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HIS 1100 Survey of American History to 1877: Precontact Through the Civil War (3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 4B
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area D2

Offered at Solano Campus. American history survey course with an emphasis on indigenous and African-American lived experiences and social struggles. Topics including indigenous models of economy and society, initial encounters between native populations and Europeans, issues of settler colonialism and autonomy, models of enslavement and resistance, and anti-slavery activism including the abolitionist movement through emancipation and reconstruction. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 4B (GE Area D2 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly HIS 100 at Cal Maritime.
HIS 1101 Survey of American History from 1877: Civil War Through Civil Rights (3 units)
Term Typically Offered: F, SP
2026-28 or later catalog: GE Area 4B
2020-26 catalogs: GE Area D2

Offered at Solano Campus. American history survey course with an emphasis on African-American, Asian-American, and Latino- and Latina-American lived experiences and social struggles from the US civil war era into the twenty first century. Topics including reconstruction and erosion of civil rights for African Americans, immigration from Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, issues of nativism and white supremacy in society, culture, and public policy, American imperialism at home and abroad, public policy and growth of the prison state, and modern civil rights movements emphasizing political rights and cultural and social empowerment. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Area 4B (GE Area D2 for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly HIS 101 at Cal Maritime.
HIS 3300 Maritime History of the United States (3 units)
Term Typically Offered: SP
2026-28 or later: Upper-Div GE Area 4
2020-26 catalogs: Upper-Div GE Area D
Prerequisite: One of the following: HIS 100, HIS 1100, HIS 101, or HIS 1101.

Offered at Solano Campus. American maritime history from 1450-present. The role of policy, people, technology, and regionalism in America's place in the global maritime world. 3 lectures. Fulfills GE Upper-Division 4 (GE Area Upper-Division D for students on the 2020-26 catalogs). Formerly HIS 300 at Cal Maritime.