COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This Course covers the story of indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States (Aztlan), known today as Mexican Americans. The class presents an overview of the Mexican-American historical experience and social development in the Southwestern United States and California. The course begins with an interesting-eye opening look at roots, stemming from the Iberian Peninsula, in the period before conquest. Next the investigation into the Spanish Colonial period, the Mexican period, followed by the acquisition and settlement of the Southwest and California, by the United States. The course seeks the exposition of Indigenous and Hispanic historical and cultural foundations of the region and the confluence with other Asian and European influences. U.S. Histories and the California and U.S. Constitutions within the context of CSUMB core values, including applied active and project based learning, multicultural and global perspectives, and ethical reflection and practice. The class is a fast moving class that surveys specific periods of time, in seminar format.
This course was really interesting and learning about the history of Mexico and how the community evolved over time was really shocking. Learning about all the social injustices the Mexican community has faced throughout time left me speechless. I was already familiar with the Chicano community and the struggles they faced over time, but thanks to this course, I was able to learn about it in a deeper level. This class was one of my favorite ones, and the material we encounter was really interesting.
MLO 3 Literary and Cultural Knowledge
Students develop a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions), and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic societies.
This Course covers the story of indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States (Aztlan), known today as Mexican Americans. The class presents an overview of the Mexican-American historical experience and social development in the Southwestern United States and California. The course begins with an interesting-eye opening look at roots, stemming from the Iberian Peninsula, in the period before conquest. Next the investigation into the Spanish Colonial period, the Mexican period, followed by the acquisition and settlement of the Southwest and California, by the United States. The course seeks the exposition of Indigenous and Hispanic historical and cultural foundations of the region and the confluence with other Asian and European influences. U.S. Histories and the California and U.S. Constitutions within the context of CSUMB core values, including applied active and project based learning, multicultural and global perspectives, and ethical reflection and practice. The class is a fast moving class that surveys specific periods of time, in seminar format.
This course was really interesting and learning about the history of Mexico and how the community evolved over time was really shocking. Learning about all the social injustices the Mexican community has faced throughout time left me speechless. I was already familiar with the Chicano community and the struggles they faced over time, but thanks to this course, I was able to learn about it in a deeper level. This class was one of my favorite ones, and the material we encounter was really interesting.
MLO 3 Literary and Cultural Knowledge
Students develop a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions), and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic societies.