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← Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies (CHICLA)
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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#3 ·CHICLA 330
Topics in Chicano/a Studies
3–4 creditsExamines 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 2026Introduction 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 2026Studies 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 2026Introduces 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 2026Explores 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