HIST 8 - US Hist. Post-Reconstruction

    Recent Professors
    STUART MC ELDERRY, ANN WEMEIER, KEITH GOUVEIA, JONATHAN EDEN, JOHN ROSEN, NOLAN HIGDON, CHRISTOPHER RUTKOWSKY, CHRISTIAN TUELL
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    44–46 students
    Difficulty
    5.9Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of HIST 8
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4F · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU American Institutions Area US1 · CSU American Institutions Area US3
    Description
    This course is a historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. Emphasis on distinctively American patterns of political, economic, social, intellectual and geographic developments, the framework of California state and local government, and the relationship between state/local government and the federal government.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 1:00pm–2:25pm, Mon Wed 11:20am–12:45pm, Mon Wed 12:30pm–1:45pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am