Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4F · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU American Institutions Area US3DescriptionGETC Area 4 This course is a survey of the early history of California up through the second state constitutional convention of 1879. Topics addressed include: indigenous people of California prior to contact; Spanish expansion and settlement of California; the Mexican era; U.S. expansion and occupation of California; the Gold Rush; the first and second constitutional conventions; the relationships between the federal and state governments; and the railroad era. 