HIST 2 - Western Civilization since 1600
- Recent Professors
- CHRISTOPHER RUTKOWSKY
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024
- Class Size
- 44 students
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2026 Sections
- View Spring 2026 sections of HIST 2
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2
- Description
- This course traces the history of Western civilization from the 1600s to the present. Topics include the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution; the American and French Revolutions; World Wars I and II; the Cold War and its end; and the challenges of the modern era.