History (HIST)
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HIST 101 World History to 1400 3 Units GC, GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Examination of the political, economic, religious, and social structures of ancient and medieval world history. 3 hours lecture. (004492)
General Education: Social Sciences (D)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures
HIST 102 World History since 1400 3 Units GC, GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Examination of the political, economic, religious, and social structures of early modern and modern world history. 3 hours lecture. (004493)
General Education: Social Sciences (D)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures
HIST 130 United States History 3 Units GE
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall
Survey of American history. Development of the United States and its political, economic, social, and cultural institutions. From colonial times to the present. Satisfies requirement in California Administrative Code, Title 5, Education, Sec. 40404. 3 hours lecture. (004500)
General Education: US1 US History
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
HIST 198 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours discussion. (004509)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Lower Division
HIST 205W Global Environmental History (W) 
3 Units GC, GE, W
3 Units GC, GE, W Typically Offered: Fall and spring
The course treats the global history of human interaction with the environment and changing ideas about it from the birth of farming to the modern age. It is intended as an introduction to major themes, techniques, and sources of environmental history and awareness of sustainability issues. 3 hours lecture. (021642)
General Education: Social Sciences (D)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures; Sustainable Course; Writing Course
HIST 230 American Indian Histories Past and Present 3 Units GE, USD
3 Units GE, USD Typically Offered: Fall only
Histories of Native peoples residing in the present-day United States. The diversity of traditional cultures, disruption in the wake of encounters with European settler-colonists, and ongoing resistance and adaptation of Native communities. This course draws from historic and Native sources. 3 hours lecture. (000382)
General Education: Humanities (C2)
Cross listing(s): AIST 230
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Sustainable Course; US Diversity
HIST 231 African American History 3 Units GE, USD
Typically Offered: Spring only
An examination of the history of persons of African descent in the United States and its colonial antecedents. Emphasis is on understanding the experiences of and culture created by African Americans from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. 3 hours lecture. (000138)
General Education: Humanities (C2)
Cross listing(s): AFAM 231
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; US Diversity
HIST 235 Mexican American History 3 Units GE
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Study of the Mexican-American subculture in the United States after 1848: historical background, migration, cultural patterns, folklore, economic and political objectives. 3 hours lecture. (001974)
General Education: Ethnic Studies (F)
Cross listing(s): CHLX 235
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
HIST 261 Islam and the World 3 Units GC, GE
Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduces students to the history, faith, practice, and cultures of Islam, starting with the Late Antique Near Eastern milieu from which it emerged and tracing its development and geographic spread around the world to the present day. 3 hours lecture. (004515)
General Education: Humanities (C2)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division; Global Cultures
HIST 300W Historians and Historical Methodology (W) 3 Units W
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
(This course is required of history majors and is ideally taken the semester that the history major is declared.) Introduction to the discipline of history and historical methods. The course emphasizes the need to acquire writing and research skills appropriate to the discipline, as well as an appreciation for the importance of historiography or different historical interpretations. 3 hours seminar. (021876)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course
HIST 301 Greek History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Political, social and cultural history of the Greek world from the prehistoric period through the Hellenistic era. The classical period of the city-states of Athens and Sparta is the main focus of this course. Key themes include the development of the polis in Archaic Greece; the Persian Wars; Greek identity and culture; the Athenian democracy and empire; the Greeks' place in the broader Mediterranean world; and the role that classical antiquity played in the creation of the modern Greek state. 3 hours lecture. (021305)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 303 Roman Empire 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
Political, social, and cultural history of the Roman Empire of the Caesars from the Julio-Claudian emperors (14-68 C.E.) to the end of the Severan Dynasty (235 C.E.). Emphasis on the Julio-Claudian period, the achievements of Pax Romana, and the cultural transitions into Late Antiquity that emerged in the Second Century C.E. 3 hours lecture. (004587)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 304 The Age of Caesar and Augustus 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Political, social, and cultural history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the Age of Augustus (ca. 140 BCE-14 CE). This course focuses on key political institutions, social practices, and cultural attitudes and ideas that shaped the Roman world at this time. 3 hours lecture. (004586)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 305 Catastrophe, Memory, and Society 3 Units GC, GE
3 Units GC, GE Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall
A historical exploration of the ways in which societies around the world have responded to major catastrophes, both natural and man-made, such as plagues, famines, wars, and genocides. What does the response tell us about the social structure, politics, science and technology, and culture of the affected society? What are the long term impacts? How are these catastrophes remembered? 3 hours lecture. (004518)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Global Studies Pathway; Health and Wellness Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures; Sustainable Course
HIST 306 Food in World History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
In this course, through numerous empirical examples drawn from around the world, students explore how geography, migration, and other factors have contributed to the development of regional and ethnic diets. Students also study the causes and consequences of food insecurity and how food has played a central role in social identity formation and, therefore, human conflict. 3 hours lecture. (021955)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 309 Romans of the East: The Byzantine Empire 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Political, social, and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire during the Macedonian and Komnenian dynasties (ca. 850-1204). The course focuses on key political institutions, social practices, and cultural attitudes and ideas that shaped the Byzantine at this time. 3 hours lecture. (021628)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 310 Careers for Historians 1 Unit
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Introduction to career options for History majors, with an emphasis on exploration, advising, and skill development for professional success. 1 hour discussion. (022122)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 1 unit
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 312 Medieval Europe 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only even years
A political, social, economic, and cultural history of the Middle Ages. This course examines the transformation, centralization, fragmentation, and expansion of the West (including Byzantium and the Islamic world, as well as Europe) from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance. 3 hours lecture. (021307)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 313 Early Modern History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
A survey of European history from the Renaissance through the Age of Revolution. This course prepares students for 400-level courses in European history by introducing the social, cultural, and political history of the period, with special emphasis placed upon the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment. It also prepares students for careers in education by incorporating historical analysis skills required in K-12 classrooms. 3 hours lecture. (021308)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 314 Modern Europe 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only odd years
A survey of European history from the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 to the present. Among the topics covered is the first and second industrial revolutions, the emergence of political ideologies, the unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of the workers movement, the spread of imperialism, women's lives and the birth of the women's movements, modernism, the First World War and its consequences, the Russian Revolution, the emergence of fascism and Nazism, the Second World War and its aftermath, the birth of the European Community, experience of the Cold War in Europe, decolonization, and the collapse of communism. 3 hours lecture. (021309)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 316 Museums, Monuments, and Memorials: A Reckoning 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course examines the role that museums, monuments, and memorials have in shaping American culture. Themes discussed include debates over the construction of historical narratives; the ways local, state, and federal government agencies as well as community organizations influence historical narratives; whose
histories are prioritized and whose are forgotten; and how Americans have reckoned with the heightened need for museums, monuments, and memorials to reflect a more inclusive multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic narrative of American history. 3 hours lecture. (022474)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 317 Introduction to Digital History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Digital tools and resources shape historical research, scholarship, and teaching. This hands-on course introduces the theories and methods of digital history, critically examining the use of digital technologies to investigate the past and share it with academic and non-academic audiences. Students explore how digital technologies such as text analysis, data and text mining, mapping, and data visualization, among others, have shaped the way historians research and ask questions about the past and have expanded how history is communicated with the public. 3 hours lecture. (022566)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 322 Russian and Soviet History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
The course covers the dramatic events of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and the evolution of Soviet and Russian history up to the present. Emphasis is on the social origins of the Russian Revolution, how a revolution for social democracy gave rise to one- party rule, and the chain of events which placed the Soviet Union on a path leading eventually to its demise in 1991 and the recasting of politics and society. 3 hours seminar. (004530)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 326 Gender and Sexuality in Modern European History 3 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course explores major themes and developments in the social and cultural history of European women from the 1700s to the present, including changing gender roles, attitudes toward sexuality, reproduction, and the family. In particular, the course examines women's struggle to define themselves and their roles in society and their impact on the social identities of men. 3 hours lecture. (004531)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Gender and Sexuality Pathway
Cross listing(s): WMST 326
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 328 Modern Germany: From Unification to Reunification 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only even years
This course examines the main currents of German history from its first unification in 1870-71 under Bismarck to the reunification in 1989-90. The emphasis is on the nature of Imperial Germany, the German experience during the First World War, the political weaknesses and cultural innovations of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler and of Nazism, the nature of the Third Reich, the causes and consequences of the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the experience of divided Germany in the postwar period. 3 hours seminar. (004519)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 331 Music and the Politics of Race in US History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only odd years
An examination of the politics of race and music in US history. Topics explored include the operation of race and various genres of music in social justice movements, migration, urban history, policing, technological changes, interracial spaces, and dance styles. 3 hours lecture. (022567)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 333 California History for Primary School Teachers 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Examination of the history and contemporary experiences of Indigenous peoples as well as the histories of other racialized and ethnic groups in California. Emphasis on intersectional identities, the evolving understanding of histories, and the modeling of sound pedagogical techniques in social science instruction. Designed for students who plan to teach fourth grade California history. 3 hours lecture. (022475)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 335 Gender and Sexuality in American History 3 Units GE, USD
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Focus on the role gender plays in shaping and defining American history, from colonial times to the present. Analysis of relations between sexes, the family, and the struggle by women to achieve civil rights and social reform. The roles of race and class, and the rise of feminism. 3 hours lecture. (004541)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Gender and Sexuality Pathway
Cross listing(s): WMST 335
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 341 American Environment 3 Units GE, USD
3 Units GE, USD Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
History of the attitudes, concepts, and public policy toward the American environment, including the natural, rural, and urban environments. Emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 3 hours lecture. (022459)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Agriculture, Food, and Environment Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Sustainable Course; US Diversity
HIST 341W American Environment (W) 3 Units GE, USD, W
3 Units GE, USD, W Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Spring, summer, fall
History of the attitudes, concepts, and public policy toward the American environment, including the natural, rural, and urban environments. Emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 3 hours lecture. (004539)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Agriculture, Food, and Environment Pathway; Sustainability and Climate Change Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Sustainable Course; US Diversity; Writing Course
HIST 345 Race, Power, and Privilege in American History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Exploration of U.S. history through a thematic lens of race, power, and privilege. Analysis of the social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States, from interactions of Indigenous groups and European colonizers in the early modern period to voter suppression in the twenty-first century. Examination of changing definitions of race and ethnicity over time as well as of the political, economic, and cultural implications of ideas about race and ethnicity. 3 hours lecture. (022371)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 351 Volatile Decade: America in the 1960s 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course explores the politics, social movements, and major events of the 1960s and traces the fallout of these developments on the rest of US history. Topics include the liberal consensus, the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the women's movement, the New Right, the Reagan Revolution, "Third Way" Democratic centrism, and the growth of inequality. 3 hours lecture. (004549)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 352 Early American History 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course examines the pluralistic foundations of early American history. Beginning with the experiences of Indigenous nations prior to the arrival of European colonizers, it addresses the growth of Anglo-European settlements in the Atlantic world, the impact of land dispossession, the expansion of chattel slavery, the trajectory and legacy of the American Revolution, and the instability of the early republic prior to 1787. 3 hours lecture. (021310)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 353 Nineteenth-Century US History 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course examines the making and breaking of the union stretching from the period of Constitutional ratification through the Antebellum period, Civil War, Reconstruction, and rise of the Jim Crow South. It explores central tensions surrounding federalism, partisanship, sectionalism, slavery and abolition, Native American removal, women's rights, immigration, and more. 3 hours lecture. (021370)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 354 Twentieth-Century US History 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course explores the social, political, economic, and cultural contours of the US from the turn of the twentieth century to the close of the millennium. It traces the domestic and international implications of policy decisions and the rise of social and racial justice movements, stretching from the Progressive era through the World Wars, Cold War, and Vietnam, and political realignment of the New Right. 3 hours lecture. (021369)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 355 Topics in Contemporary US History 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course examines the history and context of major current events, issues, people, and social movements. Topics vary by instructor and section, but examples include immigration, Black Lives Matter, artificial intelligence, Standing Rock, or Trumpism. 3 hours lecture. (021371)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 361 Muhammad and the Qur'an 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course introduces students to the sacred scripture and prophet of Islam. Students study the biography of Muhammad (570-632) and the text of the Qur'an by situating it within the context of Muhammad's life and career. By the end of the course, students are able to appreciate how devout Muslims view Muhammad and the Qur'an, as well as ask critical questions raised by modern scholars of religion. 3 hours lecture. (020263)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 362 Middle Eastern Empires 3 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduction to some major aspects of culture, society and the state in the Islamic Middle East, including Islamic religion, the Arab Empire, the family, law, roles of men and women, styles of living. Examination of the post-Mongol empires of Ottoman and Safavid, and their interaction with European powers in the early modern period. 3 hours lecture. (004550)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Global Studies Pathway
Cross listing(s): MEST 362
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 362W Middle Eastern Empires (W) 3 Units GC, GE, W
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduction to some major aspects of culture, society and the state in the Islamic Middle East, including Islamic religion, the Arab Empire, the family, law, roles of men and women, styles of living. Examination of the post-Mongol empires of Ottoman and Safavid, and their interaction with European powers in the early modern period. 3 hours lecture. (021461)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Global Studies Pathway
Cross listing(s): MEST 362W
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures; Writing Course
HIST 363 The Modern Middle East 3 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Spring only
Survey of the modern Middle East from Napoleon's Conquest of Egypt (1798) to the second Gulf War (2003). Examination of the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire, rise of Middle Eastern nation-states, nationalistic movements, and politics in Turkey, Iran, Israel, and the Arab world. Analyses of cultural and political issues, such as the Palestinian question, Arab-Israeli conflict, modernization, secularization, and Islamic resurgence. 3 hours lecture. (021368)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Global Studies Pathway
Cross listing(s): MEST 363
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 365 The Scientific Revolution 3 Units GE
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Examination of the genesis of modern science from the 15th through 18th centuries, as new methods and discoveries transformed the older field of natural philosophy. Analysis of the relationship of science to broader themes of society, culture, religion, and the state. 3 hours lecture. (022291)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Innovation, Design, and the Arts Pathway; Science, Technology, and Society Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 373 Premodern East Asia 3 Units GC
Typically Offered: Fall only
Cultural, economic, and political evolution of eastern Asia from antiquity to 1800. Emphasis on common traditional heritage of China and Japan. 3 hours lecture. (004560)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 374 Modern East Asia 3 Units GC
Typically Offered: Spring only
Cultural, economic, and political evolution of eastern Asia from 1800 to the present. Emphasis on the transformation of the traditional heritage of China and Japan through revolution and modernization. 3 hours lecture. (004561)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 380 Colonial Latin America 3 Units GC
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
An historical survey of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America, with emphasis on Aztec and Inca societies, Iberia's military, economic, and spiritual conquest, and the ways in which diverse colonial subjects resisted, adapted to, and assimilated colonial rule. Concludes by considering popular and elite culture in the late colonial period and tensions leading toward independence. 3 hours lecture. (004568)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 381 Modern Latin America 3 Units GC
Typically Offered: Spring only
A survey of Latin America since independence from Iberia, highlighting the chaotic years of post-independence state building, the region's integration into the global capitalist economy and the age of mass politics and revolutionary ferment after 1930. The final weeks focus on Latin America's experience with military dictatorship and current transitions to democracy. 3 hours lecture. (004495)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 382 Modern Mexico 3 Units GC, GE
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall only
An interdisciplinary approach to the history and politics of Mexico. This course will introduce students to the panorama of Mexican history since 1810 while delineating the roots and development of the current Mexican political system. 3 hours lecture. (004558)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); California Studies Pathway; Race, Ethnicity, and Sovereignty Pathway
Cross listing(s): LAST 382
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 382W Modern Mexico (W) 3 Units GC, GE, W
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall only
An interdisciplinary approach to the history and politics of Mexico. This course introduces students to the panorama of Mexican history since 1810 while delineating the roots and development of the current Mexican political system. 3 hours lecture. (021968)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); California Studies Pathway; Race, Ethnicity, and Sovereignty Pathway
Cross listing(s): LAST 382W
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures; Writing Course
HIST 389 History Internship 1-4 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an internship offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. Internships in history: either assisting instructors in lower-division courses or preparing multimedia presentations or discussion meetings; or work experience outside the academic program, in government agencies or in private historical societies, museums, and archives. 9 hours supervision. (004674)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 398 Special Topics 0.5-3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for .5 to 3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours lecture. (004579)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 399 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 0 hours supervision. (004580)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 411 Renaissance and Reformations 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
European history from 1350 to 1650. Focusing upon writers, thinkers, and artists, this course explores Renaissance culture, the upheavals of religious beliefs and church structures, and the categorization and persecution of people based upon religion, race, nationality, and gender. 3 hours seminar. (004592)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 414 Enlightenment and Revolutions 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
European history from 1650-1815. Focusing upon writers, thinkers, and artists, this course explores the intellectual, political, social, and economic revolutions and counter-revolutions that transformed England and France, and extended to Europe and the Atlantic World. 3 hours seminar. (004598)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 417 Pompeii and the Roman City 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only odd years
This course examines the history, art, and archaeology of Pompeii, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted violently in 79 C.E. Students examine the full range of the city¿s preserved remains: baths, theaters, temples, taverns, brothels, villas, tombs, graffiti, inscriptions, and the richly preserved interior decoration found in the city¿s elite homes. Students develop the ability to work directly with material culture and understand its role in constructing and maintaining identities, such as ethnicity, sex and gender, religion, and class. 3 hours lecture. (022476)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 419 Gender, Sex, and Power in the Soviet and Post-Soviet World 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course traces the interplay of gender, sex, and power from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the collapse of the USSR in 1992, to the emergence of post-Soviet States. 3 hours seminar. (021421)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 429 Extreme Politics: Communism, Fascism, and Nazism in 20th Century Europe 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only odd years
A comparative analysis of three totalitarian regimes, Soviet Russia, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany. This course concentrates on the theories of fascism and totalitarianism, ideologies, relationships between party and state, quality of daily life, views on gender and women, nature of the police state and repression, experience of war, and the public memory of these regimes. 3 hours seminar. (021311)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 430 Popular Memory and Commemoration in Early America 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only odd years
This course examines the construction of historical memory in the diverse histories of early America. It explores past and present debates in the nation's heritage: how early Americans collectively memorialized-or chose to forget-key moments through processes of storytelling, commemoration, and other forms of remembering; and how, through popular media, those events are depicted and given public meaning today. Possible topics include the 1619 Project, witchcraft, repatriation, the legacy of the American Revolution, monuments and statues commemorating the founding, and more. 3 hours seminar. (004626)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 431 The American Revolution 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only even years
The founding events of the American nation: the Imperial Crisis and War for Independence, the critical period and framing of the Constitution, cultural life in the new nation, and the rise of partisanship in the early republic, 1763-1788. 3 hours seminar. (004627)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 432 The Early American Republic 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Social, cultural, and political history of the United States from the federalist period to the U.S. - Mexico War, 1789-1850. 3 hours seminar. (004628)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 433 The Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Spring only
Sectional conflict between rising industrialism and the Old South; abolitionism, secession, economic and social consequences of the war; reconstruction, political change, and continued sectionalism. 1850-1877. 3 hours seminar. (004629)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 435 Twentieth-Century War in American Society 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course examines the social history of American wartime experiences at home through the lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, politics, economy, and the environment. The course includes explorations of militarization and nationalism, fascism and anti-fascism, communism and anti-communism, the rise of consumer culture, racial segregation and exclusion, and the effects of extreme wealth inequalities. 3 hours seminar. (004632)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 442 The Westward Movement 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall only
Effects of the "moving frontier" experience upon American development, with emphasis on the people and the land from the colonial era to the twentieth century. 3 hours seminar. (004646)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 443 Gender and Sexuality in Early America 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only even years
This course explores the political, economic, legal, social, and cultural dimensions of early American gender history, running from pre-contact Native American society through the period of the early American republic. It examines women's daily lives and experiences, illustrating shifting definitions of femininity and masculinity as crosscut by race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, and religion. Through discussion, readings, and research, this seminar illustrates themes that circumscribed women's opportunities in early America: sexuality, reproduction, and women's bodies; the political and legal status of women; women's labor, paid and unpaid; women in war; education and literacy; and consumption, among others. 3 hours lecture. (021864)
Cross listing(s): WMST 443
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 445 History of California 3 Units USD
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Social, economic, cultural, and political development from Spanish explorations to the present. 3 hours seminar. (004634)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 446 History of the American South 3 Units USD
Prerequisite: HIST 130.
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Topics in the social, cultural, and political history of the American South. Topics may include the simultaneous rise of democracy and slavery, the rise and fall of Jim Crow, and political developments in the 20th century. 3 hours lecture. (015800)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
HIST 447 Politics of Africa 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This is a comparative politics course, introducing students to the history and politics of Africa. Specifically, the course examines historical foundations, political and economic development, regime type and transition, ethnicity, and violence, using African cases as illustrations. 3 hours lecture. (021829)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 463 Islamic Civilization 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Islamic civilization 600-1800; religion, philosophy, law, education, literature, and political thought and activity. 3 hours seminar. (004649)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 473 Asia and the City 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
This course examines the political, social, and cultural development of three Asian megacities (Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo) in a comparative perspective. Just like elsewhere in the world, these cities served as the locus of change in the midst of turbulent years of the twentieth century. We explore various political incidents as well as social and cultural landscapes of the cites as a lens through which to understand how Asia became what it is today. 3 hours seminar. (021779)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 474 Modern Korea 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only even years
This course examines Korean history from the opening of Korea in 1876 to the present. Main topics include the decline of the chosen dynasty, the rise of nationalism, the colonial experience (1910-1945), the liberation and division (1945-1948), the Korean War (1950-1953), and industrialization and democratization in the postwar era. Particular attention is devoted to how these events have shaped the historical trajectory of modern Korea as well as the everyday lives of people. 3 hours seminar. (021782)
Cross listing(s): ASST 474
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 9 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 475 Modern China 3 Units GC
Typically Offered: Fall only
This course explores tradition and new trends in 18th and 19th century China, the Western impact and the Chinese response, the nationalist and the communist movements, changes in values and the society after 1949, and the ongoing economic reforms. 3 hours seminar. (004661)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Global Cultures
HIST 480 Social Revolution in Latin America 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
This course explores twentieth-century social revolutions in Mexico, Cuba, Chile and Nicaragua. Additional consideration will be given to more recent political and social movements in Venezuela, Bolivia, and elsewhere. Evaluates the role of class, ethnicity, and gender in these movements and considers whether the driving force of social revolution in Latin America is Marxism or nationalism/anti-imperialism. 3 hours seminar. (004647)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 482 Native Latin Americans 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
An historical sweep of Latin America's indigenous populations and their relationships with the non-indigenous from the time of Las Casas in the colonial period through the wars of independence and the early national period. The last several weeks of the course are spent on the mid-twentieth- century political and cultural phenomenon known as indigenismo in Mexico and the Andes. 3 hours lecture. (022111)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 489 Internship in Public History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Occupational experience in public history with a private-sector firm, non-profit organization, or governmental agency. 9 hours supervision. (015915)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 15 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 490W Seminar: Historical Research (W) 3 Units W, GW
Prerequisite: GE Written Communication (A2) requirement, HIST 300W.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This is the capstone course for History majors. It requires students to write frequently in different modes of discourse, concluding with the presentation and delivery of an extensive research paper based on both primary and secondary sources. 3 hours seminar. (004581)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; Writing Course; Graduation Writing Assessment
HIST 492 Archival Research Seminar 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduction to archival research and source materials. Practical experience in locating, interpreting, and using the various kinds of primary documents that form the raw material of the historian's craft. 3 hours seminar. (004707)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 493 History, Memory, and Nationalism 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Through readings and discussions of theoretical works and case studies, this course explores the tensions between how people remember, how memory shapes shared identities, and what is commemorated and in turn forgotten. 3 hours lecture. (022568)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 494 Introduction to Public History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
The application of historical scholarship to non-academic pursuits, including historic preservation, management of records and resources, public policy, and private consultantcy. Emphasis on development, objects, ethics, and methods of the public history profession. 3 hours seminar. (004714)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 495 Portfolio Evaluation 1 Unit
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Assessment of subject matter competence in History-Social Science. 1 hour discussion. (015848)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 1 unit
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 496 Material Culture 3 Units
Prerequisite: HIST 300W.
Typically Offered: Spring only even years
This seminar explores a special topic thorough the lens of material objects. It provides an introduction to the theory and practice behind the interpretation of artifacts as contextualized by their larger historical fabric. 3 hours seminar. (022112)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 498 Special Topics 1-3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 3 hours seminar. (004729)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course more than once
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 499 Special Problems 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 3 hours supervision. (004730)
Grade Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 499H Senior Honors Thesis 3 Units
Prerequisite: 12 upper-division history units; a grade point average in the top 5% of history majors; an interview; faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Intensive study of historical method and of the use, interpretation, and presentation of evidence, leading to the production and public presentation of a scholarly project involving substantial research and earning a grade of B or higher. To be taken under faculty supervision for a total of 6 units in consecutive semesters. 9 hours supervision. (004731)
Grade Basis: ABC/No Credit
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
HIST 600 Graduate Research Seminar 3 Units
Typically Offered: Spring only
Intensive readings and methods seminar culminating in a substantial research paper. Topics chosen by instructor. Written and oral presentation of research required. 3 hours seminar. (020860)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 610 Graduate Seminar in Ancient History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods of ancient history. This seminar exposes graduate students to major historiographical issues and debates in the field 3 hours seminar. (020861)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 620 Graduate Seminar in European History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods of European history. Written and oral presentations of reading and research required. 3 hours seminar. (004739)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 630 Graduate Seminar in Pre-1877 United States History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods of United States history up to 1877. This seminar exposes graduate students to major historiographical issues and debates in the field. 3 hours seminar. (004742)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 640 Graduate Seminar in Post-1877 United States History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods of United States History after 1877. This seminar exposes graduate students to major historiographical issues and debates in the field. 3 hours seminar. (020862)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 660 Graduate Seminar in Middle Eastern History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods and topics in Middle Eastern history. Written and oral presentations of reading and research required. 3 hours seminar. (004765)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 675 Graduate Seminar in Asian History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods and topics in Asian history. Written and oral presentations of reading and research required. 3 hours seminar. (004764)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 680 Graduate Seminar in Latin American History 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
Intensive reading in selected periods and topics in Latin American history. Written and oral presentations of reading and research required. 3 hours seminar. (004766)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 690 Historiography 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only odd years
The evolution of historical thought and writing from antiquity to the twentieth century. Reading of selected major historians, writing of critical essays, discussion of basic trends. 3 hours seminar. (004736)
Grade Basis: Graduate Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 697 Independent Study 1-3 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 6 hours supervision. (004769)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 698 Special Topics 1-6 Units
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered. 9 hours supervision. (004779)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: CR/NC
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division
HIST 699T Master's Thesis 1-6 Units
Prerequisite: Faculty permission.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
This course is offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. 9 hours supervision. (004770)
Grade Basis: Report in Progress: CR/NC
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 6 units
Course Attributes: Graduate Division