CLS 11 - Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies

    Recent Professors
    F. Fuentes, J. Suarez, C. Arfuso
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Advisory: ENGL C1000; ENGL C1000H
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CLS 11
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · 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.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am, Tue Thu 9:30am–10:45am, Mon 12:00pm–1:15pm