Spring 2027

Mexican-american Politics

Examines major problems in Mexican-American politics since WWII, emphasizing how race, class, and culture structure politics for Mexican origin people.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

The course required eight essays for a three-credit load, which one student found heavy given the specialized nature of the Chicano nonprofit topic.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop an analytical framework for understanding the political dynamics of multi-cultural societies.

  • Understand how the dynamics of race, class, and ethnicity shape Mexican American politics and Latino politics.

  • Examine the historical conflict between Mexican and Anglo Americans.

  • Understand the politics of cultural pluralism in the United States.

  • Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
CHICLA/POLISCI 302

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BENJAMIN MARQUEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

Professor Marquez was a passionate lecturer who engaged with course topics, though students noted the lack of cohesive support materials outside of class.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.57 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.11 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.55 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

The course required eight essays for a three-credit load, which one student found heavy given the specialized nature of the Chicano nonprofit topic.

Past student reviews · Benjamin Marquez

One student reported that Canvas was kept at a bare minimum, with no lecture slides posted and assignments released days before deadlines, requiring constant syllabus checks.

Topics

  • Race, class, and culture in Mexican origin politics
  • Historical conflict between Mexican and Anglo Americans
  • Politics of cultural pluralism in the United States

Skills

  • Developing analytical frameworks for political dynamics in multi-cultural societies
  • Analyzing how race, class, and ethnicity shape Mexican American and Latino politics
  • Assessing scholarly literature, identifying gaps, and formulating original research questions

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Dataset & model

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