Overview
Chicana and Chicano Studyists examine social realities faced, experienced, and created by Mexican Americans from diverse perspectives. The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies offers a Master's Degree with three areas of emphasis: Education, Policy and Comparative Ethnic Studies.
The curriculum is grounded in the interdisciplinary Chicana/o Studies tradition of pursuing carefully developed, culturally grounded solutions to community needs. The individual courses and programs are intended to bridge the worlds of theory, cultural analysis, and practice. Students build on a solid foundation of historical and cultural analyses and attempt to develop new approaches to long-standing social, economic, educational, political, and intellectual problems that face Chicanx, Latinx and other communities.
Career Opportunities
The Chicana and Chicano Studies MA program offered at San José State University trains students to become leaders in a number of professional fields, including: teaching, social services, health care, and community service. We also prepare students for doctoral study in Chicana/o Studies, Ethnic Studies and other academic fields.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Ideology and the Chicana/o Experience
- Chicana/o History
- The Impact of American Institutions on the Chicana/o Community
- Comparative Ethnic Studies
- Chicanas/os and Education
- Policy Analysis and the Chicana/o Community
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies Ethnic Studies Language Studies View 806 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- U.S. bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution, or the completion of a 4-year bachelor’s degree from a recognized, accredited, and approved institution from a country outside of the U.S.
- A 2.5 institutional GPA (from the 0.0-4.0 U.S. grading scale) in the last degree completed, or a 2.5 GPA in the last two years of full time study.
- Good academic standing at the last institution attended.
- English Language Proficiency Exam
- International Coursework and Degrees
- Submit U.S./Canada Transcripts
- Submit Test Scores
- Submit Declaration of Finance Form
- Submit Bank Letter or Bank Statement
- Submit Copy of Current Passport
- Submit Copy of Current Visa
- Two letters of recommendation
- Statement of purpose
- Writing sample (6 to 10 pages)
Tuition Fee
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International
7176 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 12 months. -
National
7176 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3588 USD per semester during 12 months.
- Non-resident students pay basic registration fees plus $396 per unit.
Living costs for San Jose
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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