新墨西哥大学的奇卡纳和奇卡诺研究计划是跨学科计划，以奇卡诺和拉丁裔研究为基础。该计划的任务是通过教学，研究和社区伙伴关系，增进对Chicano Hispano Mexicano社区的批判性理解。该计划通过提供本科专业，辅修课程和两个证书课程以及赞助和参与社区计划和公共讲座来完成其任务。课程和社区参与工作的重点是（1）奇卡纳（Chicana）和奇卡诺（Chicano）文化研究，（2）政治和社会正义以及（3）美国和墨西哥的跨国经验。我们的课程领域使我们能够提供有关性别与性，种族与族裔，艺术与文化，政治与社会动
The Chicana and Chicano Studies program at the University of New Mexico is an interdisciplinary program with a foundation in Chicano and Latino studies. The mission of the program is to promote critical understanding of Chicano Hispano Mexicano communities through teaching, research, and community partnerships. This program accomplishes its mission by offering an undergraduate major, minor, and two certificate programs as well as sponsoring and participating in community initiatives and public lectures. The curricula and community engagement efforts focus on (1) Chicana and Chicano cultural studies, (2) politics and social justice, and (3) the transnational US-Mexico experience. Our curricula areas allow us to offer courses concerned with gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, arts and culture, political and social mobilization, immigration and citizenship, history and heritage, land grant studies, Chicana feminism and Queer theory. The three areas are addressed through a curricula taught in both English and Spanish and maintain a regional and transnational focus in New Mexico, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico.<br><br>Students may take any of the Chicana and Chicano Studies courses as electives, or they may enroll in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Minor or certificate programs through the College of Arts and Sciences Advisement Center. Additionally, students in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts or in American Studies may design a special focus in Chicana and Chicano Studies for their major.