History (Hist)
1. Western Civilization to 1650 (3)
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. (2 lecture, 1 quiz sections.)
2. Western Civilization Since 1650 (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.
107. Southeast Asia (3)
Not open to students with credit in Anthro 123. Prerequisite: Hist 7. History
and cultures of Southeast Asia from earliest times to the present.
108. Civilizations of East Asia (3)
Not open to students with credit in Anthro 108. History and cultures
of China, Japan, and Korea from earliest times to the present.
111 A-B. Ancient World (3-3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1 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.
120. Byzantine History (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1 or equivalent. Eastern Roman Empire from Justinian
to the fall of Constantinople; the role and development of the Church, internal
development, and its relations with the Islamic, Latin, and Slavic worlds.
121. Formation of the Medieval Order (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1. Influences of Neoplatonism, Universalism, and Christianity
in the development of thought and institutions; Monasticism, Feudalism,
Crusading, and the Papacy.
131. Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 1 or equivalent or permission of instructor. The foundations
of modem Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries.
132. Reformation (3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 131 prior to September 1967. Prerequisite:
Hist 1 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Analysis of the political,
social, and intellectual movements associated with the 16th century religious
upheaval.
133. Armenian History (3)
Prerequisite: Hist I or permission of instructor. Economic, political, social,
religious, and cultural history of Armenia from earliest times to the present.
135. Moslem World (3)
Political and cultural development of the Arabs, Turks, Berbers, and other
Moslem peoples from Mohammed to the present.
136. Africa (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The chronological development and
the indigenous and foreign influences which have created modem Africa.
137. Russian Civilization to 1800 (3) (Former Hist 137A)
Prerequisite: Hist 1, 2, or permission of instructor. The country and peoples
of Russia from the ninth century to 1800.
138. Russian and Soviet Civilization Since 1800 (3) (Former Hist 137B)
Prerequisite: Hist 1, 2, or permission of instructor. Political, cultural,
and social progress of the Russian people during the 19th and 20th centuries.
141. Europe 1618-1715 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. European culture, institutions, and
politics from the start of the Thirty Years War to the death of Louis XIV.
142. Europe 1715-1815 (3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 141 or 145 prior to fall 1966.
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. European culture, institutions, and
politics from the death of Louis XIV to the end of the Napoleonic era.
143. Germany (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. Political, social, and cultural development
of Germany from the seventeenth century to the present.
144. Modern France (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. French culture, institutions, and politics
from the Old Regime to the Fifth Republic.
146. Europe 1815-1914 (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 2 or equivalent. Political, social, and cultural development
of Continental Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of the
FirstWorld War.
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.
151. England to 1603 (3)
Political, economic, and cultural development of the British Isles; constitutional
growth; ancient and medieval times through the Renaissance and Reformation
to the end of the Tudor Period.
152. England Since 1603 (3)
Main currents in the thought, culture, and social progress, with emphasis
upon constitutional growth, of the British peoples from 1603 to the present.
155. 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.
158. Canada (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 3 or equivalent. Discovery, growth and expansion of Canada,
social, economic and political institutions from the French regime through
British rule to the Transcontinental Dominion.
160A-B. 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,
165. Mexico (3) (Former 165A-B)
Prerequisite: Hist 8A-B or equivalent. Development of Mexican nationality
through political, economic, and cultural upheavals from independence through
the Mexican Revolution in the twentieth century.
166. Brazil (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 3 or permission of instructor. Brazil from 1800 to the
present; emphasis on major political, economic, and social developments.
167. American Foreign Policy (3)
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.
173. United States through the Ninetetinth Century (3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 172. 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.
177. Social and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865
(3)
Not open to students with credit in Hist 176 prior to fall 1966. Impact
of industriahzation and urbanization upon American society; leading ideas
old values.
181. Westward Movement (3)
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. 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 (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.
199. Advanced Study in History (3)
Prerequisite: upper division standing, major in history or political science;
permission of instructor. Introductory course for advanced work; bibliography,
research techniques, historical writing; appraisal of historians of contemporary
significance.
(See Course Numbering System.)
History (Hist)
202. Seminar in Historiography (3; max total 6 if area not repeated)
Prerequisite: major or minor in one of the social sciences, Hist 199
or permission of instructor. Advanced studies in a field of history-American,
Latin American, European; writings and philosophies of great historians;
development of historiography.
240. Seminar in European History (3; max total 6)
Open only to history and social science majors. Prerequisite: Hist 199 or
permission of instructor.
263. Seminar in Latin-American Studies (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Hist 199 or permission of instructor. Recommended: reading
knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese. Research in specific areas of Hispanic
American history and culture. Field trips to the University of California
and Bancroft Libraries.
270. Seminar in American History (3; max total 6)
Open only to history and social science majors. Prerequisite: Hist 199 or
permission of instructor.
278. Seminar in Recent Interpretations of American History
(3; max total 6 if topic not repeated)
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.
289. Seminar in California History (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 100, 189A, 189B. Research on special problems in California
history.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
299. Thesis (4)
Prerequisite: see Master's Degrees -- Thesis Requirement. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
History (Hist)
300. Topics in History
(2; max total 8 if no topic repeated)