History

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• analyze the problematic concept of "the West" and demonstrate a critical understanding of European Civilization, incorporating multiple perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain the historical significance of cultural developments such as art, literature, architecture, music, and religion to 1550.
• explain the historical significance of major European and Mediterranean discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements to 1550.
• analyze changes in economic, social, and political organization in the western world, including political ideologies, and explain their historical significance.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• analyze the problematic concept of "the West" and demonstrate a critical understanding of European Civilization, incorporating multiple perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain the historical significance of cultural developments such as art, literature, architecture, music, and religion from 1500 to the present.
• explain the historical significance of major European discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements from 1500 to the present.
• analyze changes in economic, social, and political organization in Europe, including political ideologies, and explain their historical significance.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• explain the development of world civilizations incorporating perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain major social, political, economic, technological, and scientific developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance to 1500 CE.
• analyze the ways human groups have interacted through trade, warfare, migration, and biological exchange and how these developments have been affected by and have in turn affected the natural environment.
• compare broad patterns of cultural change and exchange within complex societies and across regions, including cultural developments such as religion, philosophy, art, music, literature, and architecture.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• explain the development of world civilizations incorporating perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain major social, political, economic, technological, and scientific developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance from 1500 to the present.
• analyze the ways human groups have interacted through trade, warfare, migration, and biological exchange and how these developments have been affected by and have in turn affected the natural environment.
• compare broad patterns of cultural change and exchange within complex societies and across regions, including cultural developments such as religion, philosophy, art, music, literature, and architecture.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• explain the development of U.S. History incorporating perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain the major American social, cultural, economic, technological, and scientific developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance.
• describe America’s growth in a global context, and analyze the major political trends, attitudes, conflicts, and events—including both mainstream and reform efforts—and explain their historical significance.
• explain the philosophical reasoning, the federal concept, and the democratic ideology in the development of the Constitution.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• explain the development of U.S. History incorporating perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain the major American social, cultural, economic, technological, and scientific developments, their causes and effects, and their historical significance.
• describe America’s growth in a global context, and analyze the major political trends, attitudes, conflicts, and events—including both mainstream and reform efforts—and explain their historical significance.
• describe the role of California state and local government and its impact on the nation as a whole.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• develop and acquire information literacy competency skills necessary to conduct basic research of historical documents, publications, and references.
• compose historical writing assignments reflecting written expression competency at the college composition level.
• critically analyze the chronology of events that make up our country’s past to understand change and/or continuity and cause and/or effect in history.
• embody historical empathy by judging the past on its own terms and use that knowledge to understand contemporary issues.
• demonstrate an understanding of U.S. history through multiple analytical categories such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, and growth in a global context.
• demonstrate an understanding of the impact of California on the nation as a whole.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the information literacy skills necessary to conduct basic historical research and compose historical writing assignments at the college composition level;
• explain how political, economic, social, and cultural factors have shaped human interactions with and management of the North American environment;
• analyze cultural encounters and conflicts between distinct societies with an emphasis on colonization (including the demographic impacts of disease) and westward expansion, as well as divergent and competing economic ideologies, land-use, and maritime practices;
• identify key authors who helped reshape American attitudes towards the natural world and analyze how these works employed philosophical, scientific, gendered, racial, political, economic, and/or demographic approaches in their interpretations and arguments;
• explain and analyze the environmental impacts of historically significant commodities and industrialization, along with the origins of campaigns or movements to ameliorate those impacts: for conservation, preservation, public health, and environmental justice--with special emphasis on the work of women and non-white activists to protect the most vulnerable people and wildlife from an increasingly toxic environment;
• explain and evaluate the emergence of a stronger environmental consciousness beginning in the late twentieth century (with such developments as Earth Day, Ecofeminism, Wilderness and Wildlife Protection Acts and other state and federal environmental regulations);
• demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to analyze historical trends (such as climate change) which hold implications for the future.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• develop skills in historical analysis, synthesis, and interpretation as well as a comprehension of literacy competency skills necessary to conduct basic research of historical documents, publications, and references.
• compose historical writing assignments demonstrating written expression competency at the college composition level.
• analyze and explain the contributions and significance of various groups of women to America’s political, economic and social systems, evaluating how women’s perspective and experience fits into the overall narrative of U.S. history.
• analyze events or controversies in U.S. Women’s History from several historical perspectives including race, ethnicity, or social class.
• define racism and sexism, and use these definitions to analyze the social, political, and economic status of women throughout U.S. history.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• assess the political, economic, social, and cultural evolution of California from the settlement of the first humans to the present, evaluating the historical origins and experiences of California’s multicultural society.
• compare and contrast selected ethnic and cultural groups (including, but not limited to Native American, African-American, Latin-American, and Asian-American populations), evaluating intercultural contact (including intercultural families) and intercultural conflict with special emphasis placed on the importance of race, ethnicity and gender.
• critically assess the role that ethnocentrism has played in California history, especially since the nineteenth century.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to conduct basic research of historical documents and publications, interpret primary and secondary sources, and utilize academic citations and formatting.
• demonstrate the ability to compose arguments, which evaluate evidence from historical sources and synthesize this evidence in support of a thesis statement and argumentative claims, reflecting writing competency at the college composition level.
• demonstrate an understanding of French history incorporating perspectives of race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
• explain the major French economic, technological, and scientific developments and their historical significance.
• demonstrate an understanding of France’s growth in a global context, and analyze the major political trends, attitudes, conflicts, and events—including both mainstream and reform efforts—and explain their historical significance.
• describe the different styles of architecture and artistic movements in France.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply industry knowledge and theoretical concepts in a field of study or career as written in the minimum 3 learning objectives created by the student and his/her employer or work site supervisor at the start of the course.
• manage personal career plans and decision making using industry & workforce information and online resources.
• behave professionally and ethically, exhibit adaptability, initiative, self-awareness and self-management as needed.
• exhibit effective communication, collaboration, and leadership skills at work with consideration to workplace dynamics and social and diversity awareness.
• demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills as they apply to the workplace.