This course surveys the leading issues in North American life from colonial times to the early 19th century. It examines European colonialism, the expansion of slavery, the transition to capitalism, and the emergence of hierarchies of race, class, and gender within an Atlantic and hemispheric context. Emphasis is placed on the interactions among Indigenous peoples, European colonizers, and enslaved and free Africans. Features discussion sections.

No Prerequisites

5

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs AHI Area D Writing
Unlocks HIST 179A BL ST 169AR CH ST 168B BL ST 169CR HIST 167CA HIST 136M
HENDERSON J G
Jarett Henderson
3.7
44 reviews
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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Jarrett is an awesome lecturer! He makes the information interesting and digestible, and the workload was totally reasonable and manageable. TAs always deducted a few points from every assignment, which was frustrating. But attend class, participate in section, and earn easy points from completion-based assignments and you'll be fine.

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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Clearly very passionate, great guy. Very iclicker heavy, section attendance and participation matters as it is part of your grade. No midterms and optional final that can only increase your grade. 3 labs, sections up til week 7 are reading heavy. Grades may also be TA dependent which kind of sucks. Overall fair class and it's not bad. Recommended.

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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Professor Jarett was a great. Loved taking his class and it was super chill and easy. Stay on top of the section readings and lecture notes. He does give his TA's a lot of power when grading. My TA, Christmas, was so bad. Her grading was horrible and feedback was little to none. However, Jarett was awesome and super passionate about his teachings.

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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Honestly one of the best professors I got this quarter. He is very chill. Yeah there's a lot of reading to do, but it's a history class, of course there is. Overall cool guy, great TAs, good lectures, would take again.

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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Passionate professor. Sections just depend on your TA, but there is a decent amount of reading for every section, and be prepared to actually read or at least heavily skim because the freewrites go into detail. Participation in section definitely matters, so get ready to talk. 3 labs and 1 final project but just pay attention and you will be fine.

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HIST17A . Henderson J G 3 Months Ago

Jarett is such a great professor!! Loved this class and him. Iclicker mandatory lecture, a couple fun and interesting history labs, graded free writes in section, and a project at the end of the quarter. No midterm or final, there is a easy quiz during lecture though. Great professor and great lecture.

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