UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

Chicana/Chicano Studies 181
123. Psychological Perspectives on
Chicana/o and Latina/o Children and
Adolescents (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course
10 or 21, and upper division standing. Psychological
and educational development of Chicano/Latino
children and adolescents, with particular attention to
the formation of ethnic, gender, class, race, and sexual
identities. GE Credit: Div, SocSci, Wri.—II. (II.)
Flores
125S. Latino Families in the Age of
Globalization: Migration and
Transculturation (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Spanish 3
or equivalent highly recommended. Impact of globalization
on Latino families in the American continent.
Relationships of political structure, economics and
family. Intimate partner violence, child maltreatment
and alcohol/drug abuse in contemporary Latino
families. Offered in a Spanish speaking country.—
IV. (IV.) Flores
130. United States-Mexican Border
Relations (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: upper
division standing. Theories of U.S.-Mexican border
relations, with an overview of the political, economic,
and social relationships and an in-depth
analysis of immigration issues, border industrialization,
women’s organizations, economic crises, and
legal issues. GE credit: Div.—I. (I, III.) Chávez-
García, de la Torre
131. Chicanas in Politics and Public Policy
(4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 30
or Political Science 1. Historical and political analysis
of Chicana/Latina political involvement and activities
in the general political system, women’s
movement, Chicano movement, and Chicana movement.
Course also examines the public policy process
and the relationship of Chicanas/Latinas to
public policy formation. Offered in alternate years.
GE credit: SocSci, Div.—II. (II.) Chávez-García,
de la Torre
131S. Chicanas in Politics and Public Policy
(4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Historical and political
analysis of Chican/Latina political involvement and
activities in the general political system, women's
movement, Chicano/a movement. Course also
examines the public policy process and the relationship
of Chicanas/Latinas to public policy formation.
Offered abroad. Not open for credit to students
who have completed course 131. GE Credit: Div,
SocSci.—I. (I.) de la Torre
132. Political Economy of Chicana/o
Communities (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: upper
division standing; lower division Chicana/o Studies
course recommended. Historical and contemporary
study of political and economic forces which define
and influence the development of Chicana/o communities.
Includes critiques of traditional and Marxian
theories and concepts applicable to Chicana/o
communities, case studies of Chicana/o communities,
especially in California and Texas.—III. (III.) de
la Torre
135S. Transnational Latina/o Political
Economy (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Spanish
3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor; Economics
1A and 1B recommended. Intensive reading, discussion
and research on selected topics from Latin
America and the US with regard to immigrant and
native communities. Topics include comparative
immigration and macroeconomic policies in the US
and Latin America. Offered in a Spanish speaking
country.—IV. (IV.) de la Torre
140A. Quantitative Methods: Chicano/
Latino Health Research (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour.
Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra or the
equivalent in college. Focuses on measuring Latino/
Chicano health outcomes using a quantitative
approach. Assesses main types of study designs and
addresses measurement of disease frequency and
health effects. GE Credit: SciEng.—I, III. (I, III.)
Garcia
145S. Bi-National Health (5)
Lecture—5 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences
1A-1B-1C, Spanish 21 or 31 or consent of instructor;
upper division standing only. Examination of health
status and intervention strategies presented in public
health care settings, private clinics and by indigenous
healers in Mexico. Analysis of impact of high
risk diseases. Offered in a Spanish speaking country
under supervision of UC Davis faculty/lecturer.—I.
(I.) de la Torre
150. The Chicana and Chicano Movement
(4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Development of the
Chicano Movement within the context of the sociopolitical
movements of the 1960’s in a national and
global perspective. Ideological/political perspectives
and the implications for political strategies. GE
Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.—I, III. Chavez-Garcia, de
la Torre
154. The Chicana/o Novel (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: intermediate Spanish
or consent of instructor. Introduction to the forms and
themes of the Chicana/o novel with special attention
to the construction of gender, nationality, sexuality,
social class, and the family by contemporary Chicana/o
novelists. Bilingual readings, lectures, discussions,
and writing in Spanish. (Former course
Spanish 126A.) GE credit: ArtHum, Div.—III. (II.)
Chabram-Dernersesian
155. Chicana/o Theater (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: intermediate Spanish
or consent of instructor. Examination of the formal
and thematic dimensions of Chicana/o theater in the
contemporary period with special emphasis on El
Teatro Campesino and Chicana Feminist Theater.
Bilingual readings, lectures, discussions, and writing
in Spanish. (Former course Spanish 126B.)—II. (I.)
Chabram-Dernersesian
156. Chicana/o Poetry (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: intermediate Spanish
or consent of instructor. Survey of Chicana/o poetry
with special emphasis on its thematic and formal
dimensions. Bilingual readings, lectures, discussions,
and writing in Spanish. (Former course Spanish
126C.)—(III.) Chabram-Dernersesian
160. Mexican Film and Greater Mexican
Identity (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours; film viewing—1 hour.
Prerequisite: intermediate Spanish. Survey of the role
Mexican cinema plays in consolidation and contestation
of post-revolutionary Mexican state and in the
formation of a greater Mexican cultural identity
including Chicana/o identity. Showcases genres,
periods, auteurs, movements, and emphasis on gendered
and sexualized narratives. GE credit: ArtHum,
Div.—II. (III.) de la Mora
165. Chicanas, Latinas and Mexicanas in
Commercial Media (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—2 hours.
Prerequisite: course 60 or other film or feminist theory
course; conversational fluency in Spanish. The
portrayal of Chicanas, Latinas and Mexicanas in
commercial media. The relation between the representation
of Chicana, Latina, and Mexicana women
in commercial television and cinema and the role of
women in Mexican and U.S. societies. Offered in
alternate years.—III. de la Mora
170. Contemporary Issues in Chicano Art
(4)
Lecture—4 hours. Issues and conflicts in the dismantling
of the Contemporary Chicano Art Movement.
Response and challenge to the dominant culture.—II.
(II.) Jackson, Montoya
171. Mexican and Chicano Mural
Workshop (4)
Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 70 and/or written consent of
instructor. The Mural: a collective art process that
empowers students and people through design and
execution of mural paintings in the tradition of the
Mexican Mural Movement; introduces materials and
techniques. May be repeated once for credit. (Same
course as Art Studio 171.)—III. (III.) Jackson, Montoya
172. Chicana/o Voice/Poster Silk Screen
Workshop (4)
Studio—8 hours; independent study—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 70 and/or 73 and/or written consent
of instructor. The poster as a voice art form used
by Chicanas/os and other people of color to point
to the defects of social and political existence and
the possibility for change, from the Chicana/o artists’
perspective. May be repeated once for credit.—
II. (II.) Jackson, Montoya
180. Grant Writing in the Chicana/o/
Latina/o Community (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course10, 23 or consent
of instructor. Upper division standing. Overview
of key elements for grant writing. Topics include community
needs assessments, development of human
subjects protocols, data collection, methods, evaluation
designs and community based methodologies
for grant development applications in the Latino
community.—III. (III.) de la Torre
181. Chicanas and Latinas in the U.S.:
Historical Perspectives (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 10
or Women’s Studies 50. Historical issues in the lives
of Chicanas, Puertorriquenas, and Cubans in the
U.S. and their countries of origin. GE credit:
ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. Chávez-García
182. Race and Juvenile Justice (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 10, Womens
Studies 10, or Sociology 10, or equivalent. Individual
and institutional responses to “troublesome”
youth of color through history and in contemporary
society. Emphasis on how race, as well as ethnicity,
class, and gender have informed the treatment of
“delinquent” youth. Offered in alternate years. GE
Credit: ArtHum, Div, SocSci, Wrt.—III. Chávez-
García
192. Internship in the Chicana/Chicano/
Latina/Latino Community (1-12)
Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: course 10, 21,
or 50, Spanish 3 or the equivalent. Academic guidance
combined with internship in community agencies
serving Mexican/Latina/Latino/Chicana/
Chicano clients. Use of bilingual skills and knowledge
of history, culture, economics, politics and
social issues. Internship project required. May be
repeated for credit up to 12 units. (P/NP grading
only.)
192S. Internship (1-12)
Internship. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; course
10, 21, or 50; Spanish 3 or equivalent. May be
repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III,
IV. (I, II, III, IV.)
194HA-194HB-194HC. Senior Honors
Research Project (2-5)
Independent study—6-15 hours. Prerequisite: senior
standing in Chicana/o Studies major. Student is
required to read, research, and write Honors Thesis
on Chicana/o Studies topics. (Deferred grading
only, pending completion of sequence.)
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of
Program Chairperson. (P/NP grading only.)
198S. Directed Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading
only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of
Program Chairperson. (P/NP grading only.)
199S. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading
only.)
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience