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2-Year Schedule

Fall 2009	Spring 2010	Summer 2010
HST 499-Mexican Immigration to the U.S. HST 467-Modern Mexico (Tempe) HTY 498 Pro Seminar	HST 444 Latin American Indeependence HTY 498 Pro Seminar	HST 448 Mexican/U.S. Border HST 325 Immigration & Ethnicity in the U.S.
Fall 2010	Spring 2011
HST 494 Mexican/U.S. Relations HTY 301 Historical Research Methods	HST 203 Historical Themes in Latin America HST 450 Post Modern Mexico

Courses	Title	General Studies Designations
HST 203	Historical Themese in Latin America	Social and Behavioral Sciences; Historical Awareness

HTY 301	Historical Research Methods	Required Course for History and Culture majors

HST 444	Latin American Independence	Literacy and Critical Inquiry or Humanities, Fine Arts and Design; Global
		This course is a survey of independence movements throughout the Western hemisphere from the late 18th century until the mid-19 century. We will deconstruct and contextualize terms such as nationalism and colonialism in order to provide a more complex understanding of the similarities and differences between the various movements. Comparisons with the French Revolution, British Industrial Revolution, and the US Independence era will provide a global perspective on events in Latin America. Throughout this semester two core questions will be discussed and assessed: What is revolution? What types of actions, events, ideas, objectives, and outcomes differentiate a Revolution from an insurgency or rebellion? When is a nation “truly” liberated? What changes within a former colony have to take place? Who must benefit from a successful revolution in order for a colony to be liberated and a nation born: Indigenous people, women, former slaves, and lower classes?
HST 450	Post Modern Mexico	Literacy and Critical Inquiry or Humanities, Fine Arts and Design; Global Awareness; Historical Awareness
		This course will challenge historical myths about the evolution of the nation state and call into question that globalization and transnationalism are only recent phenomena of the post-modern world. The end of one-party rule with the 2000 election of PAN candidate Vicente Fox can be traced back to many international and domestic factors. The 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre was the beginning of the end for the PRI party, which had governed Mexico since 1929. However, events in the late 1960s were only the beginning, as Mexican civil society was forced to empower itself as a result of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the stolen 1988 presidential election. In addition, the conclusion of the Cold War ended the modern age, causing leaders and subalterns to in turn refocus their needs and justification for their existence within our global community.
HST 499	Mexican Immigration to the US	Literacy and Critical Inquiry or Social and Behavioral Sciences; Historical Awareness; Cultural Diversity in the United States
		Mexican immigration to the United States is one of the most controversial political issues facing contemporary United States and Mexican society. Yet, it is also one of the least understood and one of the most misrepresented by politicians and Nativist movements. The modern immigration stream has its roots in the late nineteenth century development of the Mexican/U.S. border. Since then Mexican immigrants have found themselves caught within the demands of a labor dependent U.S. economy and a frail Mexican economy. The course will assess the evolution of Immigration and Emigration public policy since the mid-19th century. The course will seek to contextualize the relationship between immigration and other elemental nation-state issues such as the economy, education, identity, and civil rights.