| CHIC 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
| Description: (Same as Afro-Ethnic Studies 101) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 102 Communication Skills |
| Description: The basic communication skills including oral and written expression. A unit on the mechanics of writing and reporting on a term paper. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 106 Introduction to Chicano Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: Completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The role of the Chicano in the United States. The Chicano’s cultural values, social organization, urbanization patterns, and the problems in the area of education, politics and legislation. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 108 Linguistics and Minority Dialects |
| Description: (Same as Linguistics 108) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 190 Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities |
| Description: (Same as History 190 and Afro-Ethnic Studies 190. This course fulfills Title V, Statutory Requirements.) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 220 Mexican Heritage |
| Description: The basic characteristics of the Mexican, especially the Chicano society and culture. From 1519 to the present. Emphasis on the arts, literature and history of Mexico and the Chicano in the United States. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 302 Ancient Mexican Culture |
| Description: An historical and cultural survey of the principal pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and their significance for Mexican society. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 303 Cultural Differences in Mexico & the Southwest |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The cultural conflicts in Mexico as seen by the contemporary thinkers of Mexico and the United States. Urban and rural problems. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 304 Music of Mexico |
| Description: (Same as Music 304) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 305 The Chicano Family |
| Description: The Chicano family development as an American social institution. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives. The socio- and psycho-dynamics of the Chicano family. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 306 Barrio Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 220 or consent of instructor. The major characteristics of the barrio. Supervised fieldwork in the barrio is required. Analysis of the barrio or agency will be made after fieldwork is completed. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours fieldwork) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 313 La Chicana |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The cultural influences that the family, religion, economic status and community play upon the lifestyles, the values and the roles held by Chicanas. (Same as Women’s Studies 313) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 315 Chicano/Latino Theater |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.B.1. or III.B.2. Analysis of contemporary Chicano/Latino theater in relation to its historical evolution. Emphasis on plays, playwrights and theater groups expressing the Chicano/Latino experience. Extensive play reading. (Same as Theater 315) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 316 The Chicano Music Experience |
| Description: Mexican folk and popular music and its relationship to the culture which produced it. The pre-Cortesian period to the present in Mexico and in the Southwestern United States. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 330 The Evolution of Mexican Literature |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category III.B.2. Survey and analysis of the Nahautl, Mexican and Chicano literature from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Not applicable for graduate degree credit. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 331 The Chicano Child |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The Chicano child from preschool through grade six. Motor, physical, social, intellectual and emotional growth and development and their effect on school adjustment and achievement. Observation of preschool and grade school children. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 332 The Chicano Adolescent |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category III.C.1 The Chicano adolescent’s social, intellectual and emotional growth and development. The bicultural pressures from the barrio, family structure, school and achievement values. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 333 Mexican Literature Since 1940 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.B.2. The literature of Mexico since 1940: Carlos Fuentes, Luis Spota, Rodolfo Usigli, Xavier Villarrutia, Juan Jose Arreola, Octavio Paz, Roberto Blanco Moheno and Luis G. Basurto. Not applicable for graduate degree credit. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 336 Main Trends in Spanish-American Literature |
| Description: The main currents of Spanish-American literature emphasizing contemporary works. The relation between the artistic expression and the ideological values of the period. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 337 Contemporary Chicano Literature |
| Description: Prerequisite: Chicana/o Studies 106 or 220, or consent of instructor. The modern Chicano writers in the United States: Allurista, Corky Gonzales, Octavio Romano, El Teatro Campesino and the major Chicano magazines and newspapers. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 340 Mexican/Chicano Intellectual Thought |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.B.2. The emergence of the Chicano movement dealing with political, economic and sociological facets. The writing of Nahautl, Spanish, Spanish-American, Chicano, and contemporary writers. Not applicable for graduate degree credit. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 345 History of the Chicano |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category III.C.1. History of the Chicano from the pre-Columbian period to the present. The Chicanos’ changing role in the United States, their cultural identity crisis and their achievements. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 350 Mexican Life and Culture |
| Description: (Same as Latin American Studies 350) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 353 Mexico Since 1906 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III.C.1. The Mexican Revolution of 1910 stressing the political, economic and social aspects as well as its contributions in the fields of art, literature and social reforms. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 360 Chicanos and the Law |
| Description: The relationship between Chicanos and the legal and judicial system, including the administration of justice, Chicano-police relations, and Chicanos and the prison system. Guest speakers will be a regular feature. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 367 Latino/a Spirituality and Religion |
| Description: (Same as Comparative Religion 367) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 400 Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies |
| Description: (Same as Asian American 400) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 450 The Chicano and Contemporary Issues |
| Description: The socioeconomic and political problems confronting the Chicano including proposed solutions. The effect that social institutions have had on the Chicano community. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 460 The Chicano and Politics |
| Description: Theory of urban politics and evaluation of issues that affect the Chicanos and American society. Evaluations and surveys will be made on political organizations in Hispanic-surnamed communities. (Same as Political Science 460) |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 480 The Immigrant and the Chicano |
| Description: Mexican immigration to the United States and its social, economic and political impacts on the Chicano and non-Chicano communities and other immigrant groups. |
Units: (3)
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| CHIC 499 Independent Study |
| Description: Prerequisites: senior standing and approval by the department chair and instructor(s) in charge of directing the study. An opportunity to do independent study, under the guidance of the faculty, on a subject of special interest to the student. |
Units: (1-3)
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| CHIC 599 Independent Graduate Research |
| Description: Prerequisites: consent of instructor and classified status. Individual research for Chicana and Chicano Studies components in Master of Arts in Bilingual Studies (Spanish), Master of Science in Bilingual Education (Education) and related programs. Maximum of 3 hours credit. |
Units: (1-3)
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