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History Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
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HIST 383A - Japan to 1850
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century; emphasis on social and cultural developments, the evolution of political institutions, and the development of early modern society.
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HIST 383B - Modern Japan
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Japan from 1850 to 1945; collapse of the Tokugawa bakufu and rise of the Meiji state; industrialization, social change, and protest; “Taisho democracy” and the Pacific War.
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HIST 384 - Popular Culture and History in Contemporary Japan
(3 units)
Japan since 1945; impact of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; American occupation of Japan; Japan’s “economic miracle,” social change and social criticism in literature and film; Japan’s role in the contemporary world; conflict with the U.S.
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HIST 385 - India and South Asia
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper division standing.
An interdisciplinary examination of the Indian subcontinent and the South Asian region from its historic roots through the founding and consolidation of the Great Mughal empire, to the beginnings of Western imperialism and the establishment of the British Raj, ending with nationalism and the course of events in post-Independence India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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HIST 386 - History of Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Era to the Vietnam War
(3 units)
Survey of political and cultural history of modern Southeast Asia from 1800: Expansion of European influence, growth of nationalism and process of decolonization, and the post-WWII configuration of the area. Both mainland and insular Southeast Asia will be surveyed.
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HIST 388 - Contemporary China
(3 units)
China from 1949 to the present. The political, economic and cultural factors that shaped its continuity and change and the impact of its transformation on Greater China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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HIST 391 - The Making of Modern Africa, 1800-1939
(3 units)
Survey of sub-Saharan Africa from the early 19th through the mid-20th centuries. Examines the European conquest and the entrenchment of colonialism. Emphasis will be on how Africans perceived these processes, how they adjusted to them, and the continuing relevance of these experiences today.
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HIST 392 - Contemporary Africa, 1940-Present
(3 units)
Surveys history of African continent during transition from colonialism to national independence and post-colonialism. The current political, economic, social and intellectual trends of Africa will be considered in historical context. African actions and perspectives will be prioritized.
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HIST 393 - Jews of the Modern Middle East
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing.
Explores history, culture, and transformations of important Jewish communities in Middle East. Examines effects of modernization and colonialism on these disparate communities, including phenomenon of Jewish colonization of other Jews and impact of exclusivist nationalisms on Jewish identities.
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HIST 394 - Middle Eastern Women
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
Explores a wide range of roles played by Middle Eastern women throughout history, seek to understand their multi-faceted thoughts and activities, and discuss the most important issues related to women and gender in Middle Eastern history.
Not open for credit to students with credit in W/ST 394 or WGSS 394.
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HIST 395 - Gender, Sexuality and Desire in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division status
An introductory survey of the colonial and post-colonial world history regarding human gender, sexuality and desire. It examines the European colonial era and the twentieth century constructions of sexual identities in conjunction with class, race, ethnicity, colonialism, and nationalism.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 396 - Contemporary World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
World historical approach to the study of the twentieth century. Themes include: the changing global economy and environment; the advance and retreat of empires; colonialism and postcolonialism; contending ideologies; the intensification of globalization at the end of the century.
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HIST 400 - History of Western Scientific Thought
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing.
Introduction to history of science for scientists and non-scientists. Evolution of scientists’ views of means and ends of their activities; ways science is affected by and affects contemporary cultures.
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HIST 401 - History for Secondary Social Science Teachers
(4 units)
Prerequisites: completed a majority of all coursework in the Social Science Subject Matter Program. Capstone course for students in Social Science Subject Matter Program.
Examination of World and American history to promote global perspective and deeper knowledge of historical content within California History-Social Science Framework and Standards, historiography and historical thinking, methodology related to teaching and learning history. Emphasis on imbedding interdisciplinary approaches from social sciences in teaching and learning of history.
Letter grade only (A-F). A grade of “B” or better is required for advancement to student teaching.
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HIST 402 - Oral History Methods
(1-3 units)
Through a series of workshops and through field experiences, skills in oral history will be developed which will enable students to use oral history either for their own personal use in family history or for class projects.
Not open for credit to students with credit in C/LA 485.
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HIST 406 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asia
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Exploration of gender history in Asia from prehistory to the present. Major themes include gender traditions, women’s contributions to social, cultural and political change, and the complex relationship between feminism and nationalism in the modern period. Same course as WGSS 406 .
Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST 406A, A/ST 406A, WGSS 406A.
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HIST 407 - Japan and the United States in the 20th Century
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing.
Examination of relationships between Japan and the United States, emphasizing cultural, economic, and political conflict and cooperation.
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HIST 412 - Migration and Ethnicity in Modern China
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division status. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.
The global story of Chinese emigration and internal migration, a process that is integral to the history of state and society in China since the seventeenth century. Chinese settlers faced diverse challenges and opportunities in the colonial and postcolonial states of Southeast Asia, in the settler societies of the Americas and Oceania, and in Europe. It examines major factors that have shaped Chinese emigration/migration in the modern period as well as its impact on world history.
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HIST 417 - Diversity and Encounters in the Middle East
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation, Upper-division status or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
The course examines diversity and encounters in early modern and modern Middle Eastern history within a global context with an emphasis on the historical relationships among diverse populations, states, and societies.
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HIST 418 - Central Asia and Afghanistan, Twentieth Century
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Introductory survey of history of change and continuity in Afghanistan and Turkestan (currently Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) during the Twentieth Century.
Double Numbered with: HIST 518
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HIST 420 - Modern Israel: Histories and Peoples
(3 units)
Corequisite: Completion of GE Foundation, Upper-division status or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor
This course explores the complicated and conflicting histories of modern Israel, its diverse peoples, and its dynamic cultures, with particular attention to the multiplicity of narratives surrounding these events, and the contrasting perspectives among Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians.
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HIST 432 - Change and Continuity in the Modern Middle East
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation, Upper-division status or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
The course covers most important themes and episodes from the 19th century transformations to the 21st Century, including the Arab Uprisings, within their global context. Emphasizes modernity, colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, reform, revolution and other forms of resistance, women’s rights, state building, nationalism, and Islamism.
Double Numbered with: HIST 532
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HIST 433 - Crime, Law, and Punishment in the Middle Ages
(3 units)
Examines how medieval Europeans understood and addressed crime and other offenses, from the end of the Roman Empire to the Spanish Inquisition. Topics include: development of medieval law; crime and criminality in cultural context; procedural law, including torture and inquisition.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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HIST 434 - Medieval Spain: Conflict and Coexistence
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination (subject to approval by the General Education Governing Committee (GEGC)).
A research seminar on the history of medieval Spain, with emphasis on conflict and coexistence between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish cultures. Themes include: the Islamic invasions and the culture of al-Andalus; Jews and Muslims in Christian Iberia; Spain in Mediterranean and Atlantic contexts; the Inquisition.
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HIST 435 - History of the Francophone World
(3 units)
Perequisites: HIST 132 , HIST 112 , or approval of advisor.
Commencing with a study of the history of French language, explores methods by which France expanded its global presence. Themes to be covered include French colonialism, resistance to French overseas expansion and issues relative to race and identity.
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HIST 437 - History of Germany 1871 to Present
(3 units)
History of Germany from unification: the First World War, the Weimar Republic, the National Socialist Reich, and the post-war recovery.
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HIST 440 - The Silk Roads
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
Examines the Silk Roads from the first century BCE to the end of the fifteenth century CE from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on economic integration, cultural diffusion, exchange and syncretism, and comparative demographic and political development.
Double Numbered with: HIST 540
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HIST 441 - Mediterranean World
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor
Focuses on pre-modern Mediterranean world up to geographical shift of political power and wealth to the Atlantic world with an emphasis on the exchange and interaction of peoples and ideas.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 541
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HIST 442 - The Indian Ocean in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
Examines the Indian Ocean from 600 CE to the nineteenth century from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on how the Indian Ocean connected diverse regions, societies and polities, and facilitated the circulation and modification of commodities, cultural practices and ideas.
Double Numbered with: HIST 542
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HIST 443 - The Early Modern Atlantic World
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 132 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor
Examines early modern Atlantic from a world historical perspective emphasis on cultural encounter/exchange, environmental interaction, and comparative colonial development from early Iberian maritime expansion through Atlantic revolutions and wars of independence.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 543
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HIST 444 - The Pacific Ocean in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor
Examines the Pacific World from the pre-modern period to the twentieth century from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on how the Pacific Ocean connected diverse regions, societies and polities, and facilitated the circulation and modification of commodities, cultural practices and ideas.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 544
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HIST 451 - The United States in the World
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
A survey of American history from the colonial period to the present day framed within a world history context, focusing on comparisons and connections between national and international developments.
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HIST 452 - United States at War
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements.
Explores the United States experience of modern warfare. Examines discourse about the morality of war, the objectives of conflict, and the consequences of global warfare. Incorporates the study of the home front and domestic images of war.
Not open to students with credit in HIST 377.
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HIST 459 - Religion in Colonial Latin America
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper division standing.
Explores history of religion in Latin America from the pre-Hispanic period through Independence, with a focus on the social, cultural, and political implications of European, Indigenous and African religious traditions.
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HIST 460 - Slavery in Latin America
(3 units)
GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses and upper division standing. Systems of forced labor in Latin America since European arrival; the slave trade; slavery in economic context; resistance and negotiation; plantations and urban slavery; slaves into the independence wars; manumission and slavery abolition; Afro-latino Americans post slavery.
Double Numbered with: HIST 560
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HIST 462 - Mexico
(3 units)
Spanish conquest of Indian Mexico; settlement and exploration; colonial life and institutions; the achievement of independence from Spain; reform, foreign intervention, dictatorship in the 19th century; the Revolution of 1910 and after; contemporary Mexico.
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HIST 463 - Power and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
(3 units)
Prerequisites: I/ST 200 or instructor consent. “Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone (subject to approval by the General Education Governing Committee (GEGC)).”
This course examines the history and cultural politics of dictatorship, revolution, and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. Uses literature, film, history, and political theory to examine how power and violence intersect with race, ethnicity, gender, and nationalism.
Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as I/ST 476 . Not open for credit to students with credit in I/ST 476 .
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HIST 464 - Latin American Environmental History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, GE Foundation requirements, 3 units Latin American survey HIST 364 or equivalent) or consent of instructor.
Explores the environmental history of Latin America from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on the production of nature and society and the transformation of the relationship between human societies and the natural world from pre-European contact to the 21st century.
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HIST 465 - Seeing Latin America: Visual Culture and History in the Latin American World
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper division standing.
History of Latin America from Conquest through today using visual medium as historical documentation; understanding cultural, social, and political change through painting, fashion, architecture, street art, archaeology, murals, film; interdisciplinary art history methods tailored to historical analysis.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 466 - Selected Topics in Latin American History
(3 units)
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
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HIST 468 - Public Art, Monuments, and Memory
(3 units)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation requirements, Upper-division standing
Historical examination of the role of public art and monuments in shaping civic identity and public memory in the United States. Traces the creative qays that artists and citizens alike have challenged official representations of American history and culture.
Double Numbered with: HIST 568
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HIST 469 - Ethnic Groups in Urban America
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing
An examination of the origin, migration, settlement and assimilation problems various ethnic groups in major American cities since the late 19th century. Emphasis on the economic, social, political and educational problems encountered by different groups in adjusting to urban life.
GRD C/NC, 3 hours lecture activity
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HIST 470 - American Jewish History
(3 units)
Chronological and thematic approach to American Jewish history. Covers Sephardic, German, Eastern European, and recent Jewish immigration. Emphasis on experiences immigrants brought with them. Critical examination of assimilation, transformation of traditions, women, anti-Semitism, development of denominations, mobility, leadership of Diaspora.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 471 - The American West
(3 units)
Examination of the impact of American expansion on the West: Euro-American exploration and migration, ethnic conflict and conquest, gender and family roles on the frontier, environmental changes in the West, development of economic institutions, and urbanization of the region.
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HIST 472 - History of the South
(3 units)
Explores development of the South, including examination of regional culture, traditions, and social crisis in the Antebellum period; conflict and social change; economic transformations; role of women in the region; and the interaction of racial groups in the Modern South.
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HIST 473 - California History
(3 units)
Survey of California from the 1500s to the present. Emphasis on migration, cultural diversity, and significant social, political, and economic developments.
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HIST 474 - The History and Culture of American Cities
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper-division standing.
Interdisciplinary exploration of the history and cultural life of American cities from the nineteenth century to the present.
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HIST 475 - American Immigration and Ethnicity
(3 units)
Explores the history of immigration to the United States and the experiences of immigrants in American society. Major themes include political, social, and economic implication of immigration; push and pull factors; nativism; assimilation; and social constructions of ethnicity.
Both grading options.
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HIST 476 - The History of Social Activism
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course.
Social movements are collective efforts to change society. At many times in history they have had dramatic consequences and they continue to be a focus of controversy, conflict, and change today.
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HIST 477A - American Cultural History
(3 units)
Development of American way of life treated in terms of values, behavior and institution, themes of individualism, community, ethnic diversity and social reform.
Double Numbered with: HIST 577A
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HIST 477B - American Cultural History
(3 units)
Development of American way of life treated in terms of values, behavior and institutions, themes of individualism, community, ethnic diversity and social reform.
Double Numbered with: HIST 577B
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HIST 478 - Foreign Relations of the U.S.
(3 units)
Incorporates a global perspective and considers the influence of such issues as domestic politics, bureaucratic rivalry and decision-making, economics, ideology, race, and the role of special interest groups in the making of foreign policy.
Same course as I/ST 478 . Not open for credit to students with credit in I/ST 478 .
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HIST 479 - U.S. Constitution: Origins and Early Development
(3 units)
European sources of constitutional thought, colonial background, impact of the American Revolution, the framing period and the rise of a judicial approach to constitutional interpretation. Emphasis throughout: the evolution of constitutionalism as a basic principle in American thought and institutions.
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HIST 482 - Recent American Environmental History
(3 units)
An examination of the impact of industrialization and urban growth on the American environment, the emergence of ecological consciousness and green politics, and the creation of the idea of Nature in American culture in the U.S. since the 1860s.
Course meets for 3 hours a week; additionally, service learning commitment of a minimum of 30 hours/semester is mandatory.
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HIST 484 - Religion in American History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Explores American religion from European settlement to present. Focuses on interconnections between American religion, politics, and culture-including literature, film, music, moral crusades, and built environment. Examines how beliefs structured interactions between social groups.
Not open to students with credit in HIST 371.
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HIST 485A - History of Women in the U.S. Early Period
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Survey of roles and activities of American women from colonial period to 1850, with focus on slavery, immigration, family, economy, law, and politics. Only 3 units of 485A,HIST 485B may be applied to a field of concentration in U.S. history for the major.
Same course as WGSS 485A . Not open for credit to students with credit in W/ST 485A or WGSS 485A .
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HIST 485B - History of Women in the U.S. Since 1850
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Examines the changing roles and status of women’s economic, political, and social roles. Explores the suffrage movement, the role played by women in WW II and the changes brought forth during the “second wave” of feminism. Only 3 units of HIST 485A ,B may be applied to a field of concentration in U.S. history for the major.
Same course as WGSS 485B . Not open for credit to students with credit in W/ST 485B or WGSS 485B .
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HIST 486 - History of Afro-Americans in the United States
(3 units)
Examines the roots and culture of Afro-Americans from African origins to the present. We will explore the transformation from slavery to freedom; segregation and racial conflict; emigration patterns, societal interactions, and the experiences of women.
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HIST 487 - Madness, Mental Health, and Psychiatry in America
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements; upper division status.
Examines the history of madness and its treatment in America from the colonial period to the present. Topics include the shift from religious to secular understandings, the rise of asylums, the professionalization of psychiatry, and media representations.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 3 units in different semesters.
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HIST 489 - Selected Topics in Legal History of the United States
(3 units)
Case studies in American law from colonial times to the present: English common law heritage, puritan and frontier influences, the legal profession, judicial traditions, formative stages in criminal law, torts and contracts, and modern trends in legal thought.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HIST 490 - Selected Topics in History
(1-3 units)
Topics of current interest in history selected for intensive development.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters, but no more than 3 units may be used to satisfy the requirements for the major. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HIST 491 - Modern and Contemporary Africa
(3 units)
Conquest of Africa by European states, contrasting colonial systems as they evolved, anti-colonial movements and progress towards self-government or independence, problems of economic and political development, and race tensions in areas of white settlement.
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HIST 492 - Proseminar in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Discussion and analysis of recently published historical works and materials from a world history perspective.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: HIST 592
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HIST 494 - Practicum in History
(1-3 units)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
Field work in History, supplemented by reading and tutorials under direction of a faculty member. Internships, small group discussion/teaching, and other assignments directed by supervising faculty member.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units, but no more than 3 units may be applied to the major in History.
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HIST 495 - Selected Topics
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HIST 301 and nine additional units of upper division History.
Seminar level course exploring a specific historical field or issue chosen by instructor; students expected to analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources in a paper presented to the class. Part of core requirements for students declaring a major before summer 2001; students declaring a major after spring 2001 will be required to take HIST 499 as a core requirement, not 495.
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HIST 496 - Selected Topics in the United States History
(3 units)
Variable topics in U.S. history from the 17th century to the present. Fits within the 400-level thematic courses of the U.S. field. Some background in U.S. history is strongly encouraged.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HIST 497 - Selected Topics in Asian History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Selected topics in Asian History.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HIST 498 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Independent study under the supervision of a faculty member.
May be repeated to a maximum 6 units.
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HIST 498H - Honors Research
(3 units)
Research for and writing of a senior thesis under the direction of a departmental advisor.
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HIST 498O - Directed Studies in Oral History
(1-6 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Directed study on a research topic using the methodology of oral history.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Not open for credit to students with credit in C/LA 498
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HIST 499 - Senior Seminar
(4 units)
Prerequisites: HIST 301 , HIST 302 ; 18 units of upper-division course work in History; at least two courses (6 units) of which must be in the 499 seminar’s area of concentration. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.
Students must demonstrate mastery of historical processes and literature through: 1) portfolio submission; 2) research paper, and 3) oral presentations.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students who have not met the prerequisites listed above.
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HIST 499H - Honors Thesis
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HIST 498H
Research, writing, and presentation of a senior honors thesis under the direction of departmental faculty advisor.
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HIST 501 - Historical Thinking and the Discipline of History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Students must be first-semester candidates in the M.A. program in history, candidates in the history B.A. honors program, or M.A. students from another department with consent of the instructor.
Introduces students to skills and dispositions required to succeed in M.A. program. Examines history of profession, professional dispositions of discipline, and key historical thinking skills including historiography, cause and consequence, evidence and interpretation, comparison, agency, and periodization.
Letter grade only (A-F). A minimum “B” grade is required to continue in the graduate program.
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HIST 502 - Historical Research and Writing
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in History or M.A. student from another department with permission of the instructor.
Corequisite: HIST 501 .
Introduces research, analytical, and writing skills necessary in History discipline and M.A. program. Focuses on development of skills pertaining to analysis of sources, use of theoretical and conceptual approaches, conduct of research, and presentation of oral reports and written work.
Letter grade only (A-F). A minimum “B” grade is required to continue in the graduate program.
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HIST 510 - Selected Topics in the Literature of History
(3 units)
Reading and discussion of major works and intensive study of bibliography and bibliographical aids. Includes a comparative history component.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units per field of concentration. Different instructors within a field required when repeated. Repeatable up to 12 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
A. Ancient and Medieval
B. Modern Europe
D. Latin America
E. World
F. United States
G. Asia
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HIST 512 - Migration and Ethnicity in Modern China
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Examines Chinese emigration and internal migration since the seventeenth century, in Southeast Asia, the Americas and Oceania, and Europe. Explores factors that have shaped Chinese emigration and migration in the modern period, as well as impact on world history.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 518 - Central Asia and Afghanistan, Twentieth Century
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing.
Introductory survey of the history of change and continuity in Afghanistan and Turkistan (currently Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) during the Twentieth Century.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 418
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HIST 532 - Change and Continuity in the Modern Middle East
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
The course covers most important themes and episodes from the 19th century transformations to the 21st Century, including the Arab Uprisings, within their global context. Emphasizes modernity, colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, reform, revolution and other forms of resistance, women’s rights, state building, nationalism, and Islamism.
Grading: Letter grade only (A-F) Double Numbered with: HIST 432
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HIST 540 - The Silk Roads
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor.
Examines the Silk Roads from the first century BCE to the end of the fifteenth century CE from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on economic integration, cultural diffusion, exchange and syncretism, and comparative demographic and political development.
Double Numbered with: HIST 440
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HIST 541 - Mediterranean World
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Focus on pre-modern Mediterranean world up to geographical shift of political power and wealth to the Atlantic world with an emphasis on the exchange and interaction of peoples and ideas.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 441
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HIST 542 - The Indian Ocean in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Examines the Indian Ocean from 600 CE to the nineteenth century from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on how the Indian Ocean connected diverse regions, societies and polities, and facilitated the circulation and modification of commodities, cultural practices and ideas.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 442
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HIST 543 - The Early Modern Atlantic World
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Examines early modern Atlantic from a world historical perspective with an emphasis on cultural encounter and exchange, environmental interaction, and comparative colonial development from early Iberian maritime expansion through the Atlantic revolutions and wars of independence.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 443
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HIST 544 - The Pacific Ocean in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HIST 111 or HIST 131 or consent of undergraduate/graduate advisor
Examines the Pacific World from the pre-modern period to the twentieth century from a world historical perspective. Emphasis is on how the Pacific Ocean connected diverse regions, societies and polities, and facilitated the circulation and modification of commodities, cultural practices and ideas.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 444
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HIST 560 - Slavery in Latin America
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses and upper division standing.
Exploration courses and upper division standing. Systems of forced labor in Latin America since European arrival; the slave trade; slavery in economic context; resistance and negotiation; plantations and urban slavery; slaves in the independence wars; manumission and slavery abolition; Afro-latino Americans post slavery.
Double Numbered with: HIST 460
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HIST 565 - Painting as Power: The Politics of Visual Culture in the Early Modern Spanish Empire
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, and upper division standing.
Explores the history of the Spanish Empire (Spain and Spanish America) ca. 1500-1800 through the politics of visual culture (paintings, maps, clothing, festivals, architecture.) Historical focus on the social, cultural, and political implications of visual culture. Emphasis on the connections between metropolitan and colonial culture and politics and reading visual culture as historical documentation.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 568 - Public Art, Monuments, and Memory
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements, Upper-division standing
HIstorical examination of the role of public art and monuments in shaping civic identity and public memory in the United States. Traces the creative qays that artists and citizens alike have challenged official representations of American history and culture.
Double Numbered with: HIST 468
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HIST 577A - American Cultural History
(3 units)
Development of American way of life treated in terms of values, behavior and institutions, themes of individualism, community, ethnic diversity and social reform.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 477A
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HIST 577B - American Cultural History
(3 units)
Development of American way of life treated in terms of values, behavior and institution, themes of individualism, community, ethnic diversity and social reform.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HIST 477B
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HIST 590 - Selected Topics in Comparative History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Selected themes in history involving cross-cultural and comparative approaches.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes
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HIST 592 - Proseminar in World History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History
Discussion and analysis of recently published historical works and materials from a world history perspective.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: HIST 492
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HIST 595 - Special Preparation
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; consent of Graduate Advisor.
Special preparation for the M.A. examinations under faculty direction.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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HIST 605 - Research in History Teaching, Learning, and Cognition
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History
Examines the extensive recent scholarship in history teaching, learning, and cognition, with an emphasis upon the significance and implementation of historical methodology and thinking in the classroom.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 611 - Seminars in Ancient and Medieval History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Selected topics in ancient or medieval history.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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HIST 631 - Seminars in European History (including Britain and Russia)
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Directed reading and research in the political, economic, social and cultural history of Europe.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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HIST 663 - Seminar in Latin American History
(3 units)
Directed reading and research in history, focusing on selected topics in Latin American history.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated for a maximum of six units in different semesters.
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HIST 673 - Seminars in United States History
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in History.
Topics in domestic or international affairs from colonial times to present.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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HIST 695 - Directed Readings
(1-3 units)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Readings on an individual basis.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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HIST 697 - Directed Research
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Research on an individual basis.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HIST 698 - Thesis
(1-4 units)
Planning, preparation and completion of non-curricular work in history for the master’s degree.
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HM 170 - Introduction to Hospitality Management
(3 units)
Introduction to the hospitality industry and historical overview of field. Careers in hospitality management defined. Explore relationship of careers to community and foodservice and hotel/lodging industry. Overview of organization and current forces shaping foodservice and hotel operations.
(Lecture-discussion 3 hours) Not open for credit to students with credit in HFHM 270.
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