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Knowledge of the past is a prerequisite for understanding the present and preparing for the future. The Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree offers an array of courses designed to enable students to comprehend how they, their nation, and the contemporary world have been shaped by historical events and forces. It is only by studying the history of other civilizations and cultures that we hope to gain perspective on our own. 

The History AA-T - and the history mindset of critical analysis - prepares for all career paths. Majoring in history is an excellent foundation for students interested in education, the legal professions, community activism, library and archival studies, international relations, journalism, public relations, and political service. Students wishing to become business executives, administrators, and public servants gain immensely from the methodological skills of the historian. Historians gather, synthesize, analyze, and interpret evidence; they present their conclusions to a general audience in a lucid and logical manner. 

Program Outcomes

• In written or oral work, analyze the cause and impact of important events in different historical eras.
• Critique varied historical sources, perspectives, and debates in history.
• Assess the importance of historical evidence from major eras, political figures, legislative acts, social trends, and economic policy in different historical eras.
• Compare and contrast the experiences of marginalized groups with that of the dominant power structure, including concerns of race, economic class, and gender in different historical eras.
• Apply lessons of history to civic responsibilities.

Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree

Course List

Code	Title	Units
REQUIRED CORE
HIST 007A	UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876	3
or HIST 007AH	HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HIST 007B	UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876	3
or HIST 007BH	HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
LIST A - SELECT TWO		6
HIST 002A	HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
or HIST 001A	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
HIST 002B	HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
or HIST 001B	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
LIST B - SELECT ONE COURSE FROM EACH AREA:		6
Area 1: Diversity
HIST 002A	HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HIST 002B	HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
HIST 009A	LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 1825
HIST 009B	LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT
HIST 016	HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
HIST 018	HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
HIST 019	HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
HIST 025B	WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
HIST 027A	TRADITIONAL AFRICA
HIST 027B	MODERN AFRICA
HIST 030	HISTORY OF MEXICO
HIST 051	HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
or ETH 051	HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
HIST 061A	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
or ETH 061A	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
HIST 061B	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
or ETH 061B	AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
HIST 071	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
or ETH 071	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 081	MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
or ETH 081	MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
ANTH 009	GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
ANTH 086	CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
or ETH 086	CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
ART 001C	ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
ART 003A	HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
ART 003B	HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN
ART 007	PRE-COLUMBIAN ART HISTORY
ART 008	MEXICAN AND CHICANA/O ART HISTORY
ART 009	ISLAMIC ART HISTORY
CHIN 010	CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHIN 012	CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
CHIN 050	CHINESE CINEMA
ENGL 025C	WOMEN'S LITERATURE
ENGL 025I	POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES
ENGL 048	ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENGL 055	NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
or ETH 055	NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
ENGL 058	STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
ENGL 065	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
or ETH 065	AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 075	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
or ETH 075	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 085	CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
or ETH 085	CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
FRNC 006	INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
FRNC 010	FRENCH CIVILIZATION
FRNC 012	FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FRNC 016	FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
FRNC 050	FRENCH CINEMA
GEOG 002	CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 003	WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GRMN 005	INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE
GRMN 010	GERMAN CIVILIZATION
GRMN 012	GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
GLBL 001	INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES
GLBL 002	ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES
ITAL 010	ITALIAN CIVILIZATION
ITAL 012	ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ITAL 050	ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE
JAPN 010	JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
JAPN 011	JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPN 012	JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
JAPN 050	JAPANESE CINEMA
MUSC 023	MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
MUSC 025	AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
MUSC 027	ASIAN MUSIC
PHIL 031	CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY
PSYC 062	AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
or ETH 062	AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 072	PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
or ETH 072	PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
PSYC 082	CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
or ETH 082	CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
RELG 002	ASIAN RELIGIONS
RELG 003	WESTERN RELIGIONS
RUSS 011	RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
SOC 014	INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
or SOC 014H	HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
or ETH 014	INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
or ETH 014H	HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
SOC 030	INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
SOC 035	LGBTQ STUDIES
SOC 063	AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
or ETH 063	AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 073	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
or ETH 073	ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 083	CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
or ETH 083	CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
SPAN 005	INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE
SPAN 006A	INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE 19TH CENTURY
SPAN 006B	INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH THE PRESENT
SPAN 012	SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
SPAN 025	SPANISH COMPOSITION
SPAN 031	LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO
SPAN 042A	CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SPAN 042B	CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SPAN 044A	CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
SPAN 044B	LA CIVILIZACIÓN DE AMÉRICA LATINA
SPAN 050	SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
Area 2: Any history course (including LIST A courses not already used)
HIST 001A	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
HIST 001B	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
HIST 005A	HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714
HIST 005B	HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714
HIST 008	HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
HIST 025D	HISTORY OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HIST 025F	AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS
HIST 025I	THE UNITED STATES & THE WARS IN VIETNAM
ANTH 001	INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
or ANTH 001H	INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - HONORS
ANTH 002	CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
or ANTH 002H	HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCH 024A	HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
ARCH 024B	HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
ART 001A	HISTORY OF WESTERN ART - PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL
ART 001B	HISTORY OF WESTERN ART - RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY
ART 004A	HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART
ART 004B	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
ART 004C	HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
ART 004D	HISTORY OF MODERN ART
CINE 007A	EARLY FILM HISTORY
CINE 007B	CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
ECON 001A	PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
or ECON 001AH	PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS - HONORS
ECON 001B	PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
or ECON 001BH	HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
ENGL 011	HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
or LING 011	HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENGL 012	LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
or ENGL 012	LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
ENVS 002	HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
PHIL 020A	HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 020B	HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
POLS C1000	AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
POLS 002	COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
POLS 006	THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS
PSYC C1000	INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
or PSYC C1000H	INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY - HONORS
SOC 001	INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
or SOC 001H	HONORS INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
SPCH 013	INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
Required Subtotal		18
Cal-GETC 1		34
Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 transferable units)
Degree Total		60

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Students with rights to former general education patterns are able to use the CSU GE or IGETC-CSU in lieu of Cal-GETC to complete the general education requirement of this degree. Students should consult with an Academic Counselor to help determine which general education pattern to complete.

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General Education Requirements for the Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer

• General Information
• Cal-GETC
• Students with rights to the former general education patterns can complete IGETC-CSU or CSU GE in lieu of Cal-GETC. Students should consult with an Academic Counselor to determine which general education pattern to complete and may refer to an appropriate archived College Catalog or www.assist.org for more information.