Certificate & Degree Details

• History

  Humanities and Social Sciences Division
  Degree A0334
  History is a broad-based academic discipline with foundational coursework in both World History and The History of the United States, augmented with course options that add dimension and depth to the student's understanding of the discipline - such as history courses outside of the Western World, courses in the humanities or social sciences (including history) that address any historically under-represented groups or non-western subject matter fulfilling transfer level GE categories.

  The Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree program requires students to critically analyze material from a variety of sources and to develop links and connections in abstracting fundamental meaning of historical data. The course distribution of the degree will expose the students to the complexity and diversity of the historical past, thus placing the present by issues and problems with a meaningful historical context.

  To earn an Associate in Arts in History Degree for Transfer, a student must complete a minimum of 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the CSU system that consist of the IGETC pattern or CSU GE breadth and a major of at least 18 units. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework to receive an associate degree for transfer and all courses in the major must be completed with a C or better. Students earning an associate degree for transfer will not be required to complete any other local graduation requirements. A “P” (Pass) grade is also an acceptable grade for courses in the major if the course is taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

  Required Courses

  Course List

  Course Prefix	Course Name	Units
  Core Courses
  HIST 7	History of the United States to 1877	3
  or HIST 7H	History of the United States to 1877 - Honors
  HIST 8	History of the United States from 1865	3
  or HIST 8H	History of the United States from 1865 - Honors
  List A
  HIST 3	World History: Prehistoric to Early Modern	3
  or HIST 3H	World History: Prehistoric to Early Modern - Honors
  HIST 4	World History: Early Modern to the Present	3
  or HIST 4H	World History: Early Modern to the Present - Honors
  List B: Choose one course from each area:
  Area 1 Diversity: or any List A course not already used:		3
  HIST 9	Asian American and Pacific Islander History
  HIST 10	History of Premodern Asia
  or HIST 10H	History of Premodern Asia - Honors
  HIST 11	History of Modern Asia
  or HIST 11H	History of Modern Asia - Honors
  HIST 18	History of Latin America
  HIST 19	History of Mexico
  HIST 30	History of the African American 1619-1877
  HIST 31	History of the African American
  HIST 35	History of Africa
  HIST 36	Women in American History
  HIST 40	History of the Mexican American
  HIST 44	History of Native Americans
  Area 2: or any course not already used:		3
  HIST 16	The Wild West - A History, 1800-1890
  HIST 39	California History
  Total Units for Major		18
  CSU General Education or IGETC Pattern 1		39-42
  Total Units		60

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  Courses may be double-counted with either CSU-GE or IGETC.