Requirements for the Major
Required Courses:
a. SPAN 044 PZ , or equivalent
b. HIST 017 CH -Chicano/Latino History
c. Two of the following introductory courses:
- CHLT 061 CH -Contemporary Issues of Chicanas & Latinas
- PSYC 084 CH -Psychology of the Chicana/o
- SOC 030 CH -Chicana/o in Contemporary Society
d. Four courses, one from each of the four areas of concentration:
1) Border and Transnational Studies:
CHLT 072 CH -History of Central Americans In the United States . (Portillo)
CHLT 079 CH -Gender, Sexuality and Healthcare in the Americas
CHLT 082 PZ -From “The Tropics” to the Borderlands: Central America and Central American Migration in the 20th Century (Portillo)
CHLT 085 PZ -Central American Women (Portillo)
CHST 101 CH -Community Partnerships (CP) (Summers Sandoval)
CHLT 154 CH -Latinas in the Garment Industry (Soldatenko)
HIST 025 CH -All Power to the People! (Summers Sandoval)
HIST 031 CH -Latin America Before Independence (Tinker Salas)
HIST 032 CH -Latin America Since Independence (Tinker Salas)
HIST 100C CH -Chicana/Latina Histories (Summers Sandoval)
HIST 100I CH -Identity & Culture in Latin America (Tinker Salas)
HIST 100N CH -The Mexico-United States Border (Tinker Salas)
HIST 100NB CH -United States-Latin American Relations (Tinker Salas)
HIST 110S CH -Latina/o Oral Histories (Summers Sandoval)
POST 198 CH -God in the Barrio (Pantoja)
SPAN 127 CH -Literatura Chicano en Español (Alcalá)
2) Education, Social Justice, Critical Pedagogy and Inquiry:
CHLT 060 CH -Women in the Third World (Soldatenko)
CHLT 115 CH -Gender, Race and Class: Women of Color in the U.S. (Soldatenko)
CHLT 118 PZ -Gender & Global Restructuring (Previously GFS 118 PZ) (Soldatenko)
CHLT 155 CH -Chicana Feminist Epistemology (Soldatenko)
CHLT 157 CH -Latina’s Activism Work & Protest (Soldatenko)
PSYC 084 CH -Psychology of the Chicana/o (Buriel)
PSYC 151 CH -Psychology of Multicultural Education (Buriel)
PSYC 180M CH -Chicano/Latino Cultural Psychology (Buriel)
SOC 141 CH -Chicanas and Latinas in the U.S. (Ochoa)
SOC 150 CH -Chicana/os/Latinas/os and Education (Ochoa)
3) Literature, Art, and Representation:
CHST 067 CH -Contemporary Chicana/o Art and Its Antecedents (Staff)
CHLT 068 CH -Rock in Las Americas (Soldatenko)
CHST 070 CH -Regional Dances of Mexico (Galvez)
DANC 073 CH -Pre-Columbian Dance (Galvez)
SPAN 127 CH -Literatura Chicano en Español (Alcalá)
CHLT 126A CH -Chicana/o Movement Literature (ENGL 184A CH) (Alcalá)
CHLT 126B CH -Contemporary Chicana/o Literature (ENGL 184B CH) (Alcalá)
CHST 184D CH -Chicana/o Short Fiction (ENGL 184D CH) (Alcalá)
CHLT 186 CH -Contemporary Chicana Literature Seminar (ENGL 184C CH) (Alcalá)
THEA 001C PO -Basic Acting: Chicano Theatre & Performance (Martinez)
MUS 130 SC -Ryythm & the Latina Body Politic (Jaquez)
MUS 131 SC -Mariachi Performance and Culture (Jaquez)
ENGL 075 PZ -Contemporary Chicana/o Literature (Hildago)
4) Politics, Social Movements, and Labor:
CHLT 009 CH -Food, Culture, Power (ANTH 009 PZ) (Soldatenko, Chao)
CHLT 061 CH -Contemporary Issues of Chicanas & Latinas (Previously GFS 061 CH) (Soldatenko)
CHLT 118 PZ -Gender & Global Restructuring (Previously GFS 118 CH) (Soldatenko)
CHLT 126A CH -Chicana/o Movement Literature (ENGL 184A CH) (Alcalá)
CHLT 154 CH -Latinas in the Garment Industry (Soldatenko)
CHLT 157 CH -Latina’s Activism Work & Protest (Soldatenko)
CHST 101 CH -Community Partnerships (CP) (Summers Sandoval)
HIST 025 CH -All Power to the People! (Summers Sandoval)
POST 107 CH -Latino Politics (Pantoja)
POST 174 CH -U.S. Immigration Policy and Transnational Politics (Pantoja)
SOC 030 CH -Chicana/o in Contemporary Society (Ochoa)
SOC 114 CH -Los Angeles Communities: Transformations, Inequality and Activism (Ochoa)
SOC 145 CH -Restructuring Communities (Staff)
SOC 155 CH -Rural and Urban Social Movements (Staff)
e. Two advanced courses in one of the above areas of concentration chosen in consultation with
her academic adviser.
f. At least one of the above area studies courses must have a service learning or civic engagement component (CHLT 154 CH ; SOC 030 CH , SOC 114 CH , SOC 141 CH , SOC 145 CH , SOC 150 CH , SOC 155 CH or CHST 101 CH -Community Partnerships (CP) .)
g. Senior thesis with oral presentation.
