All Courses
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CS-20-Python Application Programming-M1L-23662
This is an introductory programming course intended to provide fundamental skills in creating and organizing maintainable Python programs. It enables people working primarily on non-computing domains (Natural Sciences, Linguistics, IT Operations) to use domain specific software libraries for exploratory computing, data analysis, and data visualization. Students will also gain exposure to tools commonly used to manage their development environment, share work products, and organize tools and libraries.
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HIST-3B-MOD WORLD HIST: 1500-PRESENT-L1-21876
This 100% ONLINE (ASYNCHRONOUS) course studies world history from the 1500s to the present. The course focuses on exploring the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that have shaped the historical development of the modern world and examines the impact of issues such as citizenship and sovereignty, class, gender, and race/ethnicity on world history and peoples around the world. Major themes this semester will include historical cause and effect and the difference between intended and unintended consequences. Specific emphasis is placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices to become more informed citizens and gain a deeper understanding of what has contributed to forming and shaping the modern world and the people in it.
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HIST-3A-WORLD HISTORY TO 1500-L1-21908
This 100% ONLINE (ASYNCHRONOUS) course studies world history from the beginnings of the world to 1500 CE (“Common Era”). Given the impossibility of covering such a huge topic, tens of thousands of years, the course focuses on large historical themes of political, economic, social, and cultural importance to seek to better understand the origin and development of different world civilizations and the early modern world. A major theme this semester will include historical cause and effect and the difference between intended and unintended consequences. Specific emphasis is placed on developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices to become more informed citizens of the world through an examination of early history to better understand what’s shaped the world and the people in it.
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HIST-2A-HIST EUROPEAN CIVIL-L1-21930
This 100% ONLINE course studies European history from the beginnings of human civilizations in and around Europe to the mid-1600s CE (“Common Era”). This is a history spanning such major eras as the Greeks, the Romans, the rise of monotheism in Europe, feudalism, the Renaissance, European exploration, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the rise of states. Major themes we focus on include the social, cultural, political, and economic factors influencing the development of European peoples and the class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding religion, philosophy, and art as they influenced the development of early European civilizations. Specific emphasis will be placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking skills and practices through an examination of early history to better understand the world today and the people in it. Course & Student Learning Objectives: --Demonstrate the ability to interpret primary and secondary sources and to compose an evidence-based argument. --Analyze and evaluate the concept of “civilization” and its historical significance in world history. --Analyze changes in political, social, and economic organization in Early Europe and explain their historical significance. --Explain the historical significance of major discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements in Early Europe. --Explain the historical significance of art, architecture, and literature in Early Europe.
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HIST-19-HIST OF CALIFORNIA-L1-22169
This 100% ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS LATE-START 8-WEEK course surveys California history from the beginnings of known human settlement in what is now California to the present. Major themes will surround the social, cultural, political, and economic factors impacting California and Californians from before colonization to U.S. western expansion to California and globalization. The class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding citizenship and community, race/ethnicity, gender, and class as it has impacted California and special attention is given to California’s emergence as a diverse and multicultural state and world power in its own right. Specific emphasis is placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices to become more informed citizens and gain a deeper understanding of the culture, politics, economics, and societies that have shaped California.
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HIST-2B-HIST EUROPEAN CIVIL-L1-23792
This 100% ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS 8-WEEK LATE-START COURSE surveys modern European history from c. 1660 to the present. The course examines the development of Europe from just after the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and into the modern world to the present. Major themes will include the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that contributed to the historical development of modern Europe. The class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding religion, politics, and art and ideas as they impacted European, and world, cultures and societies and we’ll also discuss issues of race, class, ethnicity, and gender with special attention paid to how and why Europe influenced conceptions of “civilization” and the “west” in modern history and different elements of that legacy. Emphasis is also placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices to become more informed citizens of the world and to gain a deeper understanding of different aspects of European culture, politics, and society.