California Community Colleges
History Programs
History coursework at community colleges in this state. U.S., world, and topical history sequences for transfer-track liberal-arts students.
102 colleges · 3295 sections · 435 unique courses · Fall 2026 · Updated today
History coursework at California community colleges serves two student groups: liberal-arts transfer students completing their gen-ed history requirements, and history majors finishing their first two years before transferring to a four-year history program. The 3295 sections across 102 California CCs colleges this term cover US history surveys, world civilizations, and topical electives.
Like other transfer-oriented humanities programs, the value isn't in the associate as a terminal credential — it's in the credit transfer + smaller class sizes + lower tuition for the same content. Students serious about history careers (teaching, archival, academic) continue to bachelor's and often graduate programs; the CC associate is step one of a longer path.
Colleges offering History
Pick a college to see its full plan — every required course, which ones transfer to the school you want, and what’s open now.
History is a transfer program — community colleges offer the coursework; you earn the degree, and its earnings, at a four-year university. See where it transfers →
History Availability Snapshot
How history sections are being offered across 102 colleges in California this term (3295 sections total).
Delivery format
- online1650 (50%)
- in person1424 (43%)
- hybrid141 (4%)
- zoom80 (2%)
When sections meet
- Morning (before noon)840
- Afternoon (noon–5 PM)491
- Evening (5 PM and after)123
- Asynchronous / TBA1841
Start dates
Sections begin on 48 distinct dates. 917 late-start more than two weeks after the term's earliest start.
Instructor diversity
Taught by 978 distinct instructors across 102 colleges.
Degree requirements by college
Expand a college to see the courses required for graduation. Data sourced from each college's official catalog.
College of the Desert1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 017US History through Reconstruction(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 018US History from Reconstruction to Present(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 003History of World Civilization I(3 cr)3 sections+ plan
- HIST 005History of Western Civilization Inot offered+ plan
- HIST 004History of World Civilization II(3 cr)3 sections+ plan
- HIST 006History of Western Civilization IInot offered+ plan
- ENG 021Intro Latin American/Chicano Literature(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- ENG 022Intro to African American Literature(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- ENG 024Native American Literature(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- PS 002Introduction to Comparative Governments(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- PS 004Introduction to International Relations(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- SOC 014Introduction to Race & Ethnicity(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- SOC 015Mexican American Culture & Society(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- ANTH 002Cultural Anthropology(3 cr)4 sections+ plan
- HIST 021California History(3 cr)3 sections+ plan
- HIST 023Latin American History(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- GS 010Global Studies(3 cr)1 section+ plan
Source: College catalog
Cuyamaca College2 programs
Evergreen Valley College1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 017AHistory of the United States(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 017BHistory of the United States(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 003AWorld History to 15001 section+ plan
- HIST 010ADevelopment of Western Culture I1 section+ plan
- HIST 003BWorld History From 1500not offered+ plan
- HIST 010BDevelopment of Western Culture II1 section+ plan
- HIST 014Women in American History2 sections+ plan
- HIST 021African American History2 sections+ plan
- HIST 022Mexican-American History1 section+ plan
- HIST 023Asian American Historynot offered+ plan
- HIST 047History of Indigenous Peoples of North America1 section+ plan
- ANTH 063Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology1 section+ plan
- ECON 010APrinciples of Macroeconomic Theorynot offered+ plan
- HIST 035California History1 section+ plan
- HIST 040United States Military History1 section+ plan
- HIST 045Modern Americanot offered+ plan
- WOMS 010Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies1 section+ plan
Source: College catalog
Foothill College2 programs
Fullerton College2 programs
Grossmont College1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 108Early American History(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 109Modern American History(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 100Early World History8 sections+ plan
- HIST 105Early Western Civilization2 sections+ plan
- HIST 101Modern World History6 sections+ plan
- HIST 106Modern Western Civilizationnot offered+ plan
- HIST 103Twentieth Century World History1 section+ plan
- HIST 114Comparative History of the Early Americasnot offered+ plan
- HIST 115Comparative History of the Modern Americas10 sections+ plan
- HIST 118U.S. History: Chicano/Chicana Perspectives I2 sections+ plan
- ETHN 118U.S. History: Chicano/Chicana Perspectives I1 section+ plan
- HIST 119U.S. History: Chicano/Chicana Perspectives II1 section+ plan
- ETHN 119U.S. History: Chicano/Chicana Perspective II1 section+ plan
- HIST 122Women in Early American History1 section+ plan
- HIST 123Women in Modern American History1 section+ plan
- HIST 130U.S. History and Cultures: Native American Perspectives Inot offered+ plan
- ETHN 130U.S. History and Cultures: Native American Perspectives Inot offered+ plan
- HIST 131U.S. History and Cultures: Native American Perspectives IInot offered+ plan
- ETHN 131U.S. History and Cultures: Native American Perspectives IInot offered+ plan
- HIST 137History of East Asia1 section+ plan
- HIST 148Modern Middle East Historynot offered+ plan
- HIST 154Early History of Women in World Civilizationnot offered+ plan
- GEND 154Early History of Women in World Civilizationnot offered+ plan
- HIST 155Modern History of Women in World Civilization1 section+ plan
- GEND 155Modern History of Women in World Civilization1 section+ plan
- HIST 180U.S. History: Black Perspectives I1 section+ plan
- ETHN 180U.S. History: Black Perspectives I1 section+ plan
- HIST 181U.S. History: Black Perspectives II1 section+ plan
- ETHN 181U.S. History: Black Perspectives II1 section+ plan
- HIST 113American Military History2 sections+ plan
- HIST 124History of California1 section+ plan
- HIST 126History of Mexiconot offered+ plan
- HIST 135Ancient History of Western Civilization2 sections+ plan
- HIST 136Survey of Medieval Historynot offered+ plan
Source: College catalog
Long Beach City College1 program
Mt San Antonio College1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 10History of Asia from Pre-History to Early Modern1 sectionor HIST 10H+ plan
- HIST 11History of Early Modern to Modern Asianot offeredor HIST 11H+ plan
- HIST 18History of Latin America1 section+ plan
- HIST 19History of Mexico1 section+ plan
- HIST 30History of African Americans, 1619-18772 sections+ plan
- HIST 31History of African Americans, 1877- Presentnot offered+ plan
- HIST 35History of Africa1 section+ plan
- HIST 36Women in American History11 sections+ plan
- HIST 40History of Mexican Americans9 sections+ plan
- HIST 44History of Native Americans2 sections+ plan
- HIST 16The Wild West - A History, 1800-18901 section+ plan
- HIST 39California History2 sections+ plan
Source: College catalog
Pasadena City College1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 007AUNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877(3 cr)21 sections+ plan
- HIST 007BUNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865(3 cr)16 sections+ plan
- HIST 002AHISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 15004 sections+ plan
- HIST 001AHISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 17152 sections+ plan
- HIST 002BHISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 15004 sections+ plan
- HIST 001BHISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 17152 sections+ plan
- HIST 009ALATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 1825not offered+ plan
- HIST 009BLATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENTnot offered+ plan
- HIST 016HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EASTnot offered+ plan
- HIST 018HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICnot offered+ plan
- HIST 019HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREAnot offered+ plan
- HIST 025BWOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY4 sections+ plan
- HIST 027ATRADITIONAL AFRICAnot offered+ plan
- HIST 027BMODERN AFRICAnot offered+ plan
- HIST 030HISTORY OF MEXICOnot offered+ plan
- HIST 051HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS1 section+ plan
- ETH 051HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS1 section+ plan
- HIST 061AAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 18651 section+ plan
- ETH 061AAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 18651 section+ plan
- HIST 061BAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 18653 sections+ plan
- ETH 061BAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 18653 sections+ plan
- HIST 071ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY5 sections+ plan
- ETH 071ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY6 sections+ plan
- HIST 081MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY9 sections+ plan
- ETH 081MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY9 sections+ plan
- ANTH 009GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE2 sections+ plan
- ANTH 086CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE1 section+ plan
- ETH 086CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE1 section+ plan
- ART 001CARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA1 section+ plan
- ART 003AHISTORY OF ASIAN ART: INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA1 section+ plan
- ART 003BHISTORY OF ASIAN ART: CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPANnot offered+ plan
- ART 007PRE-COLUMBIAN ART HISTORYnot offered+ plan
- ART 008MEXICAN AND CHICANA/O ART HISTORY1 section+ plan
- ART 009ISLAMIC ART HISTORYnot offered+ plan
- CHIN 010CHINESE CIVILIZATION1 section+ plan
- CHIN 012CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION1 section+ plan
- CHIN 050CHINESE CINEMA2 sections+ plan
- ENGL 025CWOMEN'S LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ENGL 025IPOSTCOLONIAL LITERATURESnot offered+ plan
- ENGL 048ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATIONnot offered+ plan
- ENGL 055NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION1 section+ plan
- ETH 055NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION1 section+ plan
- ENGL 058STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ENGL 065AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ETH 065AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ENGL 075ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ETH 075ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ENGL 085CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- ETH 085CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE1 section+ plan
- FRNC 006INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATUREnot offered+ plan
- FRNC 010FRENCH CIVILIZATIONnot offered+ plan
- FRNC 012FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION1 section+ plan
- FRNC 016FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONnot offered+ plan
- FRNC 050FRENCH CINEMAnot offered+ plan
- GEOG 002CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY1 section+ plan
- GEOG 003WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY2 sections+ plan
- GRMN 005INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATUREnot offered+ plan
- GRMN 010GERMAN CIVILIZATIONnot offered+ plan
- GRMN 012GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATIONnot offered+ plan
- GLBL 001INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES1 section+ plan
- GLBL 002ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES1 section+ plan
- ITAL 010ITALIAN CIVILIZATION2 sections+ plan
- ITAL 012ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION1 section+ plan
- ITAL 050ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATUREnot offered+ plan
- JAPN 010JAPANESE CIVILIZATIONnot offered+ plan
- JAPN 011JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETYnot offered+ plan
- JAPN 012JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATIONnot offered+ plan
- JAPN 050JAPANESE CINEMA1 section+ plan
- MUSC 023MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLDnot offered+ plan
- MUSC 025AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC1 section+ plan
- MUSC 027ASIAN MUSICnot offered+ plan
- PHIL 031CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHYnot offered+ plan
- PSYC 062AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY1 section+ plan
- ETH 062AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY1 section+ plan
- PSYC 072PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICANnot offered+ plan
- ETH 072PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICANnot offered+ plan
- PSYC 082CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY6 sections+ plan
- ETH 082CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY6 sections+ plan
- RELG 002ASIAN RELIGIONS1 section+ plan
- RELG 003WESTERN RELIGIONSnot offered+ plan
- RUSS 011RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION1 section+ plan
- SOC 014INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES26 sectionsor SOC 014H+ plan
- ETH 014INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES30 sectionsor ETH 014H+ plan
- SOC 030INTRODUCTION TO GENDER1 section+ plan
- SOC 035LGBTQ STUDIES1 section+ plan
- SOC 063AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- ETH 063AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- SOC 073ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- ETH 073ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- SOC 083CHICANO SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- ETH 083CHICANO SOCIOLOGY1 section+ plan
- SPAN 005INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATUREnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 006AINTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE 19TH CENTURYnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 006BINTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FROM THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH THE PRESENTnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 012SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION2 sections+ plan
- SPAN 025SPANISH COMPOSITIONnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 031LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIOnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 042ACIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGALnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 042BCIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGALnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 044ACIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA1 section+ plan
- SPAN 044BLA CIVILIZACIÓN DE AMÉRICA LATINAnot offered+ plan
- SPAN 050SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA1 section+ plan
- HIST 005AHISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714not offered+ plan
- HIST 005BHISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714not offered+ plan
- HIST 008HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA2 sections+ plan
- HIST 025DHISTORY OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAnot offered+ plan
- HIST 025FAMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARSnot offered+ plan
- HIST 025ITHE UNITED STATES & THE WARS IN VIETNAMnot offered+ plan
- ANTH 001INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY17 sectionsor ANTH 001H+ plan
- ANTH 002CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY4 sectionsor ANTH 002H+ plan
- ARCH 024AHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL2 sections+ plan
- ARCH 024BHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY3 sections+ plan
- ART 004AHISTORY OF ANCIENT ART1 section+ plan
- ART 004BHISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART1 section+ plan
- ART 004CHISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART1 section+ plan
- ART 004DHISTORY OF MODERN ART1 section+ plan
- CINE 007AEARLY FILM HISTORY5 sections+ plan
- CINE 007BCONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY6 sections+ plan
- ECON 001APRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS14 sections+ plan
- ECON 001BPRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS13 sections+ plan
- ENGL 011HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE1 section+ plan
- LING 011HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE1 section+ plan
- ENGL 012LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION2 sections+ plan
- ENVS 002HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT2 sections+ plan
- PHIL 020AHISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY1 section+ plan
- PHIL 020BHISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHYnot offered+ plan
- POLS 002COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS2 sections+ plan
- POLS 006THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS2 sections+ plan
- SOC 001INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY30 sectionsor SOC 001H+ plan
- SPCH 013INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION5 sections+ plan
Source: College catalog
San Bernardino Valley College2 programs
San Joaquin Delta College2 programs
San Jose City College1 program
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Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 011AWorld History to 1500(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- HIST 010ADevelopment of Western Culture1 section+ plan
- HIST 011BWorld History from 1500(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 010BDevelopment of Western Culture1 section+ plan
- HIST 005History of Asian Americans(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- HIST 009Women in American History(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- HIST 021African American History(3 cr)2 sections+ plan
- HIST 024History and Culture of the American Indian(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- ETH 037AMexican American History I(3 cr)9 sections+ plan
- ETH 037BMexican American History II(3 cr)4 sections+ plan
- HIST 001Survey of American History(3 cr)2 sectionsor HIST 001H+ plan
- ECON 010APrinciples of Macroeconomic Theory(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- ECON 010BIntroduction to Microeconomic Theory(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HUMNT 003Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies(3 cr)1 section+ plan
- ANTH 063Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology(3 cr)1 section+ plan
Source: College catalog
Sierra College1 program
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Full degree sequence — 19 courses, 18 credits
Catalog group: Recommended Course Sequence
- HIST 0017AHistory of the United States to 1877(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 0017BHistory of the United States since 1865(3 cr)not offered+ plan
- HIST 0004AWestern Civilization to 17151 section+ plan
- HIST 0050World History to 15006 sections+ plan
- HIST 0004BWestern Civilization since 17151 section+ plan
Source: College catalog
Common History courses
- HIST C1001HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1877(618 sections)
- HIST C1002HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1865(564 sections)
- HIST 1World History: Pre-Civ to 1500(71 sections)
- HIST 107United States History to 1877(64 sections)
- HIST 101World Civilizations to 1600(55 sections)
- HIST B17AUnited States History to 1877(52 sections)
- HIST B30BHistory of Chicanos in the Southwest - Since 1848(52 sections)
- HIST 100History of Western Civ I(46 sections)
- HIST 115Cultural History of Mexico(29 sections)
- HIST 108U S History 1877 to Present(28 sections)
- HIST B1World History to 1500(22 sections)
- HIST B18History of California(22 sections)
Frequently asked questions
- Is a history major worth pursuing if I'm starting at community college?
- It can be, if you have a clear post-bachelor's plan. History majors land in teaching, law, journalism, publishing, museum work, and government — the major teaches research and writing skills employers value, but the credential alone doesn't open doors. The CC associate is a cost-effective way to complete the first two years; the bachelor's, and often a graduate or professional degree, do the actual career-positioning.
- Do US history and world history requirements transfer between schools?
- Yes — these are general-education staples that articulate cleanly across California public colleges. Specialized history electives (regional, topical) may transfer as upper-division-history-elective credit rather than counting toward a specific major requirement; the structured AA-in-history pathway minimizes this risk.
- What jobs are available with a history associate alone?
- Few that specifically use the history content — entry-level office work, retail management, customer service. The skills built (research, writing, analysis) transfer to many entry roles, but the credential signaling is weaker than career-track associates. Most history students continue to a bachelor's; the associate is step one.
- Can I become a history teacher with just an associate degree?
- No. K-12 social studies teaching requires a bachelor's plus a teaching certification in California. Postsecondary history teaching at community colleges and four-year programs requires at least a master's, usually a Ph.D.
Compare History programs in other states
Same comparison view, different state systems. Useful if you’re considering an out-of-state community college or just want to see how California’s history programs stack up.
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Other programs in California
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Some programs may not be offered at every college — pages render only when the program meets a coverage threshold for the state.