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Department Chair

Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr.

Department Office/Website

Humanities 314
657-278-3731
hss.fullerton.edu/chicano

Faculty

Eddy Francisco Alvarez, Jr., Erualdo R. González, Alexandro José Gradilla, Monica D. Hanna, Gabriela Nuñez, Mario Obando, Patricia A. Pérez

Introduction

Chicana and Chicano Studies Mission and Vision Statement

Our mission is to expand critical thinking, communication and civic-mindedness through an engaging and interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on the arts, humanities and social sciences. We aim to prepare our students for future academic and employment endeavors in order to be successful leaders.

Our vision is to establish and uphold a premier Chicana/o Studies Department that promotes social justice through student-centered teaching/mentoring, research and service that focuses on Chicana/o- and Latina/o-origin communities.

Degree Description

The Bachelor of Art in Ethnic Studies (Option in Chicano Studies) is designed to provide students with the opportunity to expand their critical thinking, communication and civic mindedness through an engaging and interdisciplinary curriculum focused on the arts, humanities and social sciences. The program in Chicana/o Studies offers students an interdisciplinary education rooted in social justice-based traditions, writing, reading and expression. The program’s students learn to be ethical, culturally competent leaders in their communities. Alumni have gone on to graduate school and careers in education, mass media, marketing, community development, community organizing, social work, medicine, law and a wide variety of positions in federal, state and government.

Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

• Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies

Graduate Study

The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies offers courses for advanced study in the following graduate degree programs:

• Master of Science in Education - Bilingual/Bicultural Concentration
• Master of Arts in History - Chicana/Chicano Studies Concentration
• Master of Arts in Spanish - Chicana/Chicano Studies Concentration

Programs and Courses Offered

Programs

• Ethnic Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies Concentration, B.A.

• Chicana and Chicano Studies Minor

Courses

Courses are designated as CHIC in the class schedule.

• CHIC 101 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3)
• CHIC 102 - Communication Skills (3)
• CHIC 105 - Introduction to U.S.-Central American Studies (3)
• CHIC 106 - Introduction to Chicano Studies (3)
• CHIC 190 - Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities (3)
• CHIC 201 - Chicana and Chicano Environmentalisms (3)
• CHIC 220 - Chicana/o Identities (3)
• CHIC 250 - Introduction to Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. (3)
• CHIC 302 - Ancient Mexican Culture (3)
• CHIC 303 - Chicano/Mexican Cultures (3)
• CHIC 304 - Music of Mexico (3)
• CHIC 305 - Chicana/o Families (3)
• CHIC 306 - Barrio Studies (3)
• CHIC 307 - Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies (3)
• CHIC 313 - La Chicana (3)
• CHIC 315 - Chicano/Latino Theatre (3)
• CHIC 316 - The Chicano Music Experience (3)
• CHIC 321 - Latina/o Intercultural Communication (3)
• CHIC 325 - Chicana and Chicano Education (3)
• CHIC 326 - Undocumented Youth in Education (3)
• CHIC 331 - The Chicano Child (3)
• CHIC 332 - The Chicano Adolescent (3)
• CHIC 333 - Mexican Literature Since 1940 (3)
• CHIC 336 - Latin American Literature (3)
• CHIC 337 - Contemporary Chicana/o Literature (3)
• CHIC 338 - Barrios and Health (3)
• CHIC 340 - Mexican/Chicano Intellectual Thought (3)
• CHIC 345 - History of the Chicano (3)
• CHIC 350 - Mexican Life and Culture (3)
• CHIC 353 - Mexico Since 1906 (3)
• CHIC 360 - Literacy Education for Social Change (3)
• CHIC 365 - Cariño and Memory in the Time of Pandemic (3)
• CHIC 367 - Religion in Latino/a Life (3)
• CHIC 369 - Border Cinema (3)
• CHIC 450 - Seminar in Contemporary Chicana/o Issues (3)
• CHIC 459 - Art History of the Ancient Americas (3)
• CHIC 460 - The Chicano and Politics (3)
• CHIC 462 - Latin American Art History: 1400 - Present (3)
• CHIC 477C - American Immigration History (3)
• CHIC 480 - Chicanas/os and Immigrants (3)
• CHIC 496 - Student to Student Tutorial (1-3)
• CHIC 499 - Independent Study (1-3)
• CHIC 500 - Chicana/Chicano Studies Paradigms and Traditions (3)
• CHIC 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)

Courses are designated as ETHN in the class schedule.

• ETHN 490 - Ethnic Studies Senior Seminar (3)

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