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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • HIST 1010 - World Civilizations I

    (3 Units)
    Intellectual, political, and social history of world civilizations from their origins through approximately 1600. Examination of peoples’ efforts to organize their society, to understand the nature of their universe, and to interpret the riddle of human destiny.

    Satisfies G.E. areas D2 and G.

    Offered: (Fall, Winter, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  
  

  • HIST 2600 - Problems in U.S. History

    (3 Units)
    Focus on selected issues and themes in American history, including examination of America in relation to the world; the American Revolution; rise of democratic politics; slavery, abolitionism, and sectional conflict; race and ethnic relations; philosophies of government; reform movements; foreign policy. Open only to freshmen and sophomores.

    Satisfies G.E. area D1.

    Offered: (Fall, Winter, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 2950 - Selected Topics in History

    (1-5 Units)
    Development of a selected branch of history. (Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Topics may vary each term. Different topics may be taken for credit.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3000 - Introductory Seminar in History (WP)

    (3 Units)
    Introduction to the study of history as a discipline, with focus on a major historical work. The circumstances under which the work was produced will be examined through reading, class discussion, and individual work with the instructor.

    Satisfies upper-division writing proficiency requirement.

    Prerequisites: Completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test with a passing score; one year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3090 - Contemporary World History

    (3 Units)
    Integrated global history of mankind since 1945. The aftermath of World War II; the Cold War; the collapse of colonial empires; the impact of the death of Stalin; the youth revolution; Sino-Soviet rivalry; and U.S.-Soviet detente.

    Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3110 - Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context

    (3 Units)
    The ancient Near East, c. 3000-4 BC, including Mesopotamia, the Levant, Anatolia, and Egypt, with particular focus on religious and political developments in the Biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3120 - Ancient Mediterranean World

    (3 Units)
    The Hellenistic Age, Roman Republic and Empire, and the triumph of Christianity. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor. HIST 1010 recommended.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3140 - Medieval Europe

    (3 Units)
    Western Europe from ca. 500-ca. 1300: a study of social, political, and intellectual developments.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor. HIST 1010 recommended.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3210 - Renaissance and Reformation

    (3 Units)
    European social, political, economic, and intellectual changes from the late Middle Ages to 1598: The Renaissance state, Renaissance humanism; the Reformation; social impact of the Reformation.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3220 - Absolutism and Revolution, 1598-1799

    (3 Units)
    European social, political, economic, and intellectual changes: Royal absolutism; the scientific revolution; seventeenth-century revolutions; the Enlightenment; the French Revolution.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  
  

  • HIST 3240 - Twentieth Century Europe

    (3 Units)
    Origins of World War I: The War, the uneasy peace, the democracies and the dictators between the wars, World War II and the Cold War.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3400 - The Great Teachings

    (3 Units)
    History and analysis of major world religions and ideologies: Greco-Roman, Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Christian, Islamic, Marxist.

    Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3510 - Colonial Latin America

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Latin America in Colonial Times) A survey of Latin American history: native Indian cultures, European conquests and resulting cultural conflict, Spanish and Portuguese rule, and trends in colonial society.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3520 - Modern Latin America

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Latin American States Since Independence) From the struggle for independence to the late-twentieth century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3610 - Colonial North America

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Colonial America) The Anglo-American colonies of the North American mainland, from their foundation through their maturation and struggle for independence to their emergence as the United States of America.

    Satisfies G.E. area D1.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3620 - Early National United States

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Early National America) United States, 1789-1865. Origins of the young republic through the Civil War. European perils and American responses; nationalism; political philosophies and emergence of democratic politics; slavery, abolitionism, and sectional conflict.

    Satisfies G.E. area D1.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3630 - U.S. Reconstruction through World War II

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly United States After the Civil War) United States, 1865-1945. Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Progressive Era, 1920’s, Great Depression, through World War II. The roots of the present U.S.A.

    Satisfies G.E. area D1.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3640 - Contemporary United States

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Contemporary America) United States since 1945. Cold War to the present: America’s role as a great power; problems of welfare capitalism.

    Satisfies G.E. area D1.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3720 - United States Ethnic and Immigrant Past

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly America’s Ethnic and Immigrant Past Since 1865 and The American Ethnic Mosaic Since 1865) A general survey which outlines the immigrant/ethnic saga in the United States since the Civil War. The instructor will highlight ideological, political, judicial, and economic elements which have impacted the social experience of those outside the American mainstream.

    Satisfies G.E. area F3 and G.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3730 - Afro American History

    (3 Units)
    The development of the Black community in the United States; African origins, American slavery, reconstruction, and the foundations of the Black community in modern America.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3800 - East Asia in Traditional Times

    (3 Units)
    Origins and development of the principal institution and cultural patterns of China, Japan, and Korea from earliest times to the nineteenth century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3810 - East Asia in the Modern World

    (3 Units)
    Disintegration of the traditional civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea under the impact of the West, and the subsequent quest for reintegration and adjustment to the West since the nineteenth century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3891 - The Oriental Mind

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HIST 3890) Historical survey of the major works of Chinese thought illustrating the main tenets and evolution of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Maoism.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3900 - Arab-Islamic Civilization: Origins to the Present

    (3 Units)
    An introduction to the subject of Islam as a religion and civilization dealing with the succession problem after Muhammad’s death and with the various dynasties that ruled in the Middle East from the seventh to the twentieth centuries. The various facets of the Arab/Islamic civilization will be studied. The relationship between the Middle East and the West will be closely examined.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 3920 - The History of the Modern Middle East

    (3 Units)
    Course explores the history of the modern Middle East.  Key themes include the integration of the Middle East into the modern world economy, the decline and breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the emergence of the nation-state system, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and US-Middle East relations.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4010 - Practicing Local History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Practicing Public History) In a workshop setting, develop hands-on experience in routes to historical knowledge, preservation, and interpretation, including oral history, museum display, and interpretation of sites, buildings, documents, and photographs. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)

    Prerequisites: Junior level standing and one year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4041 - Colonialism and the Modern State in Africa and Asia

    (3 Units)
    A study of the age of European colonialism, the era of the struggle for independence, and the creation of modern states. Prerequisite: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4200 - The Fall of Rome and the Notion of “Late Antiquity”

    (3 Units)
    The later Roman Empire, AD 284-600, including the origins of both the Byzantine Empire and the medieval kingdoms of Western Europe, with emphasis on social, economic, religious, intellectual, and political developments.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4210 - European Intellectual History: Renaissance to the Present

    (3 Units)
    A study of the major ideologies in modern Europe and the means by which these ideologies were institutionalized.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4221 - Warfare in Ancient Greece and the Near East

    (3 Units)
    The origins, development, and diversity of military strategies, tactics, and technologies in the ancient Mediterranean world, c. 1500-150 BC, with particular emphasis on the role of warfare in shaping various societies.

    Prerequisites: HIST 3110 or 3120, or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4250 - In Search of Human Nature

    (3 Units)
    This course for prospective teachers will explore both historical and contemporary debates on human nature, i.e., are human behavior and society shaped by nature (biology) or nurture (environment), and what are the implications of this for education? Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)

    Prerequisites: Two semesters of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4300 - History of Western Christianity

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HIST 3300) A survey of the development of Christianity from the age of Constantine to the present. Emphasis will be placed on Christian thought, Christian institutions, and the relationship between Christianity and society in Western history.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4340 - Modern Germany

    (3 Units)
    The problem of German disunity since the Reformation. The rise of Prussia, romanticism and German nationalism, World War I, Hitler, and World War II, the partition of Germany since 1945.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4341 - Hitler and the Nazi Era

    (3 Units)
    Explores in depth Hitler, fascist ideology, the Nazi rise to power, totalitarian rule and its consequences, including the Holocaust and World War II in Europe.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Winter)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4350 - Myth and the Making of Britain

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly English Culture to 1603.) Integrated study of myth and the political, cultural, and constitutional history of the British archipelago to 1605.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4360 - Managing the British Empire

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly British Culture 1603 to the Present) A survey of the impact of British imperialism at home and abroad from the 17th through the 20th century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4440 - Western Science and Society Since Copernicus

    (3 Units)
    The interaction of science and society, probing the impact of science on politics, economics, philosophy, and religion, as well as social and cultural influences on modern science.

    Satisfies G.E. area F3.

    Prerequisites: Junior standing or one year of college-level history.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  
  
  

  • HIST 4510 - The United States and Latin America

    (3 Units)
    A comprehensive survey of the relations between the Latin American nations and the United States from the nineteenth century to the present day. It focuses on the political, economic, diplomatic, strategic, and cultural aspects of this important relationship.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4520 - Guerrilla Revolutions of the 20th Century

    (3 Units)
    Examines the phenomenon of modern state formation through the topical lens of Guerrilla Revolutions in the 20th century.  This course is a unique and a separate process from the more common approach of independence movements that characterized the 19th century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college history.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4580 - The Family in U.S. History

    (3 Units)
    Changing U.S. family structures, dynamics, and experiences, colonial period to present.  Reference to wider developments in U.S. history and to consideration of race, class, and ethnicity. (Course offered under the subjects HIST and GEND)

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4590 - The Role of Nature in U.S. History

    (4 Units)
    (Formerly U.S. Environmental History) The role of the physical environment in shaping U.S. history and the ways in which Americans, in turn, have shaped their environment.  Cultural attitudes toward nature over the course of U.S. History from the early colonial period to the present.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4595 - World Environmental History

    (3 Units)
    The role of the environment in shaping world history and the ways in which humans have altered the environment across the Earth.  Topics include the Little Ice Age, colonial environments, environments under communist and capitalist economic systems, the Green Revolution, and global climate change.

    Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4600 - United States Diplomatic History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly American Diplomatic History) U.S. foreign relations from the colonial period to the present.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4620 - Gender in United States History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HIST 3680) (Offered under the subjects HIST and GEND) American history with reference to female experiences, value systems, and ethnic diversity from the Colonial period to the present. Includes discussion of various theoretical approaches.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4630 - United States Legal History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly American Legal History) A study of the chronological development of American law and legal culture from colonial times to the present through a synthesis of historical context with specific cases, doctrines and questions.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4650 - History of the American West

    (3 Units)
    The development and impact of the American West on the life of the nation and the interactions of ethnic groups that inhabit the West. Emphasis on the period 1803 to the present.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of the instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4660 - United States Religious History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly American Religious History) American religious institutions and thought from colonial origins to present; importance of European backgrounds and American environment in producing a unique American religious tradition; impact upon social and cultural development.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4670 - California History

    (3 Units)
    Indian culture; Spanish exploration and settlement; Mexican control; American dominance; environment; political, economic, and social factors which give California its unique character. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4680 - Intellectual Life in the United States

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly The American Mind) Impact of European experience and American environment; impact on the cultural milieu of industrialism, urbanism, and U.S. world involvement.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4690 - United States Sport Since the Civil War

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Sport in America Since the Civil War) An analysis of the development of sport and its impact in American society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The lectures will follow a chronological order and class members will examine such topics as industrialization, nationalism, social mobility, gender, ethnicity, and behaviorism with respect to America’s sport heritage.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4710 - Mexican American History

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HIST 3710) The role of the Mexican American in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with emphasis on the modern period.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4720 - Modern Atlantic Slavery

    (3 Units)
    Explores in comparative historical context the origin, development, and collapse of slavery in Africa and the Americas. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4730 - Disease and World Societies

    (3 Units)
    A survey of the impact of disease in world societies from the ancient world to AIDS, with a focus on the response to disease across both time and culture.

    Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4740 - Capital Punishment and World Societies

    (3 Units)
    A survey of the history of capital punishment in world societies from the ancient world to the 21st century with a focus on the legal, political, and cultural factors that influenced the development and practice of this form of punishment.

    Satisfies G.E. area F3 and G.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4750 - Comparative World Women: Perceptions of Gender

    (3 Units)
    (Offered under the subjects HIST and GEND) Designed to compare women in pre-modern and modern worlds in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America to those of the West.

    Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4760 - Environmental History of the Central Valley and Its Wetlands

    (3 Units)
    The historical transformation of the environment of the Central Valley; the ecological effects of the Valley’s massive water projects; the importance of Central Valley wetlands to the migratory waterfowl of the Pacific Flyway.  Approximately 50% classroom; 50% fieldtrip. (Course offered under the subjects HIST and GEOG.)

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Winter)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4800 - Modern China

    (3 Units)
    Analysis of the main trends of nineteenth and twentieth century imperialism in China and the consequent rise of Chinese anti-imperialism; main features of China’s socio-economic system and the gradual development of reform movements culminating under the People’s Republic.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4820 - Imperial China

    (3 Units)
    Analysis of development of Chinese political structure, socio-economic system, and cultural pattern from the earliest dynasties through the mid-19th century.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4840 - Modern Japan

    (3 Units)
    Development of Japan from a feudal society of the early nineteenth century to a major world power in the present day. Emphasis will be on the conflicting themes of authoritarianism and liberalism.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4850 - China and the United States

    (3 Units)
    A comprehensive survey of the economic, political, and cultural relations between China and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4891 - From Confucianism to Communism

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HIST 3891, The Oriental Mind) Historical survey of the major works of Chinese thought illustrating the main tenets and evolution of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Maoism.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4910 - Cooperative Education

    (2-4 Units)
    Provides an opportunity to acquire relevant, practical experience in supervised paid employment within the discipline.  Students are placed in private or public sector positions under the supervision of the employer and departmental co-op coordinator. May be repeated for a total of 6 units, although no more than 3 may count as elective units in the 30-unit upper division History BA degree program.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history, consent of the coordinator, and junior or senior standing.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4950 - Selected Topics in History

    (1-5 Units)
    Innovative course of study. (Topics to be specified in Class Schedule) Different topics may be taken for credit.

    Prerequisites: One year of college-level history or consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4960 - Senior Seminar (WP)

    (4 Units)
    (Formerly Directed Reading Seminar in History) Methodology of history analyzed through critical study of published works or through creation of individual research project.

    Satisfies upper division writing proficiency requirement.

    Prerequisites: Completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test with a passing score; pass Library Resources course; history major with senior status or consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 4980 - Individual Study

    (1-4 Units)
    For students capable of independent work and in need of advanced and specialized study. May be repeated for a total of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Cannot count toward M.A.

    Offered: (Fall, Winter, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 5000 - International Relations Seminar

    (4 Units)
    Research on an international relations topic, using history or political science methodology. Primarily for the International Relations/History M.A. concentration, but open to all qualified students and may be repeated with different instructors.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 5900 - Graduate Studies-East Asian

    (4 Units)
    Reading of major secondary works or original research in East Asian history. This seminar will be offered every other spring semester.

    Prerequisites: Advanced course work in Asian history, as appropriate, and consent of instructor.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 5910 - Graduate Studies-American

    (4 Units)
    Reading of major secondary works and/or intensive original research in American history.

    Prerequisites: Advanced coursework in American history as appropriate, and consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 5920 - Graduate Studies-European

    (4 Units)
    Reading of major secondary works and/or intensive original research in European history.

    Prerequisites: Advanced coursework in European history as appropriate, and consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 5930 - The History of Historical Writing

    (4 Units)
    The problem of reproducing and analyzing the past as seen through the eyes of major historians and philosophers of history from earliest times to the present.

    Prerequisites: Advanced coursework in history.

    Offered: (Fall)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  
  
  

  • HIST 5980 - Individual Study

    (1-4 Units)
    For qualified graduate students in need of advanced and specialized study. May be repeated for a total of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

    Offered: (Fall, Winter, Spring)


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  
  

  • HIST 7005 - Continuing Thesis or Project

    (0 Units)
    Non-credit course:  Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate coursework and who have registered for the maximum number of thesis or project required by their program. Students must register each semester or term until they have secured faculty approval for their theses or projects.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HIST 7006 - Continuing Comprehensive Examination

    (0 Units)
    Non-credit course:  Applicable to those students who have completed all registration for graduate course work required by their program.  Students must register for each semester or term in which they take their comprehensive examination unless they are enrolled in other course work.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 1010 - Reading Seminar in the Humanities

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Directed Reading Seminar) Emphasizes careful reading and analysis of interdisciplinary writings. Discussion-oriented seminars focus on intellectual practices relevant to humanistic inquiry. Emphasis on developing abstract imagination, reflective analysis, and techniques of critical reading.

    Satisfies lower-division G.E. requirement in the Humanities (area C2).


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 1020 - Mathematical Connections

    (1 Unit)
    Emphasis on group-based problem solving.  Reflections on the value and application of quantitative reasoning.  Emphasis on developing practical approaches to mathematical learning. Concurrent enrollment in a college-level math course or AP waiver of math requirement.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 1960 - Honors Colloquium: Issues and Advocacy

    (1 Unit)
    A series of interactive discussions with faculty and guest speakers from different disciplines. Emphasis is on discussing significant social problems or issues from a broad range of intellectual perspectives.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 2010 - Reading Seminar in the Social Sciences

    (3 Units)
    Emphasizes careful reading and analysis of interdisciplinary readings in the human and social sciences. Discussion-oriented seminars focus on methods and practices relevant to social inquiry, including human behavior, social institutions, and cultural history and analysis.

    Satisfies G.E. area D2b.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 2850 - Honors Service Learning Project

    (1 Unit)
    (Formerly Service Learning Practicum) Community service internship or research project reflecting community interests or having application to social problems. Reflective analysis of the value of experiential learning for evaluating practical applications of theory and knowledge.


    Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes | University Bookstore
  

  • HONS 2990 - Sophomore Seminar: Human and Social Institutions

    (3 Units)
    Emphasizes careful reading and analysis of interdisciplinary writings. Discussion-oriented seminars focus on methods and practices relevant to the study of human and social institutions.

    Satisfies lower-division G.E. requirement in area D2a.


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  • HONS 3000 - Intellectual Methods in the Humanities

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly Intellectual Methods) Theme-based Honors seminar emphasizing humanistic inquiry. Close reading, thoughtful discussion, and critical analysis of arguments. Emphasis on making connections across disciplines and designing and completing a personal research project utilizing humanistic inquiry. One of two paired courses in the G.E. Summit Program.

    Satisfies G.E. area F2.


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  • HONS 3050 - Methods of Discovery

    (3 Units)
    Students will explore and apply a variety of investigative methodologies. Emphasis on the application of advanced reading, thinking, and writing skills to a team-based study of complex problems. One of two paired courses in the G.E. Summit Program.

    Satisfies G.E. area F3.


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  • HONS 3100 - Methods of Inquiry in the Sciences

    (3 Units)
    Students will explore and apply a variety of investigative methodologies drawn from the natural sciences. Emphasis on making connections across disciplines and applying skills of scientific research to personal and team-based studies of complex problems.

    Satisfies G.E. area F1.


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  • HONS 3500 - Information/Research/Analysis

    (3 Units)
    (Formerly HONS 2500) Application-based introduction to information resources, with attention to issues of access and evaluation. Emphasis on learning how to conduct efficient and effective information searches and acquiring knowledge of basic research protocols. Includes independent research/discussions with research mentor leading to a provisional research proposal for Honors Thesis or Capstone Project.

    Satisfies G.E. area E1.

    Offered: (Spring of junior year.)


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  • HONS 3850 - Directed Research Practicum

    (1 Unit)
    Typically comprises research contributing to design and implementation of a senior thesis or capstone project, performed under close faculty mentorship. Requires consent of faculty research mentor. May be repeated once for credit with a draft research proposal and consent of faculty research mentor.


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  • HONS 3990 - Capstone Research Proposal

    (1 Unit)
    Independent research and discussions with research mentor leading to an approved research proposal for thesis or capstone project. Emphasis on framing a creative approach to research topic using congruent methods from different disciplines.

    Offered: (Spring of junior year)


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  • HONS 4200 - Senior Colloquium

    (1 Unit)
    Students meet to discuss one another’s capstone research proposals and to critique work in progress.

    Prerequisites: Approved Honors capstone research proposal for a Senior Thesis or Capstone Project.

    Offered: (Fall of senior year)


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  • HONS 4960 - Honors Presentation Seminar

    (1 Unit)
    (Formerly Presentation Seminar and Senior Conference) Students present and review Honors projects in a seminar and conference setting. Emphasis on developing the aptitude for making effective presentations, together with practice in providing constructive feedback, engaging in collaborative peer editing, and framing and responding to thoughtful questions from your audience.

    Offered: (Spring of senior year)


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  • HONS 4980 - Individual Study

    (1-4 Units)
    For students capable of independent work and in need of advanced or specialized study. May be repeated for a total of six units.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and Honors Program Director.


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  • HONS 4990 - Honors Thesis

    (1-3 Units)
    (Formerly Senior Thesis) Creative analysis of a significant theme or issue, incorporating primary sources of information, and applying interdisciplinary forms of experimental inquiry and intellectual analysis. Project must reflect a sound application of research methods, analytical frameworks or performance criteria from two or more disciplines. May be repeated for a total of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: Senior standing in University Honors Program and consent of faculty mentor and Program Director.


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  • HONS 4995 - Honors Capstone Project

    (1-3 Units)
    (Formerly Senior Capstone Project and Honors Research) Creative project involving multidisciplinary research and analytical reflection on a significant theme or issue. Capstone project must incorporate original studies, experiments or creative endeavors, and must involve sound application of research methods, analytical frameworks or performance criteria from two or more disciplines. May be repeated for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisites: Senior standing in University Honors Program and consent of faculty mentor and Program Director.


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  • HSCI 3000 - Foundations in Health Science

    (3 Units)
    Theory and scientific basis of health science related fields.  an exploration of scientific concepts, theories, and principles necessary to understand disease processes and health risks and to evaluate complimentary/alternative treatments.  Issues and systems that impact the health science field.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 2100 or CHEM 1000 and 1002, ZOOL 2230 and 2232, ZOOL 2250, or their equivalents.

    Hours: (Lecture, 3 hours)


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  • HSCI 3010 - Foundations in Community Health

    (3 Units)
    Theory and scientific basis health in a diverse community society.  Addresses physical, mental, sociocultural, and environmental health concersn of communities and populations at risk for disease and injuries.

    Prerequisites: Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment:  HSCI 3000.

    Hours: (Lecture, 3 hours)


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  • HSCI 3100 - Health Science Research Methods

    (3 Units)
    Introduction to health science research methods, data analysis, and evaluation.  Critically reviews research articles and methods for health science research, and interprets results from research and evaluation.

    Prerequisites: HSCI 3000, MATH 1600.

    Hours: (Lecture, 3 hours)


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