Chicano Studies 2 – THE MEXICAN AMERICAN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
(UC:CSU) 3 Units  This course investigates the most relevant issues facing the Chicano community today. Special attention will be given to the growth and impact of political behavior and under-representation, public health concerns, educational inequities, and immigration policies affecting Mexicans, Chicanos, and other Latinos.

Chicano Studies 7 – THE MEXICAN AMERICAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED

STATES I
(UC:CSU) 3 Units
(Same as History 43) A survey of United States history as it relates to thedevelopment of the Chicano in the United States with special emphasis on the Mexican-Americans contribution to the development of American civilization. This course covers Pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial eras, the Spanish northward advance and settlement of the present day U.S. Southwest.  Topics also include the Independence Wars of Mexico and the U.S. , the role and impact of the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, manifest destiny, American secular humanism, westward movements, the European Scientific Enlightenment period, U.S. Wars of Conquest, U.S. Treaties, American Expansionism.

 

STATES II
(UC:CSU) 3 Units
(Same as History 44) This course concentrates on the historical evolution ofthe Chicano in nineteenth and twentieth century America. Discussion centers on the participation, contributions, experiences of and by the Chicano community.  Major areas include the historical socio-political, economic and educational struggles of Mexican-Americans since the mid 19th century. Topics include the Mexican American Southwest, the Post War conflict, American Expansionism, Westward

Movements, U.S. Treaties of Cahuenga & Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Mexican Revolution, immigration, the Great Depression, Desegregation struggle, American Nativism, Mexican Repatriation and Deportations, WWII, Zoot-Suit Riots, Acculturation period, Bracero Program, Mexican American Labor Movement, Chicano Movement, and the Post Civil Rights Era. This course fulfills the state graduation requirement in U.S. History.

 

Chicano Studies 37 – CHICANO LITERATURE/LITERATURA CHICANA
(UC:CSU) 3 Units

(Same as Spanish 46) An analysis of the literary, social, and historical aspects of works written by Mexican-American authors. Course will be conducted in English but texts may be read in either English or Spanish.

 

Chicano Studies 42 – CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN LITERATURE
(UC:CSU) 3 Units
(Same as Spanish 12) Lectures and discussions in English on the literature of and history of Mexico during the twentieth century, with a background of earlier works.  

 

Chicano Studies 44 –MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
(UC:CSU) 3 Units
(Same as Spanish 16) Considers the significant elements of pre-Columbian Mexican Civilization, the impact of the Spanish domination upon the indigenous population and its influence upon mores, art, and industry. Studies in the history, literature, art, and music of Mexico as they evolved from Colonial times to the present. The impact of the Mexican revolution upon all the Americas is considered. Examines the present-day culture of the Mexican-American as influenced by his Mexican heritage and life in the United States.

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