HIST 2 - World History: 1500 to Present
- Recent Professors
- D. Okonyan, Z. Wolters, R. Reeves, T. Greene, T. Stanek, K. Schaefer, L. Smith-Trafzer, L. Reams
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026
- Class Size
- 7–40 students
- Difficulty
- 6.8Demandingout of 10
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2027 Sections
- View Spring 2027 sections of HIST 2
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2
- Description
- Cross-cultural study of all the major civilizations of the world since 1500. The unifying theme is understanding the causes of the rise of the West, the reaction of the non-Western world to the rise of the West, and the ongoing dynamics of the "West versus the Rest" dialectic. May be offered as an Honors course.
- Usually Held
- Mon Wed 11:00am–12:50pm