This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the Mexican American/Chicana/o historical and contemporary experience in the United States, emphasizing movements of social justice, resilience, decolonization, and cultural heritage. The course will include an analysis of the economic, political, social, historical and intellectual development of Mexican American/Chicana/o culture and community, and a study of the development of Chicana/o Studies in United States. The course enacts an Interdisciplinary examination of representation, ideologies, and material conditions of Mexican American/Chicana/o, including colonialism, race, labor, immigration, poverty, assimilation, gender, sexuality, and patriarchy. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ChStd 1.

This course surveys the history of the Mexican people in the United States from the U.S. invasion of Mexico to the present time. Emphasis is placed on the politics of race, its origin in the colonial process, and its impact on the historical development of a Chicana/o ethnic identity in the United States. Concentrates on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion centers on the participation, contributions, and experiences of/by Mexican Americans. Major areas include the socio-historical, political, judicial, legislative, economic, and educational experiences. Topics include the Mexican American Southwest, the U.S. Mexico War, American Expansionism, U.S. Treaties, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, California Constitution, desegregation struggle, American Nativism, Mexican Repatriation, WWII, Zoot-Suit Riots, Bracero Program, Mexican American Labor Movement and the Chicano Movement and their impact on political participation. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HIST V12; HIST 12.

This course explores the history of the United States from the earliest settlements through the Colonial Era and Independence, to the U.S. invasion of Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on the participation and contributions made by the Chicana/o/x community to the development of American society. Focus will be placed on major historical forces, events, and trends in American History that have impacted and shaped the cultural, social, economic, political, and intellectual heritage of the Chicana/o/x community in the United States. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the Mexican American/Chicana/o historical and contemporary experience in the United States, emphasizing movements of social justice, resilience, decolonization, and cultural heritage. The course will include an analysis of the economic, political, social, historical and intellectual development of Mexican American/Chicana/o culture and community, and a study of the development of Chicana/o Studies in United States. The course enacts an Interdisciplinary examination of representation, ideologies, and material conditions of Mexican American/Chicana/o, including colonialism, race, labor, immigration, poverty, assimilation, gender, sexuality, and patriarchy. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: ChStd 1.

This course presents a survey of the significant personalities, groups, ideas, events, institutions, and trends contributing to the pluralistic American heritage from the end of the Civil War to the present. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HIST V07B.