Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
U.S. history from pre-colonial indigenous America to the late 19th century. Causes, variations, and impacts of colonialism on the indigenous African and European Americans. The movement toward national independence and the Revolutionary War will be examined. The constitution and resulting institutions will be analyzed. National expansion, reform and resulting regional/sectional social and political development through the U.S. Civil War. Regional social, economic, and political analysis will emphasize the California State Constitution and local government. This course uses the early evolution of the relationship between local, State and Federal government as a comparative framework for understanding contemporary relationships between local, State and Federal governments.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN HIST 8, CAN HIST SEQ B) (CC HIST 16) General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
U.S. history from the 19th century until contemporary times. Local, state and national historic development will be traced with emphasis placed on American Institutions and their role in the development of American culture. Special attention to U.S. urban and industrial processes; the country international role and resulting institutional developments. The role of class and ethnicity will be integrated with comparisons tracing Europeans, Indigenous,a ns African American experiences. Analysis of the role of technology in the formation of America. The evolution of contemporary local, State and Federal governments as they relate to politics, economics and social movements is addressed. The gradual movement toward full inclusion of all peoples of America under State and Federal Constitutional law is emphasized.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN HIST 10, CAN HIST SEQ B) (CC HIST 17) General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE: D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 50
Survey of social, economic, political, religious, intellectual, and cultural development of Western Civilization from the Neolithic to the Reformation. The course will emphasize a comparative approach to the study of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and classical Greece, as well as between Rome and Byzantium. The last part of the course will stress the rise of Western Europe during the Middle Ages up tp 1600, with special attention on its economic and political transformations. The development and expansion of the major monotheistic religious (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) will be central to this course.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN HIST 2) General Education: (MJC-GE:C) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Survey of the political, economic, social and cultural changes in the history of Western civilization from 17th century Absolutism to the present.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CAN HIST 4, CAN HIST SEQ A) Geneal Education: (MJC-GE:C) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
A comparative and interactive investigation and analysis of World Civilization as related to the development of the modern world. Five geographic regions surveyed include: North America, South America, Asia/Pacific Rim, Europe, and Africa. Students will become acquainted with the major events and significant trends in world history from antiquity to the sixteenth century. Historical methodologies and interpretations will be addressed through analysis of political, economic, technological, social and cultural commonalities and differences between civilizations. World civilizations examines issues relevant to understanding race, culture, ethnicity, class, gender, religion, disability and sexualities in human history.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HIST 13) (CAN HIST 14) General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:C2,D6) (IGETC:3B,4)
Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
A comparative and interactive investigation and analysis of World Civilization as related to the development of the modern world. Five geographic regions surveyed include: North America, South America, Asia/Pacific Rim, Europe, and Africa. Students will become acquainted with the major events and significant trends in world history from the sixteenth century to the modern time. Historical methodologies and interpretations will be addressed through analysis of political, economic, technological, social and cultural commonalities and differences between civilizations. World civilizations examines issues relevant to understanding race, culture, ethnicity, class, gender, religion, disability and sexualities in human history.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HIST 134) (CAN HIST 16) General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:C2,D) (IGETC:3B,4)
Explores the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the twentieth century United States history.
Transfer: CSU, UC General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended For Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
Examines the development of American society and culture prior to the 20th century. Specifically analyzes the formation and evolution of American social institutions in response to indigenous American and immigrating European and African cultures. Compares economic, political, technological and social interpretations of cultural transformation in America. Emphasis on the evolution of State and Federal government developments are analyzed in relation to political and social movements as a foundation for contemporary social activism.
Transfer: CSU, UC General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended for Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101. Also offered as ECON 115
Analysis of origins and development of business, labor and agriculture from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the federal government's part in the development and regulation of business, labor and agriculture; the government's role in the national economic process.
Transfer CSU, UC. General Education: (CSU-GE: D2,D6) (IGETC:4)
Review and evaluation of the roll of women in the United States and their contribution from the pre-colonial period to present viewed within the context of the United States and global experiences. The diversity of experience, according to socioeconomic class, ethnicity, religion, region, and sexual orientation, will be emphasized, including Native American Indian, African American, European American, Latina, and Asian American women in the United States history.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HIST 21). General Education: (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Recommended for Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
Specifically analyzes American political and economic institutions and their interaction with Latino/Chicano, African American, European and Asian American ethnicity's. Particular attention is given to various historic and contemporary civil and human rights movements. Critical evaluation of the developing role of local, State and Federal government in the inclusion of ethnic and gender participation. The gradual movement toward full protection of all peoples America under State and Federal constitutional law is emphasized. The effects of U.S. foreign and domestic policies on first and third world nations will be evaluated.
Transfer: CSU, UC. General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4)
Introduction to the history of Mexico from the pre-European conquest of Mesoamerica to the present. Emphasizes the social, political, economic, and cultural repercussions of the conquest of Mexico by Spain; the development of a Mexican identity during and after the colonial period; the causes, nature, and consequences of the wars for independence; the pains of nationhood; the modernization of Mexico during the rule of Porfiro Diaz; and the Mexican revolution and its aftermath. Special attention will be given to the issues of class, race, ethnicity, gender, and religion.
Transfer: CSU, UC. General Education: (CSU-GE:d3, D6) (IGETC:4)
A regional history of the frontier life in the trans-Mississippi west during the 19th century, including early exploration through the fur trade, territorial expansion, and the mining and farming frontier. Special emphasis is given to the contribution of Native Americans and Asian, African, Iberian, and Mexican cultures in shaping the character of the American West. (A-F or P/NP)
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HIST 55). General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D6) (IGETC:4F)
California from pre-Colonial times to the present. Includes social, economic, political and cultural topics. Special emphasis is given to the contribution of Native Americans and Asian, African, Iberian, and Mexican cultures in shaping the character of California.
Transfer; CSU, UC. (CC HIST 11). General education: (CSU-GE:D6)
Latin American history from the pre-conquest to the present; emphasizes changes and continuities in the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the continent. Examines issues of development and underdevelopment, ideas of race and ethnicity, relationship to the outside world, the construction of the nation-state, gender and social movements.
Transfer: CSU, UC. General Education: (CSU-GE;D3, D6) (IGETC: 4)
Recommended for Success: Satisfactory completion of ENGL 101
A political, economic, technological and social history of African-American culture from early African forms through late 19th century America. Specific analysis of complex relationships between European, indigenous American and African-American ethnic groups. This means frank inquiry into race, gender, and class disparities. Special emphasis on contributions to American society and culture by Black peoples. Comparisons of ethnic inclusion struggles and marginalization. Emphasis on the evolution of State and Federal constitutional government and the principles of ethnic parity, disparity, and inclusion. Contemporary and historic local, State, and Federal government developments are analyzed in relation to political and social movements as a foundation for contemporary activism for human rights, and economic justice.
Transfer: CSU, UC (CC HIST 20). General Education; (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D3,D6)
Recommended for Success: ENGL 101
A political, economic, technological, and social history of African Americans from the end of the 19th century through the early 21st century. Specific analysis of complex relationships between European American, Latino/Chicano Americans, and African American ethic groups. This means frank inquiry into ethic self determination ans inclusion are contrasted against institutional resistance and social marginalization. Emphasis on the evolution of State and Federal Constitutional government and the struggle for ethnic parity, disparity, and inclusion. Contemporary and historic local, State, and Federal government developments are analyzed in relation to political and social movements as a foundation for contemporary activism for human rights, and economic justice.
Transfer: CSU, UC. General Education: (MJC-GE:B) (CSU-GE:D3,D6) (IGETC:4)
