Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionCal-GETC Area 3B (Humanities) This course surveys the history of Latin America, from its pre-Columbian origins to the end of the colonial period in the early nineteenth century. Using a thematic and chronological approach, it addresses the initial encounters between pre-Columbians, Iberians, and West Africans; the subsequent development of Iberian political, economic, social, and cultural colonialism; and the movements for political change. 