Chicano/Latino Studies

The minor in Chicano/Latino Studies is available as an elective for undergraduate students at Michigan State University. The minor complements any major but students who plan graduate study related to the social sciences or who wish to pursue careers in education, social work, government or businesses that serve mixed ethnic communities may find the minor particularly appealing.

Chicano/Latino Studies minor is designed to help students to understand the multicultural dimensions of society; to gain knowledge of Chicana/o and US Latina/o scholarship and scholars; and to apply that knowledge to the study of Chicana/o and US Latina/o communities and life. The minor draws on research, teaching, and community service among Chicanas/os and Latinas/os that:

• Focuses intensively on the histories of different racial and cultural sub–groups of Latinos.
• Draws larger theoretical lessons from comparisons among these groups and between non–Latino populations.
• Seeks to articulate general principles that shape racial and ethnic relations.
• Explores how ethnic identity is constructed and reconstructed over time.
• Develops methodologies and principles which empower students to enhance leadership and human relations within diverse communities of peoples and conditions.

Additional information about the requirements may be found in the Academic Programs Catalog on the Office of the Registrar website.