Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D3DescriptionThis course, the first of a three-part series, introduces the student to the major socio-historic and political events and tensions of the southwestern United States from the Mexican-American perspective. Events to be covered include the original indigenous inhabitants, Spanish conquest and colonization, such as the establishment of the mission system, independence from Spain, and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. 