HIST 382 - California and the World

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; US-3
From c. 15,000 BCE to present. Significance in international and national histories; environmental, cultural, and social diversity; economic development and conflict; migrations and immigration; urbanization and suburbanization; land ownership and use; history of legal and political rights; social movements.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences, American Institutions/Code US-3
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand the nature of historical inquiry;
Understand, evaluate and critique historical arguments;
Competently discuss and write about important ideas, events, and themes in history of CA;
Write well-constructed essays with the careful use of evidence;
Understand the historical developments that continue to shape CA society of the present.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

US-3. California Government Learning Outcomes

Describe the role of California’s Constitution in state and local government;
Explain the place of California’s Constitution in the evolution of federal-state relations;
Describe the political processes that enable cooperation and conflict resolution between state and/or local governments and the federal government.