Certificate & Degree Details

• History, AA-T

  Humanities and Social Sciences Division

  
  History is a broad-based academic discipline with foundational coursework in both World History and The History of the United States, augmented with course options that add dimension and depth to the student’s understanding of the discipline—such as history courses outside of the Western World, courses in the humanities or social sciences (including history) that address any historically under-represented group or non-western subject matter fulfilling transfer level GE categories and courses in foreign languages.

  The degree program requires students to critically analyze material from a variety of sources and to develop links and connections in abstracting fundamental meaning of historical data. The course distribution of the degree will expose the students to the complexity and diversity of the historical past, thus placing the present day issues and problems within a meaningful historical context.

  To earn an Associate in Arts in History for Transfer a student must complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the CSU that consist of: IGETC pattern or CSU GE breadth and a major of at least 18 units. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework to receive an associate degree for transfer and all courses in the major must be completed with a C or better. Students earning an associate degree for transfer will not be required to complete any other local graduation requirements.

  Required Courses

  Course List

  Course Prefix	Course Name	Units
  Core Courses
  HIST 7	History of the United States to 1877	3
  or HIST 7H	History of the United States to 1877 - Honors
  HIST 8	History of the United States from 1865	3
  or HIST 8H	History of the United States from 1865 - Honors
  List A
  HIST 3	World History: Prehistoric to Early Modern	3
  or HIST 3H	World History: Prehistoric to Early Modern - Honors
  HIST 4	World History: Early Modern to the Present	3
  or HIST 4H	World History: Early Modern to the Present - Honors
  List B: Choose one course from each group:
  Group 1: Diversity Course		3-4
  AHIS 9	History of Asian Art and Architecture
  AHIS 11	History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art
  AHIS 12	History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture
  AHIS 12H	History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture - Honors
  ARAB 1	Elementary Arabic
  ARAB 2	Continuing Elementary Arabic
  CHIN 1	Elementary Chinese
  CHIN 2	Continuing Elementary Chinese
  CHIN 3	Intermediate Chinese
  CHIN 4	Continuing Intermediate Chinese
  FRCH 1	Elementary French
  FRCH 2	Continuing Elementary French
  FRCH 3	Intermediate French
  FRCH 4	Continuing Intermediate French
  GERM 1	Elementary German
  GERM 2	Continuing Elementary German
  GERM 3	Intermediate German
  HIST 10	History of Premodern Asia
  HIST 11	History of Modern Asia
  HIST 19	History of Mexico
  HIST 30	History of the African American 1619-1877
  HIST 31	History of the African American
  HIST 35	History of Africa
  HIST 36	Women in American History
  HIST 40	History of the Mexican American
  HIST 44	History of Native Americans
  ITAL 1	Elementary Italian
  ITAL 2	Continuing Elementary Italian
  ITAL 3	Intermediate Italian
  ITAL 4	Continuing Intermediate Italian
  JAPN 1	Elementary Japanese
  JAPN 2	Continuing Elementary Japanese
  JAPN 3	Intermediate Japanese
  JAPN 4	Continuing Intermediate Japanese
  JAPN 5	Advanced Japanese
  LATN 1	Elementary Latin
  LATN 2	Continuing Elementary Latin
  LIT 20	African American Literature
  LIT 25	Contemporary Mexican American Literature
  POLI 25	Latino Politics in the United States
  POLI 35	African American Politics
  SPAN 1	Elementary Spanish
  SPAN 2	Continuing Elementary Spanish
  SPAN 3	Intermediate Spanish
  SPAN 4	Continuing Intermediate Spanish
  SIGN 101	American Sign Language 1
  SIGN 102	American Sign Language 2
  SIGN 103	American Sign Language 3
  SIGN 104	American Sign Language 4
  SIGN 202	American Deaf Culture
  Group 2: History-Related Humanities Course		3
  AHIS 1	Introduction to the Visual Arts and Art History
  AHIS 3	History of Women and Gender in Art
  AHIS 3H	History of Women and Gender in Art - Honors
  AHIS 4	History of Western Art: Prehistoric Through Gothic
  AHIS 4H	History of Western Art: Prehistoric Through Gothic - Honors
  AHIS 5	History of Western Art: Renaissance Through Modern
  AHIS 5H	History of Western Art: Renaissance Through Modern - Honors
  AHIS 6	History of Modern Art
  AHIS 6H	History of Modern Art - Honors
  AHIS 9	History of Asian Art and Architecture
  AHIS 10	A History of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
  AHIS 11	History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art
  AHIS 12	History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture
  AHIS 12H	History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture - Honors
  ANTH 5	Cultural Anthropology
  ANTH 30	The Native American
  ARTB 1	Introduction to the Visual Arts and Art History
  DN-T 20	History and Appreciation of Dance
  GEOG 2	Human Geography
  GEOG 2H	Human Geography - Honors
  GEOG 5	World Regional Geography
  HIST 39	California History
  HUMA 1	Humanities and the Human Experience
  LIT 11A	World Literature to 1650
  LIT 11B	World Literature from 1650
  MUS 12	History of Jazz
  MUS 14A	World Music
  MUS 14B	American Folk Music
  MUS 15	Rock Music History and Appreciation
  PHOT 15	History of Photography
  THTR 10	History of Theater Arts
  Total Units for Major		18-19
  CSU General Education or IGETC Pattern 1		39-42
  Total Units		60

  1	Courses may be double-counted with either CSU-GE or IGETC.

  Guided Pathways of Study Suggested Course Sequence