Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1DescriptionStudents examine the art and architecture of Latin America, beginning with the Pre-Columbian period, but focus primarily on the 19th to 21st centuries. Students explore major historical periods of Latin American history and visual culture, which include an introduction to pre-Hispanic civilizations, colonial rule and independence, the emergence of Modernism and the avant-garde, and contemporary art and architecture in Latin America. They gain an understanding of underlying social, economic, political, and religious context of the production and use of the works of art considered. 