CHICANX/E AND LATINX/E SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE U.S
Explores Chicanx/e and Latinx/e social movement participation and collective action from the 1940s to the contemporary moment. Using interdisciplinary scholarship and mixed media, analyze paradigms, theories, and debates pertaining to the historical and contemporary economic, cultural, and sociopolitical dimensions of the Latina/o position in the United States. Focuses on social movements and collective action (rooted in labor, community, civil and human rights organizing) and the topics of race and racialization, power and powerlessness, migration, community development, and gender. Compares the experiences of different Latinx/e groups.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: CHICLA 201 , ASIAN AM/AFROAMER/AMER IND/CHICLA 102 , POLI SCI/CHICLA 231 , or HISTORY/CHICLA/GEN&WS 245 (or FOLKLORE 102 prior to Fall 2026) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply Chicanx/e and Latinx/e studies concepts and vocabulary to the topics of social movements, race, organized labor, migration and immigration. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate familiarly with the basic literature on Latina/o social movements and migration. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the connections between contemporary social movements and groups organized around such issues as labor, migration, and citizenship. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Relate issues faced by contemporary immigrant and non-immigrant Latina/a workers face today to those faced by earlier generations. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write well-organized, coherent arguments about Latina/o social movements. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Collect, evaluate, and use information from resources in the University of Wisconsin libraries in their writing. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Give clear, engaging formal oral presentations on topics related to the course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply Chicanx/e and Latinx/e studies concepts and vocabulary to the topics of social movements, race, organized labor, migration and immigration. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate familiarly with the basic literature on Latina/o social movements and migration. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the connections between contemporary social movements and groups organized around such issues as labor, migration, and citizenship. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Relate issues faced by contemporary immigrant and non-immigrant Latina/a workers face today to those faced by earlier generations. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write well-organized, coherent arguments about Latina/o social movements. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Collect, evaluate, and use information from resources in the University of Wisconsin libraries in their writing. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Give clear, engaging formal oral presentations on topics related to the course. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027