HIST 157 - History Through Comics

    Recent Professors
    M. Gonzalez-Meeks
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    25 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of HIST 157
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This course studies history through sequential art and images, comics, and graphic novels, looking at Paleolithic cave paintings, Roman graffiti, Persian bas-reliefs, Mexican murals, and more, with a focus on 20th and 21st-century comics and graphic novels. Topics explored through comics may include: social justice, identity, love, war, discrimination, genocide, hope, resistance, environmental justice, and more. Students will use sequential art and comics as primary and secondary sources, learning how sequential art and comics reflect the concerns and realities of particular times, places, and people. (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-3, Cal-GETC-3A)
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 1:00pm–2:50pm