of Chicano and Chicana writers through out the twentieth century, and the function such reresentations play in their construction of identity, subjectivity, and community. This course will be offered in Spanish. P: Spanish 223 & 224.
460 Contemporary Chicano Novel. 3 cr. In-depth analysis of Chicano novels published since 1959, exploring the dominant themes, motifs, and forms of expression in selected works, as well as a discussion of the current theories that have been applied to them. P: Chic/Std 234 or cons inst.
461 The American West to 1850. (Crosslisted with History) 3-4 cr. North American frontiers through the period of the Mexican War. Major Indian cultures of North America; the frontiers and differing imperial systems of Spain, France, and England; and the westward movement of the United States through 1850. P: So st.
462 The American West Since 1850. (Crosslisted with History) 3-4 cr. The West as frontier and region since 1850. Indian-white and other interethnic relations; federal policies; the development of a resource-intensive economy, its environmental effects, and political conflicts accompanying it; and the ideology of the frontier in American culture. P: So st.
464 Mexican-American Politics. (Crosslisted with Poli Sci) 3-4 cr. This class examines the major problems and issues in Mexican-American politics since World War II. An emphasis will be placed on the ways in which race, class and culture have structured politics for the Mexican origin people. P: Jr st & Poli Sci 104, 184 or 404 or intro crse in Chicano studies or intro crse in Afro-Amer studies or cons inst.
501 Integrated Seminar in Comparative and Transnational Ethnic Studies. 3 cr. This course is a small seminar that allows students an advanced engagement with the field of comparative and transnational ethnic studies. P: Prev ethnic studies crse and/or cons inst.
510 Integrative Seminar in Chicana/o Studies. 3 cr. This integrative capstone course examines the history of Chicana/o studies and contemporary theoretical debates in the field. Among the areas considered are the following: the project of interdisciplinarity; difference, identity, community; race and class formations; gender and sexuality; and critical praxis. Open to graduate students. P: 9 cr of Chicana/o studies, Jr or Grad st.
519 Transnational and Comparative Working-Class Cultures. 3-4 cr. Transnational, comparative examination of historical meanings of work and formation of working-class cultures. Focuses on relations of power and ideas about race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality and how they shaped working-class culture in U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Asia. P: Cons inst or Jr st and one of: History 405, 406, 407, 408, 430, Hist/Chicla 436.
530 Advanced Topics in Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies. 1-4 cr. Topics vary each semester, but may include history, literature, media, political science, culture, social work, etc., as they relate to Chicana/os and Latina/os in the United States. P: Cons inst or Jr st & 3 cr in Chicana/o studies.
535 Race, Religion, and Community. 3-4 cr. Advanced reading seminar that explores how Chicana/o and Latina/o social space is imagined, represented, and lived through everyday practices that incorporate ideas of race and nation to produce "geographies of difference" as well as geographies of community and solidarity. P: Cons inst or Jr st and one of: Chicla/Women St/History 245, Chicla/History 461, 462, 436, 492.
601 Race and Nationalism: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives. 3 cr. Advanced seminar on historical intersections of race and nationalisms. Explores questions of the origin of race and nationalisms, the position and status of a variety of nationalisms and anti-colonial nationalisms; and the contemporary debates over postmodernism, postindustrialism, postcolonialism, and multinationalism. P: Cons inst or Jr st & Chicla 510 or 600 or History/Chicla 436 or History 533.
630 Memory and Place in Chicana/o and Latino/a History. 3 cr. Research seminar on collective memory and the power of place in the construction of a Chicana/o and Latino/a identity. Explores Latina/o and Chicano/a places as sites where memory and identity are produced, constructed, and experienced. P: Jr st or cons inst.
657 Understanding Latino Families and Communities. (Crosslisted with Soc Work) 3 cr. Examines U.S. Latino families and communities, including social and economic conditions, cultural values, and issues of identity, race, gender, discrimination, acculturation and language. A service-learning course, students gain knowledge of and direct experience with social work issues in Latino communities. P: Jr st.
699 Directed Study. 1-3 cr. P: Requires consent of chair & instructor.