History - Associate of Arts Degree

Major/Program Requirements

Career and Academic Pathways

Required Courses:

HIST 100 or HIST 100H	History of the United States to 1877	3.00
HIST 101 or HIST 101H	History of the United States 1865 to Present	3.00
HIST 170 or HIST 170H	World Civilizations (3500BCE - 1500CE)	3.00
HIST 171 or HIST 171H	World Civilizations (1500CE to the Present)	3.00

Students must complete at least six (6) units from the following courses:

ANTHRO 107 or ETHS 107 or HIST 107	Native Peoples of North America	3.00
HIST 135 or RELIG 135	Religion in America	3.00
HIST 145	California History	3.00
ANTHRO 102 or ANTHRO 102H	Cultural Anthropology	3.00
ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110	Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion	3.00
ART 100 or ART 100H	Art History I: Prehistoric Art to Medieval Art	3.00
ART 102 or ART 102H	Art History II: Renaissance Art to Contemporary Art	3.00
ECON 100	Introduction to Economics	3.00
ECON 200 or ECON 200H	Principles of Macroeconomics	3.00
ECON 201 or ECON 201H	Principles of Microeconomics	3.00
ENGL 108 or THART 108	World Drama I	3.00
ENGL 109 or THART 109	World Drama II	3.00
ENGL 260	Survey of American Literature I	3.00
ENGL 261	Survey of American Literature II	3.00
ENGL 280	World Literature to the 17th Century	3.00
ENGL 281	World literature from the 17th Century to the Present	3.00
GEOG 102 or GEOG 102H	Human Geography	3.00
GEOG 120	World Regional Geography	3.00
GEOG 126	Geography of California	3.00
MUSIC 103 or MUSIC 103H	Appreciation of American Popular Music	3.00
MUSIC 120 or MUSIC 120H	Appreciation of Musical Literature	3.00
MUSIC 134	Jazz History	3.00
PHIL 101 or PHIL 101H	Introduction to Philosophy	3.00
POLIT 100 or POLIT 100H	American Politics	3.00
POLIT 102	California Politics and Culture	3.00
POLIT 104	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3.00
POLIT 106	Introduction to World Politics	3.00
POLIT 110	Introduction to Political Theory	3.00
RELIG 100 or RELIG 100H	Introduction to Religious Studies	3.00
RELIG 101 or RELIG 101H	Introduction to World Religions	3.00
RELIG 113	Introduction to Eastern Religions	3.00
RELIG 176	Jesus and His Interpreters	3.00
SOC 100 or SOC 100H	Introduction to Sociology	3.00
SOC 141 or ETHS 141 or ETHS 141H or SOC 141H	Race, Ethnicity and Diversity	3.00

Total Credit Hours: 18.00

Lower division requirements for students interested in transferring to a four-year institution in this field may differ from associate degree requirements. Prospective transfer students should complete the general education and lower division requirements of the school to which they will be transferring. See a counselor for details. Information is also available at www.assist.org.

A student receiving a degree in this field will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding that History shares with English a narrative tradition that relies on the written word to tell its story by evaluating documents.
• Discuss and appraise the influence of multiple factors or "causes" in an historical event or development.
• Recognize and evaluate the influence of contingency or chance in an historical event or development.
• Compare, contrast and evaluate the influence or role of actions or inaction in determining an outcome in an historical event or development.
• Considering History's multi discipline nature, describe and appraise the role that "environment" (physical, social, cultural, technological and economic, etc.) may play in an historical event or development.
• Critique and evaluate an historical event or development as a study of human activity and conclude how it informs us about human nature.
• Analyze and evaluate an historical event or development that demonstrates the fact that at times we cannot have absolute certainty about what happened in the past.