Chicana and Chicano Studies

Summary

The Associate of Arts in Chicana and Chicano Studies provides a foundational coursework that emphasizes an understanding of history, culture, identity, literature, the arts, institutions, and ideas in addition to preparing students with the critical thinking and analytical skills required in the real world. Chicana and Chicano Studies prepares students to engage important questions, political issues, and institutions as scholars, activists, and civic participants, while also equipping them to transfer to the baccalaureate level.

Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.

Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Chicana and Chicano Studies Program will be able to:

1. Attend and analyze educational, cultural, or political activities related to the Chicano/a Latino/a community's social issues.
2. Express in a written, oral or artistic way the significance of the Chicana/o and Mexican experience.
3. Express in a written, oral or artistic way some of the major obstacles that the Indigenous cultures of Mexico have faced since having contact with European cultures.
4. Express in a written, oral or artistic way some of the contributions that women have made to the development of the Mexican and Mexican-American experience.

Requirements