The UCI Department of Chicano/Latino Studies offers the opportunity to earn up to three Departmental certificates. Each certificate recognizes successful completion of a focused course of study in one of three areas. You must sign in at each event you attend, and submit a completed Certificate Colloquium Summary Form within a week of the event to the Undergraduate Director, Professor Anita Casavantes Bradford. The certificate program is available to all UCI undergraduate students.
Requirements for each certificate
- Complete three courses in its field with a grade of C or better
- Participate in three designated university departmental events, seminars, or colloquia with a focus on the Chicano/Latino community.
- Please note that courses and events may not be used for more than one certificate.
Students must submit the Certificate Application(s) and transcripts to Professor Anita Casavantes Bradford acasavan@uci.edu. Certificates will be presented at an annual awards ceremony at the end of the school year.
Certificates and Courses
Chicanx/Latinx Art, Culture and Creative Expression
Central Americans and the Diaspora
Social Determinants of Health in Latino Communities
Chicanx/Latinx Art, Culture and Creative Expression
This certificate focuses on U.S. Latinx individual and collective art-making, popular culture production and creative expression, and how these practices influence and reflect Latinx experiences, identities and community formation.
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Required Course:
Chc/Lat 62: Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies II
- Two from:
Chc/Lat 110: Topics in Chicano Literature and Culture
Chc/Lat 115C/AFAM 146: Afro-Latin American Music
Chc/Lat 121/History 151D: Latina/o/x Popular Culture
Chc/Lat 124W: Immigrant Emotionality
Chc/Lat 125: Latinx Performance
Chc/Lat 129/Flm&Mda 185: Latinxs in Television and New Media
Chc/Lat 129/Flm&Mda 130: Latinas/os in Media
Chc/Lat 132: Black Latinidades
Chc/Lat 133: Intergenerational Histories
Chc/Lat 134: U.S. Latino Literature and Cultures
Chc/Lat 139/History 148: Chicana/o/x History through Film
Chc/Lat 199: Independent Study in related topic*
Central Americans and the Diaspora
This certificate focuses on issues and policies affecting Central Americans and the Diaspora and their access to and participation in social institutions.
- Required Class:
Chc/Lat 161A: Transnational Central America
- Two from:
Chc/Lat 62: Chicano/Latino Studies II (Latina/o/x Literature, Arts and Media)
Chc/Lat 63: Chicano/Latino Studies III (Contemporary Latina/o/x Experiences)
Chc/Lat 124W: Immigrant Emotionality
Chc/Lat 134: U.S. Latino Literature and Culture (when it is focused on Central America)
Chc/Lat 139: Latin America and the Caribbean
Chc/Lat 150: U.S. Intervention in Latin America
Chc/Lat 151B: Revolution in Latin America
Chc/Lat 159: Special Topics in Society, Labor, Politics, Law, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity (as approved)
Chc/Lat 161: Transnational Migration
Chc/Lat 163: U.S. Immigration Policy. 4 Units.
Chc/Lat 167: Latinos in a Global Society
Chc/Lat 181: Chicanx/Latinx Education
Chc/Lat 199: Independent Study in related topic*
Social Determinants of Health in Latino Communities
This certificate recognizes special expertise in the health and medical fields with special emphasis on cultural and structural competency with diverse Latino/a communities.
- One from: Chc/Lat 61: Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies I or Chc/Lat 62: Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies II or Chc/Lat 63: Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies III
- Two from: Chc/Lat 152B: Community, Social Justice, and Health Equity Research for Action
Chc/Lat 168: Chicano/Latino Social Psychology
Chc/Lat 170: Chicano/Latino Families
Chc/Lat 176: Race, Gender, and Science
Chc/Lat 178: Health and the Latino Paradox
Chc/Lat 178A: Medical Anthropology
Chc/Lat 179: Special Topics in Health, Medicine, and Psychosocial Dynamics (may take
more than one if it is a different topic)
Chc/Lat 199: Independent Study in related topic*
*Other courses including Chc/Lat 199 may be approved by petition for any of the certificates.
For more information on the department's certificate program, please contact Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Anita Casavantes Bradford acasavan@uci.edu.