- A survey of the U.S. from the end of Reconstruction through industrialization, overseas expansion, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the World Wars, the Cold War, and America’s role in the contemporary world. E mphasis is placed on the evolution of the nation’s political and economic institutions, as well as social, cultural, and foreign policy history. Formerly HST 110.
- The history and development of California from the pre-contact era to the present. Includes pre-Columbian, Spanish, Mexican and American periods. Course will survey the changes as they occurred from simple agrarian economy to the agricultural-industrial political economy of today. Course will also examine California institutions, the environmental issues of the state’s development, and the historical and present multicultural environment of California. Formerly HIST 040.
A survey of the history of the U.S. from the colonizing of North America through the period of U.S. Independence, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Note: Course partially satisfies 3 units or half of the state of California requirements for instruction in U.S. and CA ideal and institutions of government (6 units for the BA at CSU).
Fall 2010
This is a class about ideas; ideas that have developed, evolved, and have been contested over more than 500 years of western civilization. These ideas and contributions of western civilization include democracy, modernity, equality, rationality and science, spirituality, and economic development. But they also include the ideas and practices of racism, sexism, colonialism and imperialism, totalitarianism, and environmental degradation. As such, western civilization is complicated. In order to understand the history of western civilization we need to retreat from our comfort zones and critically examine our perceptions and what we think we know about the world. Such critical examination requires thinking about these questions (among others): “What does it mean to be “modern”?” “How has western civilization impacted the rest of the world?” “Why do we believe what we believe?”, and “How do we know what we know?”
This course satisfies the FRC Social Science requirement (Area D) and is transferrable to CSU, UC systems (IGETC Area 4) and to University of Nevada Reno.
This course is a survey of world history from the French Revolution to the present. In this course we will explore the major events in both the East and West. This exploration will help students better understand the development of world politics, economic, and cultural systems. In this course, we will look at the impact that both the East and the West have had upon each other helping us understand the contributions of the past contemporary world advances and to modern day problems. Topics covered in this class will include industrialization, revolution and war, imperialism, nationalism, the clash of ideologies, post-colonialism, the state, and globalization.
This course satisfies the FRC Social Science requirement (Area D) and is transferrable to CSU, UC systems (IGETC Area 4).
The Moodle Component for the 9am MWF class.
