HIST 017A - United States History

    Recent Professors
    Justin Coburn, Usiel Meraz Cerna, Alexandra Zvargulis Robertson, Ben Ravey, Tim Kelly
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    38 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of HIST 017A
    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 US2
    Description
    This course is a survey of the political, economic, and social and cultural development of the United States from the pre-Colonial period through the Civil War. Topics covered include indigenous and European influence on the development of the colonies, the causes and consequences of the War of Independence, the ideological origins of republicanism and principles of the United States Constitution, early industrialization, westward expansion, foreign policy, sectional conflict, slavery and its impact on race relations, abolition and other reform movements, and the Civil War.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 12:30pm–1:55pm, Tue Thu 10:55am–12:20pm, Mon Wed 9:20am–10:45am, Tue 6:30pm–9:40pm