BA Chicana/Chicano Studies at University of California, Davis

Programme overview

The Department of Chicana/o/x Studies offers an interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on the Chicana/Chicano/Chicanx experience through an analysis of class, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and cultural expression. The department offers a major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree and a minor that can satisfy breadth requirements for the College of Letters and Science. Both the major and minor frame an analysis within the historical and contemporary experiences of Chicana/Chicano/Chicanx in the Americas.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science | Department: Chicana/x/o Studies | Duration: 56 units (quarter system) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Davis, CA, United States

What you will study

The major requires a minimum of 56 units. Requirements are organised into preparatory subject matter, depth subject matter, core components. Required courses include CHI 010 Introduction to Chicana/o Studies; CHI 010V Introduction to Chicana/o Studies; CHI 021 Chicana/o & Latina/o Health Care Issues; CHI 030 United States Political Institutions & Chicanas/os; CHI 060 Chicana & Chicano Representation in Cinema.

Career pathways

A degree in Chicana/Chicano Studies provides broad intellectual foundations which are useful to the graduate for the development of careers in a variety of areas, including work in cross-cultural education, cultural/art centers, community development, public policy and social welfare.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to UC Davis and the College of Letters & Science; the catalogue entry gives no major-specific admission requirement beyond the major requirements below.

Domestic applicants: USD 14,202 a year (2026-27). Systemwide UC undergraduate Tuition for California residents, cohort first enrolled in 2026-27 (annual, quarter system); rate is the same for all undergraduate majors. Excludes Student Services Fee, campus-based fees, and Nonresident Supplemental Tuition. Source

First-year and transfer students enter in the fall term (quarter system); the UC application opens Aug. 1 and the filing period is Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 for admission the following year.

The UC application filing period is Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 for admission the following year, and a single application covers all UC campuses.

The UC application filing fee is $80 per campus for domestic applicants and $95 per campus for international applicants, payable by credit card or mail; fee waivers are available for up to four campuses.

Transfer applicants submit the UC application by Nov. 30; Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) applications are due Sept. 1-30; the priority deadline for the Transfer Academic Update is Jan. 31.

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions

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