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GLST 499 - Capstone
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
Description: Integrating and culminating experience for Global Studies majors. Students will apply their experience from living in another culture and their prior coursework in the GLST program to analyze global challenges. Students must complete study abroad requirement (or have approved accommodation) prior to enrolling.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 100 - Medical Terminology
Units: 1
One hour lecture per week
Provides working knowledge of the terminologies used in the medical field.
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HLTH 101 - Overview of Health Care Industry and Its Delivery
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Covers the conceptual basis for the health care industry, the structure of the US health service systems and their functions, operations and service deliveries to populations and individuals. Discusses the issues with the US health care system and other countries’ health care systems and the efforts in health care reform.
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HLTH 102 - Community Health Organizations and Their Functions
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Applies a holistic wellness perspective to community health and focuses on community strengths and resilience rather than risks and disease. Topics include community health organizations, models, administration, and their services as well as instruction on the basic principles and practical design and management elements that are needed to create effective community-based health organizations through effective coalitions and partnerships for the purposes of community wellness.
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HLTH 200 - Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100
Covers the medical billing and coding system and legal, ethical and regulatory concepts; regulatory concepts including HIPAA compliance requirements, health care industry-specific techniques for filing insurance and performing diagnostic and procedural coding tasks.
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HLTH 300 - Nutrition, Exercise And Wellness
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: CHEM 110
Description: Covers fundamental principles of nutrition, human metabolism and exercise physiology and discusses relationship between the necessity and quality of nutrition, muscle movement, exercise, and overall wellness.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 301 - Introduction to Public Health Administration
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 101 and HLTH 102
Examines public health as an organized system, integrating the different areas of study, fields or work, and governmental agencies that facilitate the delivery of public health services on a daily basis. Discusses the essential public health principles in the context of identifying and controlling community health problems, as well as the evaluation of programs; including planning, management, evaluation, and behavior of public and private health care organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
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HLTH 302 - Introduction to Health Care Informatics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 and HLTH 101
Introduces basic knowledge of health informatics, including data acquisition and management, vocabularies, standards, tools, major technologies, and applications of informatics such as clinical databases, billing, electronic patient records, lab tests, and electronic prescriptions, as applied in support of health care delivery.
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HLTH 303 - Pharmacology and Aging Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 ,CHEM 110 and HLTH 100
Provides comprehensive information on analysis of major drug groups, the disorders they treat, and the age-associated changes in cellular processes that affect drug action to assist health care professionals in diagnosing and managing common geriatric conditions effectively and safely. Topics also include future research problems dealing with the expanding aging population, their drug usage, and the problem of adverse drug reactions.
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HLTH 304 - Aging Policy and Politics (Cross-listed as POLS 304)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 102 and HLTH 301
Examines the role of political institutions in policy making related to issues of aging, the political factors that shape policy formulation and implementation, the values and assumptions of different types of policies, and the links between policy and implementation. Analyzes current and pending policies’ effects on older adults as well as businesses and institutions that serve them to illustrate how aging policy reflects American politics.
Same as: POLS 304
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HLTH 305 - Therapeutic Recreation for Older Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 ,HLTH 100 andHLTH 102
Combining theoretical material and practical applications, presents leadership and program planning principles for therapeutic recreation, valuable recreational activity ideas and program designs for providing appropriate therapeutic recreational services to elders.
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HLTH 306 - Mental Health and Aging
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: PSY 213
Examines mental health aspects of aging. Emphasis on examining both normative and non-normative mental health concerns and changes resulting from physiological, psychological, relational, environmental and social processes affecting older adults.
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HLTH 307 - Issues And Ethics In The Helping Profession
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Discussion of major ethical issues confronting the practice of medicine and biomedical science. Examines the sources, fundamental principles, and the application of ethical frameworks that help to analyze contemporary questions in medical ethics. Applies ethics to the issues of confidentiality, truth telling, autonomy, paternalism and informed consent, reproductive issues, biotechnology, euthanasia, and justice in the healthcare system.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 308 - Introduction To Health Law
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Introduction to the laws and regulations that apply to the U.S. health care system with a focus on recent changes. Topics include laws and regulations pertaining to individuals and institutions, constitutional protections, cost and access, public programs, and issues of fraud and abuse.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 322 - Health Issues in Education
Units: 2
Two hours lecture per week
Survey of school health programs with in-depth study of selected health education curricula and topic areas, including alcohol, tobacco, drugs, communicable diseases and nutrition. Development of strategies and methods for teaching controversial areas.
GenEd: E
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HLTH 331 - Nutrition And Culture (Cross-listed as NRS 331)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Description: Cultural issues and considerations in nutrition and health: Analysis, discussion, and evaluation of cultural, physiological, economic, and environmental factors as they apply to food management plans and healthy nutrition choices for individuals, groups, and families. All upper division interdisciplinary courses will include substantive written work.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: NRS 331
GenEd: C3b, UDIGE
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HLTH 342 - Reproductive Health And Justice In The Chicana/O Community (Cross-listed as CHS 342)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course examines the connections between reproduction, public health, and social justice as it relates to the Chicana/o community. This course focuses on the sexual and reproductive rights of socially and economically marginalized women, Chicanas, Indigenous women, and women of color in the U.S.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: CHS 342
GenEd: C3B, E, UDIGE
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HLTH 343 - Health Issues In The Latina/O Community (Cross-listed as CHS 343, NRS 343, COMM 343, HLTH 343)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: CHS 100 or Consent of Instructor
Examines the health issues affecting the Latina/o community and considers interventions, public health policies, and health promotion programs, used to improve the health status of the Latina/o community.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: CHS 343, NRS 343, COMM 343, HLTH 343
GenEd: C3B, UDIGE
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HLTH 400 - Health Assessment and Case Management of Older Adults
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 , HLTH 100 , HLTH 304 / POLS 304 , and SOC 303
It provides essential information to conduct a holistic health assessment across the life span, with an emphasis on older adults. Explores through case studies, the present health care system, how it shapes the health care that older adults receive, and models of collaboration among health disciplines in managing older adults.
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HLTH 401 - Management of Long-Term Care Facilities and Programs
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 101 HLTH 102 and HLTH 304 / POLS 304
Explores the complex operations of the long-term care facility and offers critical skills to current and future nursing home and other long-term care facility administrators for delivering quality, cost-effective services. Topics include the long-term care industry, long-term care policy, culture change, and supportive case studies that incorporate management and patient care issues.
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HLTH 402 - Disability Services
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture a week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 101 , HLTH 102
Description: Examines policy, theory, and practice methods related to people with various disabilities across the lifespan. Utilizes the Social Model of Disability and Ecological Systems framework, which offer both empowerment and a holistic perspective of disability issues.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 404 - Case Management for the Health Science
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 101 , HLTH 102
Description: Introduction to the role of the health science professional as case manager, including the history, responsibilities, standards of case management (process, models of care, functions, and practice settings), as well as legal, ethical, and other practical issues impacting case management.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 405 - Fundamentals of Health Education
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 101 , HLTH 102
Description: Introduction to the philosophical, ethical and theoretical foundation of health education in school, community, and work site and hospital settings as well as in health promotion consultant activities.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 434 - Introduction to Biomedical Imaging (Cross-listed as BIOL 434, PHYS 434)
Units: 4
Three hours lecture and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: BIOL 210 or PHYS 200
The course will present an overview of biomedical images and imaging systems. The fundamental concepts used in several imaging modalities (such as projection radiography, mammography, DEXA, computed tomography, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging) will be examined: the emphasis will be on an intuitive and descriptive presentation of the main components of these systems. Image formation and reconstruction will be addressed. The resulting clinical images will be correlated with the underlying structure and function of the organs, and the diagnostic utility and limitations of the images will be considered.
Same as: BIOL 434, PHYS 434
GenEd: B1, E, UDIGE
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HLTH 492 - Service Learning in Health Sciences
Units: 1-2
Three to six hours field studies per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 301
Individual or team service-learning project or internship at a health care setting, such as community and public health organizations and the health care industry. A written report is required upon completion of the project.
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HLTH 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1 - 2
Three hours independent research per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 301 and either MATH 201 , MATH 202 /PSY 202 or PSY 303 /SOC 303 and Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
Description: Individual research project in selected areas of health science conducted under the direction of a faculty member. A written report is required upon completion of the project. Repeat 3 times up to 6 units.
Graded: Crd/No Crd
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HLTH 497 - Directed Study
Units: 1 - 2
Three to six hours independent study per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 301 , and either MATH 201 , MATH 202 / PSY 202 or PSY 303 / SOC 303 and Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
Description: Individual library research project in selected areas of health science conducted under the direction of a faculty member. A written report is required upon completion of the project.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HLTH 499 - Senior Capstone Project
Units: 3
Three hours seminar per week
Prerequisite: HLTH 100 , HLTH 301 and one of the following three courses: MATH 201 , MATH 202 / PSY 202 or PSY 303 / SOC 303 and consent of instructor required for enrollment
Description: Integration of previous coursework, knowledge and skills as applied to specific topics in health science and the impact of health science on society. Emphasis on analysis of professional literature, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills. A written and an oral report are required upon completion of the project.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 211 - World Civilizations: Origins to 1500
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This survey examines world civilizations from the Neolithic era to the European colonization of the Western Hemisphere. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the development and growth of religions, commerce, and other cultural institutions.
GenEd: D
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HIST 212 - World Civilizations: Since 1500
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This survey examines world civilizations from both regional and global perspectives. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the development and growth of religions, commerce, and other cultural institutions.
GenEd: D
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HIST 250 - World Regions
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the history of one of the major regions of the world. Varies by semester. May be repeated if with a different instructor or a different region of the world. Repeatable up to 6 units
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: D
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HIST 270 - The United States to 1877
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Survey of the political, social, economic as well as cultural institutions of the United States from the pre-colonial era to reconstruction. Meets Title V U.S. History and constitution requirement.
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HIST 271 - The United States Since 1877
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Survey of the political, social, economic as well as cultural institutions of the United States from reconstruction to the present. Meets Title V U.S History and Constitution requirement.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 272 - Constitutional History of the U.S.
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the origins of American constitutional thought and practice, the framing and adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the establishment of the U.S. Supreme Court and of its power of judicial review. Topics include: major decisions by the Supreme Court in history and their impacts on society, and California state constitution and government. Meets Title V U.S. History and constitution requirement.
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HIST 275 - The United States to 1900
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course is specially designed for students in the Teaching and Learning Option of the Liberal Studies Program. Examines the history of the United States from the colonial origins to the emergence of a modern industrial system. Emphasis is given to the major social, political, and cultural events during the period from the early 1600’s to 1900, such as the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers, the growth of English colonies, the American Revolution, the transformation of American society after Independence, slavery, abolition, the Civil War, and the development of mass immigration and industrialization. Meets Title V U.S. History and constitution requirement.
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HIST 300 - The Historian’s Craft
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course introduces students to the methods and skills necessary for the study of history. Students will learn to distinguish between evidence from primary sources and interpretations from secondary sources. They will use a variety of primary and secondary sources to become familiar with historical analysis, assess interpretations of the past, conduct historical research, and write papers based on that research. (formerly HIST 280)
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: D
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HIST 310 - History of the Mediterranean
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the history of the Mediterranean over the last 3000 years. Special attention will be paid to the Greco-Roman heritage, the impact of Christianity and Islam, the rise of Italian merchants, and the tangle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire over the control of the sea.
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HIST 316 - History of Medieval Europe 800-1400
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
A history of Europe from the Carolingian Empire through the high Middle Ages. Investigates the conflict and interaction of Roman, Christian, Islamic, and Germanic cultures, religions, philosophies, and institutions.
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HIST 317 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe 1350-1648
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the Renaissance and Reformations in European history. Topics include the crises of the late medieval church; humanism in art and literature; the religious developments of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the age of civil and religious wars.
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HIST 318 - The Age of Revolution in Europe 1648-1871
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
A study of significant issues in European history from 1648 to 1871. The course focuses on developments in political theory, natural science and economics as well as the tensions in the old social order which helped instigate the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the revolutions of 1848.
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HIST 319 - European History, 1871-1945
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the development of European history from the unification of Germany to the end of the Second World War. Special attention will be paid to the development of powerful ideologies (e.g., communism, fascism), socio-economic change, and imperial expansion.
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HIST 320 - European History, 1945-present
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the development of European history to the present day. Special attention will be paid to the reconstruction of the continent following the war, the implications of the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the European Union.
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HIST 322 - Modern Russia: 1855 to Present
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Explores Russia and the USSR from 1855 to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of post-Soviet Russia. Special attention will be given to how Russia and the Soviet Union were both part of and were at times distinct from the fabric of European political, economic, social and cultural histories.
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HIST 323 - Iberian Global Expansion, 1450-1800
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Chronicles Portuguese and Spanish maritime expansion into the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Traces the cultural, economic, and social repercussions of this important wave of maritime ventures. Besides Portuguese and Spaniards, the course will pay special attention to the plight of the indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands affected by the Iberian expansion.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 330 - The History of Science: Nonwestern Origins and the Western Revolution (Cross-listed as CHEM 330)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
A survey of scientific history from 2000 BCE to the present that considers science as a set of made, lost and found ideas and technologies. Fields of inquiry are examined by tracing their historical and cultural trajectories through the African, Arab, Babylonian, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Incan, Japanese, Mayan and Sumerian worlds.
Same as: CHEM 330
GenEd: B1, UDIGE
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HIST 333 - History of Southern California Chicana/o Art (Cross-listed as ART 333, CHS 333)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
An exploration of the Southern California Chicano/a culture focusing on the genesis, vitality and diversity represented in the painting, sculpture and artistic traditions of Mexican American artists. Historical movements, politics, cultural trends and Mexican folklore underlying the development of this dynamic style of art will be investigated within a variety of contexts.
Same as: ART 333 , CHS 333
GenEd: C3B, D, UDIGE
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HIST 334 - Narratives Of Southern California (Cross-listed as ENGL 334, CHS 334)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture/discussion per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Description: Ours is a region made up of many cultures which produce the one we call Southern California. In this class we will take a historical approach to study of the narratives - oral, written and filmed - of Southern California. Course work may also include obtaining oral histories and compiling them.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: ENGL 334, CHS 334
GenEd: C2, D, UDIGE
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HIST 338 - Theatre in History (Cross-listed as PATH 338)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
A survey of the history of theatrical productions. Includes formal productions and performances as well as other types of theatre or dramatization, such as political posturing, i.e., a ruler’s rise to power in historical reality as well as performed or recorded later in theatre, music, and history. Theatre in history is contextualized within multicultural perspectives.
Same as: PATH 338
GenEd: C1, C3B, UDIGE
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HIST 339 - Business in China: Heritage and Change (Cross-listed as BUS 339)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines from a broad historical perspective a variety of institutions and modernization processes of the Chinese financial market, economic environment, and business practices.
Same as: BUS 339
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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HIST 340 - History and Psychology of Nazi Germany (Cross-listed as PSY 340)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the historical and psychological roots of the Nazi movement in Germany. Areas covered will include the mass psychology of fascism, the psychopathology of Nazi leaders, and the psychological impact of the holocaust.
Same as: PSY 340
GenEd: D, E, UDIGE
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HIST 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as ESRM 342)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the historical interaction between humans and their environment. Special attention will be paid to the transformations of environments in the Americas and Europe.
Same as: ESRM 342
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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HIST 349 - History of Business and Economics in North America (Cross-listed as ECON 349, BUS 349)
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the growth and development of the economies of North America since colonial times. Addresses social, ethical, economic and management issues during the development of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Analyzes the business principles underlying the growth and development of the economies.
Same as: ECON 349 , BUS 349
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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HIST 350 - Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 350)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the historical settlement and culture of Chicanas/os in the United States to the present. Particular attention is given to the relationship of the Chicana/o experience to the economic, political, and social institutions of the United States. These institutions are examined in relation to historical movements and developments that span over several centuries. Meets Title V US History and Constitution requirement.
Same as: CHS 350
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HIST 351 - History of African Americans
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the experience of Africans and African Americans in America from the colonial period through the twentieth century.
GenEd: C3B
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HIST 357 - History of Capitalism
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Description: This is course explores the history of capitalism, from its emergence in the 15th century through the evolution to its present day form.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 360 - History Of Colonial Latin America
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic and cultural foundations of colonial Latin America from the Conquest in the fifteenth century to independence in the early nineteenth century.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: D
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HIST 361 - History Of Modern Latin America
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic and cultural foundations of modern Latin America in countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: D
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HIST 365 - Themes in World History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Explores the major trends in global approaches to history. These include anthropological, diaspora, environmental, and world systems approaches. Topics will vary by semester. Repeatable up to 6 units.
GenEd: D
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HIST 366 - Oceans of World History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Discusses the main approaches to world history through the lens of the Earth’s three major oceans: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
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HIST 369 - California History and Culture
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the cultural and institutional development of California prior to the 16th century and since.
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HIST 370 - United States Colonial History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the European colonization of the United States from the 1600s to the French and Indian War. The transformation of social, political, and cultural institutions of Europe in North America are studied.
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HIST 371 - The Founding of the United States
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Study of the Revolutionary era and its political and social influence on the constitution.
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HIST 372 - United States Industrialization and Progressivism
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the nation’s geographic and industrial expansion. Social and political problems up to the end of WWI will also be examined.
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HIST 373 - American Labor History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This is an in-depth study of the individual, group, and organized experience of the American working people from colonial time to the twentieth century.
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HIST 374 - United States Since 1945
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the cultural, social, and political transformation of the nation after World War II. Among the various topics of the course, specific attention is given to how international affairs influenced domestic life and society.
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HIST 375 - The United States And The World Since 1900
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Explores the historical forces that have shaped U.S. relations with the world, examining ideas of empire and expansion, the role of ideological, economic, and cultural issues in influencing relationships, and the people who shaped U.S. diplomacy (of various kinds). Assesses the interactive relationship of U.S. influence abroad as well as the influence of the world on life in the United States.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 380 - History of the Pacific Islands
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the history of the Pacific from human settlement to the present. Special attention will be paid to cross- cultural encounters, religious conversion, imperialism, and post-colonial realities in the region. The course employs interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
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HIST 381 - Traditional East Asia To 1600
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Covers the history of East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) from prehistoric times to roughly 1600 AD. Focus is placed on cultural, institutional and social developments in civilizations of this region to provide a historical foundation, from the Asian perspective, for understanding the roots of modern globalization.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: C3B, D
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HIST 382 - Modern East Asia
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the rise of East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) from 1600 to the present. Provides an East Asian perspective on themes of globalization that have shaped modern nation states around the world, including colonization and imperialism, and industrialization. Topics covered include war, revolutions, and governments, as well as philosophies and cultural trends.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 385 - The Modern Middle East
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course offers an introduction to the history and politics of the Middle East and North Africa from the early 20th century to the present. Topics include the place and role of religion in the region, colonialism, the decline of the Ottoman empire, the emergence of various nationalisms, the creation of modern states, and the ideological, political and social conflicts and struggles associated with the region. Some attention will be devoted to the rise and fall of political regimes, the dynamics of consent and dissent, and to role of trans-national, trans-regional and global forums.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 390 - Women And Gender In East Asia
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the history of women and gender in East Asian history from roughly 1000 CE to the modern era. We will examine social and political institutions as well as cultural practices to examine the evolution of femininity and masculinity, and identify common and divergent experiences of gender and sexuality through these civilizations. Topics covered include the family, Confucian norms, love and marriage, wartime gender constructions, and cultural impact of modernization.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 391 - Traditional China
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural traditions in China from ancient times to the end of the Ming Dynasty.
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HIST 392 - Modern China
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course explores the social, political, economic, and cultural changes in China from to the rise of the Ch’ing Dynasty to 1949.
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HIST 393 - Contemporary China
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural developments in China since 1949.
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HIST 394 - Traditional Japan
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural traditions in Japan from ancient times to the fall of the Tokugawa regime.
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HIST 395 - Modern Japan
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course studies the social, political, economic, and cultural changes in Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the present.
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HIST 396 - East Asia: Then and Now
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course examines of the social, political, economic, and cultural foundations in China, Korea, and Japan. Emphasis is given to the profound political, economic, and other transformations taking place in these countries in the twentieth century.
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HIST 397 - Pop Culture Along The Pacific Rim; Japan And Us In The Modern Age
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the connections and parallels between two civilizations along the Pacific Rim through the lens of popular culture in the modern era. Topics covered include youth culture, countercultures and subcultures, war and reconstruction, mass media, and cultural stereotypes.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 401 - Immigration, Race, and Citizenship in The United States
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Description: This course examines the broad arc of immigration history in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The course traces the diverse experiences of immigrants from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In addition to exploring the immigrant experience, the course analyzes the evolving relationship between immigration and constructions of race, ethnicity, and citizenship across time and place.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: C3B, D
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HIST 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 402)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the cultural, economic, political, and social experience of Mexicanos of the region from the U.S conquest to the 1990’s. Particular attention is given to the interactions of this community with other ethnic and racial groups. The course utilizes literature, film, and art as mediums of learning about the culture and history of Chicanos.
Same as: CHS 402
GenEd: D
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HIST 403 - The American Intellectual Tradition
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course explores American thought from Puritanism, transcendentalism, and pragmatism to contemporary trends represented in thinkers from Richard Mather, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Emerson, William James, and John Dewey to Reinhold Hiebuhr. It also addresses those dissenting voices resonantly expressed in American life from Ann Hutchinson, Roger Williams, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and W. E. B. Du Bois to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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HIST 412 - Law and Society
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course investigates a wide range of issues including, but not limited to, the origins of the law in classical civilizations, the interplays between/ among law, religion, government, and morality, evolutions of diverse legal systems in different societies and traditions, legal and ethical challenges of modern sciences, the rule of law in an international environment, and the debate over the extent and limits of the laws in coping with social and technological problems of modern life.
GenEd: D
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HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HIST 211 or Equivalent
Studies and compares major religions and philosophical schools in the ancient world. Examines how different societies and peoples have formed their basic assumptions concerning the universe, faith, human nature and society, and how those fundamental assumptions have affected their chosen modes of thinking, ways of life, organizations of society, forms of government, and approaches to knowledge.
GenEd: D
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HIST 414 - Women and Gender in History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course examines the role of women and gender in human experience. Topics may vary. They include, but are not limited to, gender and work, gender and religion, gender in literature, gender and race, gender and sexuality, gender and family, gender and social change, and constructions of masculinity and femininity. Fulfills the thematic category of the History major.
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HIST 415 - Society and Radicalism
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course studies the emergence of different styles of protests and radicalism in the modern world. Topics include, but are not limited to, radical thinkers, theories, philosophies, organizations, strategies, movements, as well as the roles and influences they had in society.
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HIST 420 - History of Mexico
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social and political history of Mexico from the period of European contact to the present. The modern phase of Mexico’s history is examined in relation to the overall development of North America.
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HIST 421 - History Of The Mexican Revolution, 1876-1930
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Evaluates the social and political causes and consequences of the Mexican Revolution. Particular attention is also given to the influence and intervention of the United States of America in Mexico’s economic and domestic affairs.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 430 - Tradition and Transformation: Literature, History, and Cultural Change (Cross-listed as ENGL 430)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor
Bringing literature and history together, this course exposes students to a diverse range of work in art, literature, films, and history. It cultivates the students’ intellectual understanding of the topic from both a cross-disciplinary and a cross-cultural perspective. It emphasizes reading, writing, analytical skills, and communication skills. Topics and themes may vary under the same title. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Same as: ENGL 430
GenEd: C3B, D, UDIGE
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HIST 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as PSY 436)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the psychological and historical roots of warrior cultures in East Asia. Characteristics such as duty, enlightenment, honor, loyalty, and discipline will be examined in the context of the individual and group psychology of warrior cultures throughout history. Psychological and historical conceptions of violence, aggression, and strategy will also be explored. Students will be encouraged to relate values derived from Asian warrior cultures to their own lives, while reflecting on the applicability of these ideas to modern life.
Same as: PSY 436
GenEd: D, E, UDIGE
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HIST 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 442)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Description: Examines the dispersal of Africans to other continents over the last two thousand years. Special attention will be paid to the African slave trade, identity formation, and nationalism. The course employs interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, art history, linguistics, and literature.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: ANTH 442
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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HIST 451 - History of Africa Since 1800
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of Africa since 1800, from the era of the slave trade, through the imposition of colonial rule, to the establishment of modern nation states.
GenEd: D
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HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of southern Africa from the pre-colonial era, through the establishment of a permanent European presence, to the establishment of modern nation states.
GenEd: D
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HIST 470 - People and Everyday Life in Early America
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
The course focuses on those ordinary men and women whose daily works and activities made what American society was. It covers the time span from the 1600’s to the early 1800’s. Topics include, but not limited to, popular religion, work ethics and labor systems, family and marriage, festivities, leisure, and games, law and order, mass-control policies, crime and punishment, trades, craftsmanship, farming and industries, issues of gender, race, and ethnicities, early popular unrest, collective actions, and protests.
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HIST 472 - History And Psychology Of The Great War (Cross-listed as PSY 472)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: History or Psychology major with upper division standing
Examines the historical and psychological roots and implications of World War One. Explores the historical causes of this conflict by focusing on the rise of nationalism, imperial expansion, and increasing militarization. Traces the psychological and philosophical implications of such phenomena as shell-shock, Existentialism, and the rise of fascist thought.
Graded: GCR
Same as: PSY 472
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HIST 490 - Special Topics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Investigates a prominent topic of historical interest. Topics vary by semester. Repeatable by topic up to 12 units.
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HIST 491 - Historiography
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or consent of the instructor
Description: This course surveys major historians and their theoretical and methodological approaches to the discipline from the nineteenth century to the present day. The course is designed to update students to the most influential theories in the study of history. Included in this survey are theoretical approaches based on the writings of Braudel, Foucault, Freud, and Marx.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 492 - Internship/Service Learning
Units: 1 - 3
Variable hours per week
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor
Description: This course is designed to provide students with some hands-on experience in the historical field. Students will work in a museum or a historical society and acquire important information about such activities as archiving documents, historical preservation, and dissemination of historical information.
Lab Fee $15
Graded: Student Option
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HIST 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Junior Standing and Consent of Instructor
Independent reading and/or research project under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable up to 6 units.
Graded: Student Option - Graded or Credit/No Credit
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HIST 497 - Directed Studies
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Junior Standing and Consent of Instructor
Exploring an important historical topic under the direction of a faculty member. Significant written reports expected. Topics vary. Repeatable up to 6 units.
Graded: Student Option - Graded or Credit/No Credit
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HIST 499 - Capstone in History
Units: 1 - 3
One to three hours per week.
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor.
Description: Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, students complete a project approved by the faculty advisor which will integrate prior course work with the general expectations of the Program. Completed projects may be disseminated to the campus community.
Graded: Student Option
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