# Chicano Studies (CS) courses

Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://palomar.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/32573/33385/32612

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### CS 100 — Introduction to Chicano Studies

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 9 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/cs.md); Spring 2027, 5 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/cs.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass

This course surveys the origins of Chicana/o Studies in relation to contemporary Chicano culture. Analysis placed on the development of the field and theories of racialization and intersectionality. A cultural politics approach examines a range of expressive arts such as: muralism, film, literature, music, comedy, dance, and celebrations. Intended for students interested in history, Chicano and Ethnic Studies, or other social issues.

### CS 101 — United States History from a Chicano Perspective I

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 19 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/cs.md); Spring 2027, 18 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/cs.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass
- Notes: This course plus CS 102 meets the State requirement in American History and Institutions.

A survey of the Americas from 1492 to the mid-1800s, with an emphasis on understanding the impact of European invasion of the Americas through colonialism and imperialism while making connections between the past and the present. Chicano, Mexican, and Indigenous resistance, decolonization, and cultural survival are analyzed. The course introduces concepts such as race and racism, white supremacy, settler colonialism, and historical trauma in the Americas. Intended for students interested in history, Chicano, and Ethnic Studies or other social sciences.

### CS 102 — United States History from a Chicano Perspective II

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 17 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/cs.md); Spring 2027, 17 sections (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/cs.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass
- Notes: This course plus CS 101 meets the State requirement in American History and Institutions.

A survey course in Chicana/o and American history that covers the period from 1840 to the present. Emphasis is placed on the Mexican origin population in the United States with a focus on social, political, and economic issues. Topics include the U.S.-Mexican War, systematic racism and segregation, lynching of Mexicans, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Chicano Movement, and the Ban on Mexican American Studies. Intended for students interested in history, Chicano and Ethnic Studies, or other social issues.

### CS 140 — Chicana History and Feminism

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/cs.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/cs.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass

This course is the study of the Chicana in American society in historical and sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on Chicana feminist scholarship, cultural representations, and resistance to racism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. This course is designed for all students interested in Gender, Chicana, and Ethnic Studies.

### CS 155 — Ancient Civilizations of Meso-America

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass
- Cross listed as: ANTH 155

Civilizations of Pre-Columbian Mexico and Central America with a focus on their origins and achievements.

### CS 160 — US-Mexican International Border

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3.00 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/palomar-college/schedule/fall-2026/cs.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/palomar-college/schedule/spring-2027/cs.md)
- Grading: Grade/Pass/No Pass
- Notes: History, culture, economics, and politics of the US-Mexican border region will be addressed. Theories and policy issues surrounding development of the region will focus on historical problems and social movements along the US-Mexican, in particular impacting Mexican, Latinx, and Native communities on both sides of the border.

This course will teach the history, culture, economics, and politics of the US-Mexican border. Theories and policy issues surrounding the development of the region will focus on historical problems and social movements along the US-Mexican border, in particular impacting Mexican, Latinx, and Native communities on both sides of the border.