All Courses
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HIST-3B-MOD WORLD HIST: 1500-PRESENT-L2-24929
Modern World History is a HYBRID 10 WEEK introductory survey course covering world history from the 1500s CE to the present. Topics include exploration, colonization and imperialism, industrialization, revolution, world wars, decolonization, and globalization. The course focuses on political, economic, social, and cultural factors that have influenced the historical development of the modern world and explores how major issues such as race/ethnicity, class, and gender have impacted and continue to impact world history. Specific emphasis is placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices through an examination of modern world history and interesting, fun, and engaging class experiences. Students with questions or concerns should please contact the instructor Blake Johnson at bsjohnson@peralta.edu.
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HIST-7A-HIST/U.S. TO 1877-L6-24930
This is a HYBRID (meets in class every week and has an online component every week) and ACCELERATED 10 week introductory survey course of North American and United States history from the period of European colonization through the era of U.S. Reconstruction following the Civil War. The course will primarily examine the migration of peoples from Europe and Africa to North America, their interactions with Amerindians, and the formation of new societies in various regions. Major themes will surround the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that contributed to the growth of the U.S. nation. The class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding race, class, ethnicity, and gender with special attention being paid to the unique relationship between freedom and slavery. Specific emphasis is placed on students developing historical understanding as well as critical thinking and creative thinking skills and practices through an examination of early United States history and interesting, fun, and engaging online class experiences. Students with questions or concerns should please contact the instructor Blake Johnson at bsjohnson@peralta.edu.
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HIST-7B-HIST/U.S. SINCE 1865-L5-24931
This is an ONLINE HYBRID 8 WEEK introductory survey course of United States history from the end of the Civil War to the present STARTING FEBRUARY 5 . Major course themes will surround the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that contributed to the growth of the U.S. nation on both the domestic and international levels. The class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding race, class, ethnicity, and gender. Special attention is given to questions regarding what it has historically meant to be a U.S. citizen. While the course will address large institutions more broadly, readings will also focus in on many of the individual lives of those who were affected by and helped to transform those larger institutions. 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, and society of the United States. Students with questions or concerns should please contact the instructor Blake Johnson at bsjohnson@peralta.edu.
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HIST-19-HIST OF CALIFORNIA-L2-24932
This is a HYBRID (both online and face-to-face class) 8 WEEK survey course of California history from the beginnings of known human settlement in what is now California to the present. Major course themes will surround the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that contributed to the development and growth of California from U.S. western expansion to globalization. The class will also follow the progression of issues surrounding race, class, ethnicity, and gender as it has impacted California and special attention is given to California’s emergence as an influential world power in its own right. While the course addressed California history more broadly, readings will also focus in on many of the individual lives of those who were affected by and helped to transform California history. 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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HUMAN-15-POPULAR CULTURE-B1-20591
Popular culture: revolutionary forms or vulgar practices? For centuries, reclusive scholars, avid collectors, astute philosophers, worried politicians, intellectual cranks, and eager consumers have either been romanced or repulsed by those forms of belief, art, fashion, film, and music widely circulating among various communities. Memes, tweets, fake news: More than ever, we are forced to consume a multiplicity of texts without having a sense of their social meanings and consequences. How did this happen? What could they mean? This course is an exploration of the power of new media and technologies, and those popular forms of entertainment—from vaudeville to virtual reality—that have impacted the way we see the world today.
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