Course Descriptions HIST-112
3 units
U.S. History Since 1865 LEC 48-54 This course explores the political, social, economic, and intellectual developments in the United States from the Reconstruction Era to the present. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-092 or ENGL-098. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B1 or AA/AS B2 --Transfers to both UC/CSU
HIST-119H
3 units
Honors Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1876 LEC 48-54 HIST 119H explores the American Civil War and Reconstruction, encouraging students to analyze the causes of the conflict, the course of the war, the period immediately after, and the short- and long-term consequences of the era. The course is designed to meet the needs of students interested in the era, including transfer students desiring a history concentration. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program.
--IGETC Area(s): 4F
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2
--CSU Area(s): D6
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
HIST-112H
3 units
Honors U.S. History Since 1865 LEC 48-54 This course explores the political, social, economic, and intellectual developments in the United States from the Reconstruction Era to the present. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-092 or ENGL-098. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B1 or AA/AS B2 --Transfers to both UC/CSU --IGETC Area(s): 3B, 4F --CSU Area(s): D6
--IGETC Area(s): 4F --CSU Area(s): D6
HIST-120
3 units
California History LEC 48-54 This course surveys California history from its geological origins to the present and explores the state’s past by examining politics, economic trends, ethnicity and migration, cultural developments, and California’s relationship to the rest of the United States and the Pacific Rim. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-092 or ENGL-098. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2
HIST-115
3 units
Women in United States History LEC 48-54 This course examines the history of women in the United States from precontact to the present, using a gendered, multi-cultural perspective. It investigates the ways in which women have wielded power while holding little authority. Perceptions about women, and how this knowledge relates to women’s actual experiences are explored, specifically looking at the political, social, medical, legal and gendered representations of women’s experiences. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-092 or ENGL-098. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2 or AA/AS F --Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU --IGETC Area(s): 4F --CSU Area(s): D6
HIST-120H
3 units
Honors California History LEC 48-54 This course surveys California history from its geological origins to the present and explores the state’s past by examining politics, economic trends, ethnicity and migration, cultural developments, and California’s relationship to the rest of the United States and the Pacific Rim. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-098 or ENGL-092. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2
--IGETC Area(s): 4D, 4F
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--CSU Area(s): D4, D6
--IGETC Area(s): 4F
HIST-115H
3 units
Honors Women in United States History LEC 48-54 This course examines the history of women in the United States from pre-contact to the present, using a gendered, multi-cultural perspective. It investigates the ways in which women have wielded power while holding little authority. Perceptions about women, and how this knowledge relates to women’s actual experiences are explored, specifically looking at the political, social, medical, legal and gendered representations of women’s experiences. Prerequisite: Acceptance in the Honors Enrichment Program. Recommended Preparation: ENGL092 or ENGL-098.
--CSU Area(s): D6
HIST-121
3 units
California Indians LEC 48-54 This is a survey course about the culture and society of Native Californians in the prehistoric period, during the Spanish occupation, during the Mexican occupation, and under the government of the United States. Emphasis is given to effects of introduced diseases, imposed religions, and invader governments upon the Native Californians from contact times to today. *Cross-listed as ANTH-121. Prerequisite: None. --AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2 or AA/AS F
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2 or AA/AS F
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to CSU only
--IGETC Area(s): 4A, 4F
HIST-119
3 units
--CSU Area(s): D1, D3
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1876 LEC 48-54 HIST 119 explores the American Civil War and Reconstruction, encouraging students to analyze the causes of the conflict, the course of the war, the period immediately after, and the short- and long-term consequences of the era. The course is designed to meet the needs of students interested in the era, including transfer students desiring a history concentration. Prerequisite: None.
HIST-124
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2
--AA/AS General Education: AA/AS B2
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--Transfers to both UC/CSU
--IGETC Area(s): 4F
--IGETC Area(s): 4F
--CSU Area(s): D6
--CSU Area(s): D6
242
3 units
Recent America: The U.S. Since 1945 LEC 48-54 This course explores in depth the most recent trends, developments, conflicts, and changes in U.S. political, economic, social, cultural, intellectual, military, and diplomatic history from the immediate postwar years to the present with a global context. Prerequisite: None. Recommended Preparation: ENGL-098 or ENGL-092.
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