MEXICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an analytical framework for understanding the political dynamics of multi-cultural societies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how the dynamics of race, class, and ethnicity shape Mexican American politics and Latino politics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the historical conflict between Mexican and Anglo Americans. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the politics of cultural pluralism in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an analytical framework for understanding the political dynamics of multi-cultural societies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how the dynamics of race, class, and ethnicity shape Mexican American politics and Latino politics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the historical conflict between Mexican and Anglo Americans. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the politics of cultural pluralism in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate