History (Hist)
1A-B. Survey of Western Culture (3-3)
Hist 1A is required of all entering freshmen except those taking the B.S.
program in agriculture or engineering. Understanding of modern western civilization;
interdependence of cultures and peoples. (a) Cultural development from prehistoric
times to 1500; (b) 1500 to present. (1A: 1 lecture, 2 quiz sections; 1B:
2 lecture, 1 quiz)
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.
10. Survey of American History (3)
Historic development of the United States; colonial influences which affected
the emergence of ideals and procedures known as the American-way of life.
Meets the American History requirement. Not open to freshmen. No credit
if student has had History 8A-B.
14. History of Russia (3)
Survey course for understanding of the country and the peoples of the U.
S. S. R. from the 9th century through the Kerensky regime (1917). Lectures
with readings from the latest texts. Not open to freshmen.
41A-B. Current Affairs (2-2)
Subject matter for class discussion taken from the daily newspapers
and current magazines. Late entrance with permission of instructor, for
one unit.
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.
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.
160. History of Spain and Portugal (2)
Prerequisite: Hist 4A-B or equivalent. Iberian Peninsula; background for
Spanish literature and Hispanic-American history; Spain; Portugal's contributions
to world history.
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)