CLS 11 - Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies

    Recent Professors
    Z. Gonzalez, A. Amaro, M. Espinoza Watson, E. Perez, P. Martinez, R. Ramirez, V. Benavides
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    29–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 7 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    The introductory course explores the Chicano/a/x and Mexican American community, culture(s) and heritage(s) in American society from an interdisciplinary approach. Focus on sociocultural challenges, struggles, and social justice movements that define the Chicano/a/x experience. Examination of the ancestral roots, dynamic migration/immigration trends, conflict, racialization processes, liberation struggles, socialization process, and sociopolitical patterns from ancient Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica to the present. Overview of trends and patterns in Latino/a/x populations at-large will also be explored. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 2:00pm–3:20pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:50am, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:45pm, Tue Thu 9:30am–10:45am