B.A. Degree Requirements
Major In Chicano Studies
30 Hours (18 Upper-division hours)
Major G.P.A______(Requires a minimum g.p.a 2.0)
- 30 semester hours of academic core courses as follows:
____CHIC 3311 Chicano Studies: Societal Issues
(It is recommended that this course be taken first.)
____B. Select one course from: ___________________________________________________
CHIC 4301 Chicano Legal History
CHIC 4304 Environmental Justice & Minority Communities in the U.S.
CHIC 4308 Chicana/o Thought
CHIC 4309 American Immigration and Social Justice
ANTH 3325 Chicanos and Mexicans in the U.S.
LABS 3301 The Border
PHIL 2313 Chicanos and American Thought
SOCI 3325 Chicanos and Mexicans in the U.S.
SPAN 3320 Culture and Civilization of Spain
SPAN 3330 Spanish American Civilization
____C. Select one course from: __________________________________________________
CHIC 3343 Latino/Latina Voices in Performance Activism
CHIC 3344 Chicana/o Theatre
CHIC 3345 The Roots of Latina/o Hip Hop: The Sounds of Struggle
CHIC 3346 Dances of Mexico and Spain
CHIC 3347 American Cinema of the U.S.-Mexico Border
ARTH 3359 Contemporary Latin American and Chicano Art
ENGL 3374 Folklore of the Mexican American
THEA 3335 Contemporary Hispanic Theatre and Drama
____D. ENGL 3310 Chicana/o Literature
____E. HIST 3309 Mexican American History
____F. Select: POLS 4313 Southwestern Border Politics OR
POLS 4315 Latinos in the American Political System
____G. Select: CHIC 3302 Chicano Cinema OR
CHIC 3304 Chicano/Latino Music in the U.S. OR
CHIC 3344 Chicana/o Theatre
____H. Select 3 courses from: _________________________________________________
CHIC 3301 La Chicana
CHIC 3303 Border Image in Mexican Film
CHIC 3305 Chicana/o Identity Formation: Race, Class and Gender
CHIC 3339 Cultural Diversity and Youth in the U.S.
CHIC 3342 Spanish Dance
CHIC 3347 American Cinema of the U.S-Mexico Border
CHIC 4301 Chicano Legal History
CHIC 4304 Environmental Justice and Minority Communities in the U.S.
CHIC 4306 Community Formation on U.S.-Mexico Border
CHIC 4307 Hispanic Entrepreneurship
CHIC 4308 Chicana/o Thought
CHIC 4309 American Immigration and Social Justice
CHIC CIC 4308; CHIC CHIC 4350 Topics in Chicano Studies
CHIC 4450 Topics in Chicano Studies
ANTH 3326 Migration
BED 4340 Principles of Bilingual/ESL Education
HIST 3342 Spanish Borderlands
HIST 3350 Modern Mexico
HIST 3390 History, Special Topics (When topic is appropriate)
KIN 3342 Spanish Dance
LABS 3301 The Border
POLS 4313 Southwestern Border Politics
POLS 4339 U.S.-Latin American Relations
SOCI 3326 Migration
SPAN 3325 The Confluence of Mexican and Chicano Literature
____ 2. Proficiency in Spanish must be established by passing SPAN 2302 or SPAN 2304 or
placing into and passing a third-year Spanish course.
____ 3. A written assignment, with a minimum grade of “B’, in an upper-division Chicano
Studies course (3300+) must be on file in the program's office.