American History and Institutions Courses

All UCSC undergraduates must demonstrate a knowledge of American history and institutions. The following History courses satisfy the American History and Institutions (AH&I) requirement.

Please note: upper division history courses (HIS 100 and up) require a significant amount reading and writing. Undergraduates who have not completed a college level history course are advised to satisfy their AH&I requirement by taking a lower division history course (HIS 1 - 99).

2024-2025

Fall 2024

• HIS 10A, United States History to 1877
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}
• HIS 12, Introduction to Latino American History
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}

Winter 2025

• HIS 10B, United States History, 1877-1977
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}
• HIS 15, The United States of America from its Founding through Our Time (Online)
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}
• HIS 110A, Colonial America, 1500-1750(Online)
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}
• HIS 110D, The Civil War Era

Spring 2025

• HIS 15, The United States of America from its Founding through Our Time (Online)
  _{General Education Code: Ethnicity and Race (ER)}
• HIS 110B, Revolutionary America, 1740-1815

All AH&I History Courses

• HIS 10A, United States History to 1877
• HIS 10B, United States History, 1877 to 1977
• HIS 12, Introduction to Latino American History
• HIS 15, The United States of America from its Founding through Our Time
• HIS 82, California Gold Rush in Global History
• HIS 110A, Colonial America, 1500-1750
• HIS 110B, Revolutionary America, 1740-1815
• HIS 110D, The Civil War Era (Effective Winter 2022)
• HIS 110E, Rise of the Machines: Technology, Inequality, and the United States, 1877 to 1914
• HIS 110H, Greater Reconstruction: Race, Empire, and Citizenship in the Post-Civil War United States
• HIS 116, Slavery Across the Americas
• HIS 128, Chicana/Chicano History

Additional AH&I courses offered by other departments are listed on the Office of the Registrar website.