Program Overview

The mission of the Mexican American, Chicana/o, Latina/o Studies Department is to develop in students the academic tools to recognize, critically understand, and appreciate the social, historical, and continuing cultural significance of these communities. The program prepares Chicano Studies majors to effectively transfer to four-year universities, participate in the workplace, and to effect positive change as it relates to local, national, and global purposes. Requiring completion of courses from the fields of History, Art, Women's Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology, Spanish, English and Anthropology, the Chicano Studies Degree explores intersectionality globally, within Mexican American, Chicana/o and Latina/o communities and racialized societies. To enact change through civic advocacy, majors are empowered to apply their knowledge and skills in the service of their communities, and to act in accord with the principles of social justice that they have acquired.