HISTORY 020 - History of California and the Pacific Coast

    Recent Professors
    Leonard Melchor
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.9Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    In this course, students are presented with a comprehensive survey of the history of California from pre-Columbian times to the present. The course focuses on the cultures of indigenous peoples; the exploration, colonization, and development of Hispanic California; California as briefly a republic and its' subsequent statehood as part of the United States; and the political, economic, and cultural developments of California and its various peoples and cultures in the latter 19th century, throughout the 20th century, and in the early 21st century.