course Schedule 

PART 1: Theories & Concepts

[MODULE 1]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE:  4/20 [*Students who do complete the assignment for weeks 1-2 will be dropped from the course for non-participation]  
Week 1             4/8     Orientation / History of Chicana/o & Latinx Studies
Week 2             4/15   Latino Identity & Colorism

[MODULE 2]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 5/5
Week 3             4/22   Generational Trauma & Internalized Oppression
Week 4             4/29   Critical Race Theory & CCW  

PART 2: The Making of the Chicanx / Latinx

[MODULE 3]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE:  5/19
Week 5             5/6     Mexican American War [Film: Foreigners on their own Land]
Week 6             5/13   The Chicana/o Movement - A New Consciousness

[MODULE 4]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 6/2
Week 7             5/20   Farmworker Mov't & Braceros [Film: Harvest of Loneliness]
Week 8             5/27    Pachucos/ Cholos & Lowriding as a Form of Resistance

PART 3: Contemporary Issues and Continued Resistance

[MODULE 5]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE:  6/16
Week 9             6/3     Chicanx & Latinx  in Education [Film: Precious Knowledge]
Week 10           6/10   The School to Prison Pipeline & The Prison Industrial Complex

[MODULE 6]                   ASSIGNMENTS DUE:  6/28
Week 11           6/17   Freire’s Levels of Consciousness  
Week 12           6/24   Nahui Ollin & Healing our Communities / Mi Chimal & Final Presentation