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2205.00Knowledge 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. In addition to producing teachers and historical researchers, the AA-T in History helps prepare students for other careers. Majoring in history is excellent preparation for students interested in a teaching career, the legal profession, or advanced work in the discipline. Students wishing to become business executives, administrators, and public servants profit immensely by gaining the methodological skills of the historian. Historians learn to gather, synthesize, analyze, and interpret evidence; they become skilled in presenting their conclusions to a general audience in a lucid and logical manner. History is an excellent foundation for a broadly based education in the liberal arts.
The Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree requirements:
- Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University.
- The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements.
- A minimum of 18 semester units or 27 quarter units in a major or area of emphasis, as determined by the community college district.
- Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
- All courses in the major must be completed with a grade of “C” or better, or P if the course is graded on a P/NP basis. (Students completing this degree are not required to fulfill additional local graduation requirements.)
Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate through original written and/or oral analysis the ability to identify important events in historical eras; evaluate variables of historical phenomena; and analyze the causes and impact of significant change in a global context.
- Demonstrate awareness and critique the value of varied sources of historical information including professional lectures, secondary texts, primary documents, visual arts, fiction, oral histories, community studies, and/or current journalistic reports.
- Demonstrate responsibility as self-directed listeners, readers, and researchers.
- Compare and contrast the experiences and issues of subsets of minorities with that of mainstream in power, including concerns of race, class, and gender.
- Demonstrate respect for diversity of opinions on historical debates.
- Apply the analysis of history to create a plan for fulfilling civic responsibilities as community and international citizens.
Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| HIST 007A | UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 | 3 |
| HIST 007B | UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 | 3 |
| List A | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 | ||
or HIST 001A | HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 | |
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 | ||
or HIST 001B | HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 | |
| List B | ||
| Select one course from each group not already used: | 6 | |
| Group 1 | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 | ||
| LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 1825 | ||
| LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT | ||
| HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST | ||
| HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | ||
| HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA | ||
| WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY | ||
| TRADITIONAL AFRICA | ||
| MODERN AFRICA | ||
| HISTORY OF MEXICO | ||
| THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 | ||
| ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| Group 2 | ||
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 | ||
| HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 | ||
| HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 | ||
| HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 | ||
| HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 | ||
| HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA | ||
| AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS | ||
| AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS | ||
| ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| RELIGIOUS ISSUES, PERSONALITIES AND VALUES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| Required Subtotal | 18 | |
| CSU General Education or IGETC CSU Pattern | 37-39 | |
| Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 transferable units) | ||
| Degree Total | 60 | |
Visit the Program Mapper for a suggested sequence of courses.