SPAN 312 Introduction to Latinx Studies
Introduction to Latinx Studies offers the skills and information for students interested in careers in health, education, law, media, business, and politics. It offers an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the study of Mexican-American (Chicana/o, Chicanx, Xicanx), Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, Dominican-American, Central American-American, and other Latinx communities in the United States. Students will understand not only the interconnections among these diverse communities, but also the critical differences that inform cultural, social, and creative analyses. Apart from studying these dynamic cultural systems, the course will also address the history of Ethnic Studies in the United States. Students will study the social protests that gave birth to Latinx Studies as a socially conscious and community-based branch of academia.