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HIST 380 HISTORY OF THEPACIFIC ISLANDS (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the history of the Pacificfrom human settlement to the present.Special attention will be paid to crossculturalencounters, religious conversion,imperialism, and post-colonial realitiesin the region. The course employsinterdisciplinary methods borrowedfrom anthropology, archaeology, andlinguistics.HIST 391 TRADITIONAL CHINA (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course studies the social, political,economic, and cultural traditions in Chinafrom ancient times to the end of the MingDynasty.HIST 392 MODERN CHINA (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course explores the social, political,economic, and cultural changes in Chinafrom to the rise of the Ch’ing Dynasty to1949.HIST 393 CONTEMPORARY CHINA (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course examines the social, political,economic, and cultural developments inChina since 1949.HIST 402 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACHICANA/O HISTORYAND CULTURE (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the cultural, economic, political,and social experience of Mexicanos ofthe region from the U.S conquest to the1990s. Particular attention is given to theinteractions of this community with otherethnic and racial groups. The courseutilizes literature, film, and art as mediumsof learning about the culture and historyof Chicanos.Same as CHS 402GenEd: DHIST 403 THE AMERICANINTELLECTUAL TRADITION (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course explores American thoughtfrom Puritanism, transcendentalism, andpragmatism to contemporary trendsrepresented in thinkers from RichardMather, Jonathan Edwards, RalphEmerson, William James, and John Deweyto Reinhold Hiebuhr. It also addressesthose dissenting voices resonantlyexpressed in American life from AnnHutchinson, Roger Williams, Henry DavidThoreau, Frederick Douglass, Susan B.Anthony, and W. E. B. Du Bois to MartinLuther King, Jr.HIST 414 WOMEN AND GENDERIN HISTORY (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course examines the role of womenand gender in human experience. Topicsmay vary. They include, but are notlimited to, gender and work, gender andreligion, gender in literature, gender andrace, gender and sexuality, gender andfamily, gender and social change, andconstructions of masculinity and feminitity.Fulfills the thematic category of the Historymajor.HIST 415 SOCIETY AND RADICALISM (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course studies the emergence ofdifferent styles of protests and radicalismin the modern world. Topics include,but are not limited to, radical thinkers,theories, philosophies, organizations,strategies, movements, as well as the rolesand influences they had in society.HIST 420 HISTORY OF MEXICO (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the social and political historyof Mexico from the period of Europeancontact to the present. The modern phaseof Mexico’s history is examined in relationto the overall development of NorthAmerica.Course Descriptions2011 – 2012HIST 394 TRADITIONAL JAPAN (3)Three hours lecture per weekhis course studies the social, political,economic, and cultural traditions inJapan from ancient times to the fall of theTokugawa regime.HIST 395 MODERN JAPAN (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course studies the social, political,economic, and cultural changes in Japanfrom the Meiji Restoration to the present.HIST 396 EAST ASIA: THEN AND NOW (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course examines of the social,political, economic, and culturalfoundations in China, Korea, andJapan. Emphasis is given to theprofound political, economic, and othertransformations taking place in thesecountries in the twentieth century.HIST 401 UNITED STATES IMMIGRATIONHISTORY, 1840-1945 (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the experiences andcontributions of immigrant groups in theUnited States. Constitutional, political,and social considerations of United Statesimmigration history frame the contentstudy of this course.HIST 412 LAW AND SOCIETY (3)Three hours lecture per weekThis course investigates a wide rangeof issues including, but not limitedto, the origins of the law in classicalcivilizations, the interplays between/among law, religion, government,and morality, evolutions of diverselegal systems in different societies andtraditions, legal and ethical challengesof modern sciences, the rule of law in aninternational environment, and the debateover the extent and limits of the laws incoping with social and technologicalproblems of modern life.GenEd: DHIST 413 WORLD RELIGIONS ANDCLASSICAL PHILOSOPHIES (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: HIST 211 or equivalentStudies and compares major religionsand philosophical schools in the ancientworld. Examines how different societiesand peoples have formed their basicassumptions concerning the universe,faith, human nature and society, andhow those fundamental assumptions haveaffected their chosen modes of thinking,ways of life, organizations of society,forms of government, and approaches toknowledge.GenEd: DHIST 421 REVOLUTIONARY MEXICO,1876-1930 (3)Three hours lecture per weekEvaluates the social and political causesand consequences of the MexicanRevolution. Particular attention is alsogiven to the influence and intervention ofthe United States of America in Mexico’seconomic and domestic affairs.HIST 430 TRADITION ANDTRANSFORMATION: LITERATURE,HISTORY, AND CULTURALCHANGE (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 orHIST 280 or Consent of instructorBringing literature and history together,this course exposes students to a diverserange of work in art, literature, films,and history. It cultivates the students’intellectual understanding of the topicfrom both a cross-disciplinary and across-cultural perspective. It emphasizesreading, writing, analytical skills, andcommunication skills. Topics and themesmay vary under the same title. Repeatableup to 9 units.Same as ENGL 430GenEd: C3B, D, Interdisciplinarywww.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog263