MCCCD Program Description

Chicana and Chicano Studies

Course: CCS101

First Term: 2008 Summer I

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: Introduction to the wealth and diversity of Chicana and Chicano Studies research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives through the use of a series of historical and social scientific studies, novels, testimonies, and films

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Describe and analyze pre-colonial Mesoamerican civilization and the concept of Aztl\207n. (I) 2. Describe and analyze European movement to Mesoamerica. (II, III) 3. Describe and analyze the process of the conquest of Mesoamerica and the present US Southwest. (III, IV) 4. Describe and analyze the process of colonization of the Mesoamerica and the present US Southwest. (III, IV) 5. Describe and analyze the causes and outcome of the US conquest of Northern Mexico. (IV) 6. Describe and analyze the consequences of the US conquest to former Mexican citizens of the present US Southwest. (IV) 7. Describe and analyze the causes and consequences of Mexican immigration into the US. (V) 8. Describe and analyze the evolution of Chicana/o social, economic, political, and ideological struggles. (V) 9. Describe and analyze the causes and effects of the Chicano Movement. (I, VI) 10. Describe and analyze the Chicana reality and political struggles. (VII) 11. Describe and analyze the causes and effects of urban alienation. (VIII) 12. Describe the contemporary Chicana/o condition and the potential for change. (IX) 13. Prepare and present written and/or oral presentations on selected topics. (I-IX)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Civilization of Mesoamerica A. Pre-Colonial Mexico 1. The sacred world 2. Politics and empire B. Concept of Aztl\207n II. Iberian Civilization A. The Christian, Moslem, and Jewish influences 1. Religious 2. Cultural 3. Philosophical B. The Reconquista C. The Roman Catholic church D. The medieval concept of sovereignty III. Colonization of Mexico A. Hernan Cort\216s, Malintz\222n, Cuauht\216moc, and Bartolom\216 de las Casas 1. Conquest a. Sex and language b. Resistance 2. Genocide 3. Religion B. Mestizaje 1. Racial a. Purity b. Mixture c. Identity 2. Syncretism a. Cultural b. Religious IV. Transition to the US Southwest A. Northern Mexican frontier B. American Conquest 1. Manifest destiny 2. Greasers 3. The Mexican Cession C. Dispossession and criminalization of Chicanos 1. Formation of the US/Mexico border 2. Social banditry D. Economic transformation V. Immigration and Social and Economic Stratification A. The Porfiriato B. Expansion of American capitalization and industrialization C. Mexican Revolution of 1910 D Immigration fears 1. Debates 2. Criminalization E. Chicano and Mexicano resistance VI. The Chicano Movement A. Politics B. Students C. Gender D. Cultural nationalism 1. Struggle for identity 2. Aztl\207n VII. Chicanas and the Political Struggle A. Oppression 1. Race 2. Gender B. Resistance VIII. Urban Alienation A. Gangs B. Racism C. Violence IX. Contemporary Aztl\207n and Change A. Decolonization B. Hybridity C. Sexuality

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 5/26/1998

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