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History – Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer — Associate of Science

An associate degree — designed to transfer to a 4-year school. About 2 years full-time.

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$1,180

In-state tuition / yr

48%

Graduate on time

$27,351

Median earnings after

59%

Earn above HS-grad wage

Source: federal College Scorecard (2026). College-wide — not specific to this program.

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Recommended Course Sequence

UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
HIST 007A · 3 credits
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865
HIST 007B · 3 credits
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HIST 002A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
HIST 001A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
HIST 002B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
HIST 001B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 1825
HIST 009A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT
HIST 009B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
HIST 016
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
HIST 018
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
HIST 019
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
HIST 025B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
TRADITIONAL AFRICA
HIST 027A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MODERN AFRICA
HIST 027B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MEXICO
HIST 030
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
HIST 051
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
ETH 051
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
HIST 061A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
ETH 061A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
HIST 061B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ETH 061B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 071
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ETH 071
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 081
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
ETH 081
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
ANTH 009
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
ANTH 086
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
ETH 086
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
ART 001C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
ART 003A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN
ART 003B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART HISTORY
ART 007
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AND CHICANA/O ART HISTORY
ART 008
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ISLAMIC ART HISTORY
ART 009
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHIN 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
CHIN 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHINESE CINEMA
CHIN 050
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WOMEN'S LITERATURE
ENGL 025C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES
ENGL 025I
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ENGL 048
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
ENGL 055
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
ETH 055
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
ENGL 058
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 065
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ETH 065
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 075
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ETH 075
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
ENGL 085
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
ETH 085
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
FRNC 006
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FRENCH CIVILIZATION
FRNC 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FRNC 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
FRNC 016
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FRENCH CINEMA
FRNC 050
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE
GRMN 005
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
GERMAN CIVILIZATION
GRMN 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
GRMN 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES
GLBL 001
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES
GLBL 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION
ITAL 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ITAL 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE
ITAL 050
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
JAPN 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPN 011
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
JAPN 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
JAPANESE CINEMA
JAPN 050
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
MUSC 023
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
MUSC 025
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN MUSIC
MUSC 027
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 031
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 062
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
ETH 062
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
PSYC 072
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
ETH 072
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 082
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
ETH 082
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN RELIGIONS
RELG 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WESTERN RELIGIONS
RELG 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
RUSS 011
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
SOC 014
or take SOC 014H (HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
ETH 014
or take ETH 014H (HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
SOC 030
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LGBTQ STUDIES
SOC 035
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 063
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ETH 063
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 073
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ETH 073
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
SOC 083
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
ETH 083
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE
SPAN 005
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE 19TH CENTURY
SPAN 006A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH THE PRESENT
SPAN 006B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
SPAN 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
SPANISH COMPOSITION
SPAN 025
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO
SPAN 031
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SPAN 042A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SPAN 042B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
SPAN 044A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LA CIVILIZACIÓN DE AMÉRICA LATINA
SPAN 044B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
SPAN 050
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714
HIST 005A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714
HIST 005B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
HIST 008
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HIST 025D
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS
HIST 025F
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
THE UNITED STATES & THE WARS IN VIETNAM
HIST 025I
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 001
or take ANTH 001H (INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - HONORS) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 002
or take ANTH 002H (HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
ARCH 024A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
ARCH 024B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART
ART 004A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
ART 004B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
ART 004C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MODERN ART
ART 004D
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
EARLY FILM HISTORY
CINE 007A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
CINE 007B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
ECON 001A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
ECON 001B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENGL 011
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LING 011
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
ENGL 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVS 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 020A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 020B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
POLS 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS
POLS 006
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
SOC 001
or take SOC 001H (HONORS INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
SPCH 013
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective

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