Chicanx/Latinx Studies

150 Parkmill (PKM)

503-725-8499

www.pdx.edu/chicanx-latinx-studies/

  • B.A./B.S. in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
  • Minor in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
  • Certificate in Chicanx/Latinx Studies

Chicanx/Latinx Studies (CHLA) is devoted to the exploration and analysis of the histories, politics, experiences, and cultures of Chicanx/Latinx populations in the United States. CHLA seeks to explore Chicanx/Latinx experiences through an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to center the lived experiences and the production of knowledge of Chicanx/Latinx communities. Faculty examine how race, ethnicity, language, sexuality, gender, and other social identities intersect in Chicanx/Latinx communities and within the larger U.S. landscape. At its core, CHLA employs a decolonial, anti-racist, anti-sexist, framework to challenge centuries of white supremacy, settler colonialism, and other systems of oppression that have impacted how Chicanx/Latinx communities live, work, create, and thrive.

Graduates with a degree, minor, or certificate in Chicanx/Latinx studies will have augmented their major field of study by broadening their scope of knowledge. They will have gained important insight into a very different culture within U.S. borders. This increased awareness and insight will lead to successful interaction on many levels of society. Graduates also will be better prepared to enter the workforce with its rapidly changing demographics.

Degree Maps and Learning Outcomes

Admission requirements

Chicanx/Latinx Studies B.A./B.S.

Chicanx/Latinx Studies minor

Chicanx/Latinx Studies Certificate

Chicano Latino Courses

Chicanx/Latinx Studies Certificate

Requirements

A candidate for a certificate must satisfy all University requirements for a baccalaureate degree with an academic major in any field.  A Chicanx/Latinx Studies Certificate may be pursued as a post-baccalaureate program.  A student pursuing a certificate in Chicanx/Latinx Studies must complete 36 credits, distributed as follows:

Core courses: (16 credits)

ChLa 201Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies

4

ChLa 301UChicano/Latino Communities

4

ChLa 302USurvey of Chicano/Latino Literature

4

ChLa 303UChicana/Latina Experience

4

Spanish Language Proficiency (8 credits)

Span 301Third-year Spanish

4

Span 302Third-year Spanish

4

Upper-division electives from the following: (12 credits)

One 400-level course and two others from the following:

 

ChLa 325/Hst 325Chicano/a History, 1492-1900

4

ChLa 326U/Hst 326UChicano/a History, 1900-Present

4

ChLa 330ULatino Popular Culture

4

ChLa 331UBarrio Culture: Art and Literature

4

ChLa 335Chicano/Latin American Film

4

ChLa 340Mayas, Aztecs, and Chicanos

4

ChLa 360Bilingualism in U.S. Latinx Communities

4

ChLa 375USouthwestern Borderlands

4

ChLa 380ULatinos in the Economy and Politics

4

ChLa 390ULatinos in the Pacific Northwest

4

ChLa 399Special Studies

8

ChLa 405Reading and Conference

4

ChLa 407Seminar

4

ChLa 408Workshop

4

ChLa 410Selected Studies

8

ChLa 414Chicano/Latino Literature

4

ChLa 450ULatinos in Education

4

ChLa 471/Hst 471Chicanx Labor History in the USA

4

Total Credit Hours: 36