# History (Associate in Arts for Transfer)

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: History

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**About the Program**

**Program Goal:** Transfer

**GE Pattern(s):** Cal-GETC

**Program Code:** 31000.31AA-T

Students completing Associate Degrees for Transfer are guaranteed admission to the CSU system. Please see the beginning of the “Academic Programs” section for details.

History is the study of how the society we live in came to be. Through contemplation and analysis of historical materials, historians interpret the past and construct collective memory. The Associate Degree for Transfer in History supplies students with foundational knowledge in United States and World History, as well as with an introduction to the historical inquiry process. The degree offers three of five courses required in the CSU, Chico major core program, in addition to courses approved for CSU General Education.

**Program Learning Outcome(s):**
Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1.  Identify major developments in the history of the United States and of the world, and to examine the past from diverse perspectives.
2.  Apply historical reasoning to the study of the past and to think in terms of causation, context, chronology, and change and continuity.
3.  Utilize historical method through posing questions and conducting research, analyzing evidence, and articulating defensible conclusions.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required courses:** | | 18 |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | 3 |
| **List A** | | 6 |
| **Select one:** | | 3 |
| HIST 3 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 21 | History of Western Civilization I | 3 |
| **Select one:** | | 3 |
| HIST 5 | World History Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 23 | History of Western Civilization II | 3 |
| **List B (Select one course from each group):** | | 6 |
| **Group 1** | | 6 |
| ANTH 33 | Ancient Mesoamerica | 3 |
| HIST 30 | History of the African American | 3 |
| **Group 2** | | 9 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| HIST 18 | Multicultural History of the United States | 3 |
| **Total** | | **18** |