Transfers ToCSUCSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area FDescriptionIntroduction to Chicanx Studies offers an introduction to Chicana/o Studies as an academic discipline. It focuses on the origins, development, and theories that contribute to its formation. Furthermore, it analyzes and evaluates Chicanx perspectives on revisionist history; demographics; employment; political and socioeconomic trends; education; and the arts. This course will also examine, compare and contrast, such topics as cultural values, social organization, urbanization patterns of the Chicana/o in the U.S., migration, identity and gender roles as well as their struggles in education, politics and legislation. Through an intersectional analysis, students will interrogate categories of identity and power including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, religion, age, and ability. Due to the nature of the subject, students will be exposed to some Spanish phrases, words, and expressionsUsually HeldThu 12:45pm–2:10pm 