Course goals and learning outcomes support the Foundational Component Areas defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Course goals are linked to the respective Core Curriculum Competencies: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility. Specific competencies are identified in designated course goals and learning outcomes.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

Create an argument through the use of historical evidence by using appropriate reading, listening, writing, and critical analysis skills as they relate to Mexican-American history by
1. comprehending text materials and other documents;
2. demonstrating an understanding of lectures, presentations, and film;
3. preparing written work as assigned.
Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources as they relate to Mexican-American history by
1. comprehending primary and secondary sources as part of a larger understanding of the discipline of history and how historians work;
2. demonstrate an understanding of various interpretations of specified historical events.
Describe the transformation of indigenous societies from 1400–1700.
Explain the causes and effects of European conquest and colonization on the Americas.
Evaluate the relative impact of mestizaje, slavery, global economics, and frontier settlement on the creation of Mexican identity.
Connect independence movements, imperial conflict, class formation, and regional resistance to the making of independent Mexico.
Discuss the transformation of communities in the borderlands as a result of Manifest Destiny and the United States-Mexico War.
Compare and contrast the borderland regions of California, New Mexico, and Texas from 1800–1850.
Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history as they relate to Mexican-American history by
1. describing key people and events in this period;
2. tracing the territorial growth of the United States through 1876;
3. contrasting the agrarian economy of the United States prior to 1800 with the emerging industrialized economy of the first half of the nineteenth century.
Demonstrate an understanding of the complex artistic, social, psychological, and philosophical concepts of identity specific to Mexican-American culture within the United States by
1. developing a definition of Mexican-American identity;
2. identifying key artists and their contributions to Mexican-American culture.
Critical Thinking Skills: Demonstrate critical thinking skills by
1. reading, analyzing, and critiquing historical documents;
2. demonstrating knowledge of major arguments and problems in history;
3. discussing well-reasoned historical arguments;
4. explaining how competing approaches within the discipline are evaluated.
Communication Skills: Demonstrate communication skills by
1. defining and appropriately using important historical terms;
2. explaining different interpretations of historical events;
3. presenting and discussing well-reasoned positions in oral, written, or visual form.
Social Responsibility: Demonstrate social responsibility by
1. discussing the importance of presenting differing views of historical events and figures;
2. identifying opposing sides of events in history and understanding the accounts of all sides in major events.
Personal Responsibility: Demonstrate personal responsibility by
1. applying a historical perspective to the world we live in;
2. recognizing how history has impacted various groups of people in different ways.

HIST 2327

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HIST 2327 - Mexican American History I