CCAS 10B
Introduction to Chicana/Chicano Studies: Social Structure and Contemporary Conditions
Description: (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 10B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Multidisciplinary examination of representation, ideologies, and material conditions of Chicanas/Chicanos, including colonialism, race, labor, immigration, poverty, assimilation, and patriarchy. Emphasis on critical reading and writing skills. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2025 - I absolutely loved this class with Professor Abrego. The class consists of two quizzes and a final annotated bibliography. The quizzes were easy if you read and attended the lectures, but I would say you could still pass them if you don't attend lectures. She gives you a whole layout of the class, so nothing is a surprise. For the quizzes, you have the whole weekend to complete them and a 2-hour time limit for when you do decide to take the quiz. Many students finished in less than an hour since there were only 8-10 questions. My TA was not present most of the time, so it was hard figuring out the assignments for the annotated bibliography on our own, but it was all doable.
Winter 2025 - I absolutely loved this class with Professor Abrego. The class consists of two quizzes and a final annotated bibliography. The quizzes were easy if you read and attended the lectures, but I would say you could still pass them if you don't attend lectures. She gives you a whole layout of the class, so nothing is a surprise. For the quizzes, you have the whole weekend to complete them and a 2-hour time limit for when you do decide to take the quiz. Many students finished in less than an hour since there were only 8-10 questions. My TA was not present most of the time, so it was hard figuring out the assignments for the annotated bibliography on our own, but it was all doable.
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Fall 2024 - this class was an easy A, like the other review on here said, hw consisted of (i think) 500 word reflections based on the readings (readings were pretty long at first but get shorter over the quarter), midterm felt like an ap exam, we had to write a timed essay which were based off of any of the prompts she assigned. the final was just an annotated bibliography based off of the topic you choose for yourself, no essay/paper needed, just the bibliography & annotations. she was super sweet and made the class very engaging. if you took an ethnic studies class in high school, it shouldn't be hard at all. I would definitely recommend! ALSO, the class is only about Central America, she never talked about Chicanos.
Fall 2024 - this class was an easy A, like the other review on here said, hw consisted of (i think) 500 word reflections based on the readings (readings were pretty long at first but get shorter over the quarter), midterm felt like an ap exam, we had to write a timed essay which were based off of any of the prompts she assigned. the final was just an annotated bibliography based off of the topic you choose for yourself, no essay/paper needed, just the bibliography & annotations. she was super sweet and made the class very engaging. if you took an ethnic studies class in high school, it shouldn't be hard at all. I would definitely recommend! ALSO, the class is only about Central America, she never talked about Chicanos.
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Winter 2024 - Okay, I felt that Professor was trying too many new things and it got really confusing. The TAs were literally the saving grace of the class, they were kind and taught all the material. I hated that classes were not recorded, they were so late in the day and the guest lectures were literally on zoom. My main issue was her changing the grading scale on the midterm. After our midterms were graded, she changed it so everyone got a whole grade not +-. So although great for people who got A- , it brought the grades down of us who got B+ or A+. TAs were pissed about it too since they were the actual ones doing all the work. I thought the content was interesting but we did not even really learn content it was just QA every lecture. I also hated how the midterm and final were set up since we only had 2 pages double space to write about 4 weeks of content. I just felt the professor really was trying to make the class a staple class and it just really fell through. Its okay for a GE to be simple. Most students get into a major or minor from the simple GEs.
Winter 2024 - Okay, I felt that Professor was trying too many new things and it got really confusing. The TAs were literally the saving grace of the class, they were kind and taught all the material. I hated that classes were not recorded, they were so late in the day and the guest lectures were literally on zoom. My main issue was her changing the grading scale on the midterm. After our midterms were graded, she changed it so everyone got a whole grade not +-. So although great for people who got A- , it brought the grades down of us who got B+ or A+. TAs were pissed about it too since they were the actual ones doing all the work. I thought the content was interesting but we did not even really learn content it was just QA every lecture. I also hated how the midterm and final were set up since we only had 2 pages double space to write about 4 weeks of content. I just felt the professor really was trying to make the class a staple class and it just really fell through. Its okay for a GE to be simple. Most students get into a major or minor from the simple GEs.
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