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History Courses at a Glance

For the complete list of History courses offered this upcoming academic year, download the 2012 -2013 History Course Synoptic.

This list is subject to change. Last updated: 1/24/12

Number	Title	Instructor	Concentration(s)	Chron. Req	GEs
Lower Division Courses
1	Theories of History/Theories of Society	STAFF	Europe		TA / IH
2A	The World to 1500	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600	CC / IH
2B	The World Since 1500	Matera O'Malley	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC / IH
5A	Early Muslim World	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC / IH, E
5B	Early Christianity, First - Fourth Century AD	Hamel	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600	CC / IH
7	Archives and Public History	STAFF	Americas and Africa
10A	United States History to 1877	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	ER / IH, AHIR
10B	United States History, 1877 to Present	Lasar, Haas	Americas and Africa		ER / IH, AHIR
11A	Latin America: Colonial Period	Diaz	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	CC / IH, E
11B	Latin America: National Period	O'Hara	Americas and Africa		CC / IH, E
13	Introduction to American Religious Culture	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	TA / IH
14	Race and Ethnicity in the US	STAFF	Americas and Africa		ER / IH, E
20	Introduction to World Prehistory	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600	CC
30	The Making of Modern Africa	Anthony	Americas and Africa		CC / IH, E
40A	Early Modern East Asia	Christy, Hu	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800	CC / IH, E
40B	The Making of Modern East Asia	Aso, Christy, Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / IH, E
41	The Making of the Modern Middle East	Derr	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / IH, E
43	Traditional India	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-600	CC / IH, E
45	Japanese Pop Culture	Aso	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
61	Classical Mythology	Hedrick, Lynn	Europe	Pre-600
62A	Classical World: Greece	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600	CC / IH
62B	Classical World: Rome	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600	CC / IH
63	Women in the Ancient World	Lynn	Europe	Pre-600	CC
65A	Medieval Europe: 200 - 1000	Polecritti	Europe	Pre-600	CC / IH
70A	Modern European History, 1500 - 1789	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800	CC / IH
70B	Modern European History, 1789 - 1914	STAFF	Europe		CC / IH
74	Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures	Thompson	Europe		ER
75	Film and the Holocaust	Thompson	Europe		ER / E
80H	Class, Gender & Sexuality in China, 1700-Present	Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / T4, E
80N	Gender, Labor, and Feminist Productions	Haas	Americas and Africa		CC / T4
80W	The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry	Baumgarten	Europe		ER / T4, E
80X	The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Change	Brundage	Americas and Africa		ER / T3, E
80Y	World War II Memories in the US and Japan	Christy & Yang	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World		CC / T4, E
Upper Division Courses
100	Historical Skills and Methods	Christy, O'Hara	Elective Only		TA
101A	The Making of the Modern World, 1400-1750	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC / E
101B	The Making of the Modern World, 1750-1950	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		CC / E
101C	Oceans In World History	Matera	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		CC
102A	The Crusades: 1000 - 1300	Catlos	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC
102C	Mediterranean in the Modern Era, 1730-1930	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC
103	Medieval Spain, 600-1500	Catlos	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-1800	CC
104C	Celluloid Natives: American Indian History On Film	Lonetree	Americas and Africa		IM / E
104D	Museum And The Representation Of Native American History, Memory, And Culture	Lonetree	Americas and Africa		ER / E
105	Nations and Nationalism	Silver	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		CC
106A	Vietnam War Memories	Yang	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
106B	Asian and Asian American History, 1941-Present	Yang	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World		ER / E
107	Religion and Modernity	Deutsch	Americas and Africa, Europe		CC
108	Social Movements in Historical Perspective	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Europe
109A	Race, Gender, and Power in the Antebellum South	Jones	Americas and Africa		ER / E
110A	Colonial America, 1500-1750	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	ER, AHIR
110B	Revolutionary America, 1740-1815	O'Malley	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	AHIR
110D	The Civil War Era	Jones	Americas and Africa
110E	The United States, 1877-1914	Lasar	Americas and Africa
110F	Crossroads for American Capitalism: The US 1914-1945	Lasar	Americas and Africa
110G	The United States After the Second World War	Lasar	Americas and Africa
111	Popular Conceptions of Race in US History, 1600-Present	O'Malley	Americas and Africa		ER / E
112	American Feminist Thought, 1750-1950	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa
113C	Women and American Religious Culture	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa
114	Market Revolution in Antebellum U.S.	Jones	Americas and Africa
115A	U.S. Labor History to 1919	Frank	Americas and Africa		ER, AHIR
115B	U.S. Labor and the Working Class History, 1919-Present	Frank	Americas and Africa		ER, AHIR
115C	Learning from the U.S. Great Depression	Frank	Americas and Africa
117	Wired Nation: Broadcasting & Telecommunications in the US from the Telegraph to the Internet	Lasar	Americas and Africa
118	The Global Cold War, 1945-1989	Lasar	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe
121A	African American History to 1877	Anthony	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	ER / E
121B	African American History: 1877 to Present	Anthony	Americas and Africa		ER / E
123	Immigration and Immigrants in U.S. History	Brundage	Americas and Africa		ER
124	American Empire	Haas	Americas and Africa
125	California History	Haas	Americas and Africa		ER
126	From Indigenous Colonial Borderlands to the U.S.-Mexico Border	Haas	Americas and Africa		ER / E
127	Race and the American City	STAFF	Americas and Africa		ER / E, AHIR
128	Chicana/Chicano History	STAFF	Americas and Africa		ER / E, AHIR
129	History and Public Policy	STAFF	Americas and Africa		PR-S, AHIR
130	History of Modern Cuba	Diaz	Americas and Africa		E
131	Women In Colonial Latin America	Diaz	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800
132	History of the Caribbean: Colonial Period	Diaz	Americas and Africa		E
133	Topics in Colonial Latin American History, Early and Middle Period	Diaz	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	E
134A	Colonial Mexico	O'Hara	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	ER / E
134B	History of Mexico, 1850 - Present	O'Hara	Americas and Africa		CC / E
137A	Africa to 1800	Anthony	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	CC / E
137B	Africa from 1800 - Present	Anthony	Americas and Africa		CC / E
137C	African Cinema _{Prerequisite(s): course 30 or 137A or 137B, or by permision of instructor.}	Anthony	Americas and Africa		CC / E
140B	History of China, 1644-1911	Hu	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800	CC
140C	Revolutionary China, 1895-1960	Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
140D	Recent Chinese History	Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
142	World History of Science	Hu	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		SI
144A	Modern Korea: History, Literature, and Culture	Hwang	Asia & the Islamic World
144B	Gender in Korea	Hwang	Asia & the Islamic World
145	Gender, Colonialism, and Third-World Feminisms	Honig	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World		E
147A	History of Premodern India	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800	CC / E
147B	Political and Social History of Modern South Asia	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
148	Cinema and History: Film Author Satyajit Ray	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World		E
150A	Ancient Japan	Aso	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-600	CC
150B	Tokugawa Japan	Christy	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800
150C	Modern Japan	Aso, Christy	Asia & the Islamic World		CC / E
150D	Japanese Empire	Christy	Asia & the Islamic World
154A	Classic Islamic Civilization	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800	E
155	Modern Israel	Thompson	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		CC / E
160A	Athenian Democracy	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600	CC
160C	Topics in Greek History Enrollment restricted to history and classical studies majors. May be repeated for credit.	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600	CC
161B	Topics in Roman History Enrollment restricted to history and classical studies majors or minors, or by permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600
161C	Age of Augustus Enrollment restricted to history and classical studies majors and minors, or by permission of instructor.	Lynn	Europe	Pre-600
162	Canaan, Israel, And Palestine From Polytheism To Monotheism	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World
163A	A History of Sin	Hamel	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600
163B	Genesis: A History	Hamel	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600	CC
164A	Late-Medieval Italy, 1200-1400	Polecritti	Europe	Pre-1800
164B	Renaissance Italy, 1400-1600	Polecritti	Europe	Pre-1800
165	The Power of Writing: Books and Libraries 600-1500	Remak-Honnef	Europe	Pre-1800
166	Northern Ireland: Communities In Conflict	Brundage	Europe		CC
168	Rise of the Dutch Republic	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800
170A	French History: Old Regime and Revolution	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800
170B	French History: 19th Century	STAFF	Europe
171	Revolutions in France	STAFF	Europe
172A	German History	Cioc	Europe
172B	German Film, 1919 - 1945	Cioc	Europe
174	Spies: History and Culture of Espionage	Thompson	Europe		CC
175A	Medieval Russia	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800
175B	Modern Russian History	STAFF	Europe
175D	History of Soviet Film	STAFF	Europe
176	Eastern Europe, 1848-2000	Kehler	Europe		CC
177	Smoke, Smallpox, And The Sublime: Thinking About The Environment In The 19th Century	Peterson	Americas and Africa, Europe		PE-E
178A	European Intellectual History: The Enlightenment	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800
178B	European Intellectual History: The Nineteenth Century	STAFF	Europe
178C	European Intellectual History, 1870-1970	Thompson	Europe		CC
178D	Russian Intellectual History	STAFF	Europe
178E	Modern Jewish Intellectual History	Thompson	Europe		ER
180A	English History, 1485-1689	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800
180B	English History, 1689-1990	Thompson	Europe
183A	Nineteenth Century Italy	Polecritti	Europe
183B	Fascism and Resistance in Italy	Polecritti	Europe
185A	Conflict Of Interest: War, Holocaust, And Industry In The Lodz Ghetto	STAFF	Europe		ER, E
185B	Rethinking The Holocaust: Bioscience, Race Theory, And Genocide	STAFF	Europe		ER, E
185D	Jewish Social Movements Also offered as HISC 118. Students cannot receive credit for both courses. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors.	Epstein	Europe		E
185E	The Historiography Of The Holocaust	STAFF	Europe		ER, E
185F	Private Lives, Family Histories, And The Holocaust Experience	STAFF	Europe		ER, E
185H	Women, Gender and Jewish Modernity (1800-Present)	Daccarett	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe
185I	Latin American Jewish History in the Modern Period	Daccarett	Americas and Africa
185J	The Modern Jewish Experience	Daccarett	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe
185K	Jewish Life in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities	Daccarett	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe

Comprehensive Exit Seminar Courses
190A	Slavery and Race in Latin America	Diaz	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	DC / W, E
190B	Race and the Nation in Latin America	Diaz	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190C	Race, Class, and Gender in California History	Diaz	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190D	Tale of Two Cities	Haas	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190E	Topics in Chicana/o History	STAFF	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190F	Research Seminar in the America	Haas	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190G	History and Theory	Haas	Americas and Africa, Europe		DC / W
190H	History of Time	O'Hara	Americas and Africa, Europe		DC / W
190I	California and the Borderlands	Haas	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190J	Diaspora And Migration In World History	Haas	Americas and Africa
190K	Wired Planet: Readings on the Global History of Broadcasting and Telecommunications	Lasar	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190L	Personal Politics in the New South	Jones	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190M	The History of Children and the Culture of Childhood in the 19th Century	Jones	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190N	Topics in African History	Anthony	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190O	African American Historiography	Anthony	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190P	Early American Society and Culture	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	DC / W
190Q	The Novel and History	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190R	Research in the History in American Religion	Westerkamp	Americas and Africa		DC / W, E
190S	Women and Social Movements in the U.S.	Frank	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190T	Latin America in the Cold War	O'Hara	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190U	Power and Culture in the U.S.	Lasar	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190V	The Corporation and Its Critics	Lasar	Americas and Africa		DC / W
190W	Topics in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction	Jones	Americas and Africa		PENDING
190X	The History of the Atlantic World, 1492-1824	O'Malley	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	DC / W
190Y	The Atlantic Slave Trade	O'Malley	Americas and Africa	Pre-1800	DC / W
192	Directed Student Teaching	STAFF
194A	Gender, Class and Sex in Shanghai Prerequisite(s):course 140C, or 140D, or 140E, or permission of instructor.	Honig	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
194B	Okinawan History	Christy	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
194D	Topics in Korean History	Aso	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
194E	Women in Japanese History	Aso, Hwang	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
194G	China Since the Cultural Revolution: Histories of the Present	Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W, E
194H	Gender, Family & State in China, 1600-Present	Hershatter	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W, E
194M	Literati, Samurai, and Yangban: Comparative History of State and Elite in East Asia, 1600-1900	Hu	Asia & the Islamic World	Pre-1800	DC / W
194N	Comparative Studies in Modern Asian History	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W, E
194R	Cairo: The City Victorious, 1750-2000	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
194S	Comparative Studies in World History	STAFF	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		DC / W
194U	The Cold War and East Asia	Aso	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W, E
194X	The Cold War in the Mediterranean, 1942-1991	STAFF	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		DC / W
194Y	Memories of WWII in the US and Japan	Christy, Yang	Americas and Africa, Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W, E
195A	Thesis Research	STAFF
196A	Is British Histoy Possible?	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196B	Social Protests in Late Medieval and Early Modern England	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800	DC / W
196C	Modern Italian Culture	Polecritti	Europe		DC / W
196D	City of Rome	Polecritti	Europe		DC / W
196E	Modern Irish History	Thompson	Europe		DC / W
196F	European Environmental History	Thompson	Europe		DC / W
196G	Modern Germany and Europe Enrollment restricted to junior and senior history, German studies, and Jewish studies majors.	Cioc	Europe		DC / W
196H	Sex And The City--The History Of Sexuality In Urban Areas Around The Globe	Matera	Americas & Africa, Asia & the Islamic World, Europe		DC / W
196I	The French Revolution	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196J	Autobiography and History	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196K	Studies in European Intellectual History	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196M	Shtetl: Eastern European Jewish Life	Deutsch	Europe		DC / W
196N	Eastern European Jewish Social History	STAFF	Europe		DC / W, E
196O	Russian Revolution, 1917-1932	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196P	Hitler and Stalin	STAFF	Europe		DC / W
196Q	Europe And The World During The Cold War	Lasar	Asia & the Islamic World		DC / W
196R	Social World of Roman Palestine	Hamel	Asia & the Islamic World, Europe	Pre-600	DC / W
196S	Special Topics in Ancient History	Hedrick	Europe	Pre-600	DC / W
196U	Topics in Medieval History	Catlos	Europe	Pre-1800	DC / W
196W	Brave New World? Scientific & Technological Visions Of Utopia And Dystopia In Russia/Soviet Union	STAFF	Europe	Pre-1800	DC / W
196Y	Saints and Holiness in Medieval Europe	Polecritti	Europe	Pre-1800	DC / W

History

History Courses at a Glance

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Instructor

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Lower Division Courses

Upper Division Courses

Comprehensive Exit Seminar Courses