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14 courses · Victor Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog
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HIST C1001 United States History to 1877
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- 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. Formerly HIST 117.
HIST C1001H United States History to 1877 - Honors
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- ENGL-C1000
- 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. (UC credit limit) Formerly HIST 117H.
HIST C1002 United States History Since 1865
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- 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. Formerly HIST 118. .
HIST C1002H United States History since 1865 - Honors
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Take ENGL-C1000;
- 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. Formerly HIST 118H..
HIST 101 Western Civilization to 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 170
A survey course charting the development of the foundations of Western peoples from prehistoric times, through the rise and diffusion of civilization in the era of Middle Eastern dominance and the Middle Ages, and culminating with the Renaissance period in Western Europe. Political, economic, cultural and intellectual developments will be examined both internally and in relation to the larger world context. C-ID HIST 170.
HIST 102 Western Civilization from 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 180
A survey course charting the development of Western peoples from 1500, through the Renaissance era culminating with the post-modern period in Western Europe. Political, economic, cultural and intellectual developments will be examined both internally and in relation to the larger world context. C-ID HIST 180.
HIST 103 World History to 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 150
Course will focus on the beginnings of civilization some five to seven thousand years ago in Mesopotamia, Africa, Asia, the Americas, Classical Civilizations and the Axis Age with an understanding of the world in 1500. Social, cultural, geographical, political and economic history of the various world civilizations will be stressed. The course is designed to challenge erroneous assumptions about world history and contemporary realities. C-ID HIST 150.
HIST 104 World History Since 1500
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- HIST 160
Course will cover the period of 1600 to the 1980's and will focus on the making of the modern world. Inter-locking themes will include the discovery of the New World and the rise of Capitalism, the resistance to this new economic system by the non-white world, the spread of Imperialism and the division of the world in the "core" (industrial) and "peripheral" (non-industrial) nations of the First and Third World. National revolution and rebellion especially in the 20th century will be examined as well as the "end of the Third World" and the rise of the Pacific Rim as a model of national and economic development. C-ID HIST 160.
HIST 115 History of California
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A survey of the history and geography of California. The course will cover all aspects of the development of what is today known as California, including those contributions made by Native Americans, Spanish, Mexican, and early Anglo inhabitants. Special emphasis will be laid upon critical issues of the present. This course satisfies in part the California history requirement for teachers in the primary grades. 48-54 hours lecture.
HIST 130 Latin American History to 1822
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is designed to give students a chronological overview of Latin American History beginning with pre-Columbian societies and concluding with Latin American Independence. History 130 focuses on the impact of the conquest of the "New World", the role of the Catholic Church, Spanish mercantilism, and the economienda system, on the indigenous population and the development of Latin American society.
HIST 131 Latin American History From 1822
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is designed to give students a chronological overview of Latin American History beginning with Latin American Independence and concluding with present events and problems in Latin America. Students will gain an understanding of the social, economic, political, and diplomatic elements that have been the basis for post-Independence Latin American development. Special emphasis will be placed on US-Latin American relations.
HIST 153 African American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course surveys African American history from its beginnings in Africa through slavery, abolition, the Civil Rights Movement, and into the present. The course will pay particular attention to the development of internal and external definitions of freedom and equality and to the influences of African Americans on the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the United States.
HIST 155 Women in U.S. History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- SJS 120
History of women in the United States from the Pre-Columbian era to the present. This course must assume some understanding of the formative events in U.S. history and will focus on the changing roles women have played in society, family, and work. C-ID SJS 120.
HIST 157 Native American History
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours
- Advisory
- HIST 117, HIST 118, and ENGL 101.0
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Overview of Native Amerindian cultures and a history of Native peoples since European contact. Native societies, intercultural contact, and contemporary issues will be identified and discussed.