RAZA STUDIES MINOR
The Raza Studies Minor is an excellent opportunity to augment your education with an understanding of the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. Students majoring in Marketing, Liberal Studies, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Anthropology, Latin American Area Studies, etc. enhance their career prospects with a Raza Studies minor.
The Raza Studies major has gained in value and utility with the increasing latinoization of America. Raza Studies graduates are well-prepared to pursue careers in a variety of professions and disciplines across the society and in our communitiies. Our alumni are in public service careers, hold public office, are community organization directors, health and human service providers and activists, journalists, creative artists and writers, educators and business persons. Many of our alumni pursue graduate and professional schools to become lawyers, doctors, social workers, architect, scentists and professors.
The 24-unit Raza Studies minor program detailed below requires 18 units of coure courses and 6 units of electives. Raza Studies majors and minors acquire a substantive body of knowledge about Raza peoples histories, cultures and contemporary social issues and problems. They gain the necessary skills to think, read, and communicate critically and creatively in diverse muntlicultural situations. They are able to sytstematically collect, construct and deconstruct, analyze and interpret information using multiple methods and models, multiple perspctives and paradigms.
Core Courses (all courses are three units unless otherwise noted.)
Every major must take the following three courses......9 units
RAZA 215 Introduction to Raza Studies *
RAZA 435 Oral History and Traditions
RAZA 680 Raza Community Organizing
Two courses selected from the following three selections:......6 units total
RAZA 415 Political Economy of Raza
RAZA 570 Philosophy of Raza
RAZA 640 Sociology of Raza
One course selected from the following two selections:.....3 units total
RAZA 410 Raza Women Seminar (3)
RAZA 510 Psychodynamics of Raza Family (3)
Electives
Upper division electives on advisement (6)
*Must be completed before enrollment In any upper division core.
Total .................................................................24 units
Minor Advising
All Raza Studies minors must have an advisor. The advisor is the studentsÕ primary connection to the department, the major and the field. They are responsible for helping students plan their academic careers. They are prepared to help students sort through course options and choose areas of concentration. The choices of courses and their sequencing are important for efficient progress through the major and to insure timely graduation. Advisors can also help students with academic and bureaucratic problems that students might encounter. Many University forms and the application for graduation must be signed by an advisor. Advisors can also be a source for reference letters for graduate schools or employment applications. Advisors may be mentors as well.
Students have the option of choosing their major advisor. Selection may be based on areas of teaching or research that different faculty represent that students want to model or learn more about. A choice may be made on the basis of which graduate school a student aspires to attend or the field the intend to pursue. Each advising faculty member has a maximum number of student advisees, sign up as soon as possible for the greatest selection.
Students who do not choose an advisor when they declare the major will have an advisor assigned by the chair of the department Current majors who do not have an advisor will be asked to select one and to inform the department of their choice. Those who have not chosen by the end of each Fall semester will be assigned an advisor, (majors will be informed of this by mail). Students who sign up as a Raza Studies major have a choice of advisors. If they do not have a preference, they will be assigned by the Department Chair according to areas of expressed academic interests and with attention toward equalizing advising roles among the faculty.
There are seven members of the Raza Studies faculty that provide major and minor advising services. They will help you with the forms to declare a major, minor or double major, assist with your area of academic focus or interest, help you problem-solve as you move toward graduation and support you with graduate school or career advice and resources. Choose your advisor based on shared academic background and interests, mentor relationship, or even convenience of office hours. For maximum benefit you should keep the same advisor throughout your progress at SFSU. For GE advising, contact Carlos Cordova.
Links are provided to information about each advisor and their posted office hours for the semester. The advisors are as follows:
Alejandro Murguia | Carlos Cordova | Jose Cuellar | Nancy Mirabal
Roberto Rivera | Teresa Carrillo | Velia Garcia, Chair
Minor Advising Checklist
Download a Microsoft Word format checklist here:
