CHST R101 - Introduction to Chicana/o Studies

    Recent Professors
    Elizabeth Villa Rosales, Carolina Apodaca-Morales, Jose Amaro
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    15–85 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CHST R101
    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
    This is an introductory interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to research and publications in related disciplines and familiarizes them with the interdisciplinary aspects of Chicana/o studies. The course is a survey of diverse historical experiences, cultural factors, and ethnic/racial paradigms, including indigenousness, gender, sexuality, language, and borders, that help shape Chicana/o identities, with an emphasis on critical reading and writing skills. The course will provide students with a comprehensive examination of Mexican, Chicana/o, and Latina/o development in the United States. Through critical reading and thinking, textual analysis, and coherent, persuasive writing and communication skills, students will gain a clear understanding of some of the central developments of Chicana/o history and culture. This course will also provide an overview of the formations, definitions, and transformations of Chicana/o peoples by critically analyzing gender roles, the borderlands, Chicana feminism, the arts, immigration, tradition, and identity of Chicano people.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 10:30am–11:45am, Tue 10:30am–11:45am, Tue 1:00pm–3:50pm, Tue 6:00pm–7:15pm