Office: Clark Hall 231

Telephone: 408-924-5760

Website: www.sjsu.edu/ccs

CCS Mailbox: ccs-dept@sjsu.edu

Professors

Ella Maria Diaz, Chair
Maria Luisa Alaniz
Rebeca Burciaga
Julia Curry Rodriguez
Marcos Pizarro

Assistant Professors

Jonathan Gomez
Johnny Ramirez
Christine Vega

Overview

Created in 1968, the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies (CCS) at San José State University educates and serves students through interdisciplinary education based on principles of social justice. CCS at SJSU is the oldest Graduate Program in Chicana/o Studies in the United States and is one of only five Graduate Programs in Chicana/o Studies in California and the only one north of Santa Barbara, California.  The CCS department prepares students to understand and respond to conceptualizations of race and ethnicity, as they relate to and are challenged by Chicana/o communities. CCS students develop critical thinking skills and comparative analyses between Chicanx and other People of Color communities. Thus, CCS students integrate major sociopolitical issues, cultural experiences, and intellectual theories from their CCS courses that they then apply to their careers, lives, and other post-graduate work. 

CCS offers an academic major with three areas of specialization in Cultural and Creative Expression, Institutions and Community Engagement, and Transnationalism and Global Relations; an academic minor for SJSU undergraduate students, open to all academic majors; and a graduate program with three areas of specialization in Policy Studies, Education, and Comparative Ethnic Studies.

Programs

• Chicana and Chicano Studies Minor
• Chicana and Chicano Studies, BA
• Chicana and Chicano Studies, BA + Single Subject Credential in Social Science + Teaching, MAT
• Chicana and Chicano Studies, MA

Courses

• CCS 1 - Introduction to Chicana and Chicano Studies
• CCS 2 - Library Studies
• CCS 7 - Mexican Folklorico Dance
• CCS 10A - Mexican Americans and the Development of U.S. History and Government
• CCS 10B - Mexican Americans and the Development of U.S. History and Government
• CCS 25 - The Changing Majority: Power and Ethnicity in America
• CCS 30 - Race and Ethnicity in Public Space
• CCS 40 - Chicana/o Theater: Social Justice Performance Art
• CCS 74 - Public Address
• CCS 105 - Chicanos: United States/Mexico Relations
• CCS 115 - Chicana/o Families
• CCS 120 - Political Economy and Chicana/o Communities
• CCS 125 - Chicana/o Community Studies
• CCS 127 - Chicanas/os and the Criminal Justice System
• CCS 130 - Chicanas and Chicanos in American Society
• CCS 135 - Contemporary Chicana/o Issues
• CCS 144 - Chicana/o Literature
• CCS 145 - Chicana/o Folklife and Popular Culture
• CCS 147 - Music in Mexican America
• CCS 150 - Research Methods
• CCS 151 - Theory in Chicana/o Studies
• CCS 152 - The Story of Chicano Spanish
• CCS 160 - Gender and Sexuality in the Chicana/o Community
• CCS 170 - Chicana/Chicano Film
• CCS 175 - Human Migrations: Global Reach
• CCS 180 - Individual Studies
• CCS 185 - Teaching in a Diverse Society
• CCS 190 - Chicana and Chicano Studies Capstone
• CCS 192 - International Program Studies
• CCS 200 - Ideology and the Chicana/o Experience
• CCS 205 - Chicana/o History
• CCS 210 - Foundations in Chicana/o Studies
• CCS 215 - Chicanas/os and Education
• CCS 225 - The Impact of American Institutions on the Chicana/o Community
• CCS 230 - Policy Analysis and the Chicana/o Community
• CCS 240 - Applied Chicana/o Studies Seminar
• CCS 252 - Comparative Ethnic Studies
• CCS 275 - Research Methods
• CCS 298 - Special Studies
• CCS 299 - Master’s Thesis
• CCS 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision