Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Summer Quarter 2008
• Autumn Quarter 2008

Elizabeth Salas
CHSTU 101
Seattle Campus

Introduction to Chicano Studies

Selected themes in Chicano experience; studies in Chicano politics and Chicano socioeconomic concerns.

Class description

The course is about the Chicana/o experience in relation to the following themes: history, identity, labor, gender and culture

Student learning goals

Students will learn how to anaylze primary and secondary sources about the Chicana/o experience in indigenous, Spanish, Mexican and U.S. American time periods. Students will be able by the end of the course to write essays that are both analytical and historical.

General method of instruction

Lecture and written responses to questions

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

daily written responses taken from lectures and readings midterm and final in essay format

Daily responses--30% Midterm 30%\ Final 40%

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Modified:June 21, 2008