Work Experience Education provides supervised employment extending classroom occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station relating to the students’ educational or occupational goals. Each unit of credit requires 54 hours of employment during the semester. Work Experience Education is available to all students.  Students are accepted as a result of consultation with a designated faculty member in the discipline. Field trips may be required. Prerequisites: Successful completion of a minimum of two courses in a specific Diesel Program. Transfer credit: CSU. Notes: Students may enroll in up to 14 units of work experience education per semester or term; There is no limit to the number of terms for which a student may enroll in work experience education.

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.