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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
4452 LEC MHG4 MOSHER C 3.0 MW 0810A - 0935A  
Above class meets at Morgan Hill Community site
4453 LEC SS214 HALPER L 3.0 TuTh 1120A - 1245P  
4454 LEC SS214 HALPER L 3.0 MW 1255P - 0220P  
4455 LEC SS210 HALPER L 3.0 TuTh 1255P - 0220P  

 

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
4456 LEC AL101 WOOD D 3.0 MW 0810A - 0925A  
4457 LEC MHG10 MOSHER C 3.0 MW 0945A - 1110A  
Above class meets at Morgan Hill Community site
4458 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0945A - 1110A  
4459 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 MW 1255P - 0220P  
6120 LEC HOL2 LUNA E 3.0 W 0630P - 0940P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

HIST 4A:    History of World Societies, Before 1500

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 first organization of community to the dawn of the Renaissance. Students will comparatively analyze social, cultural, geographic, economic, demographic, technological, environmental, and political developments that moved humans from nomadic to agri-technological and urban lives. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
6121 LEC SS210 HALPER L 3.0 Tu 0600P - 0910P  

 

HIST 6:    Women's Lives in Recent United States History

Advisory: English 250
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D4, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2,
The class examines the construction of womanhood in the US during the twentieth century. The class explores 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.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
4460 LEC SS110 WOOD D 3.0 MW 0945A - 1110A  

 

HIST 7B:    History of Western Civilization

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2; IGETC: 3B; GAV-GE: C2; CAN: HIST 4, HIST SEQ. A
A study of major elements in western heritage from Renaissance Europe to the present. Emphasis is on ideas, attitudes and institutions basic to western civilization of enduring interest.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
4461 LEC SS205 KIER D 3.0 TuTh 1255P - 0220P  

 

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
4462 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 MW 0945A - 1110A  

 

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
4463 LEC AR103 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0230P - 0355P 25