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26 courses · Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026
HIST 099 Humanities: What, Why & How to Succeed
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Anti-Requisite: PHIL 099 (Humanities: What, Why & How to Succeed)
An introduction to the general concept of the humanities and its various disciplines: history; philosophy; religion; literature; the arts, as well as how they interrelate. Students will develop critical thinking, speaking, and writing skills through presentations, discussions, and both informal and formal compositions. Students will gain academic support and acquire skills and strategies that apply to disciplines within the Humanities Guided Pathway.
HIST 101 World Civilizations to the 16th Century
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Examines the development of world civilizations and their interrelationships through analysis of their basic ideas, institutions, personalities, and artistic achievements from the earliest beginnings to the sixteenth century.
HIST 101H Honors World Civilizations to the 16th Century
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An enriched approach designed for honors students that includes individual research as well as small group analysis of historical problems. Examines the development of world civilizations and their interrelationships through analysis of their basic ideas, institutions, personalities, and artistic achievements from the earliest beginnings to the sixteenth century.
HIST 102 World Civilizations Since the 16th Century
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Broad historical study of world civilizations and their interrelationships from the 16th century to the present. Includes ideas, institutions, personalities, and artistic achievements which have contributed to present day society.
HIST 102H Honors World Civilizations Since the 16th Century
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An enriched approach designed for honors students with emphasis on individual research as well as small group analysis of historical problems. Broad historical study of world civilizations and their interrelationships from the 16th century to the present. Ideas, institutions, personalities, and artistic achievements which have contributed to present day society.
HIST 115 African American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course surveys African-American history from the 1500s to the present day. It addresses the history of African societies on the eve of the Atlantic slave trade, the Atlantic slave trade, the emergence of racism and the notion of race in colonial America, slavery in the colonies and the U.S., abolitionist movements, African Americans in the Civil War, Reconstruction and its end, the era of Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, the persistence of systems of inequality into the present day. The course explores in detail the history of systemic racism while paying particular attention to the actions of African Americans to arrest and overcome it. It emphasizes the history of African American impact on the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the United States.
HIST 118 Social and Cultural History of the United States
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Examines social and cultural traditions during major historical periods. Focuses on American attitudes and responses to economic and technological changes, aesthetics, politics, music, art, language, architecture, folklore, high and popular culture.
HIST 120 The United States to 1877
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Examines the major political, economic, intellectual, and social forces shaping American life from the colonial period through Reconstruction. Credit will not be given to students who already earned credit for History 122.
HIST 120H Honors The United States to 1877
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Seminar-style, content-enriched course for honors students that examines major political, economic, intellectual, and social forces shaping American life from the colonial period through Reconstruction. Credit will not be given to students who already earned credit for History 122.
HIST 121 The United States Since 1865
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Anti-Requisite: HIST 122 (American History-Dynamics of Change)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A critical analysis of American history. Includes industrial and technological development, the changing nature of society, cultural patterns, domestic politics, artistic attainments, and America's expanded world role. Credit will not be given to students who already earned credit for History 122. Former Title: Honors The United States Since 1865 (2020)
HIST 121H Honors the United States Since 1865
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Anti-Requisite: HIST 122 (American History-Dynamics of Change)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Seminar-style, content-enriched course for honors students exploring a critical analysis of American history including industrial and technological development, the changing nature of society, cultural patterns, domestic politics, artistic attainments, and America's expanded world role. Credit will not be given to students who already earned credit for History 122. Former Title: Honors the United States Since 1877 (2020)
HIST 124 Mexican American History in the United States
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Survey of Mexican history from the Pre-Columbian period to the present, and history of Mexican-Americans since 1848. Emphasis on Mexican-American contributions to the political, social, economic, and cultural development of the U.S. Examine the relationship of Mexican-Americans to other cultural groups.
HIST 125 Native American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An historical and contemporary survey of Native Americans in the United States, examining the diverse and complex cultural, religious, and political systems which governed Indigenous societies before and after European contact and colonization. including the development of tribes and nations, and the cultural practices of Native Americans today.
HIST 126 United States since 1945
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- HIST 121 (The United States Since 1865)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course covers the history of the United States from the end of World War II to contemporary times, emphasizing developments in politics, society, economics, and culture, including the role of race, sex, gender, and class issues. The politics of government policy and the foreign relations of the United States also receive attention. The history of the American people and the nation will be considered in the larger context of world history.
HIST 127 Women in U.S. History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course introduces students to the history of women's work, family, and political lives in America and the United States since 1620. Secondary and primary source readings emphasize the experiences of women across racial, ethnic, social, and economic identities within the contexts of historical change in the U.S. Women's history is presented as an integral part of American history while also as a unique subject of historical investigation.
HIST 129 LGBTQ+ History in the U.S.
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course explores LGBTQ+ history in the United States from the colonial era to the recent past. Historical development of institutions, ideas, social transformations, cultural movements, liberation politics, and sexual and gender diversity in the U.S. will be studied. Students will work with scholarly texts and a variety of primary documents, honing historical analysis, critical thinking, and writing skills.
HIST 130 Asian American & Pacific Islander History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduction to the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander focusing on Asian American experiences from the eighteenth century to the present. Includes issues of migration, community formation, racism and resistance, the lives of workers, the experiences of women, imperialism, the influence of the historical narrative, global politics and economics, and struggles for equality and justice.identity and positionality as they relate to race and ethnicity, socioeconomic class and labor, national origin, mixed heritages, religion/spirituality, generation, and ability. Explores Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences via theoretical frameworks and historical, social, cultural, political, legal, and environmental contexts, including colonialism and decolonization, immigration, activism and resistance utilizing primary sources and oral history.
HIST 132 Modern African History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course surveys sub-Saharan African history from 1850 to the present, addressing such topics as the end of the slave trade; African resistance to conquest; experiences of colonialism; settler colonialism in southern Africa; the rise of national liberation movements and achievement of independence; and the challenges of post-colonial nation building. It examines contemporary Africa through a review of economic, political, social, cultural, and intellectual history.
HIST 133 History of California
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
An examination of the major social, political, and economic developments that have shaped California history from the indigenous period to the present. Special attention given to regional issues, ethnic or cultural groups, constitutional matters, cultural change, and California’s connection with the Pacific Basin.
HIST 140 Islamic History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
The History of Islam and basic themes in Muslim societies in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Examination of Islam as a religion, and its ritual, legal, mystical, and philosophical traditions. It assesses the historical impact of Islam and Islamic societies with a focus on the period from the time of the Prophet Muhammad (ca. 7th century CE) to the present contextualizing historical and contemporary topics relating to Islam and Muslims including global political and military movements, regional influences, social and economic impact, gender, culture, and the belief systems within the historical lens.
HIST 142 History of the Modern Middle East
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduction to narratives and debates in the history of the Middle East (Near East) from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Local, regional, and global events and processes; political, social, cultural, and intellectual realities. Focusing on the major social and intellectual trends of the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, and Israel and their relation to major events and movements of the twentieth century. The influence of colonial, postcolonial, and neo-colonial thought; ways in which such struggles shaped people's social lives and futures; the causes and implications of current affairs.
HIST 152 Latin American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A survey of Latin American History from the Indian and European origins to the 21st century with a focus on the historical background of the countries studied. Emphasis placed upon the interplay of Iberian, African and Indian influences upon social and cultural evolution. Also stressed are the Latin American relations with the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
HIST 162 Asian Civilizations
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course examines South, Central and East Asia, tracing the emergence and rules of foundational religious and philosophical traditions, statecraft, cultural production, and interactions that have connected societies in Asia to each other and to the rest of the world. The course will consider the introduction of external religions and ideas, especially in the ways Asian societies adopted, altered, and rejected them in pursuit of unique political, social, economic, or religious goals. The dynamics of inter-regional interaction occurring on a global scale is central to the course’s areas of focus, and students analyzes the processes by which ideas, people, products, practices, and skills have circulated within and across local, regional and national boundaries. The lasting impact over time of Asian polities, societies, and ideas on the rest of the globe is also examined in this course.
HIST 172 Jewish History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course presents a wide-ranging exploration of the history of Jewish people across global regions from ancient times to the recent past. It provides students a foundation in understanding the key events, transformations, and traditions that have shaped Jewish communities around the world over time. Jewish experiences in the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas are examined, with attention to the diversity of Jewish cultures and to changing temporal contexts. Political, intellectual, cultural, and social history are at the center of the sources and narratives which students interpret as they consider questions on themes that include identity, agency, community, religion, and diaspora.
HIST 199 History Independent Study
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- HIST 101 (World Civilizations to the 16th Century) Or any other history course. and HIST 102 (World Civilizations Since the 16th Century) Or any other history course.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Students will increase knowledge in particular areas of history through individual study and/or in small groups under the direction of a history professor. History majors, Humanities Pathway students, History Global Studies Certificate students, and future teachers are encouraged to enroll in Independent Study for History after pursuing other History coursework. Divisional approval required. Instructor approval required. Two prior history courses required.
HIST 240 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- POLS C1000 (American Government and Politics) or POLS C1000H (American Government and Politics - Honors)
- Advisory
- POLT 220 (International Politics)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Historical, social and economic development of the world order along with a wide range approach integral to the examination of global studies, peace and conflict resolution. The study of peace and conflict areas to include the war system, war prevention, nonviolence, human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability and the role of the United Nations and other international governing bodies.