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2016-2018 Catalog 
    
2016-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course Numbering System

The first digit in each course designation is intended to indicate the level of the course. In addition, the first digit also roughly indexes the student’s year of study at the University.

Courses numbered 001 to 099 are non-baccalaureate developmental courses.

Courses numbered 100 to 299 are lower-division.

Courses numbered 300 to 499 are upper-division.

Courses numbered 500 to 599 are graduate level, and may be taken by advanced upper-division, post-baccalaureate, or graduate students for undergraduate or graduate credit.

Courses numbered 600 to 699 are graduate level. These courses may be taken by undergraduate students only on an individual basis, and only with prior, case-by-case approval of the program director of the program offering the course (or his/her designee).

Courses numbered 700 to 799 are doctoral level.

Courses numbered 1000 and above not listed in this catalog because these are professional-level courses carrying University credit, which do not typically apply to credentials or degrees offered by the University. These courses are recorded on student transcripts.

Students should consult relevant sections of this catalog, as well as college and program advising staff, in order to determine which courses are appropriate for their level of study, and which courses satisfy degree requirements for various programs of study.

 

Health Information Management

  
  • HIM 660 - Strategic Leadership in Healthcare

    Units: 2
    Covers strategic leadership skills required to transform health care organizations into patient-focused and cost-effective dynamic systems. Develops ability to inspire collaboration, design processes that support the organization vision, and motivate teams to implement informatics solutions for the delivery of better health care outcomes. Enhances capability to gain a strategic perspective based on results of rigorous data analysis.

  
  • HIM 670 - Seminar in HIM

    Units: 1
    Presentations by area experts with student interaction. Sessions use actual applications related to course content during the semester, and explore their challenges and opportunities.

  
  • HIM 680 - Seminar: Developments in HIM

    Units: 1
    Healthcare visionaries, academic thought leaders, and influential policy makers will engage students in discussions of emerging healthcare information management issues, challenges, and trends. Emphasis on opportunities and applications of analytics and strategic thinking.

  
  • HIM 690 - Practicum

    Units: 4
    Requires each student to conduct a project involving an actual HIM/HIT problem or the need of a sponsoring healthcare organization. The work shall be guided and evaluated by a mentor from the organization and a faculty adviser. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 100 hours on the practicum project, prepare a written report, and defend their work in an oral presentation. Teams of up to two students may work together on a specific study.

  
  • HIM 691A - Independent Study in HIM

    Units: 1
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. Students must prepare a study proposal approved by the appropriate faculty member and the program director prior to registration. May be repeated for credit for a total of eight (8) units.

  
  • HIM 691B - Independent Study in HIM

    Units: 2
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. Students must prepare a study proposal approved by the appropriate faculty member and the program director prior to registration. May be repeated for credit for a total of eight (8) units.

  
  • HIM 691C - Independent Study in HIM

    Units: 3
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. Students must prepare a study proposal approved by the appropriate faculty member and the program director prior to registration. May be repeated for credit for a total of eight (8) units.

  
  • HIM 691D - Independent Study in HIM

    Units: 4
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. Students must prepare a study proposal approved by the appropriate faculty member and the program director prior to registration. May be repeated for credit for a total of eight (8) units.


Healthcare Information Technology

  
  • HIT 500 - Healthcare Systems: Structure and Process

    Units: 2
    Provides a historical foundation for the study of the current health care system and alternate views of health. Course content includes examining the structure and process of the U.S. health care system and comparison to health care systems in other developed countries. Enablers, constraints, and incentives are identified and evaluated in terms of developing a health care system that is efficient and provides patient value. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of department. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.

  
  • HIT 510 - Data Management for Healthcare Decision Support

    Units: 2
    Studies the application of analytical methods to healthcare data for decision support. Methods include the conventional tools of statistics such as descriptive measures, graphs, regression, and forecasting. Other techniques presented include “data mining” and simulation. Applications include developing evidence-based practices, identifying unnecessary/inappropriate/overused treatments/procedures/drugs; identifying gaps in care; projecting health care needs; estimating costs. Concepts of “experimental design” such as controlled vs. observational studies, randomization, double blind, and regression to the mean will be introduced. Outside speakers will be used to present actual applications. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.

  
  • HIT 520 - Electronic Health Records

    Units: 2
    Focuses on regulatory policies and implementation issues concerning Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems. The goal is to provide a solid foundation so that students are capable of leading the effort in deploying an EMR system that not only meets the mandates of federal, state, and local governments, but also improves overall health care deliveries. Students will also study medical languages via an online module of this course. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.

  
  • HIT 530 - Data Communication and Security for Healthcare

    Units: 2
    Focuses on medical data communications and security. Students will learn communication protocols, hardware & software, and regulations required to share information among healthcare institutions. In particular, policies such as HIPAA and the HITECH Act will be discussed to demonstrate security and privacy requirements for data communications. The goal is to provide students a solid foundation for implementing a secured data communication infrastructure that meets regulatory requirements. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.

  
  • HIT 540 - Managing Healthcare System Change

    Units: 2
    The adoption and meaningful use of health information technology requires an understanding that major challenges to system success are more often behavioral than technical. The goal is to understand core theories supporting change management, learn effective leadership skills to overcome behavioral resistance to change, and apply change management techniques in complex health care organizations. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.

  
  • HIT 550 - Project Management and Process Improvement for Healthcare

    Units: 2
    Introduces students to how healthcare systems can use operations management methods to improve healthcare processes. Specific focus will be on reducing cycle times (e.g., patient wait times), measuring productivity, streamlining process flows, tracking outcomes and performance metrics, and generally improving health management processes. The process improvement will be measured by how it can improve quality and safety of healthcare delivery and reduce waste. The role of technology and innovative approaches in improving Efficiency Quality and Safety (EQS) in healthcare delivery will also be emphasized. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirement: Admission to the HIT Certificate Program.


History

  
  • HIST 101 - World Civilizations to 1500

    Units: 3
    Surveys the history of the world from the early river-valley civilizations to the year 1500. Emphasis upon Afro-Eurasia and the Americas. Subject matter includes politics, society, religion, and global interactions. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for HIST 201.

    Satisfies GE area: C2
  
  • HIST 102 - World Civilizations to Present

    Units: 3
    Surveys the history of the world from the 16th Century to the present. Examines transcultural interactions, colonialism, revolutions, industrialization, the world wars and the origins of the modern world. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for HIST 202.

    Satisfies GE area: C2
  
  • HIST 130 - U.S. History 1500-1877

    Units: 3
    Survey of the development and changing historical interpretation of American institutions and society from the colonial period through Reconstruction. Special attention to the interplay of European, American Indian, and African cultures in this development. Themes include immigration, colonial formation, Indian-white contact, constitutional development, economic change, religion, slavery, race relations, status of women, westward expansion, reform, and political parties. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 230.

    Satisfies GE area: Dh, D
  
  • HIST 131 - U.S. History 1877-Present

    Units: 3
    A survey of the development and the changing historical interpretation of institutions and society in the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. Special attention to the interplay between races and cultural diversity and conflict. Themes include immigration, constitutional development politics, economics, religion, reform, the growth of the U.S. as a world power, status of women, westward expansion, and urbanization. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 231.

    Satisfies GE area: Dh,D
  
  • HIST 300 - Thematic Topics in History

    Units: 3
    Thematic topics in History. Topics may come from any world area or be comparative. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics.

  
  • HIST 301 - Historical Methods and Writing

    Units: 3
    Offers an introduction to historical methodology and theory. Explores the various approaches historians take to their study and the variety of tools historians use, including digital history. Students will produce an original research project based on primary sources, in engagement with existing historical scholarship.

  
  • HIST 304A - Ancient Rome: City and Empire

    Units: 3
    Intensive, three-week, travel-study summer course in the city of Rome. Focuses on the history of ancient Rome through its capital city. Consists of in-class lectures/discussions and visits to sites and museums of historical and cultural interest including the Forum, Colosseum, and Pantheon along with an excursion to Pompeii.

    Corequisite(s): HIST 304B .
    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 304B - The Cultural Legacy of Ancient Rome

    Units: 3
    Intensive, three-week, travel-study summer course in the city of Rome, this course will focus on the cultural legacy of ancient Rome up to modern times. Consists of lectures/ discussions and visits to sites and museums of historical and cultural interest, including the Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, and the Vatican, along with an excursion to Florence.

    Corequisite(s): HIST 304A .
    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 305 - Early Industrial Britain, 1688-1850

    Units: 3
    Charts the early economic transformation of Britain and its role in shaping issues of politics and constitutional forms; surrounding the developing of class, gender, and social relationships; framing questions of empire and imperial policy; and cultural and intellectual expression. Uses Britain’s industrialization as a case study to isolate structural components of that process within the particular situation found in Britain from 1688-1850.

  
  • HIST 306 - History of Internationalism and Human Rights

    Units: 3
    A course in intellectual history that considers the history behind the idea of human rights in the modern world. Explores how historical ideas about universalism and human nature from the 18th century forward led to challenges to the nation-state system as the dominant model of international society. Subjects include abolitionist movements, anti-imperialism, self-determination, and humanitarian agencies, with special emphasis on the League of Nations, United Nations, and the challenges that human rights pose to questions of national sovereignty.

  
  • HIST 307 - The Politics of Irish Nationalism

    Units: 3
    Presents Irish History both as case study in European nationalist movements and as model for British colonial/ imperial relations. Examines impact of nationalism and colonialism on state-building, economic development and cultural/ intellectual life. Particular emphasis on relationship between nationalist movements, colonial policy, and political violence.

  
  • HIST 308 - National Cinema and National History in 20th Century Europe

    Units: 3
    20th Century as a way of understanding a nation’s history.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 309 - Ancient Middle East

    Units: 3
    An overview of the social, political, and cultural developments of the civilizations of the ancient Middle East, including Mesopotamia (Sumer, Akkad, and Babylonia), Egypt, Israel, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, Assyria, and Persia, and the interactions among them.

  
  • HIST 310A - Ancient Greece 1: From the Bronze Age to the End of the Persian Wars

    Units: 3
    An overview of the development of the social, political, and cultural institutions of ancient Greek civilization from the Bronze Age kingdoms of the Minoan and Mycenaean periods through the development of independent city-states in the Archaic period (particularly Sparta and Athens) and ending with the Greek victory in the Persian Wars in 479 BCE. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 310.

  
  • HIST 310B - Ancient Greece 2: The Classical and Hellenistic Periods

    Units: 3
    An overview of the development of the social, political, and cultural institutions of ancient Greek civilization from the “Golden Age” of Athens in the fifth century BCE, through the Peloponnesian War and the conquest of Alexander the Great, to the end of the Hellenistic period and the absorption of Greece into the Roman Empire. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 310.

  
  • HIST 311A - Ancient Rome 1: The Republic

    Units: 3
    An overview of the development of the social, political, and cultural institutions of ancient Roman civilization from the founding of Rome, through the creation of the Republic and overseas expansion, to the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and the collapse of the Republic. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 311.

  
  • HIST 311B - Ancient Rome 2: The Empire

    Units: 3
    An overview of the development of the social, political, and cultural institutions of ancient Roman civilization from the creation of the Empire by Augustus, through the Pax Romana and the rise of Christianity, to the “decline and fall” of the West and the creation of the Byzantine Empire in the East. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 311.

  
  • HIST 312 - The Ancient World in Film

    Units: 3
    An examination of modern cinematic and television depictions of the mythology, drama, and history of ancient Greece and Rome, including the Trojan War, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, gladiators, and early Christianity. Special emphasis is placed on understanding why the ancient world is such a popular setting for modern films, how accurately such films portray the ancient world, and how they serve as vehicles to express modern concerns and ideologies.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 313 - Europe in the Middle Ages

    Units: 3
    Explores European history from the 5th until the 14th century. Includes the Carolingian world, the Roman Catholic church, popular religion and movements of dissent, feudalism, the crusades, the formation of medieval kingdoms and city-states, and artistic and cultural patterns in the high and late middle ages.

  
  • HIST 314 - The Crusades

    Units: 3
    Explores the evolution of the Crusades from 1095 until the conquest of Granada in 1492, with emphasis on the Christian military campaigns in the Middle East.  Themes include society and demography, trade and economy, religious and cultural encounters, intellectual exchange, military history, and colonization.  Addresses the implications of the Crusades in the modern world and contemporary events. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300 -10.

  
  • HIST 315 - Heresy, Witchcraft, and Church Reform in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    Explores the rise of heretical movements, including witchcraft, and persecution by authorities in pre-modern Europe.  Focuses on historical explanations for these movements and their persecution.  Treats church authorities’ responses to the rise in heresy and witchcraft through preaching and violence.  Special attention given to the socioeconomic, cultural, gender-based, religious, and political developments that triggered these heterodox persecutions. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300 -12.

  
  • HIST 316 - Gender and Authority in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    An exploration of gender ideologies and practices in traditional European society. Evaluates the social meanings of sexuality and the ways they shifted over time. This survey begins with a political and social consideration of gender in the Greco-Roman world. It then studies images and roles for men and women in medieval and early modern Europe. Subjects considered include: sexual ideologies, labor and domestic roles, the regulation of sexual practices by church and state, and the use of gendered imagery in the construction of political authority. Meets major requirements in women’s history.

  
  • HIST 317 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe

    Units: 3
    Europe in the era of the Renaissance and Reformation. Explores the rise of nation states in an era of profound religious change. Examines demographic and economic transformation as well as the beginnings of European expansion.

  
  • HIST 318 - Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    Changes in European thought, art, and society from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Treats the development of two European cultures-elite and popular-in response to religious change. Examines literacy and printing, scientific thinking, and developments in political theory.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 319 - Industrialization of Europe

    Units: 3
    Economic growth and social change in 19th Century Europe. Analyzes the processes of industrialization and their relation to class formation, gender, and politics.

  
  • HIST 320 - The Age of Empire

    Units: 3
    Explores 19th Century European imperialism and its 20th Century retreat. Focuses on competition between European states; developments in colonial government and administration; effects of contacts with non-Europeans on European culture and society; and independence/ liberation movements.

  
  • HIST 321 - Nationalism and Unification in Europe

    Units: 3
    Explores the movements for unification and national recognition in 19th and 20th Century Europe. Includes the unification of Germany and Italy, the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian empire, movements for independence in eastern Europe.

  
  • HIST 322 - Interwar Europe 1918-1939

    Units: 3
    Political, economic, and cultural/artistic responses to WWI in Europe. Explores the attraction of totalitarian political ideologies, the aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, economic upheaval in the Great Depression, and the coming of WWII. Subjects include rise of Nazism, Spanish Civil War, Modernist movements in thought and the arts, rise of Stalinism, and peace and appeasement.

  
  • HIST 323 - Society and Culture in Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    Changes in European thought, art, and society from the rise of romanticism to post-modernism.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 324 - The Enlightenment and European Society

    Units: 3
    Examines the tumultuous and world-changing ideas of the Enlightenment of 18th Century Europe. Looks at challenges to traditional views of religion, knowledge, politics, gender, and peoples on other continents.

  
  • HIST 325 - Revolutionary Europe

    Units: 3
    Examines revolutionary movements in modern European history, from the French Revolution of 1789 to the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989. Examines what distinguishes “successful” revolutions from “failed” ones, and looks at the role of ideas, economic interests, and gender in the making of each revolution.

  
  • HIST 326 - Europe Since 1945

    Units: 3
    Political, economic, and social developments in contemporary western Europe since the end of World War II. Themes include European relations with the United States and issues of “americanization”; political and economic integration and rivalry; terrorist, radical, and youth movements since the 1960s; and demographic trends and issues of immigration/multiculturalism.

  
  • HIST 327 - Women in Modern Europe

    Units: 3
    The experience of women in Europe from the 17th Century to the present. Themes include changes in the definition of women’s roles, legal and political status, and education, with attention to the impact of industrialization, the cult of womanhood, war, state family, and welfare policies on women’s lives. Meets major requirements in women’s history.

  
  • HIST 330 - The Constitution and American Society

    Units: 3
    Origins and writing of the U.S. Constitution and the political and social issues that have arisen as the Supreme Court and others have interpreted, amended, and implemented the basic law of the United States.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 331 - Law, Sexuality, and American History

    Units: 3
    Explores the legal regulation and cultural construction of sexual expression, marriage, and gender identity from the colonial period to the present in the United States. Special attention will be paid to the impact of law on ideas about citizenship and race. Meets major requirements in women’s history.

  
  • HIST 332 - Women in the United States

    Units: 3
    The changing roles and status of women from the colonial period to the present. Explores the way women and society have continuously redefined work, family, law, education, and political activity. Meets major requirements in women’s history.

  
  • HIST 333 - British Empire in the Americas, 1497-1775

    Units: 3
    Examines the creation of the British empire in the Americas from a global perspective, exploring its impact on populations, societies, and politics in the Americas, Africa, and England. Makes comparisons with the process of empire-building in Latin America and Franco-America.

  
  • HIST 334 - Foundations of the African-American Experience

    Units: 3
    The experience of African-Americans in American society from the colonial period to 1865. Includes an investigation into African heritage, the middle passage, antebellum African-American culture, enslavement, the struggle against slavery, the position of free blacks, and emancipation.

  
  • HIST 335 - The African American Struggle for Equality

    Units: 3
    A survey of the development of traditional and legal segregation, the challenge provided by civil rights movements, and related themes such as black separatism and nationalism.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 336A - The U.S. Historical Experience: The Revolutionary Era

    Units: 3
    Explores eighteenth century British America with a focus on the American Revolution. Looks at the Revolution’s intellectual origins in American and European thought and culture, its social and political origins, and its consequences for American culture, society, and politics through the 1790s.

  
  • HIST 336B - The U.S. Historical Experience: United States Early Republic

    Units: 3
    An intensive consideration of the crucial first 50 years of the United States, with particular attention to the development of key political institutions and the dramatic expansion of the national economy. Subjects include the consolidation of the two party system, the growth and limits of the federal government, developing sectionalism, early industrialization, the elaboration of the Southern slave system, and the rise of gender-based, religiously inspired reform movements.

  
  • HIST 336C - The U.S. Historical Experience: U.S. Civil War Era, 1845-1877

    Units: 3
    Focuses on the process of division, war, and reunion from 1845 to 1877. Examines the social and economic structures of the United States in the antebellum period and the evolution of the political crisis that led to the South’s secession and to civil war. Treats the Union and Confederate home fronts during the war and analyzes major military strategies and battles. Devotes a high priority to the experience of African-Americans throughout this period. Finally, it looks at the successes and failures of the efforts to reunify and reconstruct the nation in the post-Civil War years.

  
  • HIST 336D - The U.S. Historical Experience: U.S. Progressive Era, 1884 -1920

    Units: 3
    Focuses on the “Progressive Era” in American life. A time of enormous change and development and a period that saw numerous reforms at the local, state, and national levels. Examines the major forces changing American life, such as industrialization, finance capitalism, urban growth, burgeoning immigration, trade unionism, the urban poor, and the plight of laborers, women, and minorities. Looks at the perceived loss of traditional values and the sharp conflicts between urban and rural areas. Finally, analyzes the nation’s rise to become an international, military, economic, and financial power.

  
  • HIST 336E - The U.S. Historical Experience:Prosperity, Depression, and War: The United States from 1920-1945

    Units: 3
    An exploration of society in the United States from 1920 to 1945. Between these years the United States moved from seemingly widespread prosperity through the Great Depression and into WWII. All of these phases induced profound changes in American society which will be monitored by examining how Americans from diverse backgrounds responded to the challenges of these eras. Covers such issues as the intolerance of the 1920s which included the “Red Scare” and a renewal of racism; the class divisions of the 1920s which became so apparent during the depression; and the impact that WWII not only had on American society as a whole, but specifically on women and minorities. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 342 .

  
  • HIST 336F - The U.S. Historical Experience: The United States in the Cold War Era

    Units: 3
    A history of society and culture in the United States since World War II, with particular attention to the social movements of the period, as well as the impact of the Cold War. Focuses on the struggle of Americans from diverse backgrounds for inclusion and equality, with special attention to the links between the Civil Rights Movement, feminism, the Student Movement, the Antiwar Movement, and the Chicano Movement. Examines the backlash to multicultural inclusion in the 1980s.

  
  • HIST 338A - Modern U.S. Indian Policy

    Units: 3
    Development of U.S. Indian policy and responses of Indian people since the imposition of the western reservation system in the nineteenth century. Considers allotment, reduction of the Indian land base, the Indian New Deal, termination, and demands for self-determination and sovereignty. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 338.

  
  • HIST 338B - Native Communities in Southern California from Colonization to the 20th Century

    Units: 3
    Students will read, consider, and discuss in detail scholarly studies in the history and ethnography of native communities in Southern California, beginning with the background of colonization (beginning in San Diego in 1769) and write a substantial research paper dealing with a specific theme. (For example, the paper might concern the experience of indigenous women, the construction of native leadership, or the development of a specific event through time, such as the exile of the Cupeños from Kupa and Agua Caliente.)

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 339 - The American City

    Units: 3
    The development of urban areas in the United States and their influence on American thought, life, and economic development from the colonial period to the present.

  
  • HIST 340 - Environmental History of the United States

    Units: 3
    Considers the complex relationship between humans and the natural environment in the United States. Specific subjects include: the Native American interaction with the environment, nature’s influence on European colonization, the role of natural resources in America’s national development, the human attempt to control nature in the industrial era, the emergence of conservation and preservationist movements at the end of the nineteenth century, and the development of current environmental issues and concerns over the course of the twentieth century.

  
  • HIST 341 - Ideas in America

    Units: 3
    The development and change of social, political, religious, and economic ideas in American History from the colonial period to the present.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 342 - History of Sports in the United States

    Units: 3
    Surveys the history of organized sports in the United States, with special attention to the interaction of sports and gender, race, and economic issues.

  
  • HIST 343 - Religion in the United States

    Units: 3
    Religious traditions studied in the context of changes of social, cultural, and political traditions of the United States from 1600 to the present.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 344 - The American Frontier as Symbol and Myth

    Units: 3
    The frontier as a metaphor for the hopes and fears of Europeans and Euroamericans from 1492 to the present, as seen in the works of writers, philosophers, political theorists, movie makers, historians, and others.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 345 - The Immigrant Experience

    Units: 3
    Patterns of migration to and the experience of immigrants in areas now part of the United States. Themes include the role of the family, neighborhood, church, and work; patterns of assimilation and acculturation; formation of political and social institutions; and the impact of immigration on the country.

  
  • HIST 346 - Development of the American Frontier

    Units: 3
    The development of population, social institutions, resources, transportation, and markets along the moving line dividing indigenous and non-Indian societies from the beginnings of European colonization in the present-day United States to the early 20th Century.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 347 - California History

    Units: 3
    Beginning with the diverse native cultures of the region, the course explores the impact of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. control. Traces the origins of contemporary issues through the area’s economic development, multi-ethnic immigration, and evolving political institutions, and provides a survey of the human response to a place called “California.”

    Satisfies GE area: Dg
  
  • HIST 348 - United States Film History

    Units: 3
    Introduction to the history of film in the United States from its inception at the turn of the 20th Century to the present. Explores the many facets of U.S. film and looks at the manner in which the film industry developed during the course of the 20th Century. Looks at the evolution of film making and the manner in which film not only shaped but also reflected the historical moments in which it was born, with careful attention to the manner in which film reflects American society’s tensions over race, class, and gender.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 349 - Foreign Policy of the United States

    Units: 3
    Foreign policy of the United States from the American revolution to the present.

  
  • HIST 350 - Chicana/o Experience in the Borderlands

    Units: 3
    Examines the experience of people of Mexican descent (1840s-1980s) in the “borderlands” including territory in Mexico and the southwestern United States. Emphasizes the Chicano Movement as socio-political process that generated a distinctive interdisciplinary interpretation of history, “Chicano Studies.” A Chicano Studies approach will be used to examine three borderlands topics: labor, migration, and gender relations. Students will use historical methods to analyze a variety of historical sources.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 352 - Mexico, Past and Present

    Units: 3
    Starting with the indigenous civilizations in the 16th Century, through the period of Spain’s imperial rule, the 19th Century wars of independence, the Revolution of 1910, and up to the present day, students are introduced to one of the most important and fascinating nations in the region. The evolution of economic, political, and social systems are traced with an emphasis on themes of ideology, identity, and resistance. Students practice basic historical methods in the required assignments.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 355 - Women in Latin America

    Units: 3
    Focuses on women and gender in 19th- and 20th-Century Latin America. Students will explore the evolution of the historiography, recent research, and first-hand testimonial sources. Connections between gender, race, and class will guide the discussion.

  
  • HIST 356 - Culture and Identity in Latin America

    Units: 3
    Exploring indigenous, European, and African elements, this course encompasses Latin American nations which trace their origins to the Spanish and Portuguese empires. The theme of identity guides the discussion of cultural expressions in the aural, literary, plastic, and visual genres. The goal of national cultural unity contrasts with alternative notions of diversity, and the nation-state is the terrain where this cultural debate takes place. The time-period will be limited to the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing students to study contemporary cultural expressions as well as current historical analysis.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 359 - A History of Brazil

    Units: 3
    Starting with the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th Century through the long colonial period, independence, the Brazilian Empire, and, in the 20th Century, periods of alternating republican and military rule, this course introduces students to the fascinating experience of the other Latin America. Themes of race and economic modernization suffuse the political and cultural evolution of this nation. Syncretism in Brazilian culture and society emerges as a central theme.

  
  • HIST 360 - Classical Asia

    Units: 3
    Introduces students to a selected body of classical texts from Asia, which include philosophical treatises, religious tracts and literary masterpieces that have become the intellectual foundation of Asian civilization. Focuses on culture and ideas, and helps students understand the historical and intellectual roots of contemporary Asia.

  
  • HIST 361 - Modern East Asia

    Units: 3
    Examines the history of East Asia since 1600 and focuses on major social, cultural, and political developments in the region. Particular attention will be paid to themes related to tradition/modernity, reform/revolution, and nationalism/ colonialism.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 362 - China and the West

    Units: 3
    An exploration of the relations between China and Europe since the 16th Century. Special attention to internal change, religion, and economics as well as diplomacy and politics.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 363 - Modern China

    Units: 3
    Examines Chinese history since the 17th century. Major themes include the Manchu conquest in the 17th century, the expansion of the Qing Empire in the 18th, the encounter with the West in the 19th, the rise of nationalism and communism in the 20th, and the emergence of China as a world power in the 21st century.

  
  • HIST 364 - Image and Reality - Film and Modern Chinese History

    Units: 3
    Examines modern Chinese history by looking at a group of selected popular films produced in that country during the last 70 years. By analyzing the images and motifs of these selected films, students will discuss the recurring themes and concerns as expressed by the Chinese filmmakers and seek connection between these visual manifestations and the nation’s modern history.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 365 - Modern Japan

    Units: 3
    Japanese History from the mid 19th Century to the present with special attention to the interplay between traditional institutions and modernization, and to the expansion of Japan.

  
  • HIST 367 - Women in China

    Units: 3
    Survey of women’s history in traditional China with an emphasis on the late imperial period (16th to 18th centuries). Students will read Western feminist theories together with historical records on Chinese women. The objectives of the class are: 1 to critically evaluate the universalistic claims of Western theories; 2 to learn how to ask new questions about Chinese women; (3) to gain an understanding of the ways Chinese women actually experienced their lives; and (4) to examine issues related to feminism and women’s studies from a comparative perspective.

  
  • HIST 369 - Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

    Units: 3
    An exploration of Southeastern Asia and its cultural and political response to European expansion into Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Indo-China, and the Philippines.

  
  • HIST 370 - Early African History

    Units: 3
    Part I survey of African history discusses the culture expressed through the lives of the elite and the ordinary people, art and literature, and the ritual and belief systems of the African civilizations from the earliest times to 1800. Specific issues include the invention of agricultures, art and oral literature as historical records, centralization of state and urbanization and commerce, observance of religious and ritual ceremonies, and the impact of all these developments. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 270.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 371 - Modern African History

    Units: 3
    Part II survey of African history examines the political, socio-economic, and cultural issues in Africa (particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa) from 1800 to the present. Issues considered include Africa’s increasing economic and political transformation before European intrusion, colonial occupation and African resistance, African response to colonial overrule, and the coming of independence and Africa’s challenges in world affairs. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 271.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 374 - Africa Under European Imperialism 1880-1975

    Units: 3
    Studies European imperialism in Africa and its political, economic, and socio-cultural impact. Emphasizes the various theories about imperialism, including Marxist, dependency, and modernist theories, especially pertaining to the motives, policies, and legacies of the colonial imperialist activities.

  
  • HIST 375 - African Nationalism and Independence

    Units: 3
    Explores the rise of African nationalism since the 1940s, and the course of Africa’s regaining of independence. Pays specific attention to the leading personalities in the struggle for independence and their nationalist philosophies. The political, economic, and cultural challenges of African nationalism today, such as disunity and conflicts and the poor state of the economy and education, will also be examined.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 379 - Africa and the World in the 20th Century

    Units: 3
    Thematic rather than a chronological study of Africa and the world in the 20th Century. Focuses on select global themes such as Pan-Africanism, communism, the Cold War, and the United Nations organization, and explores how they have variously influenced the course of African history.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
  
  • HIST 380 - The Middle East, 600 to 1700 C.E.

    Units: 3
    Explores the history of the region from the rise of Islam to the eighteenth century. Emphasizes the social and cultural background and circumstances of the rise of Islam; the formation and development of the early caliphate; the rise of Islamic successor states; the age of Ottoman and Safavid “gunpowder” empires; forms of cultural expression, such as art and literature; the role of women and ethnic and religious minorities, and the integration of the Middle East into an emerging world system.

  
  • HIST 381 - Comparative French Colonialism: From the Caribbean to Indochina

    Units: 3
    Compares French colonialism in a variety of contexts, such as Haiti, Algeria, and Vietnam. Examines the perspectives of the colonizers and the colonized, using works of colonial theory, history, literature, and film. Explores the economic, cultural, political, and social aspects of French colonialism, from the eighteenth century to the present.

  
  • HIST 382 - Travel and Contact in the Early Modern World

    Units: 3
    Examines encounters between people from different cultures in the early modern period (approximately 1500-1800). Students will read travel and captivity narratives, along with scholarly analyses of travel and of intercultural contact. Focuses on how cultural differences were regarded and managed by different peoples and different states.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 383 - Women and Jewish History

    Units: 3
    What was it like to be both a woman and a member of a minority group, in the diverse locales where Jews have lived? Examines the experiences of Jews in various parts of the world by focusing on the lives of women, using several historical case studies. Also covers important themes and changes affecting Jewish history, such as religious tradition, emancipation, assimilation, anti-Semitism, immigration, Zionism, the Holocaust, and feminism.

  
  • HIST 384 - Women and Gender in the Middle East

    Units: 3
    Examines the history of women and gender in the region from the rise of Islam to the present. Emphasizes historiographical approaches; the roles of women in early Islamic societies and later empires; issues concerning class, ethnicity, and religion; work, marriage, and family; colonialism, nationalism, and modernity; and women’s participation in twentieth-century social and political movements. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300 F. Meets major requirements in women’s history.

  
  • HIST 385 - Middle East, 1700-Present

    Units: 3
    Explores the history of the region from the eighteenth century to the present. Begins with the question of imperial decline and investigates the cultural and political responses of Middle Eastern societies to the challenges of European colonialism and imperialism; the emergence of nationalism and nation-state building; and modern social, political, intellectual, and religious movements. Emphasis on the historical background and development of contemporary issues, such as revolution, Islamism, women’s rights, and globalization.

  
  • HIST 386 - Haiti and World History

    Units: 3
    Covers Haitian history from Columbus’s arrival to the present. Studies Haiti under French colonialism, during the Haitian Revolution, and after independence. Focuses on the multiple challenges that Haiti faced after independence, from internal struggles to international hostility. Gives special attention to Haiti in the twenty-first century and to issues of globalization and development. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for HIST 300 -6.

  
  • HIST 387 - History of the United Nations

    Units: 3
    Focuses on the creation and development of the United Nations as an international actor since 1945. Includes: UN as successor to League of Nations; creation of UN and UN system; development of UN missions (e.g., peacekeeping, human rights); the international Cold War; international politics of de-colonization and the Non-Aligned movement. Provides a critical examination of analysis of the claims and behavior of the UN over time.

  
  • HIST 388 - History of War in Modern Society

    Units: 3
    War has been one of the greatest agents of change in world history, and it has shaped irrevocably the world in which we live. This course explores modern war and the idea of war since the late 18th Century and focuses on the transition in the 20th Century to the realities of both “total” wars and “world” wars, and considers the role of war in modern state-building, in social movements and institutions, and in intellectual and artistic expression. An important aspect involves a consideration of the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural history of war, including the development of the ethics of war in an international context. This is not a course in military history.

    Satisfies GE area: CC
  
  • HIST 390 - Science and Technology in U.S. History

    Units: 3
    Considers the interaction of science and technology with the historical development of the United States, from Franklin’s experiments with electricity to the computer revolution in Silicon Valley, including discussions of the impact of Darwinism, the influence of electrical, communication, and transportation systems on our society, and the innovations in physics, biochemistry, and earth science that shape our weaponry, our medicine, and our interaction with the environment.

    Satisfies GE area: DD
 

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