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Department of Ethnic Studies

Latina/o/x Minor

The minor consists of a minimum of twenty-nine (29) quarter units. Students must complete 3 lower-division courses, and 4 upper-division courses.

Course Requirements
Lower Division requirements (3 courses total):

  1. The following two (2) courses focused on Latina/e/o/x in the U.S.:
    • ETHN 5. Intro to the Study of Race & Ethnicity in the U.S. 
    • ETHN 20. Introduction to Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x Studies
  2. One of the following lower-division courses emphasizing comparative, cross-racial, multiracial, and intersectional analysis of race and ethnicity:
    • ETHN 21. Introduction to Chicana/o/x Literature (also listed as ENGL 36)
    • ETHN 25. Sexuality and Spirituality in Latinx and Chicanx Literature and Theologies (also listed as TESP 59 and WGST 44)
    • ETHN 55. Cross-Racial Electoral Politics
    • ETHN 56. Race and Pop Culture
    • ETHN 58. Race, Gender and the Law
    • ETHN 69. Literature by Women Writers of Color (also listed as ENGL 69 and WGST 15)
    • ETHN 70. Multicultural Literature of the U.S. (also listed as ENGL 39/39G and WGST 16)
    • ETHN 96. Race, Class, and Culture through Film

           

Upper Division requirements (4 courses total):

Four (4) of the following courses either focused on Latina/e/o/x in the U.S. or emphasizing comparative, cross-racial, multiracial, and intersectional analysis of race and ethnicity:

    • ETHN 100. Race, Class, Gender and Freedom (also listed as HIST 114)
    • ETHN 120. Mexican Immigration to the United States
    • ETHN 121. Chicana/o/x Families and Gender Roles
    • ETHN 122. Chicana/o/x Communities
    • ETHN 123. The Chicana/o/x Experience
    • ETHN 124. Latina/o/x Literature and Cultural Studies (also listed as ENGL 136)
    • ETHN 125. Latinas/os/xs in the United States
    • ETHN 125A. Chicana/x & Latina/x Feminisms in the U.S. (also listed as GNSX 141)
    • ETHN 126. Latina/o/x Immigrant Detention and Incorporation in the Age of Terrorism
    • ETHN 127. Race & Mass Incarceration (also listed as HNRS 20)
    • ETHN 128. Mexican American Literature (also listed as SPAN 133)
    • ETHN 129. Faith and Philosophy: Latine Perspectives
    • ETHN 165. Community Based Research Methods
    • ETHN 186. Seminar---Contemporary Latina/o/x Immigration Issues
    • ETHN 187. Seminar - Youth Activism & Contemporary Social Movements

 

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