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HIST 1:    United States History through Reconstruction

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2, D2; CAN: HIST 8, HIST SEQ. B
History of the United States from the time before European contact with the Americas through Reconstruction. Emphasis will be placed on distinctive patterns of political, economic, social, intellectual, and geographic developments within their global context. At the conclusion of the course, the student should understand major themes in the history of the United States, and be able to explain various ways in which ideas about federal vs. state power, ethnicity, class, and gender divisions have influenced the nation's development. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0411 LEC SS214 HALPER L 3.0 MW 0945A - 1110A  
0412 LEC SS214 HALPER L 3.0 TuTh 1255P - 0220P  

 


HIST 2:    United States History Reconstruction to the Present

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2, D2; CAN: HIST 10, HIST SEQ. B
History of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis will be placed on distinctive patterns of political, economic, social, intellectual, and geographic developments within their global context. At the conclusion of the course, the student should understand major themes in the history of the United States, and be able to explain various ways in which ideas about federal vs. state power, ethnicity, class, and gender divisions have influenced the nation's development. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0413 LEC SS205 WOOD D 3.0 MW 0230P - 0355P  
0414 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 MW 0945A - 1110A  
0416 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 MW 1255P - 0220P  

 


HIST 3:    History of California

Advisory: Eligible for English 1A and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2
A study of California's history from pre-contact with Europeans to the present day. Social, cultural, economic, political and environmental issues will be explored towards an understanding of California's history.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0417 LEC SS205 HALPER L 3.0 MW 1255P - 0220P  

 


HIST 5:    Women's Lives in Early United States History

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D4, D6; IGETC: 3B, 4F; GAV-GE: C2,
This survey course begins with pre-contact peoples and extends to the end of the nineteenth century. The class examines the construction of womanhood through United States history, and the effects of gender, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation upon women's experiences. Students will study the contributions of various individual women and groups of women in creating the modern United States, and will analyze social, political, economic, and cultural forces affecting women to both join and resist movements for social change. Students will also learn to apply contemporary feminist theory to traditional historical approaches. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0418 LEC SS110 WOOD D 3.0 MW 1255P - 0220P  

 


HIST 7A:    History of Western Civilization

Advisory: English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2; IGETC: 3B; GAV-GE: C2; CAN: HIST 2, HIST SEQ. A
A study of major elements in Western heritage from the ancient world to the eighteenth century. Course will survey intellectual, political, social, economic and cultural development of the Western World.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0419 LEC SS205 WOOD D 3.0 MW 1120A - 1245P  

 


HIST 12:    Cultural History of the Mexican American

Advisory: Eligible for English 250 and English 260.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C2, D3, D6; IGETC: 4F, 3B; GAV-GE: D2,
The Mexican American experience as influenced by society in the United States. Emphasis will be on the historical and contemporary contributions made by the Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Mexican American. Emphasis will also be on the social, economic, and political milieu of the Mexican American within the context of the American society. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0420 LEC SS210 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0945A - 1110A  

 


HIST 21:    Ancient Americas: A History through Art

Advisory: Eligible for English 250.
Transferable: CSU; UC; CSU-GE: C1, C2; IGETC: 3A; GAV-GE: C2, F
A critical survey of history through the arts of pre-Columbian natives of North, Central and South America. The course will cover major societies and events from the appearance of major civilizations through the initial colonization efforts of European nations. Due to the distinct history of the Americas, this course uses the arts - architecture, sculpture, ceramics and painting, among others - of ancient societies as a primary source material. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit. This course is also listed as ART 21.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0421 LEC SS214 LUNA E 3.0 TuTh 0230P - 0355P 25