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Welcome
to the History Department
The History Department at De Anza offers many different ways to
study the past. We have introductory courses on California, America, Western
Civilization, and the World. We have courses that explore Technology
and the Environment, African-Americans, Women in America, Africa, Asian
Civilization, and Latin America. We prepare students for transfer
as well as give you skills that will be of value in many occupations and
endeavors: how to think critically, evaluate evidence, and write with force
and clarity. Above all, in De Anza history courses students are introduced
to the richness of human experience, the struggles of people in various
times and places "to make their own history." This experience helps
us to understand ourselves and our world.
CALIFORNIA HISTORY CENTER.
The California History Center is the focal point for the study of California
at De Anza. A special program with the History Department, it has
received numerous awards for its work and provides students a unique opportunity
to participate in doing history. The CHC is housed in the Petit Trianon,
a national registered landmark overlooking the sunken garden by the Flint
Center. It offers credit classes, changing exhibits, special programs,
oral and video documentation activities, publishes books, and hosts special
lectures and events. Students are invtied to participate in all of
these activities. Additionally, the CHC's Stocklmeir Library houses
a growing collection of materials on California history and on almost every
aspect of Santa Clara Valley's development, including student research
papers, books, journals, oral history on video and audio tape, photographs,
manuscripts, newsletters, clippings and pamphlets.
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