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HIST 1:    United States History through Reconstruction

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2, D2; CAN: HIST 8, HIST SEQ. B
History of the United States from the time before European contact with the Americas through Reconstruction. Emphasis will be placed on distinctive patterns of political, economic, social, intellectual, and geographic developments within their global context. At the conclusion of the course, the student should understand major themes in the history of the United States, and be able to explain various ways in which ideas about federal vs. state power, ethnicity, class, and gender divisions have influenced the nation's development. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0468 LEC SS205 CRUICKSHANK 3.0 MW 1120A - 1240P  
0469 LEC SS214 KIER D 3.0 TuTh 1120A - 1240P  
0470 LEC SS214 LUNA E 3.0 MW 1250P - 0210P  
2127 LEC HOL2 LUNA E 3.0 W 0600P - 0905P  
Class meets 09/12/07 - 12/12/07 Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 


HIST 2:    United States History Reconstruction to the Present

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2, D2; CAN: HIST 10, HIST SEQ. B
History of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis will be placed on distinctive patterns of political, economic, social, intellectual, and geographic developments within their global context. At the conclusion of the course, the student should understand major themes in the history of the United States, and be able to explain various ways in which ideas about federal vs. state power, ethnicity, class, and gender divisions have influenced the nation's development. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0471 LEC SS214 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0945A - 1105A  
0472 LEC SS205 MOSHER C 3.0 MW 0810A - 0930A  
0473 L/L HOL2 PFENNING T 3.0 TuTh 0810A - 0930A  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site
2128 LEC MHG4 MOSHER C 3.0 M 0630P - 0935P  
Above class meets at Morgan Hill Community site

 


HIST 4B:    History of World Societies 1500 to Present

Advisory: English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2, D2
A study of major elements in the development of and interactions between world societies, from the dawn of the Renaissance to the modern day. Students will comparatively analyze the social, cultural, geographic, economic, demographic, technological, environmental, and political developments that moved humans from the Middle Ages to the modern era. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0474 LEC SS210 MOSHER C 3.0 M 0945A - 1105A  
    PB12 MOSHER C 3.0 W    

 


HIST 5:    Women's Lives in Early United States History

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D4, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2,
This survey course begins with pre-contact peoples and extends to the end of the nineteenth century. The class examines the construction of womanhood through United States history, and the effects of gender, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation upon women's experiences. Students will study the contributions of various individual women and groups of women in creating the modern United States, and will analyze social, political, economic, and cultural forces affecting women to both join and resist movements for social change. Students will also learn to apply contemporary feminist theory to traditional historical approaches. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2129 LEC SS210 GUARDINO L 3.0 M 0600P - 0905P  

 


HIST 7A:    History of Western Civilization

Advisory: English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2; IGETC: 3B; GAV-GE: C2; CAN: HIST 2, HIST SEQ. A
A study of major elements in Western heritage from the ancient world to the eighteenth century. Course will survey intellectual, political, social, economic and cultural development of the Western World.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0475 LEC SS205 KIER D 3.0 TuTh 0810A - 0930A  

 


HIST 12:    Cultural History of the Mexican American

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D3, D6; IGETC: 4F, 3B; GAV-GE: D2,
The Mexican American experience as influenced by society in the United States. Emphasis will be on the historical and contemporary contributions made by the Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Mexican American. Emphasis will also be on the social, economic, and political milieu of the Mexican American within the context of the American society. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2130 LEC HOL2 LUNA E 3.0 M 0600P - 0905P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 


HIST 21:    Ancient Americas: A History through Art

Advisory: Eligible for English 250.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C1, C2; IGETC: 3A; GAV-GE: C2, F
A critical survey of history through the arts of pre-Columbian natives of North, Central and South America. The course will cover major societies and events from the appearance of major civilizations through the initial colonization efforts of European nations. Due to the distinct history of the Americas, this course uses the arts - architecture, sculpture, ceramics and painting, among others - of ancient societies as a primary source material. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit. This course is also listed as ART 21.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0476 LEC SS214 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0230P - 0350P 25

 


HIST 23:    Independent Study

Required: The study outline prepared by the student and the instructor must be filed with the department and the dean.
Transferable: CSU
Designed to afford selected students specialized opportunities for exploring areas at the independent study level. The courses may involve extensive library work, research in the community, or special projects. May be repeated until six units of credit are accrued. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0477   SS112 LUNA E 1.0 DHR 0000 - 0000 22