HIST 394 - US Mexico Relations Since 1810

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
U.S.-Mexican relations since 1810 including the Texas Rebellion, U.S.-Mexican War, U.S. economic and military intervention, deportations in the 20th century, the Mexican foreign debt crisis, the narcotics trade, NAFTA, and the Mexican immigrant community in the United States.

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.
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 Science; Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

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

Identify the role of geography and environment in Mexican history.
Assess the economic and political challenges faced by Mexico during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Evaluate Mexican foreign diplomatic relations with an emphasis on the role of the United States.
Analyze the economic, political, and social characteristics of the age of Porfirio Diaz
Analyze the causes, effects, and aftermath of the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Identify and evaluate the major political issues of Modern Mexico since it gained independence in 1810
Compare and contrast Native American, African, Asian, and European cultural contributions in shaping Mexican identity.
Analyze the economic, environmental, political, and social characteristics of Mexico since independence in 1810

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.