CLUSTER 21AHistory of Modern Thought
Clusters · 6 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Course 21A is enforced requisite to 21B, which is enforced requisite to 21CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Introduction to key issues in humanities and social sciences through reading of prominent social theories of past four centuries. Consideration of writers from Rousseau and Wollstonecraft to Foucault and Beauvoir in historical context and from perspectives of academic specialties for which their work is fundamental.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CLUSTER 21A
- CLUSTER 21BHistory of Modern Thought
- CLUSTER 21CWHistory of Modern Thought: Special Topics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.