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Course Descriptions


 
 

Health Science
  

  • HLTH 494 - Independent Research

    Units: 1-2
    Three to six hours independent research per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
    Individual research project in selected areas of health science conducted under direction of a faculty member. A dissemination report is required upon completion of project. Repeat 3 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Crd/No Crd
  

  • HLTH 497 - Directed Study

    Units: 1-2
    Three to six hours independent study per week
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
    Individual project in selected areas of health science conducted under direction of a faculty member. A report is required upon completion of project, as specified by instructor. Repeat 2 times up to 2 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • HLTH 499 - Senior Capstone Project

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): HLTH 301  and  HLTH 309  and Senior Standing or Consent of Instructor
    This is a culminating course that integrates previous coursework, knowledge and skills in health science, and applies it to real-world questions. Emphasis on critical analysis of professional literature, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. Both written and oral reports are required upon completion of the course.
    Graded: Letter Grade

History
  

  • 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
    CI Mission Category(s): International Perspectives
  

  • 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
    CI Mission Category(s): International Perspectives
  

  • 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
    CI Mission Category(s): International Perspectives
  

  • 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.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): U.S. History


  

  • 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.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): U.S. History


  

  • 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.
    Graduation Requirement(s): U.S. History


  

  • 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, and Integrated Teaching Credential, Emphases 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 1600s 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.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): U.S. History


  

  • HIST 300 - The Historian’s Craft

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    This writing-intensive 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 and revise papers based on that research. Heavy emphasis on drafting and revising various types of historical writing.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Graduation Requirement(s): GWAR with C- or better


  

  • HIST 301 - Topics in World History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Supports the world history pillar of the history major. It will cover diverse topics in African, Asian, European, Pacific, and/or world histories. Students may repeat the course when a different topic is offered. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • HIST 302 - Topics in North American History

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Supports the North American history pillar of the history major. It will cover diverse topics in Canadian, Mexican, US, and/or general North American histories. Students may repeat the course when a different topic is offered. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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
  

  • HIST 324 - Magic, Witchcraft, and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    A history of magic, witchcraft, and alchemy in early modern Europe (1400-1700), with particular attention to the relationship of supernatural beliefs to religion, science, and society. This course examines popular and learned magical practices, early modern witch beliefs, witch hunting and witch panics, as well as the legal and intellectual changes that brought an end to the so-called witch craze.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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, Incan, Indian, Japanese, Mayan, and Sumerian worlds.
    Same as: CHEM 330  
    GenEd: UDGE-B
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • HIST 333 - History of Southern California Chicana/o Art (Cross-listed as ART 333, CHS 333)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    An exploration of the Southern California Chicana/o 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: UDGE-C, UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 334 - Narratives of Southern California (Cross-listed as ENGL 334, CHS 334)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture/discussion per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Ours is a region made up of many cultures, which produce the one we call Southern California. In this course, we will take a historical approach to study of the narratives - oral, written, and filmed - of Southern California. Course work may also include obtaining and compiling oral histories.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ENGL 334, CHS 334
    GenEd: UDGE-C, UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 340 - History and Psychology of Nazi Germany (Cross-listed as PSY 340)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • HIST 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as ESRM 342)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • HIST 343 - The Long Civil Rights Movement (Cross-listed as AFS 343)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the Civil Rights Movement as part of a century-long movement for African American equality and liberation, including and linking peak movement activity (1955 to 1965) to antecedent and subsequent mobilization. 
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: AFS 343  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • 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(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, International Perspectives
  

  • HIST 350 - Chicana/O History And Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 350)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Description: 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 requirement.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: CHS 350
    Graduation Requirement(s): U.S. History


  

  • HIST 351 - History of African Americans

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the experience of Africans and African Americans in America from the colonial period through the twentieth century.
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 352 - Native North America

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental history of Native American societies in North America from pre-Contact to the present day.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • 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
  

  • HIST 358 - The Atlantic World

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Examines the connections and exchanges that shaped the history of the Atlantic Ocean and the four continents which border it (Europe, Africa, North America, and South America). It traces the voluntary and involuntary movements of humans, animals, microbes, goods, and ideas that travelled along the entangled imperial networks of the Atlantic World from the 1400s to the 1800s. In particular, it focuses on the interactions that took place in oceanic spaces and coastal communities, serving as a reminder that human history is not exclusively land-based.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • HIST 359 - 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. Formerly HIST 451, effective Fall 2021.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 370 - History of Colonial North America

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Examines the history of colonial encounters between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in North America from the 1400s through the Seven Years’ War. Focuses on the social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental shifts that shaped North America’s colonial era. 
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 U.S.
    Graded: Student Option
  

  • HIST 379 - Vietnam Wars in Global History

    Units: 3
    Examines Vietnam’s wars in the twentieth century, the first against France (1946-1954), and the second against the United States (1965-1973), from both local and global perspectives. Special attention will be paid to the wars’ origins, conduct, legacies, and historiography, as well as issues of colonialism, ethics and war, human rights, and the human experience of the war mediated by race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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
  

  • 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
  

  • HIST 385 - The Modern Middle East

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    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
  

  • HIST 388 - History of Modern Southeast Asia

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Exploration of Southeast Asian history from the sixteenth century to the present. Analyzes major changes across the entire Southeast Asian region-Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Singapore, and Timor Leste-during key historical periods, including the rise and fall of traditional kingdoms, the era of modern imperialism, the impact of World War II, the rise of national revolutions, and the emergence of new nations.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • HIST 389 - Indian Ocean World

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Examines intersecting histories of the Indian Ocean as the setting in which peoples from East Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Sub-Continent, East Asia, and Southeast Asia encountered one another and exchanged ideas, goods, and even diseases over many centuries. A particular emphasis on the environment, the spread of religious and other cultural ideas and practices, port cities, migrant and diasporic communities, piracy, colonialism, and various globalizing trends throughout history.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 397 - Pop Culture Along the Pacific Rim: Japan and U.S. 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
  

  • HIST 401 - Immigration, Race, and Citizenship in the United States

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 402)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Examines the cultural, economic, political, and social experience of Mexicana/os 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 Chicana/os.
    Same as: CHS 402  
    GenEd: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 412 - Law and Society

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    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.
  

  • HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 416 - All Over the Map: Cartography and Historical Narrative

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Explores the role of maps and their boundaries in shaping historical narratives. Focus will be placed on the history of map-making as well as on the ability of cartographic texts to serve as tools of power. The course is thematically grounded in the history of cartography and introduces students to elements of spatial theory. 
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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
  

  • HIST 430 - Tradition and Transformation: Literature, History, and Cultural Change (Cross-listed as ENGL 430)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105  or HIST 300  and Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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 by topic. Repeatable up to 9 units.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: ENGL 430
    GenEd: UDGE-C, UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as PSY 436)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
  

  • HIST 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 442)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)
    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: UDGE-D
    CI Mission Category(s): International Perspectives, Multicultural Perspectives
  

  • HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600 (Cross-listed as AFS 452)

    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.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: AFS 452  
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 472 - History And Psychology Of The Great War (Cross-listed as PSY 472)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): 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  
  

  • 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.
  

  • HIST 491 - Historiography

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): 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
  

  • HIST 492 - Internship/Service Learning

    Units: 3
    Variable hours per week
    Prerequisite(s): HIST 300  or Consent of Instructor
    On-site work for a historical agency such as an archive, museum, or historical society, acquiring skills in archiving documents, historical preservation, and circulation of historical information. Requires assigned readings in theory and history, and a research project.  Completed projects may be shared with the campus community.
    Lab Fee $15
    Graded: Student Option
  

  • HIST 494 - Independent Research

    Units: 3
    Variable hours
    Prerequisite(s): HIST 300   or Consent of Instructor
    Independent reading and/or research project under the direction of a faculty member. Repeat 2 times up to 6 units
    Graded: Student Option
  

  • HIST 497 - Directed Studies

    Units: 1-3
    Prerequisite(s): 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
  

  • HIST 499 - Capstone In History

    Units: 3
    Three hours seminar per week.
    Prerequisite(s): HIST 300  or Consent of Instructor.
    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

Information Technology
  

  • IT 105 - Introduction to Programming (Cross-listed as COMP 105)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture taught in a laboratory per week
    Provides a balanced view of computing and an introduction to the world of computer science. In-depth coverage of the design, development, and expression of algorithms. Covers a variety of concepts relevant to the beginning student, including computer organization and design. Not open to students who have completed COMP 150.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 105  
    GenEd: B4, E
  

  • IT 151 - IT Programming

    Units: 3
    Two hours of lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 301  and COMP 105 /IT 105  or equivalent
    Introduction to programming in C in the Unix environment including input/output, recursion and pointers. Introduction to composite data types such as arrays, records, strings and sets. Topics include: abstract data types, stacks, queues and linked lists. Brief introduction to trees and graphs. No credit given toward the Computer Science Degree.
  

  • IT 152 - Programming for Health Informatics

    Units: 4
    Four hours in the lab per week
    Description: Introduction to computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of data structures and algorithms for solving system, network, and security problems in management and administration of Health Information Systems.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • IT 221 - Unix System Programming I (Cross-listed as COMP 221)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 151   or IT 151   or IT 152  
    Description: Fundamentals of the UNIX operating system, including the command line interface (CLI), shell commands and related utilities. C will be covered at an accelerated pace, appropriate for students who already know another programming language. Fundamental C libraries, and basic UNIX system calls, will be covered. Principles of the program development cycle as applied to a UNIX environment will also be presented.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 221
  

  • IT 380 - Web Programming

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 151  or IT 151 ; and MATH 300  or MATH 301  
    This course provides an overview of the many languages and techniques used in web programming. This includes Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, JSP and ASP, as well as database query languages and XML. Sample applications are built for dynamic web pages and web sites. Effective Fall 2012, changed from IT 280
  

  • IT 400 - eCommerce

    Units: 3
    Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): IT 380  and COMP 420 /IT 420 
    Fundamentals of database driven web sites. Online accounts, cookies, shopping carts, data collection and storage, and data security. Covers user interface design, navigation and site search strategies and database support.
  

  • IT 401 - Web Intelligence

    Units: 3
    Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): IT 380  
    Using web programming to extract information, using intelligent search engines, artificial intelligence techniques (expert systems, agents). Topics include: data mining, data warehousing, natural language processing, decision support systems, and intelligent agents.
    Graded: Letter Grade
  

  • IT 402 - Advanced Web Programming

    Units: 3
    Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 151  or IT 151  or IT 152 
    Covers a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, C++, Perl, ASP, and PHP. This course focuses on building applications that are useful to IT professionals, such as applications for network security, maintenance and surveillance.
  

  • IT 403 - Advanced Programming for Health Informatics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): IT 152 
    Course in computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of advanced algorithms and sophisticated data structures. Emphasis on large data sets relevant to Health Information Systems.
  

  • IT 405 - Mobile Application Development (Cross-listed as COMP 405)

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture in the lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 151   or IT 151   or IT 152  
    Introduction to mobile application development environments. Students will write programs for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, and automotive and wearable devices. Topics covered include programming standards, operating systems, and programming for mobile devices. 
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 405  
  

  • IT 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as COMP 420)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 300  or MATH 301 ; and COMP 151  or IT 151  
    Topics include: database structure including: structure definition, data models, semantics of relations, and operation on data models; database schemas: element definition, use and manipulation of the schema; elements of implementation.; algebra of relations on a database; hierarchical data bases. Discussion of information retrieval, reliability, protection and integrity of databases.
    Same as: COMP 420  
  

  • IT 421 - Unix System Programming II

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 221 /IT 221 
    The use of the Unix operating environment including command line Unix utilities, vi and emacs editors, regular expressions, text processors and Unix shells, fundamental Perl
    and its application in programming CGI. Writing in C utilities that control the operating environment through the use of system calls. Developing programs using Unix facilities. Not open to Computer Science majors.
     
  

  • IT 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as COMP 424)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 362  or IT 421  
    Security techniques in operating systems, data bases, and computer networks. Analysis of formal security models. Introduction to cryptography, and public key security schemas.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 424  
  

  • IT 428 - Computer Networks for Health Informatics

    Units: 3
    Three hours lecture per week
    Prerequisite(s): IT 152 
    Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems for health-related applications. Issues of privacy and security will be emphasized.
     
  

  • IT 429 - Computer Networks (Cross-listed as COMP 429)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 232  and COMP 362 ; or COMP 221  /IT 221  and IT 421  
    Description: Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems capable of processing computational tasks in a distributed manner. Network topology, routing procedures, message multiplexing and process scheduling techniques will be discussed.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 429
  

  • IT 464 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design I (Cross-listed as COMP 464, ART 464)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 350  and MATH 240 ; or COMP 221  and MATH 301  
    Topics include: fundamental concepts of computer graphics graphics devices graphics languages interactive systems applications to art, science, engineering and business trade-offs between hardware devices and software support.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 464  , ART 464  
  

  • IT 466 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design II (Cross-listed as COMP 466, ART 466)

    Units: 3
    Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 464 / IT 464  
    Advanced concepts of computer graphics. Topics include computer graphics software and hardware, mathematical basis of geometric modeling, data base management in manufacturing environments, imagining and visualization.
    Graded: Letter Grade
    Same as: COMP 466, ART 466
 

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