California Community Colleges System Courses

South Asian Civilization I

This course surveys South Asian history from the Indus Valley civilization to the Mughal Empire, offering an overview of the social, intellectual, cultural, political and economic patterns in the regi

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• Paid Course

History of Southeast Asia

This course surveys Southeast Asian history up to the present. It examines topics such as religion and cultural change; women and gender; colonialism, decolonization, and the Cold War; economic and en

• California Community Colleges System
• Paid Course

Modern Europe: 1914 to the Present

This course examines the domestic and global politics of and between European states since 1914, exploring such topics as nationalism, imperialism, totalitarianism, decolonization, migrations, and Eur

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• Paid Course

Jewish History

This course surveys the Jewish people and their history from biblical times to the present. The focus is on the development of major institutions, ideas, religious and cultural movements as well as th

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• Paid Course

Global Environmental History

This course surveys global environmental history from early human evolution to the present, focusing on the complex and consequential ways people have perceived, relied on, interacted with and been im

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• Paid Course

World Civilizations I

This course surveys world history from the rise of humanity to 1500, addressing human impact on the physical environment, the domestication of plants and animals, and the establishment of complex cult

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• Paid Course

World Civilizations II

This course surveys world history from 1500 to the present, addressing major developments that contributed to global change. A thematic and chronological approach will be used to examine the economic,

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• Paid Course

African History I

This course surveys the political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual activities of African civilizations from the emergence of humankind to the eve of colonial conquest. It addresses such

• California Community Colleges System
• Paid Course

African History II

This course surveys African history from the eve of 1900 to the present, addressing such topics as African resistance to conquest; experiences with colonialism; settler colonialism in southern Africa;

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• Paid Course

Native-American History

This course surveys Native-American history from earliest settlement to the present, addressing such topics as colonial-era interactions with Europeans, the development of U.S. Indian policy, and the

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• Paid Course

The Latina/o Experience in the United States

This course provides a comparative historical survey of the political, cultural, social, and economic experiences of Latinos/as in the United States, concentrating on major demographic groups. Topics

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• Paid Course

Mexican-American History

This course surveys the history of the US Southwest from Native-American settlement through the periods of foreign colonization and conquest to contemporary times. Focusing primarily on Mexican Americ

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• Paid Course

The Practice of History

This course presents an overview of historians’ methods of research, critical analysis, and written argumentation and introduces historiography and historical theory. Students will apply these methods

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• Paid Course

LGBTQ U.S. History

This course surveys LGBTQ US history from the pre-contact era to the present. It examines gender and sexuality, especially the emergence of gender ideologies and sexual identities, as they intersect w

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• Paid Course

The History of Women in American Culture

This course surveys the history of American women from diverse communities, from the fifteenth century through the modern women’s movement to the present. It addresses such topics as traditional gende

• California Community Colleges System
• Paid Course