Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionThis course covers world history from the 1500s to the present. There is a comparative approach to the study of specific themes including political, social, and economic change, as well as religious and cultural development. The course will emphasize global trends and developments that have shaped human history, such as the Age of Exploration, the Protestant Reformation, the era of colonization, wars of independence, the world wars, the Cold War, and the development of Third World countries after World War II and the impact of Globalization. 