TransfermaticHIST at Ventura College

    HIST V55 - United States History: Focus on Native Americans Since the Civil War

    Recent Professors
    Michael Ward
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    21–46 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of HIST V55
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4C · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU American Institutions Area US1
    Description
    This course presents a survey and analysis of United States history from the Civil War to the present, with emphases on the role and history of Native Americans, changing United States Indian policy, and the interactions between divergent cultures. The course emphasizes basic American social, political, economic, and intellectual concepts and developments of the country in general, and the impact of/on Native American peoples in particular.