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Hispanic Culture: Past, Present and Future
Course #: EDUC_716I
Would you like to learn more about the fastest-growing population in the United States? This comprehensive course provides great insight ...
CREDITS: 3
Colonial Spirit & the Settling of North America, B.C. to 1820
Course #: EDUC_715D
This course traces the history of the settling of North America beginning as early as 13,000 B.C., with primary focus ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit an Art Museum
Course #: EDUC_716J
Students will visit a major Art Museum of their choice and study specific works of art and research the importance ...
CREDITS: 1
Picasso: Creator of Modern Art
Course #: EDUC_712L
The creative genius of Pablo Picasso is explored with emphasis on the influences that led to the development of Modern ...
CREDITS: 3
Beethoven: His Life and Music
Course #: EDUC_714L
This course is designed to familiarize you with the life, the work, and the time period of one of the ...
CREDITS: 3
North Korea: Understanding the Isolated Republic
Course #: EDUC_717G
"Machiavellian Masters" and "Living Political Fossil" are two phrases that best describe North Korea. This is because it is one ...
CREDITS: 3
The Cold War: 1960-1990
Course #: EDUC_711R
After 1960, as the United States promoted its containment policy, the Cold War settled into a series of tense confrontations ...
CREDITS: 3
Renaissance: Geniuses & Gifts
Course #: EDUC_715W
No period of history can boast of greater beauty of mind and spirit than the Renaissance. It is a period ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit Old Town San Diego
Course #: EDUC_710X
For this course you will visit Old Town San Diego and explore the significance of the founding of San Diego ...
CREDITS: 1
Terrorism: Roots, Causes and Diversity
Course #: EDUC_711Z
Terrorism, the plague of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, is as varied and complicated as the causes. ...
CREDITS: 3
Visionary Leaders in Action: The Constitutional Convention
Course #: EDUC_715F
This course transports you back to Philadelphia, and the four months of May through September 1787, where you relive the ...
CREDITS: 3
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Course #: EDUC_711O
In an effort to find the Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corp of Discovery from Missouri ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit a National or International Historical Site
Course #: EDUC_719W
There is no better place to learn about history, art history, or human development than a historical site. Whether visiting ...
CREDITS: 1
Founding Fathers Create a Unique Nation
Course #: EDUC_713Q
The full title of this course is The Founding Fathers Create a Unique Nation, 1787-1808. This course provides a structured ...
CREDITS: 2
Ancient Egypt
Course #: EDUC_713M
This ancient civilization still exerts a strong hold on our imaginations. From its pyramids and temples, its beautiful art and ...
CREDITS: 3
Westward Expansion & the American Frontier
Course #: EDUC_716A
Envision log cabins and wagon trains, cowboys and Indians, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, Wild Bill Hickok, and General ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit A California Mission
Course #: EDUC_710F
Visit a California mission of your choice and explore the significance of the founding of the mission, significance of the ...
CREDITS: 1
The Cold War: 1945-1960
Course #: EDUC_711Q
The end of World War II promised apparent prosperity to the United States. But there was no peace. Instead, a ...
CREDITS: 3
Military Leaders: Strategies and Philosophies
Course #: EDUC_716P
"War is Hell!" These infamous words from General William T. Sherman say it all. Even though man wishes otherwise, conflict ...
CREDITS: 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Man of Vision and Inspiration
Course #: EDUC_715Y
From his radio fireside chats heard in living rooms to the pictures of him that hung proudly on their walls, ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit Three Art Museums
Course #: EDUC_719G
Students will visit three major Art Museums of their choice and study specific works of art and research the importance ...
CREDITS: 3
Modern China: Clash of Culture & Controversy
Course #: EDUC_715L
This course transports you to China where you relive its past hundred years that have been through a continuous transformation ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit A Railroad Museum
Course #: EDUC_712F
Students will visit a railroad museum of their choice and explore the significance of the railroad to the local community. ...
CREDITS: 1
Keeping Your Head About the French Revolution
Course #: EDUC_716S
The storming of the Bastille, guillotine, women's march on Versailles, massive bread lines, Tennis Court Oath, Reign of Terror, and ...
CREDITS: 3
The Music and Life of Mozart
Course #: EDUC_715M
This course is designed to familiarize you with the life, the work, and the time period of one of the ...
CREDITS: 3
Linking Of A Nation: The Transcontinental Railroad
Course #: EDUC_712A
On May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific Railroad met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah to complete the ...
CREDITS: 3
Sir Winston Churchill: Soldier, Politician, Legend
Course #: EDUC_716K
He stood with a Shakespearean brilliance as the necessary hero during the most testing moment of national world crisis...this can ...
CREDITS: 3
Women, Spies and Soldiers of the Confederacy
Course #: EDUC_710M
From challenges faced by women in the South to the escapades of Confederate spies, to the personal account of one ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit a Lighthouse Museum
Course #: EDUC_713P
Students will visit a lighthouse museum of their choice and explore the historical significance of the lighthouse to the maritime ...
CREDITS: 1
Frida Kahlo: Pain and Passion
Course #: EDUC_712Q
The life and paintings of Frida Kahlo represent one of the most fascinating episodes in the story of 20th Century ...
CREDITS: 3
Monet: Painter of Light and Color
Course #: EDUC_714Y
This course will take you on a journey through the life and work of the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet ...
CREDITS: 3
The Political History of the Middle East
Course #: EDUC_716E
The Middle East is both a stimulating and captivating topic that is vital to ascertain and absorb in modern society. ...
CREDITS: 3
Extraordinary and Enterprising Females of the American Revolution
Course #: EDUC_715J
Through both texts, this course transports you back to the American Revolution, a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, sacrifice, ...
CREDITS: 3
Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe
Course #: EDUC_714J
This course is designed to take you on a journey through the life and work of contemporary Artist Georgia O'Keeffe ...
CREDITS: 3
Ancient Rome
Course #: EDUC_712P
This course describes the political and geographic reasons for the rise of Rome and the foundation and expansion of the ...
CREDITS: 3
The Holocaust: Never to be Forgotten
Course #: EDUC_717D
For the older members of our society, the Holocaust conjures up visions of mindless hatred, sadistic cruelty, annihilation, and extinction. ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit the California Gold Country
Course #: EDUC_713H
Students will visit the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma, California and explore the significance of the gold ...
CREDITS: 1
Middle Ages: Shedding Light on the Dark Ages
Course #: EDUC_716C
Knights in shining armor, castles, kings, witches, and dungeons, these are some of the vivid images of the Middle Ages. ...
CREDITS: 3
Ancient Greece
Course #: EDUC_712R
Ancient Greece, the cradle and crucible of Western civilization, saw perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in ...
CREDITS: 3
U. S. Constitution
Course #: EDUC_710N
This course explores the Constitution by referencing the first of the founding documents, the Declaration of Independence. The study begins ...
CREDITS: 2
Native Peoples of North America
Course #: EDUC_713U
This survey of North American Indigenous Peoples takes a regional or "cultural area" approach to American Indian studies based upon ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit Historic Las Vegas
Course #: EDUC_710U
You will visit the Old Mormon Fort in Las Vegas and explore the significance of the founding of the fort ...
CREDITS: 1
Visit Old Sacramento
Course #: EDUC_711M
For this course you will visit Old Sacramento Historical Park in Sacramento, California. You will have the opportunity to explore ...
CREDITS: 1
Thomas Jefferson: The Voice of Human Liberty
Course #: EDUC_717F
This course traces the personal and political passions and legacy of one of our greatest founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson. We ...
CREDITS: 3
Vincent Van Gogh: The Colors of Life
Course #: EDUC_712T
This course presents material about the life and work of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), a contender for the title of ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit Santa Barbara
Course #: EDUC_711F
For this course you will visit El Presidio de Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Historical Society Museum at your ...
CREDITS: 1
The Vietnam War: History and Conflict
Course #: EDUC_716W
This course provides an extensive background about the Vietnam War, the relevant history of Southeast Asia, and the consequences of ...
CREDITS: 3
Visit San Francisco: City Built By The Gold Rush
Course #: EDUC_710L
The Wells Fargo History Museum is your destination for this course. Be prepared for the gold rush experience! Please note ...
CREDITS: 1
Religions of the World: Celebrating Diversity
Course #: EDUC_716O
In and out of the classroom, persons of different religious backgrounds coexist in the U.S. It is one of the ...
CREDITS: 3
Donner Party: Tragic Pursuit of the American Dream
Course #: EDUC_717B
The Donner Party, a group that has remained synonymous with cannibalism and extreme survival, is finally being revealed as a ...
CREDITS: 3
Rembrandt: The Dutch Master
Course #: EDUC_712K
In this “journey to the past” with the great Dutch artist of the mid-1600s, the world of visual expression and ...
CREDITS: 3
Land Where The Blues Began
Course #: EDUC_710P
The early 1900's were boom times for cotton in the Mississippi Delta, but the era also gave rise to a ...
CREDITS: 3
Abraham Lincoln: The Principled President
Course #: EDUC_715N
This course traces the personal, political, and moral evolution of one of our most respected and admired Presidents. Learn about ...
CREDITS: 3
Understanding Modern Art
Course #: EDUC_716R
This course is designed to take you on a journey through the life and work of the most noteworthy modern ...
CREDITS: 3