History (HIST Courses)
HIST 101 World Civilizations to 1600
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 150
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An interdisciplinary, multi-cultural exploration of the development of the great civilizations:
China/Japan, Egypt, Greece/Rome, India, Mesopotamian, and Pre-Columbian. Important
ideas, events and discoveries are explored through literature, folklore, art history,
philosophy, and science. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or
have received credit for HUM 101.
HIST 102 World Civilizations Since 1500
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 160
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An interdisciplinary examination of the expansion, contraction, and conflicts of the
major world civilizations from the 16th century to the present. Focus is on ideas,
events, and discoveries that have shaped our world as viewed through literature, folklore,
art history, philosophy, and science. This course is not open to students who are
enrolled in or have received credit for HUM 102.
HIST 103 East Asian Civilization
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: NA
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An interdisciplinary, multicultural exploration of the development of the civilizations
of East Asia from their origins through the 20th century including China, Japan, and
South East Asia. Important ideas, events, and discoveries are explored through literature,
folklore, art history, philosophy, and science. This course is not open to students
who are enrolled in or have received credit for HUM 103.
HIST 104 Western Civilizations to 1650
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 170
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Surveys the origins, development, and characteristics of Western civilization from
earliest times through the period of European exploration and colonization, emphasizing
main currents in political, economic, social, intellectual, and scientific history.
An effort is made to include some study of the "non-West." This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for HUM 104.
HIST 105 Western Civilization Since 1650
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 180
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Surveys the development and characteristics of Western civilization from 1600 to the
present, emphasizing main currents in political, economic, social, intellectual, and
scientific history. Some study of the "non-West" is included. This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for HUM 105.
HIST 107 U S History to 1877
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 130
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A survey of United States history (New World exploration to 1877) and its method of
research through critical thinking involving the economic, political, international,
and ethnic factors fundamental for understanding the nation's origins and early development.
HIST 108 U S History from 1877 to Present
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: HIST 140
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A survey of United States history (1877 to the present) through philosophic systems
as related to critical thinking involving the political, ethnic, economic, and international
factors fundamental for understanding the nation's growth since the Civil War.
HIST 118 United States History
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A brief survey of United States history (New World exploration to the present), and
its method of research through critical thinking involving the economic, political,
international, and ethnic factors fundamental for understanding the nation's origins
and growth.
HIST 119 History of California
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
The history of California from the earliest explorers to the present, with emphasis
on major social and cultural themes.
HIST 120 Chicano History
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A historical survey of the Chicano residing in the southwest United States. The course provides
an interdisciplinary survey of the Mexican American/Chicano heritage with emphasis
on the contemporary experience in the United States. The course will include an analysis
of the economic, political, social, and intellectual elements of the culture of the
Mexican American/Chicano community, and a study of the changing relationship
of the community to the general society of the United States. This course is not open
to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ES 120.
HIST 121 African American History
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This is a survey of the history of African Americans from their origins in Africa
to the present covering the political, cultural, social, and economic experiences
of African Americans. Students will encounter the social, economic, and legal
institutions which characterized being black in the United States at various periods
in the nation's history. Topics include African civilization, slavery, the
Diaspora, abolition, reconstruction, segregation, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights
Movement, African Americans in politics, and race in Modern America. This course
is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ES 121.
HIST 138 Deaf History
3.0 units.
Advisories: ENGL 514 - Writing Skills 4 ; or eligibility for ENGL 101
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
A culturally diverse exploration of the deaf from Aristotle to the present. Focus
is on the ideas, events and laws that have shaped the community as viewed through
literature, folklore, art, and philosophy. Interrelationship of societies is emphasized.
This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for
ASL 138.
HIST 189 Independent Projects
0.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Courses for students capable of independent work who demonstrate the need or desire
for additional study beyond the regular curriculum. Enrollment allows students to
pursue activities such as directed field experience, research, or development of skills
and competencies under faculty advisement and supervision. Independent projects may
be earned in most disciplines. Students wishing to enroll in Independent Projects
should contact the appropriate instructor identified in the class schedule. If the
project proposed is acceptable to that instructor, a contract will be developed. All
contracts for these classes must be completed and submitted to the Records Office
no later than the end of the second week of the semester. Students may enroll for
any combination (unit value) of Independent Projects 189 and/or 389 for a total of
four semesters in a specific discipline. Units are awarded depending upon satisfactory
performance and the amount of time committed by the student to the course. Allowable
units vary according to discipline, and are based on the following formula: 1 unit
- 48 hours per semester 2 units - 96 hours per semester 3 units - 144 hours per semester