HIST 017A - History of the United States - Units 3

Prerequisite Skills: 1. Prerequisite Reading Level II.

Advisories: ENG-001A with a grade of "C" or better.

This course is a survey of United States history from its pre-colonial beginnings through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The course covers significant persons, events, and issues from our nation`s past. Covered topics include all geographical regions ultimately encompassed by the United States, initial cultural contact, European settlements, racial, class, religious, and gender conflicts, immigration, the development of a national identity and American institutions, as well as sectionalism and trans-continental expansion. This course fulfills the Social Science (group A) requirement for the AA degree, and it applies toward the completion of California State requirements in United States history and institutions. (UC, CSU)