Chicana/Chicano Studies at UC Davis

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Chicana/Chicano Studies

Chicana/Chicano Studies

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The Chicana/Chicano Studies major provides a unique opportunity to serve and understand the Chicanx/Latinx community. Policymakers must know specifics about the people, comprehend and appreciate the culture and understand how to work with this fast-growing community. The major offers an interdisciplinary curriculum which focuses on the Chicanx/Latinx experience through an analysis of class, race-ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and cultural expression within the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicanx/Latinx people in the Americas.

Real World Outcomes

Chicana/o Studies majors have gone on to a variety of exciting opportunities. The Cultural Studies emphasis prepares students for professional work in cross-cultural education, cultural/art centers, artistic expression and communication. The Social/Policy Studies emphasis orients students towards careers in human service delivery, community development, legal services assistance, health services, social welfare and education. Many students go on to advanced professional studies or graduate students in related fields. Program alumni include a college president, a member of the California Legislature, teachers, librarians and social workers.

Requirements 

After completing survey courses at the lower division levels, Chicana/Chicano Studies majors choose to specialize in either of two areas: the Cultural Studies emphasis integrates literature, culture, and artistic expression; the Social/Policy Studies track emphasizes social theory, research methods, area studies in community and health issues. Students are expected to read, write and speak Spanish at a level suitable for future study and work involving Chicanx and Latinx perspectives.

Students work on the mural during the painting of the mural in the Yolo County Juvenile Detention Facility on Wednesday May 23, 2014 in Woodside, CA. After the staff and inmates were interviewed, the mural was designed. This is the work of a single quarter of students from Chicano Studies Mural Workshop

Chicana/o Studies Majors Prepared to Shape the Future

In the current political climate, understanding and valuing Chicanx/Latinx community experiences are important for Aggies wanting to be leaders with impact. Learn more about the job opportunities available for Chicana/o Studies majors.