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Fully Online Class (OF) An online course offering in which all class sessions and exams are presented in an online environment. If a course meets at a specified time…
Program: American Indian Studies
The American Indian Studies Program seeks to promote an understanding of American Indian history, cultures and tribal sovereignty with a focus on Southern California tribes, urban American Indians and other indigenous peoples in a global context. The program seeks to revise Western knowledge of the history and culture of the United States to include American …
Minor in Central American Studies
A minor in Central American Studies consists of 18 units.
CAS 410. The Central American Child (3)
to Central American learning styles. Moreover, it will identify the national structures of culture, racism, economics and social policy, and their impacts on the local dynamics within the Central American…
PHIL 317. History of American Philosophy (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. An introduction to the history of American philosophy with an emphasis on American pragmatism and its intellectual precursors, especially in Native-…
HIST 441. The Second World War (3)
inside the conference room where Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill discussed the future of the world. Ride along with an American GI crossing the Rhine and a Soviet “night witch” female…
AFRS 367. African American Social Movements (3)*
and apply them to the African American experience. Theories that promulgate non-violent direct action, the use of violence and other non-systemic activity will be assessed within the context of African…
CAS 311. The Central American Diaspora (3)
of immigration, employment, income, education, gender, family, language, national identity, acculturation and political participation will be examined. Discussion of Central American diaspora communities in other parts of the world also…
CAS 440. Research Seminar on Central American Culture (3-3)
Preparatory: Upper division standing; 6 units in Central American Studies, including CAS 201. Techniques and practice of the critical analysis of culture. Develop and implement a comparative research project…
CAS 421. Central American Literature Seminar (3)
Examines Central American literary traditions with emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries. Focuses on the aesthetic proposals, the historical and political context in which Central American literature is…