HIST 23 - Chicana/O Amer Hist & Culture

    Recent Professors
    Esmeralda Carretero Rodriguez, Aracely Garcia Gonzalez, Jennifer Mendez
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    50–72 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Previously taken ENGL-C1000 (formerly ENGL-01A) is advised.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of HIST 23
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    <b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025</b></font><br> This interdisciplinary course examines the social, political, and cultural roots of Chicana/os, tracing history from their Indigenous, African, and Spanish beginnings to the present. It analyzes race, ethnicity, and culture, in relation to Chicana/o communities and their social justice movements and struggles. The course provides a basis for a better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions among Chicana/os through historical consideration of the creation and development of Ethnic Studies programs in the United States. Special emphasis is also placed on the contributions of Chicana/o scholars, artists, and activists by using an intersectional decolonial lens to explore the effects of (neo)colonialism, imperialism, white supremacy, Eurocentrism, and racism.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 2:10pm–3:35pm, Mon Wed 11:00am–12:25pm