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HIST 444A

U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

U.S.-Mexico borderlands as a space and place of change and movement for disparate groups, including Mexicans, Native Americans, white Americans, African Americans, and South and East Asians from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The course explores borderlands history through lenses of race, gender, (im)migration, labor, transborder alliances, civil rights, violence, and political economy.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
  • at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
  • Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

Terms

spring

Core

CO10, CO13

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • describe the various forms racism and exclusion have taken in the United States since 1848.
  • analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
  • find and use historical scholarship and sources to answer a research question.
  • present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing, in accordance with the ethical principles governing scholarly inquiry.
  • use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to analyze the experiences and struggles of various peoples within and beyond the U.S.-Mexico border.