| Course Title: Introduction to Latinx Studies: Structural Inequalities |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: The course is an overview of the social conditions of Latinx people within the US. It addresses laws, policies and institutions that shape the complexity of Latinxes' social location and activism as well as legal constructions of race, citizenship, nomenclature, border politics, public health, education, and labor. We will consider the intersections of class, gender and sexuality as well as inequality in relation to other persons of color. Students will develop a firm sense of the importance and breadth of the Latinx political agenda and acquire skills to think across social issues. The course may include a Community Based Learning (CBL) Mentor. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , CBL - Community-Based Learning |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Raul Gutierrez | rgutierrez@mtholyoke.edu |
| David Hernández (email: dhernand@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 118 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0004 | CRPE-4: Latinx Studies - Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Latinx Studies minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 15 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Shameless Woman Author: Gomez, Madgalena Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780988475052 Publisher: Red Sugarcane Press |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: Imagine Angels of Bread: Poems Author: Espada, Martin Copyright: 1997 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9780393316865 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
Required | 10.99 |
| Title: Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America Author: Gonzalez, Juan Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780143137436 Publisher: Penguin Books; Revised edition |
Required | 15.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |