# History (HIST) courses Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 12 courses Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=123 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### HIST-C1001 — United States History to 1877 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Formerly:** HIST-17A - **C-ID:** HIST 130 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) 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. Survey of U.S. history tracing the political, social, economic, and cultural development of American ideals and actions from the Pre-Revolutionary Period through the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras. Satisfies CSU Title V, Section 40404, U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals requirement when both HIST 17A and POLSC 1 are completed. ### HIST-C1002 — United States History Since 1865 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Formerly:** HIST-17B - **C-ID:** HIST 140 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) 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. Political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Focuses on the ideals, decisions, forces, institutions, individuals, events, and processes that affected the continuity and change during this time. Satisfies CSU Title V, Section 40404, U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals requirement when both HIST 17B and POLSC 1 are completed. ### HIST-4A — Western Civilizations I: From Pre-History to the 18th Century - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** HIST 170 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) 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. (L) Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-4B — Western Civilizations II: From 18th Century to Modern - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** HIST 180 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule 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. (L) Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-5A — World Civilizations to 1500 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** HIST 150 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) A survey of world history from the origins of humankind to 1500, emphasizing the emergence and interaction of major civilizations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Students will explore how political, economic, social, geographic, cultural, and religious or philosophical systems shaped human experience and global connections. Topics include the formation of complex societies, the development of major belief systems, the impact of environment and technology, and the enduring legacies of early civilizations. Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-5B — World Civilizations since 1500 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **C-ID:** HIST 160 - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) This course covers the experiences of all the world’s people from the early modern era to the present. Emphasis is upon the interaction of people with the environment based upon the development of technology and conflicts between traditional systems and new(er) orders. Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-7 — Indigenous Peoples History - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule History of Indigenous Nations and peoples from Pre-Contact to the present. Covers the impact of European contact, trade, and colonization; examines the effects of United States political, economic, and social policies on Indigenous Peoples throughout U.S. history with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and Federal Indian Law. Emphasis on Indigenous Peoples' attempts to protect their sovereignty, retain their cultural identity, and revitalize their societies across pre-colonial, global colonial, and American History. ### HIST-14 — Introduction to Asian American Studies - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in ETHN-14. This course is a critical study of the Asian American experience. Students will read scholarly, literary, and visual texts in order to understand how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American Studies confronts issues of Asian American immigration, racialization, exclusion, social and political activism, assimilation, community-building, and transnationalism. It explores questions of gender and sexuality, race and class, war and imperialism, and culture and memory, and the forces that have shaped the experience of Asian Americans. It will also focus on how Asian Americans negotiate and often resist such forces through political and creative means of expression. (L,C) Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-15 — Mexican American History - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) - Tranferabletocsuanduc - Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in ETHN-15. Historical development of Mexican Americans from Mexican origin, settlement in the United States, to the present time. Emphasis is given to the pre-Columbian setting, the indigenous heritage, European conquest and legacy, distinctive colonial institutions, and the growth of independence movements in the United States and Mexico. Major political, social, economic, and cultural factors will be presented, focusing on the roles played by diverse peoples and cultures who share in the development of the United States and Mexico. (L,C) Grades are P/NP Option. ### HIST-16A — African-American History To 1877 - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/yuba-college/schedule/fall-2026/hist.md) HHistory of African-Americans from the pre-European West African kingdoms to the end of Reconstruction, focusing on major events that shaped the United States. Emphasis on the political, social, and economic contributions of people of African descent, the transatlantic slave trade, the institution of slavery, free Black communities in the North, and the abolitionist movement. Exploration of African American resilience, resistance, and influence in shaping American history. ### HIST-16B — African-American History: 1877 to Present - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Examines the experiences and contributions of African Americans from the Reconstruction era to the present, highlighting their role in shaping the political, social, and economic landscape of the United States. The course explores key events and movements, including the struggle for civil rights, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the rise of Black Power. ### HIST-29 — Women in American History - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 lecture hours - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule This course offers a survey of U.S. women's history, including the origin and development of the nation's political, social, economic, intel-lectual, philosophical and cultural institutions, from pre-contact indigenous societies to the modern era. The diverse roles, experiences and contributions of European American, Native American, African American, Mexican American, and Asian American women are em-phasized throughout the course. Grades are P/NP Option.