HIST 1AIntroduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations, Prehistory to circa AD 843
History · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Survey of diverse cultures that shaped foundation of Western civilization to onset of 9th century AD. Investigation of first civilizations in Near East and Egypt. Analysis of worlds of Greeks and Romans. Examination of ways in which western European societies created new syntheses through selective appropriation of Greek and Roman cultures and introduction of new cultural forms.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
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.
HIST 1A
- ART HIS M114AClassical Archaeology: Greco-Roman Architecture
- CLASSIC 152AAncient City: Greek World
- ART HIS M114BClassical Archaeology: Greco-Roman Sculpture
- CLASSIC 152BAncient City: Roman World
- CLASSIC M153IClassical Archaeology: Greco-Roman Architecture
- CLASSIC M153JClassical Archaeology: Greco-Roman Sculpture
- CLASSIC 169Sex in Ancient World
7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.