HIST 17A - History of the United States to 1877

    Recent Professors
    Jay W. Hester, Andrew R. Modder, Monica K. Ahrens, Gary D. Noy, Christian M. Jardine, Deborah B. Vanells, Behzad Hamkar, Ralph S. De Unamuno and 9 more
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    4.2Lightout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Summer 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4F · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU American Institutions Area US2 · CSU American Institutions Area US1
    Description
    Formerly known as HIST 0017A This course is a historical survey of the United States, from Indigenous North America to the end of Reconstruction. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. Emphasis on evolution of colonial societies, the American Revolution and the establishment of the Republic, Constitution and constitutional developments, and emergence of a national political tradition; ethnic and racial pluralism of settlement, growth and development; the market revolution and emergence of democracy; institution of slavery, territorial expansion, and events, issues, and developments culminating in the Civil War and the Reconstruction of the South. (C-ID HIST 130) (CSU, UC)
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed Fri 8:45am–9:55am, Tue Thu 2:25pm–3:40pm, Mon 10:00am–11:10am, Mon 12:50pm–2:00pm