COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Department ofHistory and Geography
103, 104 BASIC SPANISH FOR HEALTH PERSONNEL (4, 4; Basic skills in Spanish with emphasis on communicoting in health-related terms. Offered when demand Is sufficient for a class of 20 students. 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH :4_\ Advanced grammar, composition, increased facility in reading and conversation. five hours each week. Either semester. 310, 311 ADVANCED SPANISH (3, 3) Advanced work in reading, wntrng and conversation. Prerequ1- sIte: 201 or equivalent 401, 402 SURVEY OF SPANISH AMERICAN LIIERATURE /3, 31 Asurvey of literature of Hispanic Amenco to modern times; reading and discussion of outstanding literary works and move ments. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisites: 310, 311 or equiv alent and consent of instructor. Alternate years. 403, 404 SURVEY Of SPANISH LITERATURE '.3, 31 A survey of the literature of Spain from earliest times to present; reading and discussion of the outstanding literary works and movements. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisites: 310,311 or equivalent. Alternate years. 407 THE SPANISH AMERICAN NOVEL ;3; Representatrve novels of Spanish Amer1co; emphasis on chor actenstics and styles; literary movements and influences. Prereq uisites: 401, 402. Alternate years. 408 HISPANIC THEATER (31 Significont works of the drama of Spain and Latin Amenca. Prerequisites: 401, 402. Alternate years. 411 LITERATURA DEL SIGLO XIX '.3 Representative works of Larro, Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Clarin, Unamuno, Azorin, Baro10 Prerequisites: 403, 404. Alternate years. 412 CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LITERATURE ,3) Current literature and developing trends. Prerequisites: 403, 404. Alternate years. 480 DIRECTED RESEARCH {1-3) lndivrdual research and wrrting for advanced students by speoal arrangement. Prereqursites: senior standing and consent (students must have taken 401, 402, 403 and 404 or equiv alents). May be repeated with drfferent content.
I00 WEST AND THE WORLD '4 Highlights In the development of Western civilization from its foundatmns in the ancient Middle East to the present. Exominatron of the cultural contributions mode in the arts, soences, govern ment and religion and their influence on the history of the Western World. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion. Alternate route for meeting History 100 requirement is Humanities 230. 100IP WEST AND THE WORLD (41 Content of History 100, but specifically designed for the 1nternationol or minority student with special emphasis on cross cultural aspects of civilization from an international perspective. 110 THEMES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION {12) Special topics and themes in Western c1v1lization to include: History and the Biblical Record; Shapers of the Western Heritage; Turning Points in History. 200 UNITED STATES HISTORY ,_4) Growth and development of United Stoles from its colonial foundations to present. Assessment of influence of Puntons, colonial experience, the Constitution, notional and sectional ten sions. Civil War, immigration, industrialization, urbonizot1on, twen tieth century wars and an expansive economy in shaping the American n11nd and Amencan international relations. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion. Meets the requirements for United States Constitution for California teacher certification. 210 THEMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY '1-2) Sections offered each semester in such areas as: The Amencon West, The Immigration Expenence, Response to lndustrializatmn, The City in Contemporary United States of Amenca, Ethnic Minority Groups, Women in Amencan History, United States and Global Interdependence. Moy be repeated with different content. 300 THE BLACK AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (3) An histor1Col examination of the blacks' experience beginning with the Afr1con kingdoms, slave trade, slavery in the New World, emancipot1on during the Civil Wor, and the search and struggle for equality, to the present. 304 ANCIENT NEAR EAST (3: Astudy of the culture of the Ancient Near East with emphasis on history, literature, religion and the modes of thought Attention Is given to cultural preparation for the biblicol fmth. 305 ENGLISH HISTORY '31 Survey of British history from the Anglo-Saxon period ta contemporary times; emphasis on soool, intellectual, religious and palitrcal developments. 306 STUDIES IN BRITISH HISTORY ,3) Permd and thematlC studies in Bnt1sh history to include. Tudor Stuart England, Victorian England, Empire and Commonwealth, Religious History of England, British Politics and the English Middle Closs. 307 THE COLONIAL ERA AND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1607-1800 ,3) Setttement and growth of the Anglo-Amencan civilization; the Amencan Revolution; development of the United Stoles Constrtu lion; g1awth of political, economic, social and religious institutions to 1800 308 AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1800-1877 3; Nationalism and the growth of sec tmnolism; reform move ments; Manifest Destiny; disruption of American democracy, Civil Wor and political reconstruction to 1877.
Dietrich Buss, Ph.D., Chair Faculty Professor: D. Buss, Wilshire Associate Professors: Carden, Young Assistant Professor: Harrison
Objectives: Department objectives are to in crease the general knowledge in and understanding of history, to encourage onolyticol thinking in dealing with historical problems, including the relationship of Christianity to culture, to enhance proficiency in research and writing, and to stimulate interest in the reading of literature bearing on the discipline_ Offer ings in geography ore designed to develop under standing of and appreciation for the physical and culturol londscopes. Emphasis is on regional studies. Those interested in acquiring abackground in phys ical geography are urged to toke physical science and geography survey l O 1. History Department Major: 30 units beyond the general educotion requirement, of which 24 must be upper division including 327, 480 or 490 and 491. Politico! science 200 is required as o supporting course. Concentration of 12 units of course work in one of the following areas: Asian Civilization, Civilization of the Americos or European Civilizot1on. History majors preparing for graduate school should include a foreign language in their program with advice of the department Department Minor: 18 units beyond the general educot1on requirements, of which 12 must be upper d1v1s1on. The student is advised to take at least 12 units in one area of concentration. History Honors Program: This program is designed •or senior h1 ;tory majors who desire to undertake oyear-long inde pendent research project under an individual professor, culminating in an honors thesis. Students who are afew units short of senior standing may petrtion the chairman far admission into the Honors Program. Students entering the program must hove 15 units of upper d1vis1on history. History moIors with adepartmental grade point average of 35 or better are eligible. Candidates for honors will be required to meet all history moIar requirement s: the program will count os six units of work see 490, 491 ). Ahistory deportment Honors Award monetary prize: will be given annually for the outstanding thesis California Teaching Credential: To qualify for asecondary teaching credential in history, the program must be tailored to meet guidelines for teacher educotion. See the history department for speofics.
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