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The Chicana/o studies major provides a unique opportunity to serve and understand the Chicano/Latino community. Policy-makers must know specifics about the people, comprehend and appreciate the culture and understand how to work with this fast-growing community. The major offers an interdisciplinary curriculum which focuses on the Chicana/Chicano experience through an analysis of class, race-ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and cultural expression within the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicanas/os in the Americas.
Real World
Chicana/o Studies majors have gone on to a variety of exciting opportunities. The Cultural Studies emphasis prepares students for professional work in cross-cultural education, cultural/art centers, artistic expression and communication. The Social/Policy Studies orients students towards careers in human service delivery, community development, legal services assistance, health services, social welfare and education. Many students go on to advanced professional studies or graduate students in related fields. Program alumni include a college president, a member of the California Legislature, teachers, librarians and social workers.
Major Requirements
After completing survey courses at the lower division levels, Chicana/Chicano studies majors choose to specialize in either of two areas. The Cultural Studies emphasis integrates literature, culture, and artistic expression; the Social/Policy Studies track emphasizes social theory, research methods, area studies in community and health issues. Majors are expected to read, write, and speak Spanish at a level suitable for future study and work in Chicana/o and Latina/o perspectives.
Major Adviser
Name: Alma Martinez
Contact: amartinez@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-2492
A Student Perspective
The professors are very approachable and willing to work with students. The program is here for the students, helping us to grow as people and as intellectuals as we learn the skills that will help us survive inside and outside the university.
~ Isela Gracian, junior
A Faculty Perspective
UC Davis has a unique Chicana/o Studies curriculum that reflects contemporary intellectual developments. The program embraces alternative perspectives and provides students with the most up-to-date literature. Long established at UC Davis, the Chicana/o studies program is well-focused, promotes student involvement and activism, and offers excellent mentoring.
~ Griselda Castro, staff adviser
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