Course Description
Wrld History I:Ancient-Medievl, HILD 20R
This course presents an introductory exploration of world history, beginning with pre-history and early human societies and then exploring cultures and civilizations across the world from antiquity to 1200CE. The course considers cultures, environmental contexts, and socio-political outlooks of ancient, classical, and medieval civilizations, examining connections, comparisons, continuity, change, and transformation. The course also explores the development and spread of major world religions.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC San Diego, HIST
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Course Equivalence: UCD HIS 010A - World History to 1350
General Education: AH or SS; WC.
UC Irvine:
Course Equivalence: UCI - History 21A
General Education: IV & VII
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Historical Analysis
Major Preparation: IDS Major
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
Units toward degree (see your advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 NAHR;
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Course Equivalence: Likely Equivalent to UCSB History 2A after petition.
General Education: Area E - Culture and Thought and European Traditions
UC Santa Cruz:
Course Equivalence: UCSC HIS 2A The World to 1500
General Education: CC
Major Requirement: General lower-division Americas and Africa, Asia and the Pacific, or Europe and Mediterranean World requirement.
Pre-600 AD or Pre-1800 AD Chronological Distribution Requirement.
Course Creator
Matthew Herbst
Prof. Matthew Herbst is Director of the Making of the Modern World GenEd World History program at UC San Diego’s Eleanor Roosevelt College as well as faculty co-director of the Classical Studies Program and co-director of Study Abroad. Engaged in experiential learning, he has led 12 undergraduate summer programs abroad in Asia, Europe. Oceania, and North America, four other international programs, and two dozen environmental humanities seminars in the deserts and mountains of California. To learn more, see: https://ucsdherbst.org
Prof. Matthew Herbst is Director of the Making of the Modern World GenEd World History program at UC San Diego’s Eleanor Roosevelt College as well as faculty co-director of the Classical Studies Program and co-director of Study Abroad. Engaged in experiential learning, he has led 12 undergraduate summer programs abroad in Asia, Europe. Oceania, and North America, four other international ...Prof. Matthew Herbst is Director of the Making of the Modern World GenEd World History program at UC San Diego’s Eleanor Roosevelt College as well as faculty co-director of the Classical Studies Program and co-director of Study Abroad. Engaged in experiential learning, he has led 12 undergraduate summer programs abroad in Asia, Europe. Oceania, and North America, four other international programs, and two dozen environmental humanities seminars in the deserts and mountains of California. To learn more, see: https://ucsdherbst.org
