Curriculum for Summer 2007 (2009 Schedule will be posted soon.)
Chicana and Chicano Studies 137
Chicano/Mexican Oral Traditions (4 units)
Instructor: Dr. Maria Herrera-Sobek
Wednesday/Friday 10:00a.m.-12:15p.m.
- Introduces students to the ancient roots of Chicano oral traditions. Contemporary forms of Chicano oral poetry, oral narrative, and drama are examined, in addition to more ephemeral forms such as cabula, choteo, joke-telling, or dichos.
- Meets the following GE requirements: Area D; Non-Western Culture; Ethnicity
- Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Recommended preparation: fluency in Spanish.
Chicana and Chicano Studies 172
Law and Civil Rights (4 units)
Tuesday/Thursday 10:00a.m.-12:15p.m.
- Survey of recent state and federal law and court decisions affecting the Chicano community. Special consideration will be given to landmark cases and decisions. Analysis will be made of opposing views on each case in a historical context.
- Meets the following GE requirements: Area D; Ethnicity; Writing Requirement
- Prerequisites: Chicano Studies 1A, 1B, or 1C or Upper Division standing; Consent of Instructor.
Chicana and Chicano Sudies 194D
Experiencing Mexico (2 units)
Instructors: Maria Herrera Sobek, Alberto Huerta, and Richard Huizar
- Under the direction of faculty, students will be involved with over twenty hours of field work in Queretaro, Guanajuato, Mexico D.F., in visiting museums, archeological sites, churches, mercados, and government offices during the 2006 summer program in Queretaro, Mexico. Selected aspects of Mexico's history as it relates to these field visits regarding Mexico's art, literature, religion, social, and political life will be discussed with the students. Upon completion of the course the students will be required to write an essay on the most significant and meaningful aspects of the field work to their experience in Mexico. Prior to the field visits, students will be shown films on Mexico's archeological sites, religion, history, and art. Also selected topical essays by the faculty will be provided to the students.
Sociology 155W / Chicano Studies 155W
La Chicana: Mexican Women in the US (4 units)
Instructor: Denise Segura
Wednesday/Friday 12:45p.m.-3:00p.m.
- Examines exsisting research on native-born and immigrant Mexican women in the United States with emphasis on family, education, employment, and politics. Analysis of the Chicana experience organized by considering how interplay between class, race, and gender affects access to opportunity and equality.
- Meets the following GE requirements: Ethnicity
- Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
