HIST 142 - History of California

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

A chronological survey of California history from its pre-contact beginnings to the present, with an emphasis on ethnic diversity, national and transnational interactions, environmental problems, social movements, competing visions of the “California dream,” and contestations over the allocation of economic, social, and political power.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding; AD - American Diversity

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1