Program Learning Objectives
Undergraduate
Upon completion of the undergraduate major, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the significance of historical, social, political and cultural events in shaping the Chicanx experience in the U.S. (Overview)
- Identify and use social theories to analyze historical and contemporary contexts in the U.S. Chicanx experience including analysis of the intersections of identity with gender, class, race/ethnicity, sexuality, nation, ability and citizenship status. (Theory)
- Describe and explain the significance of global migration and immigration in Chicanx histories and within contemporary communities. (Global)
- Effectively use oral, written, and creative communication to demonstrate critical thinking, research, and advocacy. (Skills)
Graduate
Upon completion of the graduate program, students will be able to:
- Identify and analyze the major issues, questions, and debates driving theory and research
in Chicana/o Studies through written and oral discourse, particularly the central
role of race and ethnicity and its intersectional relationship to other socially constructed
categories, such as gender, class/SES, and normative heterosexuality, and its historically
evolving role in shaping individual and group identities, opportunities, and outcomes
in US institutions.
- [Covers the following University Learning Objectives: Specialized Knowledge, Intellectual Skills, Applied Knowledge, Social & Global Responsibilities] {Primarily achieved in the following courses: 200, 210, 225}
- Analyze major theories, paradigms, and methods used to study Chicanx and Latinx communities
historically and today, critically evaluate scholarship in the discipline, and conduct
an ethically-based research, creative, or community-based project in Chicana/o Studies.
- [Covers the following University Learning Objectives: Broad Integrative Knowledge, Intellectual Skills, Applied Knowledge, Social & Global Responsibilities] {Primarily achieved in the following courses: 205, 210, 240, 275}
- Effectively present and write insights related to PLOs 1 & 2 in chosen area of emphasis
through capstone project that demonstrates the significance of this work and is adequate
for effective instruction at the college level.
- [Covers the following University Learning Objectives: Intellectual Skills, Social & Global Responsibilities] {Primarily achieved in the following courses: 240, 298, 299}