Spanish 245 Online

• Instructor: Carlos R. Arce
• Office: Santa Barbara-10
• Phone: 310-860-2451 ext.2834
• Messages: Voice Mail ext.2834
• E-Mail: Arce@cerritos.edu 
• Final Examination Study Guides
  • Study Guide 1
  • Study Guide 2

Course Description and objectives:

Three hours Online lecture and participation via cccconfer per week (please refer to Online Schedule and Instructions). This course traces the principal currents of Mexican American/American Mexican/Chicano/Chicana "Movimiento" -Movement in the United States. Using a thematic approach, it traces the historic, political and economic development of the Mexican community, introduces aspects of recent events of the recent past, and presents the highlights of Chicano achievements and development from the standpoint of social literature, culture, gender, ethnicity, politics, religion, community and power. The course consists of Online material presentations, reading assignments, library, internet and field studies.

The objectives of the course are to:

• read about current events affecting the Mexican/American community daily
• understand in general change over time amongst diverse groups within the Chicano community
• discuss current topics presented in the course
• share topics of interest to the class
• read and discuss reading assignments in the class text
• research topics of interest in the Mexican community via internet an library sources
• demonstrate a general knowledge of culture, art and social literature of Chicano/Chicana/Mexican American societies, within and without the US

Required:

• Textbook: Rodolfo Acuna: Occupied America, latest edition
• Computer skills required. Students must be computer literate and must have an email account
• Students are responsible for all material presented during online presentations, including documents, resources and announcements about changes in course procedures. In addition students must be familiar with the use of the Internet, on campus or outside.
• A resource list is provided (Spanish 245 Online), in order to facilitate students' participation and expansion of knowledge.

Attendance:

• You are responsible for all material presented in class, including announcements about course procedures. Lack of online participation, or review of Archived material in the cccconfer.org site, will affect the students' performance, and indirectly reflects poor attendance.

Grading Policy:

• Grading Policy Information