| HIST 110A World Civilizations to the 16th Century |
| Description: The development of Western and non-Western civilizations from their origins to the 16th century. |
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| HIST 110B World Civilizations Since the 16th Century |
| Description: The development of Western and non-Western civilizations from the 16th century to the present. (CAN HIST 16; CAN HIST SEQ C = History 110A and 110B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 170A United States to 1877 |
| Description: The political, social, economic and cultural development of the United States to 1877. Old World background, rise of the new nation, sectional problems, the Civil War and Reconstruction. (CAN HIST 8) |
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| HIST 170B United States Since 1877 |
| Description: U.S. History from the late 19th century to the present. Economic transformation, political reform movements, social, cultural, and intellectual changes, and the role of the United States in world affairs. (CAN HIST 10; CAN HIST SEQ B = History 170A and 170B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 180 Survey of American History |
| Description: American history from prehistoric times (before 1492) to the present according to chronological time periods. Basic themes which pervade the entire sweep of the nation’s history. Satisfies state requirement in U.S. History. Not available for credit to students who have completed History 190. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 190 Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities |
| Description: A survey of American history from prehistoric times (before 1492) to the present with special emphasis on the role of race and ethnicity. (Same as Afro-Ethnic Studies/ Chicana/o Studies 190). Credit will not be given for both History 180 and 190. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 201 The History of Asian Pacific Americans |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category III. C.1. This class examines the origins and evolution of Asian American communities and cultures, with an emphasis upon the southern California region, through selected books, oral histories, films, outside speakers, and excursions. (Same as Asian American Studies 201) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 230 The Ascent of Man |
| Description: Science and technology in the development of human culture, especially the development of science in western culture since the 17th century. Scientific concepts, their emergence and the social impact of science. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 300A Historical Thinking |
| Description: The nature of history, history of historical thought, and history’s relationship to the humanities and social sciences. Seminar required of all history majors. History majors must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in this course. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 300B Historical Writing |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 300A. Research, writing and library usage (including computer- assisted bibliographic searches) as related to history. Meets the classroom portion of the upper-division writing requirement for history majors. Seminar required of all history majors. History majors must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in this course. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 302A Historical Dimension of Liberal Studies |
| Description: Prerequisites: prior or concurrent completion of Liberal Studies 300 and completion of General Education Category II.A. The origins and development of modes of thought and forms of expression in the three core areas of liberal studies, i.e., the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities. (Same as Liberal Studies 302A) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 302B Historical Dimension of Liberal Studies |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of History 302A with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. The origins and development of modes of thought and forms of expression in the three core areas of liberal studies, i.e., the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities. (Same as Liberal Studies 302B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 310 The California Experience |
| Description: (Same as Liberal Studies 310) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 311 World War II |
| Description: A history of World War II: Films, documentaries, lectures and discussion. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 320 Modern European History 1789 - Present |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 110B or completion of General Education Category III.C.1. Explores major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Modern Europe. Topics include: French Revolution, industrial revolution, liberalism, socialism, nationalism, imperialism, urbanization, modernity, the World Wars, Russian Revolution, inter-war period, and post-1945 period. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 331 History of Science: Copernicus to the Present (Formerly History 430) |
| Description: Prerequisites: completion of General Education Category III.A.2. Science from the 16th century to the present especially the scientific revolutions of the 17th and 20th centuries and the interaction between science, technology and culture. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 350 History of Latin American Civilization |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A and III.C.1. The social, economic, political and cultural evolution of Latin America from the European conquest to the present. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 355 History of African Civilization |
| Description: Examines the social, political, economic and cultural evolution of African civilizations from early times to the present. Credit will not be given for both History 355 and Afro-Ethnic Studies 346. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 360 Modern Asia: Nationalism and Revolutionary Change |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B and completion of General Education Category III.C.1. A modular analysis of nationalism, revolution and modernization as drawn from the experiences of the countries of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 377 Women’s Image in American Film |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category II.B.1. Images, symbols, visual metaphors and myths will be studied as they relate to the image of women. Change in film images will be contrasted with the changing status of women in America. Not available for graduate degree credit. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 386A American Social History 1750-1860 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. A social history of the United States to the Civil War; reform movements, temperance, moral purity, women’s rights, anti-slavery, spiritualism and their importance to the formation of a modern society. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 386B American Social History 1865-1930 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education requirement II.B. A social history of the United States from the Civil War; reform, social organization and values. The women’s movement, censorship, divorce, the child and the limits of reform movements in an organizational society. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 394 The American Civil War |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170A, 180, or consent of instructor. A history of the American Civil War. Both contemporary and current analyses of the war will be amplified by the use of films and slides. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 395 A History of the First World War |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or consent of instructor. A history of the Great War stressing the military, social, economic and political aspects of the war. Films, documentaries and special lectures. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 400A Concepts in World History, Ancient to Early Modern |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A. Designed primarily for students intending to teach world history. Ways in which world history can be conceptualized. Explores such themes as nomadism, syncretism, cross-cultural trade and European diffusionism. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 402 Ancient and Medieval Britain |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A. Britain from 5 B.C. to 1485. The constitutional, institutional and cultural aspects of Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Britain. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 403 Tudor-Stuart England |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or 110B. England from the accession of Henry VII to the Glorious Revolution. The political, institutional, ecclesiastical and cultural aspects of the period of the Tudors and Stuarts. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 404 History of Modern England and Great Britain |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. Modern British history (Glorious Revolution to present). The achievement of constitutional monarchy, transition from agrarian to industrial society, establishment of political democracy and the rise and fall of socialism. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 405 History of the Jews |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A. The Jewish people from the biblical period to the present. The literature of each period as well as the relationships which exist between the Jewish communities and the societies in which they exist. (Same as Comparative Religion 405) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 406 The Holocaust |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B, or any modern European upper-division course. This course will trace the history and examine the origins, implementation, and results of the European-wide programs of persecution and genocide carried out by Nazi Germany and their collaborators against the Jews during the period 1933-1945. (Same as Comparative Religion 406) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 408 History of California |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education requirement II.B. The political, economic and social history of California from the aboriginal inhabitants to the present; the development of contemporary institutions and the historical background of current issues. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 409 Cities in European Civilization, 1000-1915 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or 110B. This course is designed to offer undergraduate students an opportunity to explore the urban history of Western Europe from the revival of urban life in the High Middle Ages through WWI, with a focus on urban social and cultural evolution. |
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| HIST 410 The Rise of the Atlantic World |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A. Explores the main themes of the history of the Atlantic Basin, 1450-1700, including the discovery and conquest of the New World, Africans’ contributions to the creation of the Atlantic world, and the origins of the “plantation complex.” |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 411 World War II Japanese American Evacuation |
| Description: Prerequisites: completion of General Education Category III.C.1 and History 170B, 180, or 190. An exploration of the World War II eviction and detention of people of Japanese ancestry in the United States, pivoting on the significance of this experience in the areas of civil and human rights, cross-cultural relations, and international affairs. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as Asian American Studies 411) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 413 Oral History/Guided Autobiography |
| Description: Prerequisites: Completion of General Education Category I, core competencies, or equivalents. Instructs students in the theories and methods of oral history and guided autobiography and trains them as professional practitioners at community and senior centers, educational institutions, historical agencies, and other settings. (Same as Gerontology 413.) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 415A Classical Greece |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. The civilization of ancient Greece. The rise and flourishing of the classical city-states; the literary and philosophic contributions to modern civilization. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 417A Roman Republic |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Roman social and political institutions under the republic. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 417B Roman Empire |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Roman imperial institutions and culture with attention to the rise of Christianity. (Same as Comparative Religion 417B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 420 The Byzantine Empire |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. The East Roman Empire from Constantine to the Ottoman conquest of 1453. Institutional aspects of Byzantine society: church, state, the economy, law and culture. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 421A History of the Christian Church to the Reformation (1517) |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. The Christian Church from its origins in the apostolic preaching through the late Middle Ages and the beginning (1517) of the Reformation in both the East and West. (Same as Comparative Religion 421A) |
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| HIST 421B History of the Christian Church from the Reformation to the Present |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. The western church as an institution from the Reformation (1517) to the present. Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism in historical perspective. (Same as Comparative Religion 421B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 423 Medieval History, 300-1350 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Medieval civilizations-East European, West European, and Islamic-from the decline of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Hundred Year’s War, with emphasis on cultural, intellectual, and social history. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 424T Gender and Sexuality in History |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 110A and 110B, 170A and 170B, or equivalents, or consent of instructor. Variable topics in gender and sexuality in history. Course examines historical forces that shaped masculinity and/or femininity. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 425A The Renaissance |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A. Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries: the development of humanism and capitalism in Italy and their impact on European culture, the rise of Renaissance monarchies, the Renaissance papacy, Christian humanism and Renaissance science and mysticism. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 425B The Reformation |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A. Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries: the impact of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations on European culture, the religious wars, the price revolution and the crises of the nobility, the rise of absolutism and the early modern family. (Same as Comparative Religion 425B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 427 Enlightenment and Revolution |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 110A-B. The impact of slavery in the French Caribbean, the rise of nation states, the emergence of Enlightenment thought, feminism, and popular politics during the eighteenth century and the French Revolution. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 428 The Rise and Decline of Liberal Europe in the 19th Century |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 110A-B. The impact of industrialization, liberal political reform, and new forms of consumption and production on the daily lives of men and women who lived in nineteenth century Europe. Socialist, nationalist, and feminist responses to social change. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 429A Europe 1890-1945 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. A survey of the cultural, political, and economic history of Europe, 1890-1945. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 429B Europe Since 1945 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. A survey of the cultural, political, and economic history of Europe since 1945. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 432 From Bismarck to Hitler: Modern Germany, 1870-1945 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. This course will both survey the social and political history of Germany from 1871 through World War II and introduce students to current historiographical debates in modern German history. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 434A Russia to 1890 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A. The establishment of the Russian state at Kiev through the great reforms, the revolutionary movement and reaction of the 19th century. The shaping of contemporary Russia. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 434B The Russian Revolutions & the Soviet Regime |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. The 1905 and 1917 revolutions and the subsequent consolidation of power under the Communist regime. The continuity and change in Russian social, political, cultural institutions and foreign policy affected by the impact of Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist ideology. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 449 Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Latin America: A History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. The course examines the issues of race, ethnicity, and gender in Latin America from the 15th century to the present. Emphasis will be on Latin America’s two largest countries, Brazil and Mexico. |
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| HIST 450 African History Since 1935 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. This course examines the issues of European imperialism, settler cultures, racism and African consciousness, ethnic conflict, gender, nationalist and guerrilla liberation movements, Pan-Africanism, international relations, and society development policies in Africa since 1935. (Same as Afro 450) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 451 Colonial Period of Latin America |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Latin America from its pre-Columbian origins to the era of the Wars of Independence. Emphasis on the ethnic, social, and cultural factors which characterized the colonial period. |
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| HIST 452 20th-Century Brazil |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. Social, economic, cultural, and political history of Brazil, with particular emphasis on the period since World War II. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 453A History of Mexico pre-Columbian (pre 1521) through 1821 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or History 110B or equivalent. This course is designed to introduce the student to the history of Mexico from prior to the Spanish conquest of 1521 through the wars for Independence ending in 1821. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 454 19th-Century Latin America: Era of Nation Building |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Latin America during the 19th century (1810-1910) with emphasis on cultural and socio-political factors which were important in the creation of Latin American nations. Special focus on development of the Rio de la Plata, the Andean nations, and Mexico. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 455 Latin America Since 1945 |
| Description: Prerequisites: completion of History 110A-B or consent of instructor. Focuses on political, economic, cultural and social patterns in key Latin American nations from 1945 to the present. Not available for graduate degree credit. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 456 Introduction to Public History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 180 or its equivalent. Applications of history to activities outside of teaching and academic research. Will introduce archival work, historic preservation, exhibit interpretation, and historical research and writing in business, government and individual consulting. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 457 West Africa and the African Diaspora |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. This course deals with West African relationships with the African diaspora in the Americas. Examines issues of the origins of political conflict, economic exploitation, racism, gender, revolts, emancipation, Pan-Africanism, and rights of African descendants since the 15th century. (Same as Afro-Ethnic Studies 457) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 458 Southern Africa in the 20th Century |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Twentieth-century developments in the Union (Republic) of South Africa, Central Africa (the Rhodesias and Nyasaland) and the Portuguese colonies; the political, economic and social ramifications of race relations. (Same as Afro-Ethnic Studies 458) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 461 Modern Vietnam |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B. A study of the history of Vietnam since 1802. Special emphasis will be placed on the French colonial experience, the Vietnamese struggle against the French from 1946 to 1954, and the American involvement in Vietnam. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 462A History of China |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Chinese history from ancient times to the middle of the 17th century; society, thought, economy and political institutions. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 462B History of China |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Chinese history from the middle of the 17th century to the 1950s. China’s internal developments and foreign intrusion, the rise of modern Chinese nationalism and intellectual developments in the Republican period, and the attempts at modernization and the triumph of communism. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 462C China Since 1949 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. History of China from 1949 to the present. The Communist Party, political institutions, ideology, economic modernization and foreign relations of China. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 463A History of Japan |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of the General Education Category II.A. The social, political, and economic history of Japan until 1868 stressing the Tokugawa era. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 463B History of Japan |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. The rise of the modern Japanese state, Japanese imperialism and the postwar era. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 464A History of Southeast Asia to 1800 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Development of Southeast Asian civilizations from the earliest times to 1800, including the classical and early modern era. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 464B History of Southeast Asia, 1800-present |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Development of Southeast Asian history from 1800 to the present, including the colonial, post-colonial and contemporary period. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 465A History of India |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.A. Survey of the history of India from ancient times through the arrival of Islam to the decline of the Mughul Empire in 18th century. Political developments, social and religious institutions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, class, caste, early impact of Europeans. Not available for graduate degree credit. (Same as Comparative Religion 465A) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 465B History of India |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. India from early activities of British in 18th century through Indian Independence in 1948. Political, economic, religious developments: crystallization of British supremacy in South Asia through the Indian Mutiny of 1857; India’s struggle for independence; emergence of Gandhi and Nehru. (Same as Comparative Religion 465B) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 466A Islamic Civilization: Arab Era |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110A or equivalent. Arab predominance in the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. (Same as Comparative Religion 466A). |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 466B Islamic Civilization: Imperial Age |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education requirement II.A. The Mongol invasions of the Middle East and their effects. The Ottoman Turkish, Safavid Persian and Moghul Empires to 1800. (Same as Comparative Religion 466B). |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 467 The Middle East in the 19th Century |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Western penetration of the Middle East and the reaction to it, modernization, the growth of nationalist movements and revolutionary disturbances ending with World War I. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 468 Middle East in the 20th Century |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 110B or equivalent. Social, political and economic changes in the Middle East since World War I. The period after World War II and recent independence movements. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 469 American Military History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 180 or equivalent. A survey of America’s military experience focusing upon the democratic, industrial, managerial, mechanical, scientific, and social revolutions that have molded military institutions and national policies. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 470 American Colonial Civilization |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170A, 180, or consent of instructor. Analyzes the creation and development of societies in English North America from 1492-1754; the emergence of economic, social and political patterns and structures in a maturing Anglo-American culture. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 471 The United States from Colony to Nation |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170A, 180, or consent of instructor. Social, economic, political and intellectual developments in late 18th-century America, the coming of the American Revolution, origins of American nationalism, social structure of the new nation, and formation and ratification of the Constitution. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 472 Jeffersonian Themes in American Society, 1800-1861 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category in American History, Institutions and Values. Jeffersonian values and their impact upon the social, political and cultural life of the nation. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 473 Democracy on Trial, 1845-1877 |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category in American History, Institutions and Values. America’s “great national crisis” and the impact of slavery, civil war and national reconstruction upon the democratic process of the republic. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 474 United States, 1876-1920 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170B, 180, or equivalent. Industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. Reconstruction, the New South, and the West. Populist and Progressive reform movements. World War I and the Red Scare. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 475 United States, 1920-1960 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170B, 180, or equivalent. Major trends and conflicting values in domestic policies, national security policies, the economy, society and culture. Analyses of civil rights, civil liberties, parties and politics. Examination of key historiographic controversies. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 476 United States Since 1960 |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170B, 180, or equivalent. U.S. History from 1960 to present, interrelating foreign and domestic policy, economic, social and cultural trends, a study of U.S. history as it is being formed. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 478 The History of Orange County |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170B, 180, or equivalent. The history of Orange County. Stress on the process of urbanization. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 479 The Urbanization of American Life |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. Urban life in America; the colonial town, the western town and the industrial city. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 480 Development of American Law |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170A or 170B. American law; contracts, property, commercial law, criminal law, corporations, torts, civil procedure and the legal profession. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 481 Westward Movement in the United States |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. The expansion of the United States population and sovereignty from the eastern seaboard to the Pacific, colonial times to 1900; regional development during the frontier period. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 482 Themes in American Thought |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170A-B, 180, or 190. An examination of intellectual movements and ideas from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Examples of topics treated are: Puritanism; the Enlightenment influence in America; utopian reform; Darwinism; and Freudian thought. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 483 American Religious History |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. American religious life and the proliferation of religious organizations as the result of the transplanting of the European religious heritage in a new environment. (Same as Comparative Religion 483) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 484 American Legal and Constitutional History |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. Examination of legal and constitutional issues affecting the development of the U.S. Constitution, American law and government. The course will survey developments from English and colonial legal origins to constitutional problems of the post-World War II era. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 485 United States Foreign Relations |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 170B, 180, or equivalent. Relations from 1900 to the present. The United States as a world power in the 20th century; the search for world order and the diplomacy of the atomic age. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 486 United States Cultural History |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. The social and intellectual development of the United States from the Civil War to the present. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 487 History of American Parties and Politics |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. Development of American political parties and issues from 1787 to the present. Analyzes the evolution and change in American political parties and the recent impact of mass media upon them. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 490T Senior Research Seminar |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 300A and 300B or consent of instructor. Directed research seminar with class discussions applied to specific topics and areas as schedule and staff allow. Original research and writing. Required of all history majors. History majors must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in this course. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 491T Proseminar in Special Topics in History |
| Description: Prerequisites: History 110A and 110B for European and non-West courses: History 170A and 170B; OR History 170A OR 170B and 180; OR History 170A OR 170B and 190 for U.S. History. Intensive study of selected phases or periods of history. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 492 Community History |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. Historical development of communities in general including the Orange County area. Techniques of gathering and processing local historical data, including oral interviews and other archival materials. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 493 Oral History |
| Description: Prerequisite: completion of General Education Category II.B. The utilization of tape recorded interviews to document significant events in 20th-century history. Training will be given in interviewing techniques, specific background research and equipment use, after which students conduct a number of tape recorded interviews. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 494 History and Editing |
| Description: Prerequisite: senior standing and consent of instructor. Techniques of editing, book and photo layout, and indexing. Focuses on oral history documents but includes other historical and technical editing. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 498 History Internship |
| Description: The internship program offers work experience related to the history academic program or to areas of public and private employment where any liberal arts major is appropriate. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 499 Independent Study |
| Description: Open to advanced students in history with consent of department chair. May be repeated for credit. |
Units: (1-3)
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| HIST 501 Theory and History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 300A or equivalent or consent of instructor. Seminar introducing student to philosophical issues in history as a humanistic social science, to epistemological considerations of the relationship of history to other disciplines, and to new subdisciplines in history. Required for the M.A. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 506 Seminar in Public History |
| Description: Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Seminar in sources, themes, writing and formats used by historians working outside the classroom. Content will vary with instructor and will emphasize application of historical methods to various sectors of community history. Alternative to History 572/522 requirement for M.A. Required for M.A. students pursuing the Public History Emphasis. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 521T Directed Readings Seminar in Fields of European History |
| Description: Prerequisite: a three-unit upper-division course in the sub-field of the offering or its equivalent. A critical examination of the literature that has been important in different fields of European history. May be repeated for credit when covering a different subfield. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 522 Seminar in European History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 501 or equivalent. A seminar in which students will utilize primary sources in writing research papers in European History. May be repeated once for credit when covering a different sub-field. |
Units: (5)
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| HIST 551T Directed Readings Seminar in World and Comparative History |
| Description: Prerequisite: a 3-unit upper-division course in world history. Variable topics reading seminar designed to offer students a comprehensive background in the literature of world and comparative history. May be repeated for credit when covering a different subfield. Topics: “Cross-Cultural interaction in the Medieval World, (ca. 500-1500, “The Age of Discovery,” “The Ancient World”) |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 552T Seminar in World and Comparative History |
| Description: Variable topics research seminar designed to permit students to explore world and comparative history through a primary source based research paper. Maybe repeated for credit when covering a different subfield. Topics: “Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Medieval World, (ca. 500-1500),” “The Age of Discovery,” “The Ancient World.” |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 571T Directed Readings Seminar in Fields of American History |
| Description: Prerequisite: a three-unit upper-division course in the sub-field of the offering or permission of instructor. A critical examination of literature that has been important or influential in specific fields of American history. May be repeated for credit when covering a different sub-field. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 572 Seminar in American History |
| Description: Prerequisite: History 501 or equivalent. A seminar in which students will utilize primary sources in writing research papers in American History. May be repeated once for credit when covering a different sub-field. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 596 Graduate Internship in History |
| Description: Prerequisite: classified graduate status. Professional-level internship in historical work. Usually precedes History 597, Project, and constitutes research phase of main graduate exercise as well as preparation for post-graduate career. This course may be repeated for credit. |
Units: (3)
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| HIST 597 History Project |
| Description: The editing of a significant body of primary source materials, including a critical and interpretive introduction as well as appropriate reference and explanatory notes. Foreign sources will normally be translated into English. |
Units: (3 or 6)
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| HIST 598 Thesis |
| Description: Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. |
Units: (3 or 6)
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| HIST 599 Independent Graduate Research |
| Description: Open to graduate students in history with consent of department chair. May be repeated for credit. |
Units: (1-3)
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