A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.

This course is an interdisciplinary survey seminar that explores cultural and historical developments of the Mexican origin people across four distinct periods, Indigenous America, Spanish America, the rise of Mexico and U.S. incorporation of Mexico into the United States. Attention will be given to cultural identity, cultural representations and cultural memory. Students will survey and study primary and secondary documents.

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.

This course will examine cultural, social, historical, political and economic conditions which gave rise to the Chicana and Chicano Civil Rights Movement during the years 1950-1980.

This course will introduce major authors of Mexican American and Xicanx literature through the study of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and illustrated texts. The goals of the course include improving students’ understanding of these works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context, cultivating an appreciation for the aesthetic principles that guide this literature, reflecting on the way this literature influences and is influenced by intercultural experiences, and researching critical responses and linguistic theories associated with these works.

Examines various theories and methods utilized by Chicana/o scholars during the evolution of the discipline of Chicana/o Studies, exploring how these theories and methods have informed and continue to inform writing and research in Chicana/o Studies.

The course examines Mexican and Mexican American popular folk culture in the context of historical and contemporary issues.