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COURSE SYLLABUS: Chicano Theater


Course Title: CP470 – Chicano Theater
Department: Chicano Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course examines Chicano theater from its formation to the end of the 1990s.The materials cover a wide variety of topics, such as identify, love, economic conditions, suffering, family, and death.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Theater: Forms and Themes, by Jorge Huerta. Bilingual Review Press, 1997/1982. ISBN-13: 9780916950262 ISBN: 0916950263

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. The Fields and Factories.

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

Week #2
Chapter 2. The Search for Identity.

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

Week #3
Chapter 3. The Chicano at War at Home and Abroad

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

Week #4
Chapter 4. Back to the Barrios, Part One.

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

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 4. Back to the Barrios, Part Two

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

Week #6
Chapter 5. Justice: On the Streets and the Courts

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

Week #7
Chapter 6. The Chicano and His Cosmos

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

Week #8
Afterword: The Many Stages of the Revolution

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

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper