History
15 courses · San Jose City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
HIST C1001 United States History to 1877
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
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 was formerly known as HIST 017A: History of the United States.
HIST C1001H United States History to 1877 - Honors
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
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 focuses on critical reading and writing, and the preparation of research papers and student presentations and collaborations. This course also emphasizes student research, writing, and reporting to the instructor and, where possible, presenting to the class or a group of interested individuals. This course was formerly known as HIST 017AH: Honors History of the United States.
HIST C1002 United States History Since 1865
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
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. Students will also learn the processes of California state and local government. This course was formerly known as HIST 017B: History of the United States.
HIST C1002H United States History Since 1865 - Honors
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
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 highlights student research, writing, and reporting. Students will also learn the processes of California state and local government. This course was formerly known as HIST 017BH: Honors History of the United States.
HIST 001 Survey of American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will be provided with a broad approach to the social, constitutional, economic and political history of the U.S. with emphasis upon key events, issues and their backgrounds. HIST 001, along with POLS C1000, satisfies the District requirements in United States History and Constitution, and in state and local government.
HIST 001H Honors Survey of American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students are provided a broad approach to the social, constitutional, economic and political history of the U.S. with emphasis upon key events, issues and their backgrounds. HIST 001/001H, along with POLS C1000/C1000H, satisfies the District requirements in United States History and Constitution, and in state and local government. This Honors course focuses on critical reading and writing, and the preparation of research papers and student presentations and collaborations. This course also emphasizes student research, writing, and reporting to the instructor and where possible presenting to the class or a group of interested individuals.
HIST 005 History of Asian Americans
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will survey the history and culture of Asian Americans. Students will critically explore the political, legal, economic, social and cultural aspects of the history of Asian Americans, their diversity, experiences, oppression and resistance and their contributions through an interdisciplinary approach. Students will examine issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, immigration, citizenship, labor, racialization, exclusion, social and political activism and community-building.
HIST 009 Women in American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will analyze the social, political, and economic aspects of women's lives. Students will examine the interaction of race, class, gender and the issue of dominance and subordination of women. This is a historical survey course on women in the United States from pre-Columbian to present times.
HIST 010A Development of Western Culture
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 170
Students study the political, cultural, and philosophical development of Western culture and society through the study of the institutions, thought and the literary and artistic expression of the ancient world and medieval society of Europe to the Reformation. Emphasis is placed on understanding the facets of modern civilization by tracing the social, cultural, and political thought of the past. Students are also introduced to the ideas/accomplishments of significant men and women in each period.
HIST 010B Development of Western Culture
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 180
Students study the development of Western culture and society through the study of the institutions, thought and the literary and artistic expression from the Renaissance to modern times. Emphasis is placed on understanding the facets of modern civilization by tracing the social, cultural, and political thought of the past. Students are also introduced to the ideas/accomplishments of significant men and women in each period.
HIST 011A World History to 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 150
Students are introduced to the world's regions and civilizations as interconnected entities from antiquity to 1500. Students will examine the fundamental economic, social, political, and ideological elements of human culture in historical context. Students are also introduced to the ideas and accomplishments of significant men and women in each period and region.
HIST 011B World History from 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 160
Students are introduced to the world's regions and civilizations as interconnected entities from 1500 to the present. Students will examine the fundamental economic, social, political, and ideological elements of human culture in historical context. Students are also introduced to the ideas and accomplishments of significant men and women in each period and region.
HIST 021 African American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will examine the historical development of African Americans from pre-Colonial Africa, to enslavement in the "New World", to their establishment as US citizens who shape the economic, political, social actions and consciousness of the nation. Topics will include slavery and race, the Era of Reconstruction, the Jim Crow south, and the Civil Rights era.
HIST 024 History and Culture of the American Indian
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 3
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students survey the history and culture of American Indians in America from Pre-Columbian to present times. Students will study similarities and differences among Indian nations and the interaction of American Indians with European settlers. Students will also examine the disempowerment and dispossession of their lands and cultures. The impact of post-American Revolution policies, acts, laws, and doctrines directed at American Indians will also be covered.
HIST 098 Directed Study in History
- Units
- 0.5-9
- Hours
- Lab Hours: 2.07
- Prerequisite
- HIST 001, HIST 001H or HIST 005 or HIST 009 or HIST 010A or HIST 010B or HIST 011A or HIST 011B or HIST C1001 or HIST C1001H or HIST C1002 or HIST C1002H or HIST 021 or HIST 024; with a C or better
- Transfers to
- CSU
Individual or small groups of students, with previous course work in the discipline, who would benefit from Independent Study under the direction of faculty members in specific or related disciplines, may develop individualized learning contracts designed to enhance their individual instructional programs. The students and the faculty member in consultation with the Division Dean will determine appropriate learning objectives and activities as well as the number of units to be earned. Instructions and the Learning Contract forms are available in the Division Office. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 units across all disciplines.