HIST 017B - United States History

    Recent Professors
    Justin Coburn, Tim Kelly, Alexandra Zvargulis Robertson, Ben Ravey, Usiel Meraz Cerna
    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 017B
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4F · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU American Institutions Area US1
    Description
    This course is a survey of the political, economic, and social and cultural development of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Topics covered include Reconstruction, Native American culture and western settlement, Industrialization, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Twenties, the New Deal, and World War II. Also covered are domestic, social, and foreign policy issues of the post-World War II period from the 1950s to the present era, including reform movements, Vietnam, the Civil Rights and other ethnic movements, the Feminist Movement, popular culture, and post-Cold War foreign policy.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 10:55am–12:20pm, Mon Wed 9:20am–10:45am, Tue 6:00pm–9:10pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:55pm