HIST 1, History of Western Civilization I 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course covers the development of Western civilization from its beginning in the valleys of the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates through the Reformation. This course will acquaint students with the cultures of the Near East, Greece, and Rome; the medieval period; the Renaissance; and the Reformation. *Maximum credit allowed for History 1, 2 and 35, 36 is one series (two courses).
2188 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 105 Ness B J
2190 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 204 Ness B J
2191 9:30a-10:50a MW BUNDY 235 Davis C M
Above section 2191 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2192 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 104 Ness B J
2193 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 204 Ness B J
2194 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 105 Stiles C L
3088 3:45p-5:05p MW HSS 205 Monty C
2195 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE Byrne D
Above section 2195 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4290 6:45p-9:50p T HSS 105 Rasmussen K A
4291 6:45p-9:50p W HSS 105 Stiles C L
HIST 2, History of Western Civilization II 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a study of Western civilization from the time of Louis XIV to the present including new philosophical concepts, literature, art forms, and social and economic development as well as political evolution. *Maximum credit allowed for History 1, 2 and 35, 36 is one series (two courses).
2197 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 103 Frisch D C W
2198 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 105 Manoff R J
2199 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 204 Kerze M
Above section 2199 is scheduled through the Student Activity hour. Students choosing to participate in student activities should enroll in another section.
NEW 3228 11:15a-2:05p TTh BUNDY 216 Davis C M
Above section 3228 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 17 to Jun 07, at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2204 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE Verlet M C
Above section 2204 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4292 6:45p-9:50p W HSS 103 Byrne D
HIST 3, History of British Civilization I 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course covers the growth of British civilization from Roman times to the Restoration of 1660. The course includes the significant political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual facets of British culture during this period and places them within a larger context of Western Civilization.
2205 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 105 Stiles C L
HIST 4, History of British Civilization II 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course covers a history of Britain from the Restoration of 1660 to the Second World War. The course includes the major political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual facets of British civilization during this period and studies the connection between Britain and the Continent and the tie between Britain and its colonial empire.
2206 3:45p-5:05p TTh HSS 105 Stiles C L
HIST 5, History of Latin America 1 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This is a lecture and discussion course on Early Latin American history. The course covers the Colonial Period (1500-1821). Focus is placed on political, social, cultural, and economic developments.
2208 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 103 Mostkoff A
HIST 6, History of Latin America 2 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This is a lecture and discussion course on the historical development of Latin American History from independence to the present. Focus is placed on political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments. A study of Central America and the Caribbean is included.
2210 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 105 Farrell J
HIST 10, Ethnicity and American Culture 3 units
Transfer: UC (meets UC Berkeley American Cultures graduation requirement), CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies Santa Monica College’s American Cultures requirement.
This course provides a survey of ethnic groups in America from precontact to the present, including Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos, emphasizing the forces prompting emigration and immigration, their roles in shaping American society and culture, their reception by and adaptation to American society, as well as an examination of contending theoretical models of the immigrant experience in America.
2211 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 106 Kawaguchi L A
2212 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 106 Kawaguchi L A
Above section 2212 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
2213 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 105 Saavedra Y
Above section 2213 is part of the Women’s College Program and is open to all students. See Special Programs section of schedule for additional information.
2214 12:45p-3:50p MW BUNDY 235 Wilkinson Jr E C
Above section 2214 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 12 to Apr 04, at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2215 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 204 Saavedra Y
4293 6:45p-9:50p M HSS 103 Jimenez Y West C D
HIST 11, History of the United States through Reconstruction 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) + satisfies CSU U.S. History graduation requirement • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
A survey of the United States from the colonial period to post-Civil War Reconstruction, this course addresses developments in American culture; ethnic, racial, gender, and class relations; politics and the economy. It also considers American interaction with other nations, including both foreign policy and the relationship of domestic developments to the larger history of the modern world.
2216 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 205 Stromberg H L
2217 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 103 Borghei S C
2218 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUNDY 235 Keville T J
Above section 2218 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
3098 8:00a-1:10p Sat & Sun HSS 103 Miles A
Above section meets for 5 weeks, beginning Saturday March 10 and ending Sunday April 8.
2219 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 205 Stromberg H L
2220 11:15a-12:35p MW BUNDY 235 Wilkinson Jr E C
Above section 2220 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2221 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 205 Cruz J S
2222 11:30a-2:35p F HSS 104 Vanbenschoten W D
2223 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 205 Mason K
Above section 2223 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
2224 12:45p-3:50p TTh HSS 103 Borghei S C
Above section 2224 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 13 to Apr 05.
2225 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 106 Gantner D C
2226 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 104 Melton J
2227 Arrange-3 Hours ONLINE-E Vanbenschoten W D
Above section 2227 is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4294 6:45p-9:50p M HSS 104 Miles A
4295 6:45p-9:50p Th HSS 106 Saxon D
HIST 12, United States History Since Reconstruction 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) + satisfies CSU U.S. History graduation requirement • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
A survey of the United States from post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present, this course addresses developments in American culture; ethnic, racial, gender, and class relations; politics; and the economy. It also considers American interaction with other nations, including both foreign policy and the relationship of domestic developments to the larger history of the modern world.
2228 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 104 Luciano L
2229 8:00a-9:20a MW BUNDY 239 McMillen R
Above section 2229 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2230 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 106 Stromberg H L
2231 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 104 Luciano L
2232 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 106 Stromberg H L
2233 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUNDY 235 Keville T J
Above section 2233 meets at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
2234 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 106 Gantner D C
Above section 2234 is scheduled through the Student Activity hour. Students choosing to participate in student activities should enroll in another section.
2235 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 103 Borghei S C
Above section 2235 is scheduled through the Student Activity hour. Students choosing to participate in student activities should enroll in another section.
2236 12:45p-3:50p MW BUNDY 235 Wilkinson Jr E C
Above section 2236 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 16 to Jun 06, at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
3099 8:00a-1:10p Sat & Sun HSS 103 Murillo D
Above section meets for 5 weeks, beginning Saturday April 21 and ending Sunday May 20.
4296 6:45p-9:50p W HSS 104 Nielsen C S
4297 6:45p-9:50p Th HSS 103 Keville T J
HIST 13, History of the U.S. after 1945 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This is a lecture and discussion course which examines and analyzes the development of the U.S. from 1945 to the present. Attention is given to the political, social, intellectual, cultural, and economic changes in American society. Such topics as the welfare state, McCarthyism, presidential power, foreign policy, consumerism and affluency, intellectuals and society, The New Frontier, the Great Society, Radicalism and popular culture, Vietnam, Watergate, and Reaganism are discussed.
2237 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 105 Borghei S C
2238 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 105 Borghei S C
2239 3:45p-5:05p MW HSS 106 Gantner D C
4298 6:45p-9:50p Th HSS 104 Melton J
HIST 15, Economic History of the U.S. 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) + satisfies CSU U.S. History graduation requirement • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a chronological study of American economic history by major areas, including agriculture, industrial development, money, banking, and transportation. The roles of business, labor, and government are given a particular emphasis.
History 15 is the same course as Economics 15. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
2240 11:15a-12:35p MW MC 16 Rabach E R
2241 12:45p-2:05p MW MC 11 Rabach E R
4299 6:45p-9:50p T MC 16 Moore D W
HIST 16, African American History 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a survey of African American history from Africa to the present. An emphasis is placed on the American experience and legacy of racism, and the influence of African Americans on the social, economic, and political development of the United States.
2242 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 205 Mason K
2243 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 205 Mason K
HIST 19, History of Mexico 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
A survey of the history of Mexico from independence to the present, this course focuses on important social, cultural, political, and economic patterns in Mexico’s history. The impact of the U.S. relationship with Mexico will be analyzed.
2244 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 103 Mostkoff A
HIST 20, History of California 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a survey of California history from the earliest times to the present. Attention is given to the contributions of Indian, Spanish, and Mexican cultures as well as to the political, economic, and social problems that have accompanied the rapid growth of the state in the past century.
2245 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 205 Chico S M
HIST 21, History of Russia 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course surveys Russian events from the Stone Age to the present, focusing on factors that have led Russian leaders to build powerful, centralized governing institutions, and the efforts of the Russian intelligentsia to reform or topple those institutions. Since writers represent the soul of the intelligentsia, their novels, short stories, and poems will constitute the bulk of the reading assignments.
2247 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 106 Haber M
HIST 22, History of the Middle East 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course surveys the history of the Middle Eastern region, from the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent to the present. The course will examine the religious, ethnic, and national differences that have taken root there, the outside powers that have influenced the area, and the nations and peoples that exist there currently.
2248 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 205 Bibiyan D
HIST 25, History of East Asia since 1600 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is an introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of East Asia since the year 1600.
2250 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 103 Frisch D C W
HIST 29, Jewish History 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is an introductory survey of the Jewish people and history from biblical times to the present. Focus is on the development of major institutions, ideas, religious and cultural movements, as well as the interaction between Jews and those amongst whom they have lived.
2252 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 204 Ness B J
HIST 33, World Civilizations I 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course provides a survey of world civilizations from the rise of humanity to 1500. The course will highlight major developments in the rise of humanity from early primitive conditions to the establishment of complex cultures. This activity will be explored through an examination of the impact human cultures have had on use of land, and the domestication of plants and animals in the various regions of the world. The major civilizations of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas will be examined in terms of their material culture as well as religious and philosophic ideas. A thematic approach will be used to contrast the bureaucratic, economic, technological, and political development to explain the rise and fall of the major centers of civilizations.
2253 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 104 Chee G E
2254 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 106 Farrell J
HIST 34, World Civilizations II 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
A survey of world civilization from 1500 to the present. This course will highlight major developments in human activity and endeavors, regionally, chronologically , and thematically. It will offer an overview of the social, intellectual, cultural, political, and economic patterns within which humans interact in a global framework.
2256 11:15a-12:35p TTh HSS 104 Chee G E
Above section 2256 is scheduled through the Student Activity hour. Students choosing to participate in student activities should enroll in another section.
2257 12:45p-3:50p TTh BUNDY 235 Hanes W T
Above section 2257 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 17 to Jun 07, at the Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066.
HIST 39, African History II 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a survey of the people, politics, and history of Africa from 1900 to the present. Topics include European exploration, Christian and Islamic missionary activity, and colonial exploitation of people, land, and resources. African resistance, ethnic tensions, liberation movements, and state-building during the Cold War era will be examined as a response to that past.
2258 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 104 Chee G E
HIST 41, Native American History 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a survey of American Indian history from earliest settlement on the American continents to the present. The course covers the distinct cultures, historical developments, and interactions between Native American societies prior to the European invasion, the European arrivals, colonial settlement, westward movement, the late 19th Century wars, and the 20th Century concerns. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ability of Native Americans and their culture to survive and contribute to U.S. history and culture.
2259 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 105 Bolelli D
HIST 42, The Latina(o) Experience in the United States 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4C (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course will provide a broad survey of the major Latino(a) groups in the United States, beginning with an examination of the politics of representation and knowledge, including the exclusion of the Latino(a) experience from “conventional” sources. An historical and demographic profile of the major Latino(a) groups (Chicanos(as), Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans and peoples from Central America and the Caribbean region), the impact of the changing economy as a major force affecting this population, and an examination of the various strategies that Latino(as) pursue will be included.
2260 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 106 Cruz J S
2261 11:30a-2:35p F HSS 205 Ruiz R
HIST 43, Mexican-American History 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
An introduction to 18th, 19th and 20th Century Southwest borderland history, this course covers the significant intellectual, cultural, social, political, and economic trends in Southwestern history with emphasis on the history of the Mexican-American.
2262 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 104 Cruz J S
4303 6:45p-9:50p Th HSS 205 Ruiz R
HIST 52, Women in American Culture 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course deals with the cultural history of women in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis will be placed on change and continuity in defining the image and role of women in American life.
2264 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 104 Manoff R J
HIST 53, History of Religion 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is meant to provide an overview of the major themes and trends in the history of religion from prehistoric times to the present. The course will acquaint students with the historical developments and the essential principles of many religious traditions, expose them to some of the themes of interest regarding the roles that religions have played throughout history, and focus on the role of religion in the modern world. Case studies from a variety of religious traditions will be presented. Some of the religions considered will be Tribal Religions, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as other contemporary religions.
2265 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 106 Kerze M
2266 3:45p-5:05p MW HSS 105 Bolelli D
HIST 55, History of Science 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) or 4 (Social Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Various paradigms of science will be introduced and examined, beginning with the theories of the ancient Greeks and ending with contemporary debates in the field of physics. The emphasis will be on the fields of astronomy, physics, and mathematics. The course will examine how these fields develop, their relationship with philosophy, politics, religion, and society, and how they changed historically.
2267 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 205 Kerze M
HIST 88A, Independent Studies in History 1 unit
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
2269 Arrange-1 Hour LA 110 Mason K