IMPAC
REPORT OF NOVEMBER 13, 2004 MEETING
HISTORY
NOVEMBER 2004
Attending: Judith Anderson (CSU Pomona); Elizabeth Cipres (Chaffey College)
Articulation; Michael Flores (Cypress College); William Loiterman (Los Angeles Harbor
College); Peggy Renner (Glendale College), Chair; Michael Parrish (UC San Diego),
Lead Faculty; Stan Allotey (Compton College), Articulation.
The attending history faculty began by reviewing the list of history courses with CAN
numbers from the proposed revisions of April 30-May 1, 2004. We accepted the revised
language and adopted the descriptions with the understanding that they would be sent
forward for further approval. Here is the approved list:
CAN: HIST 1
TITLE: Survey of Western Civilization, 1st Quarter
DESCRIPTION: Western civilization from origins to the medieval times. Analyzes the
changes and continuities in cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious and social
forces. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 2
TITLE: Survey of Western Civilization, 1st Semester
DESCRIPTION: Western civilization from origins to the early modern era. Analyzes the
changes and continuities in cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious and social
forces. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 3
TITLE: Survey of Western Civilization, 2nd Quarter
DESCRIPTION: Western civilization from medieval times to the early modern era.
Analyzes the changes and continuities in cultural, economic, geographic, political,
religious and social forces. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical
thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 4
TITLE: Survey of Western Civilization, 2nd Semester
DESCRIPTION: Western civilization from the early modern era to the present. Analyzes
the changes and continuities in cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious and
social forces. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking and
analysis.
CAN: HIST 5
TITLE: Survey of Western Civilization, 3rd Quarter
DESCRIPTION: Western civilization from the early modern era to the present. Analyzes
the changes and continuities in cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious and
social forces. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking and
analysis.
CAN: HIST 8
TITLE: United States History
DESCRIPTION: Analyzes the changes and continuities in cultural, economic,
geographic, political, religious and social forces from the peoples of America and their
institutions from the pre-colonial period through Reconstruction. Engages students in the
basic elements of critical historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 10
TITLE: United States History
DESCRIPTION: Analyzes the changes and continuities in cultural, economic,
geographic, political, religious and social forces among the peoples of America and their
institutions since the end of the Civil War to the present. Engages students in the basic
elements of critical historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 13
TITLE: History of World Civilizations, 1st Quarter
DESCRIPTION: The origins and early development of world civilizations. A
comparative analysis of cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious and social
forces of world civilizations. Includes topics related to Asia, the Americas, Africa and
Europe. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking and
analysis.
CAN: HIST 14
TITLE: History of World Civilizations, 1st Semester
DESCRIPTION: The origins, development of, and interactions among world civilizations
to the early modern era. A comparative analysis of cultural, economic, geographic,
political, religious and social forces of world civilizations. Includes topics related to
Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. Engages students in the basic elements of critical
historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 15
TITLE: History of World Civilizations, 2nd Quarter
DESCRIPTION: The continued development of and the interaction among world
civilizations to the early modern era. A comparative analysis of cultural, economic,
geographic, political, religious and social forces of world civilizations. Includes topics
related to Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. Engages students in the basic elements
of critical historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST 16
TITLE: History of World Civilizations, 2nd Semester
DESCRIPTION: Interactions of world civilizations from the early modern era to the
present. A comparative analysis of cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious
and social forces of world civilizations. Includes topics related to Asia, the Americas,
Africa and Europe. Engages students in the basic elements of critical historical thinking
and analysis.
CAN: HIST 17
TITLE: History of World Civilizations, 3rd Quarter
DESCRIPTION: Interactions of world civilizations from the early modern era to the
present. A comparative analysis of cultural, economic, geographic, political, religious
and social forces of world civilizations. Engages students in the basic elements of critical
historical thinking and analysis.
CAN: HIST SEQ A
TITLE: Sum of the content of CAN HIST 1+3+5 or CAN HIST 2+4
CAN: HIST SEQ B
TITLE: Sum of the content of CAN HIST 8+10
DESCRIPTION: Sum of the content of CAN HIST 8+10
CAN: HIST SEQ C
TITLE: Sum of the content of CAN HIST 13+15+17 or CAN HIST 14+16
DESCRIPTION: Sum of the content of CAN HIST 13+15+17 or CAN HIST 14+16
We discussed and resolved two other issues from the previous year:
1. The conflict between those CSU’s offering only Western Civilization and those
offering both Western Civilization and World Civilizations has been resolved
with the addition to new World Civilization courses at several CSUs.
2. When community colleges offer sophomore-level courses other than the surveys
of Western Civilization, World Civilizations and United States history listed
above, those courses (e.g., California history, history of Mexico) shall be regarded
as lower-division, except when a separate articulation agreement has been
negotiated with a CSU or UC department to accept such a course for upper-
division credit in the major.
In the afternoon session, we reviewed the various pre-major requirements of the nine UC
history departments, where the lower-division requirements range from a minimum of
three courses to a maximum of nine. Many UC departments, but not all, offer students
the option of taking a lower division course in East Asia, Islamic world, Latin America or
Africa, in addition to Western civilization, World Civilizations and United States history.
The community colleges should be encouraged, therefore, to develop such lower-division
courses or continue to offer them.
We agreed that at our next meeting we would bring catalogue copy and course
descriptions covering a wide range of our community college, CSU and UC departments.
Michael E. Parrish
UC San Diego
Lead Faculty