History HIST

HIST-C1001 United States History to 1877

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 130

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST17A

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (2 sections)

HIST-C1002 United States History since 1865

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 140

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST17B

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (3 sections)

HIST-4A Western Civilization

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 170

Letter Grade Only

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B

Broad historical study of the major elements of the western tradition from earliest times to the Eighteenth century. Introduction of ideas, values, and institutions basic to Western civilizations. Advisories Language - recommended eligibility for English 1A

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST-4B Western Civilization II

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 180

Letter Grade Only

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B

Historical study of the major elements of the western experience for the Eighteenth century to the present. Includes major political and social developments that have revolutionized the modern mode of human existence.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HIST-5A World Civilizations I

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 150

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B, 4

This course provides an overview of the experiences of peoples with vastly different cultures inhabiting a single globe. Emphasizes the interaction of humans with the environment based on experience, knowledge, and technology. Explores the impacts of economic, social, religious, and political systems to c.1500.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HIST-5B World Civilizations II

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

HIST 160

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 4

Cal-GETC: 3B, 4

This course covers the experiences of people from civilizations around the world from the early modern era to the present. Emphasis is on the interaction of different communities and cultural groups within their environments based upon the development of technology and the conflict between traditional systems and new(er) orders.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.