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Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies

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Spring 2027

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13 courses

Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of Chicanx/e and Latinx/e peoples in the United States, covering historical, economic, cultural, and sociopolitical dimensions through recent scholarly literature and debates.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Armando Ibarra

The course involved thick readings and exams heavily weighted by midterm and final tests. One student found the lecture style overwhelming, while another noted exams were based on posted lecture slides.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Examines specific themes in Chicanx/e life, ways, and culture through readings drawn primarily from the arts and humanities within Chicana/x and Latina/o Studies.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Fall 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sample

Examines themes in Chicanx/e and Latinx/e life, ways, and culture using readings from education, social service, and applied social science.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Examines specific themes in Chicano/a life, culture, and identity, including border culture, ethnicity, and Mexican immigration to the US.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Almita Miranda

One student struggled to keep up with the heavy reading loads, noting difficulty finding time to read all assigned texts.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Introduces changing images of race and ethnicity in U.S. entertainment media and popular culture, emphasizing critical and cultural studies approaches.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

This course examines educational inequality across the Americas through imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism, evaluating transnational education policy contexts.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Survey of historical, political, and aesthetic roots and directions of Latinx/e and Chicanx/e short stories, novels, poetry, music, plays, films, and essays.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Examines the historical, social, political, economic, and cultural experiences of Latinos from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

Success required taking good notes, reading books thoroughly, and forming study groups to prepare for exams.

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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Studies immigration, crime, and border enforcement through historical and present-day debates, focusing on Latinx/e immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Michael Light

Lectures moved quickly, requiring familiarity with numbers and prior stats knowledge. Exams were detailed and demanded precise recall of graphs, while written assignments received mixed feedback on their difficulty.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Explores social and political issues of migration, contact zones, transculturation, and diaspora in Latinx America through cultural and literary texts.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Paola Hernandez

The course was rated as relatively easy in terms of difficulty.

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Introduction to the culture and history of Mexican and Latin American origin people in the U.S., focusing on diversity, hybridity, and socio-political issues.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Explores the cultural evolution of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and other U.S. Latinx groups in relation to their countries of origin.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited sample