History (Hist)
1. Survey of Western Culture (3) (Former Hist 1A)
Required of all entering freshmen except those taking the B.S. program in
agriculture or engineering. Foundations of western civilization; interdependence
of cultures and peoples; cultural development from prehistoric times to
1650. (1 lecture, 2 quiz sections.)
4A-B. History of Modern Europe (3-3)
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.
104. Journalism in American Society (3)
(See Jour 194)
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 History (3)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. European history from 300 to 1300;
barbarian migrations, rise of papacy, growth of medieval church, feudal
land system and society, struggle between empire and papacy; rise and spread
of Mohammedanism, expansion of Christendom and Crusades; rise of towns,
expansion of trade, thought and learning of Middle Ages.
125. Historical Geography of the United States (3) (See Geog. 125)
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.
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.
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. Contemporary Europe (3)
Diplomatic alliances between European nations after 1870 as background to
alliances of 1914; revolutions of 1917 and 1918; social and economic problems
facing European nations today.
151. History of England (3)
British Isles to the year 1714. Lectures with readings.
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 Spanish 55A or B. Social
and cultural aspects; rise of national consciousness; revolution of early
twentieth century; 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,
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.
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)
History (Hist)
201. Introduction to Historical Method and Bibliography (2)
Techniques of research, individual study of history, preparation and liardling
of naterials and techniques of history and social studies.
270. Seminar in American History (2)
Open only to history and social science majors.
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)
299. Thesis (2-4)