CCAS 153ACentral Americans in U.S.
Chicana/o and Central American Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Interdisciplinary survey of social, historical, political, economic, educational, and cultural experiences of Central American immigrants and their children in U.S. Introduction to several contemporary experiences and issues in U.S. Central American communities. With focus mostly on Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrants, exploration of social structures that constrain individuals, as well as strategies and behaviors immigrants and their communities have taken to establish their presence and incorporate into U.S. society. How Central American identity has been constructed and how this identity intersects with race, gender, and legal status.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Summer 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.