Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

HISTORY OF MEXICO

INTERMEDIATE

OBJECTIVES:

Cover historical development of Mexico during different stages with emphasis on the most outstanding events of Mexico's historical transformation

Student will learn the origin, development and transformation of the main Pre-Hispanic cultures of Mesoamerica

Cover the conquest, colonial period, and the birth of Mexico as a nation

*Course policies, organization, bibliography, and exam dates to be given in class

CONTENT:

1. Origins of the North American Man
1.1 Main theories
1.2 Nomad and pre-agricultural cultures

2. Pre-classical
2.1 Ceramist cultures
2.2 Neolithic revolution
2.3 Olmecs

3. Classical
3.1 Teotihuacán
3.2 Mayas
3.3 Mixtecos
3.4 Paquíme

4. Post-classical
4.1 Toltecs
4.2 Mayas
4.3 Aztecs

5. Conquest and Syncretism
5.1 From conquest to colony
5.2 Colonial culture
5.3 Social and economic order

6. 19th Century
6.1 The new nation
6.2 Social and cultural structure
6.3 Culture and race