History (Hist)
1. Development of Western Culture (3) (Former Hist 1A)
Meets general education requirement in the area of man and culture. Foundations
of western civilization; interdependence of cultures and peoples; cultural
development from prehistoric times to 1650. (1 lecture, 2 quiz sections.)
2. Development of the Modern World (3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 4A-B. Meets general education requirement
in the area of man and culture. Political, social, and cultural history
of Europe since 1650; European expansion and impact of western civilization
upon the non-European world; Asian and African nationalist movements in
19th and 20th centuries
4A-B. Modern Europe (3-3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 2. Prerequisite to upper division
world history courses. European history from 1500 to present.
8A-B. History of the Americas (3-3)
Hist 8B not open to students with credit in Hist 10 or equivalent- Survey
of Western Hemisphere history from discovery to the present; evolution of
contemporary American states. The year course safisfies the American history
requirement in general education.
10. American History (3)
Meets the American history requirement in general education. Not opeenn
ttoo freshmen or to students with credit in Hist 8B or equivalent. Interaction
of geographic, economic, political, and cultural forces in transformation
of an agrarian society into a complex, industrial, urban order; emergence
of ideals an procedures known as the American way of life.
105A-B. History of the Far East (3-3) (Former Hist 191)
Hist 105A is not prereqisite to 105B. History of the Far East from the earliest
times to the present. (A) China, Japan, Korea. (B) Philippines, Indonesia,
Burma, Malaya, Indo-China and Thailand.
111A-B. Ancient World (3-3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. The ancient Mediterranean world.
(A) The Near East and Greece from the earliest times to Philip of Macedon.
(B) Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic world, Rome to the reign of Constantine.
121. Medieval Europe (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. European history from the fall of
the Roman Empire to the beginning of modern times; social, cultural, religious,
and economic foundations of Western Europe.
131. The Renaissance and Reformation (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. History of the foundations of modem
Europe during the 14th 15thm and 16th centuries.
135. History of Moslem World (3)
Political and cultural development of the Arabs, Turks, Berbers, and other
Moslem peoples from Mohammed to the present.
137. History of Russian and Soviet Civilization (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or permission of instructor. The country and
peoples of the USSR from the ninth century through the Kerensky regime.
141. Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. European culture, institutions,
and politics from the start of the Thirty Years War to the outbreak of the
French Revolution.
145. The Revolutionary Era in Europe (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. Background of the French Revolution;
revolutionary movements in Europe through 1870; cultural developments of
the late 18th and 19th centuries.
146. Europe 1870-1914 (1)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. Domestic politics of ma)or European
nations; international tension and diplomatic affiances; political and economic
ideologies; European imperialist expansion; the world economy; rise of modem
art and other cultural developments.
147. Europe Since 1914 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. The European nations in two world wars;
rise and character of totalitarian movements; social and economic developments;
artistic achievements, new intellectual currents; revolt of Asia and Africa
against European dominance.
151A-B. History of England (3-3)
Political, economic, and cultural development of the British Isles from
the earliest times to the present; constitutional growth. (A) British Isles
during ancient and medieval times through the Renaissance and Reformation
to the end of the Tudor Period. (B) Main currents in the thought, culture,
and social progress of the British people from 1603 to the present.
155. History of British Empire Since 1714 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1, 2, or equivalent. Older overseas empire and break-up;
newer empire after 1783; rise, federation, and imperial relations of self-governing
dominions; crown colony system; India under the British; British expansion
in Africa and the Pacific.
160A-B. History of Spain and Portugal (2-2)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or permission of instructor. (A) Development of the
Iberian Peninsula from prehistoric times to the Napoleonic Invasion of 1808.
(B) From1808 to the present; political, social and economic institutions;
outstanding literary works.
161. Mexico Today (2)
Taken concurrently with field trip to Mexico and Span 55A or B. Recommended:
Hist 165. Social, economic, and cultural aspects; revolution of 1910; rise
of national consciousness; Mexico's place in the future.
163. Colonial Latin America (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent. The Age of Discovery, European and
American background; development of political, social, and economic institutions
of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in America.
164. Republics of Latin America (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent. Rise of modem Hispanic American states
since Independence; solutions to problems posed by geography, political
inexperi- ence, racial variations, anticlericalism; impact of Industrial
Revolution in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil,
165A. History of Mexico to 1867 (2)
Pre-Columbian: culture, economy, political phases of Aztec empire; rapid
review of Spanish colonial government and administration; problems facing
independence; political unrest in republican period to 1867.
165B. History of Mexico Since 1867 (2)
Diaz regime, rise of modern Mexico; Mexican Revolution, destructive and
constructive phases; consequent political, economic, and social upheaval;
return to stability, Mexican intellectual trends which caused or accompanied
the events considered.
167. History of American Foreign Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B, 8 A-B, or equivalent. Principles, ideals, and policies
of United States in foreign relations.
171. Early American History, 1607-1783 (3)
Meets the American history requirement in general education. First of a
sequence of four courses covering the full period of history of the United
States; colonial foundations; political and economic factors; social and
cultural development through the American Revolution.
172. Expansion and Conflict, 1815-1896 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent.
173. Reconstruction and Industrial Expansion, 1865-1896 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent.
174. United States as a World Power, 1896 to Date (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent.
175. Representative Americans (2)
Biographical sketches of leading characters in American history from Revolution
to present. Lectures and reading from standard biographies.
176. Social and Intellectual History of the United States to 1865
(3)
Development of the American people; leading ideas and values in a predominantly
rural arid agrarian society.
181. History of the West (3)
Meets the American history requirement. Prerequisites: Hist 8A-B or equivalent
or permission of instructor. Development of western civilization in United
States; movement of people and ideas from east to west, persistence and
significance.
185. San Joaquin Valley (2)
San Joaquin Valley from Indian days to present; recent expansion in agriculture
and industry.
189A-B. History of California (2-2)
Prerequisite: Hist 3 or equivalent; upper division standing. Discovery,
exploration, and early settlement of Alta California; founding of the missions;
the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods; government, customs, habits,
and influences of the various peoples who occupied California.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
History (Hist)
200. Research Methods-History (2) (Former Hist. 201)
Techniques of research, individual study of history, preparation and liardling
of naterials and techniques of history and social studies.
202A-B. Seminar in Historiography (3-3)
Prerequisite: major or minor in one of the social sciences. (A) European
historiography; (B) American historiography. Writings and philosophies of
great historians; the development of historiography. Reports and discussions.
240. Seminar in European History (2)
Open only to history and social science majors. Prerequisite: Hist 200 or
permission of instructor.
263. Seminar in Latin-American Studies (2)
Prerequisits : one ofthe following -- Hist 160A-B, 163-164, 165-166, or
Spanish 104A-B; Hist 200 or permission of instructor.Recommended: reading
knowledge of Spanish. Research in specific areas of Latin-American history
and culture.
270. Seminar in American History (2)
Open only to history and social science majors.
278. Seminar in Recent Interpretations of American History (3)
Prerequisite: teaching credential with social science major; or history
major or minor. Examination of selected problems in American history in
the light of new research discoveries; extensive use of scholarly journals.
Reports and discussions.
280A-B. Seminar in Social Science (3-3)
289A-B. Seminar in California History (2-2)
Prerequisite: Hist 100, 189A, 189B. Research on special problems in California
history.
290. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
299. Thesis (2-4)
Prerequisite: see Master's Degrees -- Thesis Requirement. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.