History Course Descriptions

DEPT	NUMBER	COURSE TITLE	UNITS	COURSE DESCRIPTION
HISTORY	48	HISTORY INTERNATIONAL FIELD STUDIES	1.0 to 3.0 Units	HIST 48 provides college credit to study history in foreign countries under the direction of a Glendale College instructor. Travel and studies are at the student's own expense for programs provided by agencies approved in advance by the College. Note: This course may be taken four times; a maximum of 12 units may be earned. Each repetition must be in a different country and/or area of the world. Lecture 1-3 hours. Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU
HISTORY	49	HISTORY INDEPENDENT STUDY	1.0 to 3.0 Units	HIST 49 provides independent exploration in history to familiarize students with research techniques, career options, and special academic interests in history. Emphasis shall be on individual research projects, library research, and/or preparation of research papers. There is no prescribed course content. Students develop and complete a research project approved by the sponsoring instructor and division chairperson. Note: Registration is open to any student at GCC who is currently registered for six or more units and who is admitted to Independent Study by the instructor. A student is limited to one Independent Study per semester and no more than 12 units credit toward the AA Degree or Certificate, and no more than six units per division. The units received may be acceptable for college transfer subject to the approval of the individual college. This course may be taken 3 times; a maximum of 9 units may be earned. Laboratory 3-9 hours. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in 6 or more units. Transfer Credit: CSU
HISTORY	101	WORLD HISTORY TO 1500	3.0 Units	HIST 101 is an introductory course to world history from the Paleolithic period to approximately 1500 CE (Common Era). Students learn how the development of human ideas, arts and institutions influenced the creation and maintenance of major civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the Indus River valley, the Aegean and Mediterranean regions, and China and the Americas. Students learn the impact of migration and settlement patterns upon geographic regions and understand how religion, philosophy, and technology influenced the human experience. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed HIST 140 prior to Fall 2022. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC. (C-ID HIST 150)
HISTORY	102	WORLD HISTORY FROM 1500 TO PRESENT	3.0 Units	HIST 102 is an introductory course to world history from the 1500s CE (Common Era) to the present. Students learn how the development of human ideas, arts, and institutions influenced the growth of medieval and modern societies. Students learn the impact of various historical forces (cultural, social, economic, political, and geographical) to the rise of the modern world. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed HIST 141 prior to Fall 2022. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC. (C-ID HIST 160)
HISTORY	103	HISTORY OF EARLY LATIN AMERICA	3.0 Units	HIST 103 surveys Latin America from colonization to independence. Students explore the following topics: the imposition of European civilization in Latin America, the development of the different colonies, colonial institutions, European empires' attempts to monopolize Latin American territories, and the wars of independence. Special attention is given to the short and long-term effects of colonization. The course ends with an introduction to Decolonial Theory. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	104	HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA	3.0 Units	HIST 104 is a general survey of 19th and 20th Century Latin American history. Students focus on the political, economic, and social development of Latin America. In addition, the course offers an historical review of U.S. - Latin America relations. The course is designed to acquaint students with the area's basic history to better appreciate and understand contemporary social and political change in Latin American societies. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	105	TWENTIETH CENTURY CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	3.0 Units	HIST 105 is an introductory course focusing on the contemporary political, economic, and social history in Central America and the Caribbean. Students focus on the 20th century, with particular attention given to the role and impact of United States policy in the region. This class discusses race, gender, ethnicity, and social class in Central America and the Caribbean. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	106	HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE	3.0 Units	HIST 106 surveys major political, social, ideological, and economic developments in Russia from the 10th century to the present. Students learn about the Romanov Empire, 19th-century political movements and reforms, early 20th-century revolutions, and the USSR and its collapse. Other regional and international issues involving Russia will also be explored. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	111	WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY	3.0 Units	HIST 111 is a survey of the history of women in America from the colonial period to the present with emphasis on relevant political, economic and social factors. Traditional roles of women as affected by race, ethnicity, and class are analyzed in terms of literary images, popular culture, and stereotypes. The efforts of women to change their traditional roles are examined along with the attitudes and prejudices they encountered from both sexes in their efforts to bring about change. In addition, women's contributions to various wars, reform movements, religious crusades, and the women's rights movements are examined in the context of American history to establish the real contributions women have made to this country. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	113	HISTORY OF MEXICO	3.0 Units	HIST 113 is an introduction to major themes in the history of Mexico from the colonial era to the present. Students explore the social, political, and economic conditions in Mexico. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	115	REBELLIOUS WOMEN IN MODERN AMERICA	3.0 Units	HIST 115 investigates the legal, economic, political and social issues surrounding the dramatic transformation of gender relations in contemporary society. Topics included are women's private lives, public, and political roles, and the public policy that has affected women's lives. The course focuses on leaders of the Women's Movement in the United States who worked to change laws, open doors to new occupations, and create and influence new institutions, as well as old ones. Using biography, primary sources documents, and socio-historical studies, the course focuses on women in the 1940s, then moves forward into the Women's Movement of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and the conservative react ions to the movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	116	ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES	3.0 Units	HIST 116 is a history of the economic development of the United States from its settlement to the present. Topics include: War of Independence, early national development, institution of slavery, regionalism, reconstruction, labor, the industrial revolution, American internationalism, and growth of service industries. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed ECON 111. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	117	UNITED STATES HISTORY 1550-1877	3.0 Units	HIST 117 is a survey course that looks in depth at United States history from the Colonial Period to Reconstruction. The English colonies, the Revolutionary War, the Constitution, the New Nation, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy, slavery and the antebellum South, Civil War, and Reconstruction are all examined. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID HIST 130)
HISTORY	118	UNITED STATES HISTORY 1865-PRESENT	3.0 Units	HIST 118 is a survey course that looks in depth at United States history from the Reconstruction period to the present. The Reconstruction period, the Gilded Age, Populism and Progressivism, Imperialism, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, Watergate, and the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Obama years, as well as contemporary Twenty-first-century developments, are examined. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID HIST 140)
HISTORY	119	HISTORY OF EAST ASIA ANTIQUITY-1800	3.0 Units	HIST 119 introduces students to East Asian civilization from antiquity through the nineteenth century. Primary emphasis is placed on China and Japan's political, religious, social, and economic development, with some attention on Korea and Southeast Asia. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	120	HISTORY OF EAST ASIA 1800-PRESENT	3.0 Units	HIST 120 is a general survey of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia in the international community from the nineteenth century to the present. Students learn about the impact of Western culture and the major political and social movements of the twentieth century, Nationalism, and Communism. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	121	ARMENIAN HISTORY	3.0 Units	HIST 121 introduces students to the history of the Armenian people from ethnogenesis to the present. Topics include the Artashesian, Arshaguni, Bagratid, and Cilician kingdoms; Armenia under the domination of Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Mongol, Turkish, and Russian empires; the religious and cultural heritage of the Armenian people; the emergence of the Armenian Question in the 19th Century; World War I and the Armenian Genocide; the first Republic of Armenia and international treaties up to 1923; Soviet Armenia; the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; re-establishment of an independent Armenian Republic in 1991 and its international relations in the 21st century. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	122	CALIFORNIA HISTORY	3.0 Units	HIST 122 is a survey of the discovery, exploration, and settlement of California. Students are introduced to topics including the development of particular political, economic, and social institutions in addition to California's relationships with the United States and the rest of the world. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	131	A HISTORY OF AFRICA SINCE 1800	3.0 Units	HIST 131 surveys Africa's development from 1800 to the present. Students explore themes such as colonization and underdevelopment, neo-colonialism, nationalism, and African independence movements. Case studies of individual African countries are used to analyze the various themes. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	132	HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES	3.0 Units	HIST 132 examines the geographical, cultural, and historical realities of the Philippines from the Spanish colonial period until the present. The course emphasizes to students the past and present U.S.-Philippine relations and the contemporary social, economic, and political situation in the Philippines. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	133	HISTORY OF SCIENCE	3.0 Units	HIST 133 is a seminar, colloquial-style discussion that examines the forces in history that led to the development of the scientific method and the relevance of the idea of Scientific Revolutions. Students explore the development of science in Western civilization. Topics include how science is impacted by socio-political developments, race, and gender while presenting an overview of key turning points such as the Copernican Revolution, the Newtonian Revolution, the Darwinian Revolution, Pasteur and the medical revolution, and the Einstein Revolution. Take this course to understand how major shifts in scientific thinking have shaped modern industrialized society and its culture. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	135	THE VIETNAM WAR AND CULTURAL LEGACIES	3.0 Units	HIST 135 examines the history of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century and the legacies of the Vietnam War up to the present. The course surveys the histories of Chinese influence in the region, French colonialism, and the different phases of U.S. commitment. It studies wartime experiences on the U.S. home front, the Cold War conflict and rivalry, and decolonization across the world. The course also explores how Vietnam continues to influence the U.S. as shown in its foreign policy and subsequent wars, its political debates, and its popular culture. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	136	WAR: HISTORY CAUSES SOLUTIONS	3.0 Units	HIST 136 examines the history of war, including ancient warfare, the Middle Passage, the rise of modern war, and the development of total war. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we explore the immediate causes of war, including historical, economic, political, anthropological, sociological, and psychological. We will probe the moral and philosophical aspects of war, including the impact of war on civilians. We also explore solutions to war, including diplomacy, treaties, the United Nations, a one-world government, and the dismantling of nation-states. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	152	SOCIAL PROTEST IN THE 1960'S	3.0 Units	HIST 152 introduces students to the history of protest movements in the 1960s, focusing on the period 1954-1974. Students learn about the social conditions that gave rise to protest movements, the goals, internal dynamics, leadership, strategy and tactics used by these movements and the impact the various protest movements had on the society within which they existed. Particular emphasis is placed on an examination of the civil rights movements, the student movement, the anti-Vietnam movement, the minority empowerment movements, the women's movement and counter-culture. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	170	WESTERN CIVILIZATION I	3.0 Units	HIST 170 studies the growth of Western European civilization from the decline of the Roman Empire to the Reformation. It is an introduction to the study of history, giving a general perspective of the development of those political, economic, and social institutions that explain our present-day civilization. An attempt is made to orient the student's thinking to present world problems. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed HIST 101 prior to Fall 2021. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID HIST 170)
HISTORY	180	WESTERN CIVILIZATION II	3.0 Units	HIST 180 studies the growth of Western European civilization from absolutism to the present. It is an introduction to the study of history, giving a general perspective of the development of those political, economic, and social institutions that explain our present-day civilization. An attempt is made to orient the student's thinking to present world problems. Note: Students who have taken HIST 109 will receive only 1 unit for HIST 102. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed HIST 102 prior to Fall 2021. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID HIST 180)
HISTORY	102H	HONORS WORLD HISTORY FROM 1500 TO PRESENT	3.0 Units	HIST 102H is an introductory course to world history from the 1500s CE (Common Era) to the present. Students learn how the development of human ideas, arts, and institutions influenced the growth of medieval and modern societies. Students learn the impact of various historical forces (cultural, social, economic, political, and geographical) to the rise of the modern world. The honors course is enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. The course has an increased responsibility for students leading class discussions and facilitating group activities inside and outside the classroom. 2. Writing assignments are focused on critical thinking, the interpretation of primary sources, and the application of historical concepts. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed HIST 141H prior to Fall 2022. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC. (C-ID HIST 160)
HISTORY	111H	HONORS WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY	3.0 Units	HIST 111H is a survey of the history of women in America from the colonial period to the present with emphasis on relevant political, economic and social factors. Traditional roles of women as affected by race, ethnicity, and class are analyzed in terms of literary images, popular culture, and stereotypes. The efforts of women to change their traditional roles are examined along with the attitudes and prejudices they encountered from both sexes in their efforts to bring about change. In addition, women's contributions to various wars, reform movements, religious crusades, and the women's rights movements are examined in the context of American history to establish the real contributions women have made to this country. The honors course is enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Students have an increased responsibility for leading class discussions and facilitating group activities inside and outside the classroom. 2. Writing assignments are focused on critical thinking, the interpretation of primary sources, and the application of historical concepts. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL 100 or ESL 151. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HISTORY	118H	HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY 1865 - PRESENT	3.0 Units	HIST 118H is a survey course that looks in depth at United States history from the Reconstruction period to the present. The Reconstruction period, the Gilded Age, Populism and Progressivism, Imperialism, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, Watergate, and the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Obama years, as well as contemporary Twenty-first-century developments, are examined. The honors course is enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Students have an increased responsibility for leading class discussions and facilitating group activities inside and outside the classroom. 2. Writing assignments are focused on critical thinking, the interpretation of primary sources, and the application of historical concepts. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID HIST 140)
HISTORY	133H	HONORS HISTORY OF SCIENCE	3.0 Units	HIST 133H is a seminar, colloquial-style discussion that examines the forces in history that led to the development of the scientific method and the relevance of the idea of Scientific Revolutions. Students explore the development of science in Western civilization. Topics include how science is impacted by socio-political developments, race, and gender while presenting an overview of key turning points such as the Copernican Revolution, the Newtonian Revolution, the Darwinian Revolution, Pasteur and the medical revolution, and the Einstein Revolution. Take this course to understand how major shifts in scientific thinking have shaped modern industrialized society and its culture. The honors course is enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. Students complete additional readings from the geographic literature and answer additional test questions. 2. Additional homework assignments focused on critical thinking and geographic analysis. 3. Students complete an original, individual research project or paper and present the findings to the class. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL C1000, ENGL C1000E, or ENGL C1000H, or equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC