# History (HIST) courses Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 17 courses Source: https://avc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-27/department/history "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027. ### HIST 104 — Introduction to World Civilizations, from Human Beginnings Until 1500 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **C-ID:** HIST 150 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course examines the social, cultural, political, economic and technological developments in Asian, African, Muslim, European and American civilizations from human beginnings until 1500. The civilizations of Ancient and Classical periods will be studied along with the growth of Islam in Eurasia and Africa, the regional influence of India and China, the expansion of Christianity, and the impact of the Mongol empire on Eurasian civilizations. This course will especially address the transfer requirements to the CSU system as well as fulfill AVC GE and IGETC requirements. ### HIST 105 — Introduction to World Civilization, 1500 - Present - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **C-ID:** HIST 160 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course examines the social, cultural, political, economic and technological developments in Asian, African, Muslim, European and American civilizations from 1500 to the present. Topics to be covered include the transoceanic discoveries and global connections wrought by the European Age of Discovery, Revolutions in the United States and France, industrialization, and the age of global empires. The world upheaval caused by the First World War, the inter-war period, the Second World War, the Cold War, Decolonization and the world of the "global village" will also be discussed. This course will especially address the transfer requirements to the CSU system as well as fulfill AVC GE and IGETC requirements. ### HIST 110 — African-American History, 1450-1877 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Advisory:** Completion of ENGL C1000 (ENGL 101) or placement by multiple measures. - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Winter 2027, 3 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/hist.md); Spring 2027, 8 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) A broad historical study of the African-American's role in the socio-political and economic development of the United States of America. This course is designed to further the student's general education and to introduce the student to concepts basic to historical inquiry. Covers the period from 1450 through 1877. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. ### HIST 110H — African-American History, 1450-1877 Honors - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Advisory:** Completion of ENGL 101 or placement by multiple measures. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This honors course is intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program. A broad historical study of the African-American's role in the socio-political and economic development of the United States of America. This course is designed to further the student's general education and to introduce the student to concepts basic to historical inquiry. Covers the period from 1450 through 1877. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. (UC, CSU, AVC) Note: Students may take either HIST 110 African American History or HIST 110H African American History Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded. ### HIST 111 — African-American History, 1877-Present - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Advisory:** Completion of ENGL C1000 (ENGL 101) or placement by multiple measures. - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/winter-2027/hist.md); Spring 2027, 8 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) A broad historical study of the African-American's role in the socio-political and economic development of the United States of America. This course is designed to further the student's general education and to introduce the student to concepts basic to historical inquiry. Covers the period from 1877 to the present. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. ### HIST 111H — African-American History, 1877-Present Honors - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Advisory:** Completion of ENGL 101 or placement by multiple measures. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, is a broad historical study of the African-American's role in the socio-political and economic development of the United States of America. This course is designed to further the student's general education and to introduce the student to concepts basic to historical inquiry. Covers the period from 1877 to the present. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. (UC, CSU, AVC) Note: Students may take either HIST 111 African-American History, 1877-Present or HIST 111H African-American History, 1877-Present Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded. ### HIST 113 — Women in American History - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) A historical survey of women in the United States from colonialism to the present. Focus will include the evolution and growth of women, economically, socially and politically. Prominent figures will be discussed as well as the development of the women's rights movement over the last two centuries. An analysis will be made between women of the past three decades and those of the twenty-first century. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. ### HIST 114 — History of California - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) A study of the social, political, and economic evolution of California from the discovery period to the present, covering the exploration and early settlement of Alta California of the Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American periods. The governments, customs, habits and influences of the various peoples who occupied California are stressed. California's Constitutional history together with local history is also discussed. ### HIST 115 — Cultural History of Mexico - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) The course desires to develop an understanding of the cultural phenomena which have shaped the unique Mexican character. Geography will be discussed in relation to its determination of culture as will economics, in particular development of the Pre-Columbian agriculture. Pre-Columbian civilization, its origin, development, and nature will be presented. Colonial history, the synthesis of Spanish and Indian cultures, introduction of Catholicism, Spanish language and the Hacienda system will be discussed. Modern Mexican history, beginning with the Mexican Revolution will be presented in terms of its formative effect on the Mexican character. The relationship between the United States and Mexico will be discussed in terms of the cultural change and evolution. Contemporary art in all forms will be discussed. ### HIST 116 — Contemporary U.S. History: From Vietnam to Iraq - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) Examines U.S. foreign policy from the end of World War II until the War on Terrorism. Students will examine, analyze, and evaluate the ideas, theories, themes and interrelationships that occurred during the period the U.S. was involved in Vietnam, and how our involvement there effected U.S. foreign policies and practices after the end of the Cold War. Finally, students will examine and evaluate the issue of terrorism and the events to led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq and analyze the similarities and differences between Vietnam and Iraq. ### HIST 118 — American West History, 1806-Present - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course is a broad survey of the American West and its significance in U.S. history from 1806 to the present day. Attention is focused on the social, cultural, political, and economic developments and changes in the West. Topics stressed include Native Americans, the frontier experience, Gold Rush, race relations, gender, environmental issues, twentieth-century problems, urban and suburban development, and the popular representation of the West as myth and place. This transferable course is designed to further the undergraduate's general education, introduce students to concepts basic to historical inquiry, as well as enhance their understanding of the region in which they live. ### HIST 119 — History of Latin America and the Caribbean - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/hist.md) - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course will survey the history and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean. Emphasis is placed on understanding the history and culture of the area. A study will be done on the historical development of the area and its indigenous population. A general study will be done on the geography of the area. Discussion will be done on European contact and its impact on the people of the area. A contemporary look at the region will be explored. ### HIST 199 — Work Experience Education - **Units:** 1-8 - **Hours:** 432 lab hours - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Limitation on enrollment: To participate in work experience education, students must have a paid or unpaid job or internship and have the approval of a work supervisor and the instructor supervising the work experience in the specific subject area. - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) - May be repeated once (R1) Students must also attend a scheduled orientation or meet individually with the supervising instructor for an individual orientation. Work Experience Education is supervised employment designed to provide history students with a realistic learning experience through work in museums, archives, state or historical parks, and other organizations that would require students to have a background in the study of history. The ultimate goal is to teach students skills and attitudes that will equip them to function and adapt as an employee in an environment that is conducive to the subject of history. Work Experience Education is supervised employment extending classroom-based occupational learning in an on-the-job learning situation related to history. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to eight units per semester. ### HIST C1001 — United States History to 1877 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Formerly:** HIST 107 - **C-ID:** HIST 130 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course is a historical survey of the United States, from Indigenous North America to the end of Reconstruction. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. This course examines the development of the United States across more than 100 years of history, from Indigenous North America through Reconstruction, with attention to the entire geographic area now included in the United States of America. The course emphasizes continuity and change in the American experience, including the ways Indigenous homelands, colonial settlements, borderlands, the Atlantic world, the North, the South, and the West shaped one another over time. Students consider how relationships with Indigenous nations, European empires, Mexico, Africa, and the broader Atlantic world influenced the political, economic, social, cultural, and geographic development of the United States. The course also examines the roles of major ethnic and social groups in shaping American history and explores how the American experience emerged from Indigenous, European, African, Mexican, Atlantic World, and other cultural traditions and transnational influences. Through historically significant texts, speeches, narratives, legal documents, public arguments, and cultural works, students analyze how ideas about democracy, freedom, citizenship, labor, race, religion, reform, expansion, conflict, and nationhood developed from early North America through Reconstruction. ### HIST C1001H — United States History to 1877 - Honors - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is a historical survey of the United States, from Indigenous North America to the end of Reconstruction. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. This is an honors course. This honors course examines the development of the United States across more than 100 years of history, from Indigenous North America through Reconstruction, with attention to the entire geographic area now included in the United States of America. The course emphasizes continuity and change in the American experience, including the ways Indigenous homelands, colonial settlements, borderlands, the Atlantic world, the North, the South, and the West shaped one another over time. Students consider how relationships with Indigenous nations, European empires, Mexico, Africa, and the broader Atlantic world influenced the political, economic, social, cultural, and geographic development of the United States. The course also examines the roles of major ethnic and social groups in shaping American history and explores how the American experience emerged from Indigenous, European, African, Mexican, Atlantic World, and other cultural traditions and transnational influences. Through historically significant texts, speeches, narratives, legal documents, public arguments, and cultural works, students analyze how ideas about democracy, freedom, citizenship, labor, race, religion, reform, expansion, conflict, and nationhood developed from early North America through Reconstruction. As an honors course, students engage these topics through advanced scholarly and primary-source reading, seminar-style discussion, independent historical research, and formal written and oral presentation. Honors work emphasizes historiography, source evaluation, competing historical interpretations, and the development of evidence-based historical arguments. Formerly HIST 107H (UC, CSU, AVC) Note: Students may take either HIST C1001 United States History to 1877 or HIST C1001H United States History to 1877 - Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded. ### HIST C1002 — United States History since 1865 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Formerly:** HIST 108 - **C-ID:** HIST 140 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC) This course is a historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. This course examines the development of the United States across more than 100 years of history, from Reconstruction to the present, with attention to the entire geographic area now included in the United States of America. The course emphasizes continuity and change in the American experience, including the ways the South, Northeast, Midwest, West, borderlands, Pacific, and urban and rural regions shaped one another over time. Students consider how relationships with external regions and powers, including Indigenous nations, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the broader global community, influenced the political, economic, social, cultural, and geographic development of the United States. The course also examines the roles of major ethnic and social groups in shaping modern American history and explores how the American experience since 1865 emerged from Indigenous, African American, European, Latin American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other cultural traditions and transnational influences. Through historically significant texts, speeches, narratives, legal documents, public arguments, and cultural works, students analyze how ideas about democracy, citizenship, labor, race, immigration, reform, civil rights, war, empire, globalization, and national identity developed from Reconstruction to the present. ### HIST C1002H — United States History since 1865 - Honors - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This course is a historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. This is an honors course. This honors course examines the development of the United States across more than 100 years of history, from Reconstruction to the present, with attention to the entire geographic area now included in the United States of America. Rather than treating historical events as isolated episodes, the course emphasizes continuity and change in the American experience, including the ways the South, Northeast, Midwest, West, borderlands, Pacific, and urban and rural regions shaped one another over time. Students consider how relationships with external regions and powers, including Indigenous nations, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the broader global community, influenced the political, economic, social, cultural, and geographic development of the United States. The course also examines the roles of major ethnic and social groups in shaping modern American history and explores how the American experience since 1865 emerged from Indigenous, African American, European, Latin American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other cultural traditions and transnational influences. Through historically significant texts, speeches, narratives, legal documents, public arguments, and cultural works, students analyze how ideas about democracy, citizenship, labor, race, immigration, reform, civil rights, war, empire, globalization, and national identity developed from Reconstruction to the present. As an honors course, students engage these topics through advanced scholarly and primary-source reading, seminar-style discussion, independent historical research, and formal written and oral presentation. Honors work emphasizes historiography, source evaluation, competing historical interpretations, and the development of evidence-based historical arguments. Formerly HIST 108H (UC, CSU, AVC) Students may take either HIST C1002 United States History since 1865 or HIST C1002H United States History since 1865 - Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.