Chicana/Chicano Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Requirements

Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.

Elective Requirements

Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a total of a minimum of 120 units.

General Education Requirements (43 units)

See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog or the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (3 Units)

See the "Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement" section in the University Catalog.

Statutory Requirements: United States History, Constitution and American Ideals (6 Units)

See the "University Graduation Requirements" section in the University Catalog. 

Minor Requirements

No minor required.

Major Requirements (39 units)

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this degree.

Core Requirements (21 units)

Electives (18 units)

• Students will learn about race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, intersectional feminisms, and identity in order to examine how they inform both Chicana/e/o individual and community social, economic, political, and historical outcomes.
• Students will critically assess historical and contemporary paradigms to explain how power is created, how Chicana/e/o communities maintain power against oppressive structures, and how Chicana/e/o communities operationalize power to employ anti-colonial and social justice norms and values.
• Students will evaluate and produce research and scholarship to distinguish, differentiate, and analyze theories and practices of space, place, and belonging in an effort to identify diversity in Chicana/e/o communities.
• Students will express how relationships among Chicana/e/o cultural practices, expressions, and epistemologies create new forms of knowledge.
• Students will engage in and gain practical leadership experience in the Chicana/e/o community by participating in civic engagement, activism opportunities, internships, and community-based events on campus and in the community.

Chicana/Chicano Studies 

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