CLS 12B - Mexican American History: From the Mexican-American War to the Present

    Recent Professors
    Z. Gonzalez
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    35–40 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CLS 12B
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 7 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    A survey of Mexican American history from the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 to the present, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and contemporary dynamics of racism and white supremacy. Introduction of concepts such as race, racism, racialization, eurocentrism, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and self-determination. Focus on the history of people of Mexican descent in the United States, and exploration of topics such as the Mexican-American War and its aftermath, interpersonal and institutional racism, segregation, immigration and the border, the Zoot Suit Riots and Chicano/a/x participation in WWII, and the many facets of the Chicano/a/x Civil Rights Movement. Introduction to the study of U.S.-Mexico relations, 1848-present. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC)
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 2:00pm–3:20pm