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  • 3.00 Credits

    Discusses literary reflections of Chicanoism. Studies literature of the Hispanic Southwest, Mexican-American folklore and the Chicano and post-Chicano movement. Cross listed with ENGL 2360. Prerequisite: WA or COM1
  • 3.00 Credits

    General survey of the history of the Mexican American Chicano people in the United States. Examines the origins and development of Mexican Americans, Chicanos through the major historical processes which have shaped their experience. Major themes include multicultural, multiethnic context, origins; changing identity, comparative relations to other social, ethnic groups, culture, social structure, politics, economy, immigration, and the influence of United States-Mexico relations. Cross listed with HIST 2370 and GEOG 2370.
  • 3.00 Credits

    General survey of the history of the Mexican American Chicano people in the United States. Examines the origins and development of Mexican Americans, Chicanos through the major historical processes which have shaped their experience. Major themes include multicultural, multiethnic context, origins; changing identity, comparative relations to other social, ethnic groups, culture, social structure, politics, economy, immigration, and the influence of United States-Mexico relations. Cross listed with HIST 2385.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course studies the Spanish language in its social context as a language of the United States, through concepts such as: social and individual bilingualism, Spanglish, dialects, language contact, borrowings, code switching, language policy, or language ideology. Prerequisites: SPAN 3050 or 3060 or instructors consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of the history, culture, gender relations, and contemporary political, economic status of Chicanas/Mexican American women. Examines the origins, development of Chicana studies as a major emphasis in Chicano/Chicana studies. Cross listed with WMST 3200. Prerequisite: CHST 1100 or junior standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to the origins, development and contemporary status of community organizations and service agencies in the Mexican American community in general and in the Wyoming and Rocky Mountain regions. Prerequisite: CHST 1100.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on three major movements within the chicana/o community; labor, nationalism, and feminism. Students assess these three movements to determine what role they have played in transforming the social conditions and political identity of the Chicana/o Latina/o population in the US. Cross listed with WMST/AMST 3800. Prerequisite: CHST 1100 or AMST 2010 or WMST 1080.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores how lived experiences, sociocultural relations, and connections to place shape the constructs of individual and collective identities. Students will develop a conscious awareness of place by critically engaging with the Manito diaspora, Indigenous ways of knowing, Anglo-Texan working-class culture, Mexican-American borderlands, and Black rural and urban experience. Prerequisite: junior standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to provide an overview of United States Latina/o Theater. Through a variety of delivery methods, students are instructed on the various categories that directly impact U.S. Latina/o Theater such as political theatre, gay/lesbian theatre, border issues, race, class, gender, and sexuality. Dual listed with CHST 5100. Cross listed with WMST 4100. Prerequisites: 6 hours of CHST or WMST coursework.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines illegal drug commodity chains and international efforts to police the drug trade in the Americas. It approaches the drug war through a "critical geopolitics" framework, also covering broader themes such as international politics, livelihoods, development, environmental justice, the global economy, race-based discrimination, public health, and resistance movements. Cross listed with GEOG 4445, INST 4445/5445, and POLS 4445/5445. Prerequisites: 9 hours of international studies or social science coursework.