DARS Exception Course. Associated with the CLS FIG
Courses
COUN PSY 225 : Coming to Terms with Cultural Diversity: Invitation to Dialogue
DARS Exception Course
CHICLA 699: Directed Study
Credits for self- directed student learners conducting independent reading and research under the mentorship and guidance of a faculty member
CHICLA 530: Advanced Topics in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies: “Why be Xicana/o?”
Examines identity formation and associated processes for individuals and in society. Traces the history of ‘Spanish-Speaking,’ ‘Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, and Latinx and locate each in socio-political processes. Students will explore the future of identity, socially …
CHICLA 530: Advanced Topics in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies: “Ethnicity, Race, & Justice” (Crosslisted Sociology)
Explores the intersection of ethnicity, race, and justice including: 1) racial and ethnic relations in society 2) racial and ethnic differences in crime and violence, 3) racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system, …
CHICLA 469: Topics in Hispanic Cultures in the US (Cross Listed SPANISH)
Topic: Mexican Migration to the US. Explores topic from historical, cultural, political, literary & gender studies perspectives. Analyzes films, documentaries, testimonies, essays, novels, stories, & music in connection with theories of migration, transnationalism, & transculturation. …
CHICLA 347: Race, Ethnicity, and Media (Cross Listed: COM ARTS)
Introduction to the changing images of race and ethnicity in U.S. entertainment media and popular culture. Surveys history, key concepts and contemporary debates regarding mediated representation of ethnic minorities. Critical and cultural studies approaches are …
CHICLA 330: Topics in Chican@/Latin@ Studies: “Gentrification in Latinx Communities”
Topic: Gentrification in Latinx Communities Explores gentrification, especially in Latinx communities. Investigates gentrification’s origin & theories that seek to explain it through four case studies—the Mission-San Francisco, Boyle Heights-Los Angeles, East Harlem-New York, & Pilsen-Chicago—to …
CHICLA 330: Topics in Chican@/Latin@ Studies: “Latinx Gender & Jotería [Queerness]”
Uses the Latinx concept of “borderlands” and the Black feminist concept of “intersectionality” to analyze queer theory and practice. Using theory, case studies, and diverse forms of media and expressive culture, the course critically examines …
CHICLA 268: The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present (Crosslisted LACIS/POLI SCI/HISTORY)
A critical examination of US-Latin American relations from the colonial era to the present, tracing the emergence and evolution of the United States as a hemispheric and global power and its political and economic impact …