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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - ETHNIC STUDIES152LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011EVS 231 SPECIAL PROJECTSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students wishing to pursue a specific topicof study. Emphasis is placed on individualized instruction and studentproject planning. The student must arrange for project and creditapproval by the instructor prior to registering for this course.Transfers to CSUEVS 291 SPECIAL PROJECTSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students wishing to pursue a specifictopic of study in occupational, technical or college preparatory areas.Emphasis is placed on individualized instruction and student projectplanning. The student must arrange for project and credit approval bythe instructor prior to registering for this course.ETHNIC STUDIESETH 100 CURRENT LATINO ISSUESLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is designed to expose students to the various currentissues facing the Latino community in the United States, especiallyin California. Topics to be examined include, but are not limited to,public health policy, immigration, education, farmworkers, and otherlabor issues. Also to be introduced are the lobbying activities on behalfof the Latino community at the federal and state levels.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 131 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet the needs of students for studies inareas of special interest. Topics and credit will vary from quarter toquarter and will be included under this cover title published in theschedule for the quarter in which the course will be offered.Transfers to CSUETH 191 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students in occupational, technical orcollege preparatory areas of special interest. Topics and credits willvary from quarter to quarter and will be included under this covertitle published in the schedule of classes for the quarter in which thecourse will be offered.ETH 201 MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURELecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course investigates the Indo-Hispano roots of Mexico andMexican-Americans living in the United States. Particular emphasis isplaced on the development of Mexican-American popular culture andits expression through music, radio, television, newspapers, literature,and festivities in urban and rural areas. Focus is placed on the surfaceculture, such as food and dance as well as elements of the deep culture,including religion and family customs.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202A MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1848Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, the first of a three-part series, introduces the studentto the major socio-historic and political events and tensions of thesouthwestern 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 themission system, independence from Spain, and the Mexican-AmericanWar of 1846-1848.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202B MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: 1848TO 1960Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, the second of a three-part series, covers the majorsocio-historic and political events and continuing tensions of thesouthwestern United States after the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 from the Mexican-American perspective. Events to be coveredinclude life in the Southwest after the Mexican-American War, loss ofproperty, the resistance movements, the Repatriation of the 1930's,and the phenomenon of the Zoot Suiters of the 1940's.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 202C MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: 1960TO PRESENTLecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, the third of a three-part series, covers the majorsocio-historic and political events and continuing tensions of thesouthwestern United States from the 1960's to the present from theMexican-American perspective. Events to be covered include theemergence of political and educational opportunities for Mexican-Americans, the L.A. high school walkouts, César Chávez and theUnited Farmworkers Union, the struggle for a separate identity, andthe advent of Mexican-American (Chicano) Studies.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 203A HISTORY OF MEXICO:PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1821Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, the first of a three-part series, introduces the student tothe major events in the history of Mexico from the first indigenouscivilizations to the independence movement from Spain. Topics to becovered include the first inhabitants to establish themselves in Mexico,the development of indigenous religious beliefs, the rise of the Azteccivilization, the Spanish conquest, life in New Spain, and the move forindependence from Spain.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.ETH 203B HISTORY OF MEXICO: 1821 TO 1910Lecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course, the second of a three-part series, covers the majorsocio-historic and political events in the history of Mexico from thebeginning of its independence from Spain to the advent of the MexicanRevolution. Topics to be covered include the founding of a Mexicanempire, the first years of the Mexican Republic, the war with the U.S.,Cinco de Mayo, Benito Juarez, and the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: ENG 152 or equivalent.