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COURSE SYLLABUS: Chicano Identity


Course Title: CP340 – Chicano Identity
Department: Chicano Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the birth and development of the Chicano identity from its initial formation after the Conquest of the Americas by the Spaniards to the present time Chicano populations in the United States

Required book: Online Bookstore

Chicano Professionals: Culture, Conflict, and Identity, by Hoven Renteria. Garland Publishers, 1998. ISBN-13: 9780815330936 ISBN: 0815330936

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter 1. Generations.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #2
Chapter 2. Networks.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #3
Chapter 3. Identity.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #4
Chapter 4. Race and Gender

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 5. Race, Racism, and the Power of Stories.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #6
Chapter 6. Status and the Trapping of Class.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #7
Chapter 7. Serving the Gente: An Alternative Professionalism.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #8
Chapter 8.Tortillas, Beans, and Bilingualism: Transformed Meanings.
Chapter 9. Assimilation Revaluated.
Chapter 10. Participant Observation in a Postmodern Context.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper