Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4F · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D6DescriptionSurveys World Civilizations from the 1500's to the present, with a particular emphasis on the increased integration of peoples and cultures as a result of the continuing process of globalization. The focus is on the transformations of human society and human social relations caused by such ideas as scientific racism, nationalism, imperialism, and constitutional government. This course also covers trends including the increasing prevalence of migration, the changing nature of warfare, the harnessing of fossil fuels, the growing integration of global economies, and the scientific and technological advances that continue to revolutionize humanity’s understanding and relationship to the natural world. This course will investigate the roles played by social, political, economic, cultural, and religious forces in shaping the major world civilizations, and the legacy of these subsequent civilizations for our world today. The course will analyze these forces within the context of such historical concepts as cause and effect, multiple causation, and historical interpretation.Usually HeldMon Wed 2:00pm–3:20pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:50pm, Tue Thu 3:00pm–4:20pm, Tue Thu 3:45pm–5:10pm 