Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionCal-GETC Area 3B (Humanities) Satisfies Global Citizenship This course surveys modern Latin American history from independence to the present. Using a thematic and chronological approach, it addresses post-colonial developments in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, including such topics as the social and cultural challenges of nation-building and economic growth through periods of political conflict to contemporary globalization. 