The Chicano Studies program provides an
interdisciplinary approach to the interaction of the
Chicano with other cultures in a bilingual,
multicultural setting. It helps to prepare students for
transfer to a four-year university major in Mexican
American, Ethnic or Intercultural Studies and for other
professional fields including the social sciences,
humanities, law, law enforcement, border and
immigration occupations, international business,
social work, public administration and teaching.
Chicano Studies courses enhance understanding of
one of the country's fastest growing population
groups.
Program Emphasis
Chicano Studies courses are taught in English and the
curriculum is designed to meet District and
baccalaureate general education and multicultural
course requirements. The program offers courses in
anthropology, bilingual studies, Chicano culture,
history of Mexico and the United States, language and
literature, psychology and sociology from a Chicano
perspective.
Career Options
Most careers related to Chicano or Mexican American
Studies require education beyond the associate
degree. A list of sample careers includes:
anthropologist, immigration officer, peace officer, counselor, international business person, historian,
health worker, social worker, translator, and travel and
tourism advisor.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon active engagement in course activities and
processes the successful student will be able to:- Attend educational, cultural, or political activities
related to the Chicano/a Latino/a community's
social issues.
- Express what the Mexican and Mexican American cultural experience are in a written, oral or artistic way.
- Express in a written, oral or artistic way some of
the major obstacles that the Indigenous cultures
of Mexico have faced since having contact with
European cultures.
- Express in a written, oral or artistic way some of
the contributions that women have made to the
development of the Mexican and
Mexican-American experience.