Chicano and Latino Studies, Teacher-Preparation Track, Multiple Subjects Program

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The Chicano and Latino Studies Department (CALS) offers the CALS Multiple-Subject Matter Preparation Track to help students qualify for entry into the Multiple-Subject (Elementary) Teaching Credential program. This program is suited for Upper Division students, new CALS majors, and transfer students. For students who enter the major as Freshmen, review the four year plan.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students pursing a program of study in the Teaching track program in Department of Chicano and Latino Studies will achieve the following learning outcomes:

Become conversant with contemporary social theories (Marxism, postcolonialism, feminism, critical race theory) that explain the relationship of Latinos, as individuals and as a group, to social institutions and public policy in the United States.
Understand the histories of Latinos and Latin American Immigrants in the United States, the continuing racialization of Latinos, and Latino contributions to American artistic and cultural production, and to social, labor, cultural, and political activism.
Understand how race as a category of social stratification and oppression, differences in national origin, mode of immigration, citizenship, skin color, gender and sexuality impact the Latino population.
Develop an understanding of educational theory, and the history of US education in relation to Latinos and other minority groups.

CALS Core Requirements (20 Units)

CALS 350 - Latino Cultural Studies Unit(s): 4
CALS 442 - Race, Class, and Gender Among Latinos Unit(s): 4
CALS 445 - Chicano/Latino History Unit(s): 4
CALS 458 - CALS Research and Methodology Unit(s): 4
CALS 474 - Major Authors in Chicano and Latino Literature Unit(s): 4

Multiple Subject Track (10-12 Units)

CALS 374 - Latino Literature Unit(s): 4 OR
CALS 450 - Chicano/Latino Children’s Literature Unit(s): 3-4
CALS 405 - The Chicano/Latino Family Unit(s): 3-4 OR
CALS 403 - Chicano/Latino Youth and Adolescents Unit(s): 3-4
CALS 456 - Sociology of Education/Latinos and Education Unit(s): 4 OR
CALS 351 - Latina/o Humanisms Unit(s): 3

Credential Prerequisites (6 Units)

Grade of C or higher is required in each class

EDMS 419 - Identity and Agency for Socially Just Classrooms and Communities Unit(s): 3 (Meets UD GE Area D)
EDSS 417 - School and Society Unit(s): 3

Capstone Project

Capstone Project All CALS majors complete a capstone project
during their senior year in one of the following classes:

(Exceptions must be approved by the students’ advisor and Department Chair. Speak to your advisor about the Capstone before your senior year. https://cals.sonoma.edu/advising/capstone-project)

CALS 405 - The Chicano/Latino Family Unit(s): 3-4
CALS 410 - Latinx Feminisms Unit(s): 4
CALS 426 - Chicano/Latino Sociolinguistic Unit(s): 4
CALS 445 - Chicano/Latino History Unit(s): 4
CALS 450 - Chicano/Latino Children’s Literature Unit(s): 3-4
CALS 458 - CALS Research and Methodology Unit(s): 4
CALS 474 - Major Authors in Chicano and Latino Literature Unit(s): 4
CALS 480 - Latin American Migration to the United States Unit(s): 4

Total Units

GE units: 48
Major Core units: 20
Core Elective units: 4
CALS Elective units: 12
University Elective units: 36

Total units required for graduation: 120

Program Roadmaps

Chicano and Latino Studies, Teacher Preparation Track, Multiple Subjects Program, BA, Sample Four-Year Program

Chicano and Latino Studies, Teacher Preparation Track, Multiple Subjects Program, BA, Sample Two-Year Program