History HIST

9 courses · Berkeley City College · 2026-2027 Catalog

Classes: Fall 2026

HIST 2A History of Europe to 1500

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 170

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

History of Europe to 1500: Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods to 1500.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HIST 2B History of Europe Since 1500

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 180

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

History of Europe since 1500: Reformations, rise of nations, revolutionary eras, European expansion and decline; Europe and its impact on the world; emphasis on ideas and institutions rather than national histories.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST 3A World History to 1500

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 150

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Survey of the development of world civilizations to 1500.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST 3B World History Since 1500

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 160

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Survey of world history since 1500: Developments of the modern world as shaped by social, religious, economic, political, philosophical, and historical forces.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HIST 19 History of California

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

California's multi-ethnic history from the pre-Spanish period to the present: Emphasis on the social and ethnic diversity of past and present California.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST 21 U.S. Women: A Social History

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Survey of the role and contributions of women to the development of U.S. society, from colonial times to the present: Examination of U.S. women as social activists in their own and other movements.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST 31 Contemporary Middle East: The Politics of Nationalism

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Economic, political and social forces behind current Middle East tensions: Historical origins of Middle East issues, key current conflicts in the Middle East; analysis of the role of oil, religious and national antagonisms and the geopolitical importance of the region in twentieth and twenty-first century superpower policy.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HIST C1001 United States History to 1877

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 130

Peralta GE Areas 4; CSU area US1; Cal-GETC Area 4;

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. Formerly HIST 7A.

Offered: Fall 2026 (3 sections)

HIST C1002 United States History since 1865

Units: 3
Hours: 3 hours lecture
Transfers to: CSU, UC
C-ID: HIST 140

Peralta GE Areas 4; CSU area US1; Cal-GETC Area 4;

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. Formerly HIST 7B.

Offered: Fall 2026 (3 sections)

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