Course Description: Covers the story of indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States: Aztlán, the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, and the acquisition and settlement by the United States. Seeks the exposition of indigenous and Hispanic historical and cultural foundations of the region and the confluence with other Asian and European influences.
Reflective Narrative: This course was my first online course that I had taken at CSUMB. I was scared because I did not know how online courses worked here. The professor was nice enough to gives us an overview of what the course would talk about and he gave as a calendar that had all of the due dates. This course talked about Aztlán, the Spanish colonial period and everything that happened between Mexico and the United States. Prior to this course I did not know what Aztlán meant, but I had heard about it. This course brought up the how the Aztecs, Mayas and all the other pre-columbian civilizations lived. How the Spanish came over and conquered them and "civilized" them. It was an entertaining course because I also learned about the acquisition and settlement by the United States and how Mexico gave them their land over the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. I learned Mexican history I did not know about and why certain acts occurred. Overall, this course has taught me more Mexican history than any other history class I have taken in all my years. The book covered everything and we had presentations to make that furthered our knowledge about a specific idea. Below is one of the power points I presented in this course. MLO 3 was completed and satisfied by this course.