Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US3DescriptionGETC Area 4 This course is a survey of California history from 1879 to the present. Topics include economic, social, cultural, and political developments. The course addresses the Constitution of the State of California; the nature and processes of California state and local governments; and the relationships between the U.S. government and California's state and local governments. Topics include the impact of the Constitution of 1879, consequences of railroad expansion, and early twentieth-century urbanization. It also includes the impact of the Great Depression and World War II, water projects, protest and reform movements of the 1960s, the rise of conservatism, and recent political trends. 