CHS 3200 - Chicanos and the Law

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or CJC 1010, or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.

Description: Students in this course explore a range of legal, philosophical, and policy approaches to legal issues affecting the Latinx population. Students will study the interaction between Chicanos/as and Latinos/as and the legal system is examined within the political, social and historical context of the U.S. Specifically, an overview of White supremacy, intersectionality, and the history of oppression in America via the legal system, and U.S. Constitutional Law via U.S. Supreme Court cases in the context of Latinos is presented as they relate to the legal significance of the social factors of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, and citizenship.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or CJC.

University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice

Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 3720