Course Number: GEOG 1301 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Description: This course introduces students to the processes that drive Earth’s physical systems. Students will explore the relationships among these physical systems, with emphasis on weather and climate, water, ecosystems, geologic processes and landform development, and human interactions with the physical environment. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Offered at BHC, EFC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Physical Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: This course introduces students to the processes that drive Earth’s physical systems. Students will explore the relationships among these physical systems, with emphasis on weather and climate, water, ecosystems, geologic processes and landform development, and human interactions with the physical environment. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Course Number: GEOG 1302 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, skills, and practices of human geography. Place, space, and scale serve as a framework for understanding patterns of human experience. Topics for discussion may include globalization, population and migration, culture, diffusion, political and economic systems, language, religion, gender, and ethnicity. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Offered at BHC, EFC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Human Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, skills, and practices of human geography. Place, space, and scale serve as a framework for understanding patterns of human experience. Topics for discussion may include globalization, population and migration, culture, diffusion, political and economic systems, language, religion, gender, and ethnicity. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Course Number: GEOG 1303 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world's major regions seen through their defining physical, social, cultural, political, and economic features. These regions are examined in terms of their physical and human characteristics and their interactions. The course emphasizes relations among regions on issues such as trade, economic development, conflict, and the role of regions in the globalization process. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015325
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: World Regional Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world's major regions seen through their defining physical, social, cultural, political, and economic features. These regions are examined in terms of their physical and human characteristics and their interactions. The course emphasizes relations among regions on issues such as trade, economic development, conflict, and the role of regions in the globalization process. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015325
Course Number: HIST 1301 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025125
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: United States History I
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025125
Course Number: HIST 1302 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign policy. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025125
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: United States History II
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign policy. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025125
Course Number: HIST 2301 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of Texas from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Themes that may be addressed in Texas History include: Spanish colonization and Spanish Texas; Mexican Texas; the Republic of Texas; statehood and secession; oil, industrialization, and urbanization; civil rights; and modern Texas. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025225
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Texas History
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of Texas from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Themes that may be addressed in Texas History include: Spanish colonization and Spanish Texas; Mexican Texas; the Republic of Texas; statehood and secession; oil, industrialization, and urbanization; civil rights; and modern Texas. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401025225
Course Number: HIST 2311 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from human origins to the 17th century. Themes that should be addressed in Western Civilization I include the cultural legacies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic civilizations, and Europe through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformations. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015425
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Western Civilization I
This is a Texas Common Course Number.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from human origins to the 17th century. Themes that should be addressed in Western Civilization I include the cultural legacies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic civilizations, and Europe through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformations. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015425
Course Number: HIST 2312 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the 17th century to the modern era. Themes that should be addressed in Western Civilization II include absolutism and constitutionalism, growth of nation states, the Enlightenment, revolutions, classical liberalism, industrialization, imperialism, global conflict, the Cold War, and globalism. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015425
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Western Civilization II
This is a Texas Common Course Number.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the 17th century to the modern era. Themes that should be addressed in Western Civilization II include absolutism and constitutionalism, growth of nation states, the Enlightenment, revolutions, classical liberalism, industrialization, imperialism, global conflict, the Cold War, and globalism. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015425
Course Number: HIST 2321 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the world from the emergence of human cultures through the 15th century. The course examines major cultural regions of the world in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania and their global interactions over time. Themes include the emergence of early societies, the rise of civilizations, the development of political and legal systems, religion and philosophy, economic systems and trans-regional networks of exchange. The course emphasizes the development, interaction and impact of global exchange. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015325
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: World Civilizations I
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the world from the emergence of human cultures through the 15th century. The course examines major cultural regions of the world in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania and their global interactions over time. Themes include the emergence of early societies, the rise of civilizations, the development of political and legal systems, religion and philosophy, economic systems and trans-regional networks of exchange. The course emphasizes the development, interaction and impact of global exchange. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015325
Course Number: HIST 2322 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the world from the 15th century to the present. The course examines major cultural regions of the world in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania and their global interactions over time. Themes include maritime exploration and transoceanic empires, nation/state formation and industrialization, imperialism, global conflicts and resolutions, and global economic integration. The course emphasizes the development, interaction and impact of global exchange. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015325
Offered at BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: World Civilizations II
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the world from the 15th century to the present. The course examines major cultural regions of the world in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania and their global interactions over time. Themes include maritime exploration and transoceanic empires, nation/state formation and industrialization, imperialism, global conflicts and resolutions, and global economic integration. The course emphasizes the development, interaction and impact of global exchange. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 5401015325
Course Number: HIST 2327 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx. Periods include early indigenous societies, conflict and conquest, early European colonization and empires, New Spain, early revolutionary period, Mexican independence and nation building, United States expansion to the United States-Mexico War Era. Themes to be addressed are mestizaje and racial formation in the early empire, rise and fall of native and African slavery, relationship to early global economies, development of New Spain's/Mexico's northern frontier, gender and power, missions, resistance and rebellion, emergence of Mexican identities, California mission secularization, Texas independence, United States' wars with Mexico, and the making of borders and borderlands. (May be applied to U.S. History requirement.) (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 0502035225
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Mexican-American History I
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx. Periods include early indigenous societies, conflict and conquest, early European colonization and empires, New Spain, early revolutionary period, Mexican independence and nation building, United States expansion to the United States-Mexico War Era. Themes to be addressed are mestizaje and racial formation in the early empire, rise and fall of native and African slavery, relationship to early global economies, development of New Spain's/Mexico's northern frontier, gender and power, missions, resistance and rebellion, emergence of Mexican identities, California mission secularization, Texas independence, United States' wars with Mexico, and the making of borders and borderlands. (May be applied to U.S. History requirement.) (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 0502035225
Course Number: HIST 2328 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx. Periods include the United States-Mexico War Era, incorporation of Northern Mexico into the United States, Porfirian Mexico, and the nineteenth century American West, 1910 Mexican Revolution and Progressive Era, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II and the Cold War, Civil Rights Era, Conservative Ascendancy, the age of NAFTA and turn of the 21st Century developments. Themes to be addressed are the making of borders and borderlands, impact of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, gender and power, migration and national identities, citizenship and expulsion, nineteenth century activism and displacement, industrialization and the making of a transnational Mexican working class, urbanization and community formation, emergence of a Mexican American Generation, war and citizenship, organized advocacy and activism, Chicano Movement, changing identifications and identities, trade and terrorism. (May be applied to U.S. History requirement.) (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 0502035225
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Mexican-American History II
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: A survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx. Periods include the United States-Mexico War Era, incorporation of Northern Mexico into the United States, Porfirian Mexico, and the nineteenth century American West, 1910 Mexican Revolution and Progressive Era, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II and the Cold War, Civil Rights Era, Conservative Ascendancy, the age of NAFTA and turn of the 21st Century developments. Themes to be addressed are the making of borders and borderlands, impact of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, gender and power, migration and national identities, citizenship and expulsion, nineteenth century activism and displacement, industrialization and the making of a transnational Mexican working class, urbanization and community formation, emergence of a Mexican American Generation, war and citizenship, organized advocacy and activism, Chicano Movement, changing identifications and identities, trade and terrorism. (May be applied to U.S. History requirement.) (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 0502035225
Course Number: HIST 2381 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: The role of African Americans in the history of the United States is studied. The slave trade and slavery in the United States are reviewed. Contributions of African Americans in the U.S. are described. Emphasis is on the political, economic, and sociological factors of African American life in the 20th century. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4511015325
Offered at BHC, EFC, ECC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: African-American History
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Core Curriculum course selected by the colleges of DCCCD.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: The role of African Americans in the history of the United States is studied. The slave trade and slavery in the United States are reviewed. Contributions of African Americans in the U.S. are described. Emphasis is on the political, economic, and sociological factors of African American life in the 20th century. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4511015325
Course Number: HIST 2389 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, RLC
Course Description: An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on experience in history. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of human social behavior and/or social institutions. (3 Lec., 1 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4501015125
Offered at EFC, RLC
Course Title: Academic Cooperative
This is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: An instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on experience in history. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual student will set specific goals and objectives in the study of human social behavior and/or social institutions. (3 Lec., 1 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4501015125
ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.
