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COURSE SYLLABUS: Mexican and Latin American Culture and Society


Course Title: CP120 – Mexican and Latin American Culture and Society
Department: Chicano Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes in detail the society and culture in Mexico and all Latin America from the Colonial Period to the Present.

Required book: Online Bookstore

A Cultural History of Latin America, by Leslie Bethel (Editor). Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN-13: 9780521626262 ISBN: 0521626269

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Literature, music, and the visual arts.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #2
Narrative since 1920

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #3
Poetry 1920-1950

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #4
Poetry since 1950

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Indigenous literature in the twentieth century

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #6
Architecture 1920-1980

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #7
Art 1920-1980

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #8
Cinema

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper