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COURSE SYLLABUS: Chicano Politics

Course Title:	CP220 – Chicano Politics
Department:	Chicano Studies
Instructor:	Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita

Course Description:
This course examines the political activities and areas of Chicano populations within the United States from the beginning of the 1920’s to the end of the 1990’s. It shows the gradual growth and development of such activities that followed the economic growth and the emergence of a professional Chicano class.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Walls and Mirrors: Mexican, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity, by David Gutierrez. The University of California Presss, 1995. ISBN-13: 9780520202191 ISBN: 0520202198

Guide to Teleconferencing and Distance Learning, 3rd Edition, by Patrick Portway and Carla Lane. Applied Business Telecommunications, 2004. ISBN-13: 9780964327016 ISBN: 0964327015

Course Requirements:

1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%

2. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%

3. 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
Chapter 1. Legacies of the Conquest.

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

Week #2
Chapter 2. Economic Development and Immigration.

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

Week #3
Chapter #3. The Shifting Politics of Ethnicity in the Interwar Period.

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

Week #4
Submit to the professor via e-mail a 3-4page critique of chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 4. The Contradictions of Ethnic Politics

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

Week #6
Chapter 5. Ethnic Politics, Immigration Policy, and the Cold War.

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

Week #7
Chapter 6. Sin Fronteras? The Contemporary Debate.

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

Week #8
The Epilogue.

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

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper