HIST 393 - Revolutionary Thought in Latin America

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
History of revolutionary thought in Latin America as a focus of political and social change, organizing and armed initiatives; discussion of revolutionary theory with a specific focus on race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and gender.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: HIST 3605.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify the key social, political, economic, and cultural developments in Latin American history since the colonial period.
Analyze the complex relationship between local level developments and transnational processes across time and space.
Assess the role and impact of nationalism as a historical phenomenon.
Expose students to revolutionary theory and practice in Latin America since the colonial era.
Identify the impact of geography, environment, social, economics, politics, and international affairs on revolutionary thought in Latin America.
Compare and contrast Native American, African, Asian, and European cultural contributions in shaping Latin American revolutionary theory and practice.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.