The Minor in History

Course Requirements for the Minor: 18 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

European History

2 courses selected from:

Ancient, Medieval, and Global History

2 courses selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
HIST 301	Greek History		3.0	FA
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)
HIST 302	The Roman Republic		3.0	SP
This course examines Roman history from the founding of the city of Rome in the eighth century BCE to the early years of the Principate. This course focuses on the key political institutions, social practices, and cultural attitudes and ideas that shaped the Roman world during this time. Major themes and topics include the formation of Roman identity in the monarchic period; the nature of Roman imperialism; Roman state structures; the collapse of the Roman Republic, and Augustan Rome. 3 hours lecture. (021306)
HIST 303	Roman Empire		3.0	S1
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 discussion. Formerly HIST 406. (004587)
HIST 305	Catastrophes and the Shape of Human History		3.0	SMF	GE  GC
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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004518)
HIST 309	Romans of the East: The Byzantine Empire		3.0	INQ
Political, social, and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire from the time of Diocletian and Constantine (ca. 300 C.E.) to the fall of the empire in 1453 C.E. The course focuses on key political institutions, social practices, and cultural attitudes and ideas that shaped the Byzantine world during this time. Major themes and topics include the nature and evolution of the Byzantine state; the empire under Justinian; Byzantium after the Islamic conquests; the Macedonian Renaissance and Imperial Revival; the Komnenian Empire and the Crusades; and society and culture in the late Byzantine period. 3 hours lecture. (021628)
HIST 312	Medieval Europe		3.0	F2
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)
HIST 361	Muhammad and the Qur'an		3.0	INQ
This course is also offered as MEST 302, RELS 302. 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 appreicate 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)
HIST 362	The Middle East to 1800		3.0	FA	GE  GC
This course is also offered as MEST 362. 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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004550)
HIST 362W	The Middle East to 1800 (W)		3.0	FA	GE  GC  W
This course is also offered as MEST 362W. 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. This is an approved Writing Course. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (021461)
HIST 363	The Middle East After 1800		3.0	SP	GE  GC
This course is also offered as MEST 363. 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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (021368)
HIST 371	African History		3.0	INQ	GC
Africa since 1800. Establishment and demise of European colonial regimes, African resistance to foreign domination, African political systems, dilemmas of socio-economic development, and gender differences in modern African life. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004533)
HIST 373	Premodern East Asia		3.0	FA	GC
Cultural, economic, and political evolution of eastern Asia from antiquity to 1800. Emphasis on common traditional heritage of China and Japan. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004560)
HIST 374	Modern East Asia		3.0	SP	GC
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. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004561)
HIST 377	Gender in East Asian History		3.0	SP	GC
This course is also offered as ASST 377. Focus on the role gender plays in shaping and defining East Asian history, from 19th century to the present. Analysis of gender construction, sexuality, the family, and issues of universal human rights in context of China, South Korea, and Japan. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (021173)
HIST 380	Colonial Latin America		3.0	INQ	GC
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. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004568)
HIST 381	Modern Latin America		3.0	SP	GE  GC
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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004495)
HIST 382	Modern Mexico		3.0	FA	GE  GC
This course is also offered as LAST 382. 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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004558)
HIST 409W	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Christians, Romans, and Barbarians (W)		3.0	INQ	W
This course offers a seminar on the later Roman Empire (or "Late Antiquity") from Diocletian (284 C.E.) to Heraclius (641 C.E.). Throughout the course, we focus on the key political institutions, social practices, and cultural attitudes and ideas that shape the late antique world during this time. Major themes and topics include the Christianization of the Roman world; the emperor Constantine; barbarian entry into the Roman world; the emperor Constantine; barbarian entry into the Roman world; the disintegration of the western empire in the fifth century; cultural change in the East under Justinian; economic and urban change (the end of the Roman city); and the intellectual traditions surrounding the "fall" of the Roman Empire. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. (021627)
HIST 463	Islamic Civilization		3.0	INQ
Islamic civilization 600-1800; religion, philosophy, law, education, literature, and political thought and activity. 3 hours seminar. (004649)
HIST 473	Asia and the City		3.0	SP
This course examines the political, social, and cultural development of three Asian megacities (Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo) in a comparative perspectives. 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 lecture. (021779)
HIST 474	Modern Korea		3.0	F2
This course is also offered as ASST 474. 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. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 9.0 units. (021782)
HIST 475	Modern China		3.0	FA	GC
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. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (004661)
HIST 480	Social Revolution in Latin America		3.0	INQ
This course explores twentieth-century social revolutions in Mexico, Cuba, Chile and Nicaragua. Additional consideration will be given to more recent phenomena in Venezuela and the Mexican state of Chiapas. Evaluates the role played by class, ethnicity, and gender in these movements and considers whether the driving force of social revolution in Latin America is Marxism or nationalist/anti-imperialism. 3 hours seminar. (004647)
HIST 482	Indigenous Latin Americans & Indigenismo		3.0	INQ
Prerequisite: HIST 300W. 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. We will spend the last several weeks of the course on the mid-twentieth- century political and cultural phenomenon known as indigenismo in Mexico and the Andes. 3 hours lecture. (022111)

United States History

2 courses selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
HIST 330	Race, Gender, and Empire		3.0	F1
This course provides historical and theoretical context for the analysis, critique, and substantive understanding of the intersections between race, gender, and empire in Western history since the 16th century. Framed as an investigation of power, domination, and resistance, the course examines the ways that historical actors have leveraged racism, heterosexism, and nationalism to sustain control, and the counteracting forces of those resisting domination. 3 hours lecture. (021934)
HIST 335	Women and Gender in American History		3.0	SP	GE  USD
This course is also offered as WMST 335. 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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved US Diversity course. (004541)
HIST 341	American Environment		3.0	SMF	GE  USD
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. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved US Diversity course. (004539)
HIST 350	America's Vietnam Experience		3.0	INQ
Focuses on America's Vietnam experience. Emphasis on the domestic and foreign policy repercussions of U.S. involvement, the mythological and symbolic components of the war, and its legacies. 3 hours lecture. (004546)
HIST 351	Volatile Decade: America in the 1960s		3.0	INQ
A review of the major developments in American society in the 1960s: foreign relations and war, politics and economics, culture and thought. 3 hours lecture. (004549)
HIST 352	Early America to 1787		3.0	FA	USD
This course examines the pluralistic foundations of early American history from the pre-Columbian period through 1787. Through a diverse range of perspectives, it addresses the impact of indigenous-European encounters, the growth of the Anglo-European settlements in the Atlantic world, the origins and development of slavery, and the Imperial Crisis and Revolution, concluding with the period of instability following 1783 as Americans grappled with their fledgling nation¿s initial frame of government and rapidly expanding territory and populace. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved US Diversity course. (021310)
HIST 353	US History from 1787 to 1877		3.0	SP	USD
In-depth survey of American history between 1787 and 1877, focusing on major events and related historiographic debates. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved US Diversity course. (021370)
HIST 354	US History from 1877 to 1945		3.0	FA	USD
In-depth survey of American history between 1877 and 1945, focusing on major events and related historiographic debates. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved US Diversity course. (021369)
HIST 355	US History from 1945 to the Present		3.0	SP	USD
In-depth survey of American history between 1945 and the present, focusing on major events and related historiographical debates. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved US Diversity course. (021371)
HIST 430	Early America		3.0	S1
This course examines political, economic, social, and cultural forces in the colonial Chesapeake, New England, middle colonies, deep South, and Caribbean. Emphasis on Indigenous-European encounters, the development of English imperial policy, and the wars for empire, 1607-1763. 3 hours seminar. (004626)
HIST 431	The American Revolution		3.0	S2
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)
HIST 432	The Early American Republic		3.0	INQ
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)
HIST 433	The Civil War and Reconstruction		3.0	SP	USD
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. This is an approved US Diversity course. (004629)
HIST 435	The US in the Age of the World Wars		3.0	SP
1914-1945. An examination of American society in an era of world wars, economic instability, and great cultural change. 3 hours seminar. (004632)
HIST 442	The Westward Movement		3.0	FA	USD
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. This is an approved US Diversity course. (004646)
HIST 443	Gender and Sexuality in Early America		3.0	S2
This course is also offered as WMST 443. 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)
HIST 445	History of California		3.0	FS	USD
Social, economic, cultural, and political development from Spanish explorations to the present. 3 hours seminar. This is an approved US Diversity course. (004634)
HIST 446	History of the American South		3.0	INQ	USD
Prerequisites: HIST 130. 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. This is an approved US Diversity course. (015800)
HIST 450	U.S. Foreign Relations to 1914		3.0	FA
Covers the foreign relations of the United States from colonial origins to World War I. Emphasis is on diplomacy of the Founding Fathers, continental expansion, Pacific imperialism, and the emergence of the U.S. as a world power. 3 hours lecture. (015801)
HIST 451	U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1914		3.0	SP
Covers the foreign relations of the United States from World War I to the present. Emphasis is on the world wars, isolationism, Soviet-American relations, conflict in the Middle East, Vietnam, and the complex challenges in a multipolar world. 3 hours lecture. (015802)
HIST 496	Material Culture		3.0	S2
Prerequisite: HIST 300W. 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)