This is an archive of the 2021-2022 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2021-2022 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2021-2022

Program: Minor in Central American Studies

Contact

Department of Central American and Transborder Studies
Chair: Douglas Carranza Mena
Jerome Richfield Hall (JR) 254
(818) 677-2736

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

  1. Develop critical-thinking, writing and reading skills.
  2. Acquire an awareness of the complexity of the historical, social and cultural developments in Central America, as well as an understanding of the diverse Central American cultures, ethnicities, experiences and worldviews.
  3. Expand their understanding of the transnational Central American community’s experience and its economic and cultural contributions to the United States and Central America.
  4. Develop the intellectual and social foundations and leadership skills necessary for promoting social change in U.S. society, especially in relation to Central American peoples in the United States.
  5. Recognize, understand, evaluate and change the culture of exclusion that has been prevalent in Central America and the United States.