History Course Listings
1A-1B-1C. Introduction to Western Civilization. (4-4-4)
Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Broad, historical study of major elements in Western heritage from the world of the Greeks to that of the 20th century, designed to further beginning students' general education, introduce them to ideas, attitudes, and institutions basic to Western civilization, and acquaint them, through reading and critical discussion, with representative contemporary documents and writings of enduring interest. 1A. Ancient Civilizations from Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843; 1B. Circa A.D. 843 to Circa 1715; 1C. Circa 1715 to the Present.
1AH-1BH-1CH. Introduction to Western Civilization (Honors). (4-4-4)
Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Honors sequence parallel to courses 1A-1B-1C.
2A. Power, Ethics, and Technological Change. (4)
(Formerly numbered 98.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Examination of historical and theoretical relationships between ethical behavior, corporate power, and technological change. Topics include engineering practice and business profits, gender and engineering cultures, product liability and consumer safety, and engineering and computer ethics. Historical case studies include Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the DC-10, and Challenger Disaster. P/NP or letter grading.
2B. Social Knowledge and Social Power. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Historical introduction to social thought and the social sciences since the 18th century. Consideration of the great social thinkers, including Smith, Mill, Comte, Marx, and Freud. Examination of practical and political uses of social science by addressing such topics as psychology and mental testing, anthropology and race, cost-benefit analysis, measurement and creation of norms, definition of sex and gender, and cultural construction of expertise and objectivity. P/NP or letter grading.
3A-3B-3C. Introduction to History of Science. (4-4-4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. History majors may not apply these courses on science general education requirements:
3A. Scientific Revolution. Survey of the beginnings of physical sciences involving transformation from Aristotelian to Newtonian cosmology, mechanization of the natural world, rise of experimental science, and origin of scientific societies.
3B. Physical Sciences since the Enlightenment. Broad survey of development of ideas in classical and modern physical science since Newton. Theories of matter, but more specifically chemistry, thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory of light, energy conservation, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
3C. Biological Sciences, 1800 to 1955. Survey of development of biological sciences from the period of Bichat and Müller to discovery of the double helix.
3CH. Introduction to History of Science (Honors). (4)
Honors course parallel to course 3C. P/NP or letter grading.
3D. Themes in History of Medicine. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Not open to freshmen. Limited to 30 students. Examination, through illustrated lectures and focused discussion of primary sources, of five important themes in development of modern medicine: nature of diagnosis, emergence of surgery, epidemics, conception and treatment of insanity, and use of medical technology.
4. Introduction to History of Religions. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Discussion of various systems, ideas, and fashions of thought that have dominated Western approaches to religions of the world since antiquity. Survey of development from classical Greek and early Christian theories to modern history with its discoveries of the religions of India, China, ancient Near East, etc., and the problem of the encounter of various religions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
8A. Colonial Latin America. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. General introduction to Latin American history from contact period to independence (1490s to 1820s), with emphasis on convergence of Native American, European, and African cultures in Latin America; issues of ethnicity and gender; development of colonial institutions and societies; and emergence of local and national identities. Readings focus on writings of Latin American men and women from the period studied. P/NP or letter grading.
8AH. Colonial Latin America (Honors). (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 8A. P/NP or letter grading.
8B. Political Economy of Latin American Underdevelopment, 1750 to 1930. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Interaction of precapitalist and modern modes of social organization in Latin American history, particularly during the "long" 19th century, by focusing on relationship between economic change, social and cultural structures, and politics in the region. P/NP or letter grading.
8BH. Political Economy of Latin American Underdevelopment, 1750 to 1930 (Honors). (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, three hours. Honors course parallel to course 8B. P/NP or letter grading.
8C. Latin American Social History. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Historical and contemporary perspective of role of ordinary people in Latin American society. Each lecture/film session centers on a major Latin American movie illustrative of a theme in social history.
8CH. Latin American Social History (Honors). (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 8C.
9A-9D. Introduction to Asian Civilizations. (4-4-4-4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours:
9A. History of India. Introductory survey for beginning students of major cultural, social, and political ideas, traditions, and institutions of Indic civilization.
9C. History of Japan. Survey of Japanese history from earliest recorded time to the present, with emphasis on development of Japan as a cultural daughter of China. Attention to manner in which Chinese culture was Japanized and aspects of Japanese civilization which became unique. Creation of the modern state in the last century and impact of Western civilization on Japanese culture.
9CH. History of Japan (Honors). Honors course parallel to course 9C.
9D. History of the Near and Middle East. Introduction to history of the Muslim world from advent of Islam to the present day.
10A-10B. Introduction to Civilizations of Africa. (4-4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Survey of history of Africa from 1800 to the present, with particular attention to 19th-century historical background, era of colonial rule, and regaining of African independence in postcolonial era. P/NP or letter grading.
10BH. Introduction to Civilizations of Africa (Honors). (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors course parallel to course 10B.
11A-11B. History of China. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. 11A. To 1000. Survey of early history of China -- genesis of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from antiquity to 1000. Focus on social, political, intellectual, and economic aspects of early and middle empires. 11B. 1000 to 1950. Survey of later history of China -- evolution of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from 1000 to 1950. Focus on social, political, intellectual, and economic aspects of late empires and rise of modern China in the contemporary era.
11AH-11BH. History of China (Honors). (4-4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Honors sequence parallel to courses 11A-11B.
13A-13B-13C. History of the U.S. and Its Colonial Origins. (4-4-4)
Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Strongly recommended for history majors planning to take more advanced courses in U.S. history. Cultural heritages, political institutions, economic developments, and social interactions which created contemporary society. P/NP or letter grading. 13A. Colonial Origins and First Nation Building Acts; 13B. 19th Century; 13C. 20th Century.
20. World History to A.D. 600. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Examination of earliest civilizations of Asia, North Africa, and Europe -- Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, India, China, Greece, and Rome -- from development of settled agricultural communities until about A.D. 500, with focus on rise of cities, organization of society, nature of kingship, writing and growth of bureaucracy, varieties of religious expression, and linkage between culture and society. P/NP or letter grading.
21. World History, 1200 to 1800. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, seven hours. Exploration of early modern world through "eyewitness" accounts, with focus on both humanistic and social science aspects of historical change, specifically addressing social, political, economic, and cultural spheres of activity important in world affairs before American and French Revolutions. P/NP or letter grading.
22. Contemporary World History, 1870 to the Present. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Broad thematic survey of world history since the mid-19th century. Examination, through lecture and discussion, of global implications of imperialism, total war, nationalism, cultural change, decolonization, changes in women's rights and roles, and eclipse of world communism. Designed to introduce students to historical study, help them understand issues and dilemmas facing the world today, and prepare them for more in-depth work in history of specific regions or countries of the world. P/NP or letter grading.
M70. Survey of Medieval Greek Culture. (4)
(Same as Classics M70.) Lecture, three to four hours. Classical roots and medieval manifestation of Byzantine civilization: political theory, Roman law, pagan critique of Christianity, literature, theology, and contribution to the Renaissance (including discovery of America).
88A-88U. Lower Division Seminars. (5 each)
Seminar, three hours. Limited to 15 freshmen/sophomores. Open to nonhistory majors. Readings, discussions, papers. Sign-ups and descriptions of offerings each term are available in undergraduate counselor's office (6248 Bunche Hall). Ten units may be taken for credit. 88A. Ancient Greece; 88B. Ancient Rome; 88C. Medieval; 88D. Early Modern Europe; 88E. Modern Europe; 88F. Russia/Eastern Europe; 88G. Britain; 88H. U.S.; 88I. Latin America; 88J. Near East; 88K. India; 88L. China; 88M. Japan; 88N. Africa; 88O. Science/Technology; 88P. History of Religions; 88Q. Theory of History; 88R. Jewish History; 88S. Armenia and the Caucasus; 88T. Southeast Asia; 88U. Psychohistory.
Discussion, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Intensive study of three trials, each of which led to the execution of the accused: Socrates, Jesus of Nazareth, and Joan of Arc. View of each trial as a conflict between legitimate but irreconcilable interests and world views. For each, class constitutes itself as a court (prosecution, defense, jury) and reviews the verdict of original trial.
99. Introduction to Historical Practice. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Discussion classes of no more than 15 students. Introduction to study of history, with emphasis on historical theory and research methods. P/NP or letter grading.
Upper division lecture courses in the History Department are usually scheduled for three hours. Periodically, additional one-hour discussion sections are offered with the lectures. Consult the quarterly Schedule of Classes to determine the offerings for each term.
100. History and Historians. (4)
(Formerly numbered 100A.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of historiography, including intellectual processes by which history is written, results of these processes, and sources and development of history. Attention also to representative historians. P/NP or letter grading.
102. Explorations in Psychoanalysis and History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Art of psychological and historical interpretation; assessment of recent writings in the field of psychohistory.
M103A-M103B. Historical Archaeology. (4-4)
(Same as Anthropology M115A-M115B.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading. M103A. World Perspective. Historical archaeology requires appreciation of historical sources, archaeology, and material culture. Thematic emphasis, with exploration of breadth of the discipline both in the Old World and the Americas. M103B. American Perspective. Emphasis on historical archaeology in North America, particularly to some practical applications.
M104A-M104B. Ancient Egyptian Civilization. (4-4)
(Same as Ancient Near East M104A-M104B.) Lecture, three hours. Course M104A is not requisite to M104B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Political and cultural institutions of ancient Egypt and ideas on which they were based. M104A. Chronological discussion of Prehistory, the Old and Middle Kingdom. M104B. The New Kingdom and the Late period until 332 B.C.
M105. History of Ancient Mesopotamia and Syria. (4)
(Same as Ancient Near East M105.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Political and cultural development of the "Fertile Crescent," including Palestine, from the Neolithic to the Achaemenid period.
106A-106B-106C. Survey of the Middle East from 500 to the Present. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Background and circumstances of rise of Islam, creation of the Islamic Empire, and its development. Rise of Dynastic Successor States and the Modern Nation States. Social, intellectual, political, and economic development. 106A. 500 to 1300; 106B. 1300 to 1700; 106C. 1700 to the Present.
107A-107B. Islamic Civilization. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 107A. Premodern Islam. Origins of Islamic civilization, Muhammad and the Qur'an; development of Islamic doctrine, ritual, piety and law, sectarian Islam, and mysticism. 107B. Islam in the Modern World. Reform movements, legal issues, sociopolitical trends, movements of opposition.
108A-108B. History of the Arabs. (4-4)
Course 108A is requisite to 108B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, social, intellectual, and economic history of the Arabs from the 18th century to the present.
109A-109B. History of North Africa from the Moslem Conquest. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 109A. To 1578; 109B. 1578 to the Present.
109C. History of Islamic Iberia. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of political, social, economic, religious, artistic, and literary history of an Islamic culture in Western Europe, with special attention to ethnic and religious pluralism in premodern society and transmission of science and philosophy to Christian Europe. P/NP or letter grading.
110A-110B. Iranian History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, social, and cultural history of Persia. 110A. Islamic Iran to 1800; 110B. Iran from 1800 to the Present.
111A-111B. History of the Turks. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of society, government, and political history of the Turks from earliest times to the present. P/NP or letter grading. 111A. Origins to 1808. Turkish origins, early Central Asian and Middle Eastern states. Rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire. 111B. 1808 to the Present. Modernization of the Ottoman Empire, 1808-1923. The Turkish Republic. The Turks in the world.
111C. History of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic, 1300 to 1923. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Preliminary introduction to the Jews in Byzantium and the Islamic world before the Ottoman conquest, followed by discussion of Jewish communities and Judaism in Southwestern Europe, Anatolia, and the Middle East while they were under Ottoman rule (1300 to 1923) and in the Turkish Republic since 1923. P/NP or letter grading.
112A-112B-112C. Armenian History. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 112A. Armenia in Ancient and Medieval Times, 2nd Millenium B.C. to A.D. 11th Century; 112B. Armenia from Cilician Kingdom through Periods of Foreign Domination and National Stirrings, 11th to 19th Centuries; 112C. Armenia in Modern and Contemporary Times, 19th and 20th Centuries. Armenian question and genocide, national republic, Soviet Armenia, and the dispersion.
C112D. Introduction to Armenian Oral History. (4)
Lecture/discussion, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Uses and techniques of Armenian oral history; preinterview, interview, and postinterview procedures; methods of compilation and evaluation. Field assignments and interviews. May be concurrently scheduled with course C212.
113. The Caucasus under Russian and Soviet Rule. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of political, economic, social, and cultural history of the Caucasus region since 1801. Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani response to Russian and Soviet rule; the nationality question and the Soviet national republics.
114. Topics in Middle Eastern History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of major issues in history of Middle East. P/NP or letter grading.
115A-115B-115C. History of Ancient Mediterranean World. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 115A. Survey of history of the ancient East from earliest times to foundation of the Persian Empire. 115B. History and institutions of the Greeks from their arrival to the death of Alexander. 115C. History and institutions of Rome from founding of the city to the death of Constantine.
116A-116B. History of Ancient Greece. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 116A. Rise of the Greek City-State. Emphasis on archaic period and early classical age through the Persian Wars. 116B. Classical Period. Clash between Athens and Sparta, consequent rise of Macedonia, and aftermath of Alexander the Great.
117A-117B-117C. History of Rome. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading. 117A. To Death of Caesar. Emphasis on development of imperialism and on constitutional and social struggles of the late republic. 117B. From Death of Caesar to the Time of Constantine. The early empire treated in more detail, supplemented by survey of social and economic changes in the 3rd century. 117C. Transformation of the Classical World. Political, cultural, and religious history of the Mediterranean in late antiquity, from crisis of Roman Empire in the 3rd century to barbarian and Arab invasions and beginning of medieval states and societies in the 7th century.
118. Topics in Ancient History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to topics in Greek and Roman history, including Roman law, ancient Greek and Roman slavery, world of Caesar Augustus, Greek democracy, and Alexander the Great. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
C119C. From Roll to Codex: Manuscripts in Early Middle Ages. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of history of medieval manuscripts and circumstances of their production, use, and survival as evidence for study of medieval European society to 1100. Concurrently scheduled with course C219C. P/NP or letter grading.
C119D. From Parchment to Print: Manuscripts in Later Middle Ages. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of history of medieval manuscripts and circumstances of their production, use, and survival as evidence for study of medieval European society from 1100 to 1500. Concurrently scheduled with course C219D. P/NP or letter grading.
119M. The Christian Church, 100 to 1517. (4)
(Formerly numbered 119.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Constitutional, political, and economic history of the Church: Christianization of Roman Empire and Germanic kingdoms; governance and institutions of the Church; relations between Church and monarchy; the high tide of papalism; crises of authority on eve of the Reformation. P/NP or letter grading.
120M. The Christian Religion, 100 to 1350. (4)
(Formerly numbered 120.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Religious experience of Christians -- conversion, doctrine, belief, heresy, spirituality, worship, liturgy, and art. Religious life of lay Christians, as well as that of the Church's institutional, intellectual, and spiritual leaders. P/NP or letter grading.
121A-121B. Medieval Europe. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Basic introduction to Western Europe from Latin antiquity to the age of discovery, with emphasis on medieval use of Greco-Roman antiquity, history of the manuscript book, and growth of literacy. 121A. 400 to 1000; 121B. 1000 to 1500.
121C. Medieval Civilization: Mediterranean Heartlands. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of Western Mediterranean Europe, social/economic/cultural within a political framework, including its relation with other cultures.
121D. Medieval People: The 13th Century. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Movements and creative contributions to Western culture in this central century of the Middle Ages, as seen in its representative men and works.
M122. Power and Imagination in Byzantium. (4)
(Same as Classics M170.) Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses M70 or 123A-123B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of relations of authority and the intelligentsia in the highly centralized Byzantine Empire. Topics include criticism of the emperor, iconoclasm, intellectual freedom, attempts at reform.
123A-123B. Byzantine History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, socioeconomic, religious, and cultural continuity in the millennial history of Byzantium. Reforms of Diocletian. Byzantium's relations with Latin Europe, Slavs, Sassanids, Arabs, and Turks.
124A-124B. East-Central Europe. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 124A. The Long 19th Century, 1780 to 1914. Analysis of characteristics of peripheral 19th-century capitalism, effort to modernize and catch up, and factors and consequences of its partial failure in the economy, politics, and culture. 124B. The Short 20th Century, 1918 to 1990. Analysis and interpretation of stormy history of crisis zone of Europe where wars, revolts and revolutions, different types of extremisms led to a historical detour: 70 years of departure from Western values and at last an effort to turn back to them.
124C. East-Central Europe in Transition, 1988 to 1993. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. State-socialism and Soviet domination collapsed in East-Central Europe in 1989. Analysis of cause and consequence of the collapse, as well as the road of transformation in seven (now 12) countries of the region; international circumstances and domestic political, social, and economic processes. Ideology of transition versus reality of democratization, marketization, and privatization; free choice versus determinant factors. Scenarios for the future. P/NP or letter grading.
124D. Film and History: Central and Eastern Europe, 1945 to 1989. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Postwar history of central and eastern Europe (1945 to 1989), using eight Czech, Polish, and Hungarian films to explore life under state socialist "modernization dictatorship." P/NP or letter grading.
125A-125F. History of Modern Europe. (4 each)
Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading:
125A. Renaissance and Reformation, 1450 to 1660. Reorganization of power, new forms of representation, and discourses about rule and obedience in Europe from the mid-15th through 16th century; popular culture; peasant society; refashioning of religion and power; localization.
125B. Baroque Culture and Absolutist Politics, 1600 to 1715. Changing nature of state and social domination; redeployment of military violence; strategies of population discipline; absolutism and baroque culture; new forms of bureaucratic intervention; representation of the family, sexuality, and the body; witch persecutions.
125C. Old Regime and Revolutionary Era, 1715 to 1815. Enlightened absolutism and reform, challenge of new political and economic ideas, crisis of the Old Regime, impact of French Revolution and Napoleonic empire.
125D. Bourgeois Century, 1815 to 1914. Restoration politics, Industrial Revolution, uprisings of 1848, unification of Germany and Italy, imperialism, rise of socialism, population growth, changes in social structure, origins of World War I.
125E. Era of Total War, 1914 to 1945. World War I, interwar period, and World War II. Social, cultural, political, and economic aspects, with focus on strain between model of parliamentary democracy and dynamics of mass politics (e.g., Bolshevik Revolution, Italian Fascism, national socialism, and Spanish Civil War).
125F. World War II and Its Aftermath, 1939 to the Present. World War II, origins and persistence of the Cold War, reconstruction in the West, de-Stalinization, decolonization, crisis of the welfare state, background to and course of the 1989 revolutions, current political configuration.
126A-126F. Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe. (4 each)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Climates of taste and climates of opinion. Educational, moral, and religious attitudes; art, thought, and manners of the time in historical context. P/NP or letter grading. 126A. 15th Century. Renaissance cultural and intellectual history of Europe. Central themes include comparative history of ideas, theory and practice of art and architecture, civic and religious humanism, religious experience, and new cultural genres of history and philological scholarship. 126B. 16th Century. 126C. 17th Century. 126D. 18th Century. 126E. 19th Century. 126F. 20th Century.
127A-127B-127C. War and Diplomacy in Europe. (4-4-4)
(Formerly numbered 127A-127B.) Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading. 127A. 1650 to 1815. Survey of military and diplomatic history, seen in relation to social and economic developments and growth of the state. 127B. 1815 to 1945. Balance of power; growth of the nation state; imperial and colonial rivalries; the two World Wars. 127C. The Cold War. Relations of the West, Soviet Union, and the world from 1945 to 1991. Origins, development, and end of power-political, military, and ideological confrontations between the superpowers and their allies and clients in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
128A-128B-128C. History of France. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 128A. France, 1500 to 1715. Social history of 16th- and 17th-century France, including growth of monarchy, wars of religion, peasant uprisings, popular culture, Catholic resurgence, Louis XIV and achievements in arts and literature. 128B. France, 1715 to 1871. "Ancien Régime" and the time of revolutions. Critical discourse leading to the French Revolution, collapse of the state, Napoleonic era, reconstruction of society through the monarchies and revolutions of the 19th century. 128C. The Making of Modern France, 1871 to the Present. From oligarchy to democratic bureaucracy in two wars and three republics.
129A. Baroque and Enlightenment Germany. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Development of state institutions, culture, and society in Central Europe from end of Thirty Years' War to end of Napoleonic Wars. Consideration of absolutism as a political system, and baroque and Enlightenment cultures as new discourses on power and hierarchy. P/NP or letter grading.
129B. Nationalism and Modernization in 19th-Century Germany. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Problems of class society and state formation, emancipation, assimilation, growth of national consciousness, emergence of a "bourgeois public sphere," dynamics of gender in civil society and political life, post-Napoleonic tensions between reform and reaction, 1848, and national unification. P/NP or letter grading.
129C. 20th-Century Germany. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Transitions that Germany has faced during this century: two world wars, shift from monarchy to republic to national socialism to a "divided nation," and finally "reunification." Consideration of political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. P/NP or letter grading.
130. Europe in the Age of Revolution, Circa 1775 to 1815. (4)
(Formerly numbered 130A-130B-130C.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Period from revolt of the Thirteen Colonies to French Revolution of 1789, and Napoleonic regime, viewing social and political changes unleashed by these revolutionary movements in a comparative and transnational perspective. P/NP or letter grading.
131A-131D. History of Russia. (4-4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading:
131A. From the Origins to the Rise of Muscovy. Kievan Russia and its culture, Appanage principalities and towns; the Mongol invasion; unification of the Russian state by Muscovy, Autocracy and its Servitors; serfdom.
131B. Imperial Russia from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. Westernization of state and society; centralization at home and expansion abroad; peasant problem; beginnings of industrialization; movements of political and social protest; non-Russian peoples; political reforms and social changes; Revolution of 1905; Russia in World War I; fall of the old regime.
131C. Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. The Revolutions of 1917, Civil War, consolidation of the Bolshevik Regime; succession crisis and ascendancy of Stalin, collectivization and industrialization; foreign policy and World War II; death of Stalin, de-Stalinization, developments since; stagnation or stability?
131D. Culture and Society in Imperial Russia. Recommended preparation: course 131B or Russian 99A or 119. Thematic examination of culture and society in Russia during era of state-sponsored Westernization (1689 to 1917). Topics include nobility, peasantry, and village life from serfdom to postemancipation era, urban society, working-class life and thought, women, clergy, religion, popular culture, accommodation, and resistance.
132A-132B-132C. History of Italy. (4-4-4)
Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading. 132A. 1350 to 1559. Most important social, economic, political, and cultural developments in history of Italy during later Middle Ages and Renaissance. 132B. 1559 to 1848. (Formerly numbered 132A.) Counter-Reformation and absolutism, Enlightenment reforms, revolutionary era, and first phase of the Risorgimento. 132C. 1848 to the Present. (Formerly numbered 132B.) Political, economic, social, diplomatic, and ideological developments.
133A-133B. Social History of Spain and Portugal. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 133A. Age of Silver in Spain and Portugal, 1479 to 1789. Development of popular history in the Iberian Peninsula. Emphasis on peasants and urban history, gold routes, slave trade, history of women, and development of different types of collective violence. 133B. Rebellion and Revolution in Modern Spain and Portugal, 1789 to the Present. Spain's position in Europe and its potentialities for social change discussed through investigations of urban history, agrarian social structure, history of women, problems of slow industrial development, imperialism, anarchism, and labor history.
134A. Southeastern Europe, 500 to 1500. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, economic, and cultural survey of the independent Balkan states in the Middle Ages.
134B. Southeastern Europe, 1500 to 1918. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. The Balkans under Ottoman rule, movements of national liberation, and formation of nation states.
135A-135B. Marxist Theory and History. (4)
Course 135A is generally requisite to 135B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to Marxist philosophy and method; conception of historical stages; competing Marxist analyses of transition from feudalism to capitalist economy via reading Capital; theory of politics and state in relationship to historical interpretation of 19th-century European revolutions; capitalist crises.
136. Topics in European History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Integrated introduction to important aspects of European history, with emphasis on a specific topic within a broad framework. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
137A-137B. History of Women in Europe. (4-4)
(Formerly numbered 137A-137B-137C.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. History of social, political, and cultural roles of women in Western Europe from early Middle Ages to the present. P/NP or letter grading. 137A. 800 to 1715; 137B. 1715 to the Present.
138A-138B. Topics in Medieval English History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics include the village community and economy, family and landholding, Church and society, war, politics, and feudal relations.
139B-139C. Economic History of Europe. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. P/NP or letter grading. 139B. 1780 to 1914. Analysis of emergence of "European world economy," first Industrial Revolution, revolutionary changes in technology, demographic patterns, education, transportation, and interrelationship between Western core and European peripheries in process of industrialization. 139C. 20th Century. Changing European economy after World War I and II and in the 1990s; impact of fourth and fifth Industrial Revolutions; Great Depressions of the century during the 1930s, 1970s, and 1980s; and changing modernization strategies; import-substituting industrialization in the peripheries; Soviet "modernization dictatorship" in East Central Europe and its collapse; integration process of second half of the century and rise of European Union; modernization model at end of the century.
140A-140B-140C. Europe and the World. (4-4-4)
Lecture. P/NP or letter grading:
140A. Exploration and Conquest, 1400 to 1700. (4) Lecture. First phase of European expansion in the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Analysis of motives and methods of expansion, differing patterns of European settlement, including plantation economy, and development of new commercial networks, including Atlantic slave trade. P/NP or letter grading.
140B. Colonialism, Slavery, and Revolution, 1700 to 1870. (4) Lecture. Origins and gradual increase of European dominance of world trade, impact of European colonialism in New World, Africa, and Asia, influence of new revolutionary ideals that took shape in wake of Enlightenment of the 18th century, and beginnings of industrialization. P/NP or letter grading.
140C. Imperialism and Post-Colonialism, 1870 to the Present. (4) Lecture. Survey of major European events and trends and their impact on world in modern period. Interrelationship of European and world history, from partition of Africa to founding of India and Pakistan. Global consequences of Cold War and new place of Europe in the world. P/NP or letter grading.
141A-141B-141C. History of Britain. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of British economy, society, and polity, focusing on dynamics of both stability and change. P/NP or letter grading. 141A. Tudor-Stuart Times, 1485 to 1715. Political, socioeconomic, religious, and cultural history of Britain under the Tudors and Stuarts. Topics include Reformation, transformation of the economy, establishment of overseas colonies, 17th-century political upheavals and their impact on political and socioeconomic structures. 141B. Making of Modern Britain, 1715 to 1867. Social, economic, political, and cultural history of Britain from Hanovarian revolution in politics to advent of mass democracy in mid-Victorian era. Themes include social change under pressure of industrialization, emergence of first British Empire, loss of America, shifts in religious and social position. 141C. Modern Britain since 1832.
142A-142B. British Empire since 1783. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political and economic development of the British Empire, including evolution of colonial nationalism, development of the commonwealth idea, and changes in British colonial policy.
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of growth of Canada into a modern state from its beginnings under the French and British colonial empires.
144. History of Australasia. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. History of Australia and New Zealand from the European settlement, with emphasis on interrelationships between settlers and aborigines; comparisons and contrasts between the Australian and New Zealand experience.
145A. Colonial America, 1600 to 1763. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of the molding of an American society in English North America from 1600 to 1763. Emphasis on interaction of three converging cultures: Western European, West African, and American Indian.
145B. Revolutionary America, 1760 to 1800. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Inquiry into origins and consequences of the American Revolution, nature of the revolutionary process, creation of a constitutional national government, and development of a capitalist economy. P/NP or letter grading.
146. U.S. History, 1800 to 1850. (4)
(Formerly numbered 146A.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Discussion of major social, political, economic, and cultural transformations of first half of the 19th century and how these changes helped to drive a wedge between the North and South. P/NP or letter grading.
147A. U.S., Civil War and Reconstruction. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Rise of sectionalism, antislavery crusade; formation of the Confederate States; war years; political and social reconstruction.
Designed for juniors/seniors. American political, social, and institutional history in a period of great change. Emphasis on the altering concepts of role of government and responses to that alteration.
147C. American South, 1877 to the Present. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history of the South from cotton belt to Sunbelt. Topics include origins of segregation, sharecropping, Southern politics, Southern culture, and civil rights movement.
148A-148B. U.S., 20th Century. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, economic, intellectual, and cultural aspects of American democracy. 148A. 1900 to 1928; 148B. 1929 to 1945.
Designed for juniors/seniors. History of political, social, and diplomatic developments that have shaped the U.S. since 1945.
149A-149B. American Economic History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 149A. 1790 to 1910. Roles of economic forces, institutions, individuals, and groups in promoting or impeding effective change in the American economy, 1790 to 1910. During this period the technical skeleton of the modern industrial structure was formed. Why and how American economy evolved into a dual economy, characterized by a center of firms large in size and influence and a periphery of smaller firms. 149B. 1910 to the Present. Dynamics of change in the dual economy, focusing in greater detail on interrelationships between macro and micro developments in the economy and on the growing interdependency between the U.S. and world economy, 1910 to the present.
150A-150B. Intellectual History of the U.S. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Principal ideas about humanity and God, nature and society, which have been at work in American history. Sources of these ideas, their connections with one another, their relationship to American life, and their expression in great documents of American thought.
150C. History of Religion in the U.S. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Consideration of the religious dimension of people's experience in the U.S. Examination of a number of religious traditions which have been important in this country, with emphasis on relating developments in religion to other aspects of American culture.
151A-151B. Constitutional History of the U.S. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 151A. Origins and Development of Constitutionalism in the U.S. Particular emphasis on framing of the Federal Constitution in 1787 and its subsequent interpretation. Judicial review, significance of the Marshall Court, and effects of slavery and the Civil War on the Constitution. 151B. Constitutionalism since the Civil War. Particular emphasis on development of the Supreme Court, due process revolution, the Court and political questions, and the fact of judicial supremacy within self-prescribed limits.
152A-152B. American Diplomatic History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 152A. Establishment of an independent foreign policy, territorial expansion of the U.S., and emergence of a world power. 152B. Role of the U.S. in the 20th-Century World.
152BH. American Diplomatic History (Honors). (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Role of the U.S. in the 20th-century world.
M153. The U.S. and the Philippines. (4)
(Same as Asian American Studies M153.) Lecture, three hours. Recommended preparation: courses 190A-190B, 190C. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of complex interrelationships between U.S. colonialism, Philippine nationalism, history or Filipino Americans, and Philippine diaspora in the 20th century.
154A-154B. U.S. Urban History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 154A. U.S. Cities: Overview. Demographic, geographic, political, economic, and social development of U.S. cities in relation to broad trends in U.S. history as well as to their own more special histories. Emphasis on mastery of facts and chronology, and awareness of major theoretical issues and fundamental concepts in urban history. 154B. Topics in U.S. Urban History. Requisite: course 154A. Exploration of one aspect of U.S. urban history in depth without having to attend to basic chronology or geography. Topics include crime and police, urban economics, and urban government. Students do primary research papers based on local materials in addition to written examinations.
154C-154D. History of American Architecture and Urban Planning, 1600 to the Present. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Aspects of American cultural history as explored through architecture, urban planning, and allied arts, with emphasis on development of an architectural consciousness in America, ways in which the built environment has affected its users and observers, and extent to which it has reflected their values and ways of living. 154C. 1600 to 1890; 154D. 1890 to the Present.
155A-155B. American Working Class Movements. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Major episodes in social, trade union, and cultural history of the American working class from Colonial times to the present, emphasizing both organized and unorganized labor, history of the Knights of Labor, A.F. of L. and C.I.O., and development of labor politics.
156A-156B. American Social History, 1750 to 1960. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Historical analysis of American society and culture, with emphasis on the family, religious values, Afro-American life, women's work, urbanization and industrialization, immigration and nativism, and movements for social reform. 156A. 1750 to 1860; 156B. 1860 to 1960.
156C-156D-156E. Social History of American Women. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of major demographic, economic, social, and intellectual factors shaping the lives of women in families, at work, and in larger social collectivities. Emphasis on class, regional, racial, and ethnic comparisons. 156C. Colonial and Early National, 1600 to 1820; 156D. Victorian and Industrial, 1800 to 1920; 156E. 20th Century, 1900 to 1975.
156F-156G. History of the American Family. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Perspective on the contemporary American family through study of its development over the course of four centuries. Topics include Western European origins, sex roles, child-rearing, sexuality, work patterns. Emphasis on class, racial, ethnic, and regional variations. 156F. 1600 to 1870; 156G. 1870 to 1990.
156H. Medicine and Society in 19th-Century America. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Therapeutics, theories of disease, and medical science scrutinized with the understanding that these are never value-neutral, but are shaped by social structures of which they are products. Why have doctors become so powerful and over whom did they wield power in the 19th century?
157A-157B. North American Indian History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. History of Native Americans from contact to the present, with emphasis on historical dimensions of culture change, Indian political processes, and continuity of Native American cultures. Focus on selected Indian peoples in each period. P/NP or letter grading. 157A. Precontact to 1830; 157B. 1830 to the Present.
M158A. Comparative Slavery Systems. (4)
(Same as Afro-American Studies M158A.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of the slavery experience in various New World slave societies, with emphasis on outlining similarities and differences among the legal status, treatment, and slave cultures of North American, Caribbean, and Latin American slave societies.
M158B-M158C. Introduction to Afro-American History. (4-4)
(Same as Afro-American Studies M158B-M158C.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of the Afro-American experience, with emphasis on the three great transitions of Afro-American life: transition from Africa to New World slavery, transition from slavery to freedom, and transition from rural to urban milieus.
158D. Afro-American Urban History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of Afro-American urban life prior to 1945, with emphasis on transformation from slavery to freedom and shift from Southern to Northern areas. Forces which both propelled Afro-Americans to the cities and which also inhibited their adjustment to them.
M158E. African American Nationalism in First Half of the 20th Century. (4)
(Same as Afro-American Studies M158E.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Critical examination of the African American search in first half of the 20th century for national/group cohesion through collectively built institutions, associations, organized protest movements, and ideological self-definition. P/NP or letter grading.
M159A. History of the Chicano Peoples. (4)
(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M159A.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey lecture course on historical development of the Mexican (Chicano) community and people of Mexican descent (Indio-Mestizo-Mulato) north of the Rio through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with special focus on labor and politics. Provides integrated understanding of change over time in the Mexican community by inquiry into major formative historical forces affecting the community. Social structure, economy, labor, culture, political organization, conflict, and international relations. Emphasis on social forces, class analysis, social, economic, and labor conflict, ideas, domination, and resistance. Developments related to historical events of significance occurring both in the U.S. and Mexico. Lectures, special presentations, reading assignments, written examinations, library and field research, and submission of a paper.
M159B. History of the Chicano Peoples. (4)
(Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M159B.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey lecture course on historical development of the Mexican (Chicano) community and people of Mexican descent in the U.S. through the 20th century, with special focus on labor and politics. Provides integrated understanding of change over time in the Mexican community by inquiry into major formative historical and policy issues affecting the community. Within a framework of domination and resistance, discussion deals with social structure, economy, labor, culture, political organization, conflict, and ideology. Developments related to historical events of significance occurring both in the U.S. and Mexico. Lectures, special presentations, reading assignments, written examinations, library and/or field research, and submission of a paper.
160A-160B. U.S. and Comparative Immigration History. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Use of overlapping diaspora model which integrates North Atlantic (Europe), South Atlantic (Afro-Caribbean), Pacific (China/Japan/Hawaii), and Latin (Mexico to Brazil) worlds to provide chronological and analytic survey of American and comparative immigration from 1750 to the present. Special focus on Southern California in course 160B. P/NP or letter grading.
161. Asians in American History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of the politically troubling question of entry into the U.S. of immigrants ineligible for citizenship and their citizen children in American history.
Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of the West as frontier and as region, in transit from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific, from the 17th century to the present.
163. History of California. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Economic, social, intellectual, and political development of California from earliest times to the present. P/NP or letter grading.
164. History of Los Angeles. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Social, economic, cultural, and political development of Los Angeles and its environs from time of its founding to the present. Emphasis on the diverse peoples of the area, changing physical environment, various interpretations of the city, and Los Angeles' place among American urban centers.
165A. Early Latin America. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Advanced survey of Latin American history from conquest to independence, with emphasis on society, culture, and ethnic aspects.
165C. Indians of Colonial Mexico. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of social and cultural history of the Indians of Mexico, especially central Mexico, from time of the European conquest until Mexican independence, emphasizing an internal view of Indian groups and patterns on basis of records produced by the Indians themselves.
166. Latin America in the 19th Century. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Intensive analysis of economic, social, and political problems of Latin American nations from their independence to around 1910.
167A-167D. Latin America in the 20th Century. (4-4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Experiments in national development analyzed to relate the timing of social changes to economic, political, cultural, and geographic context. Successive country case studies each focus on world pressures and interplay of overlapping themes: struggle between centralized and decentralized government agencies (emphasized in course 167A), role of personalist leaders (emphasized in course 167B), definition of the national polity (emphasized in course 167C), and "rightist" and "leftist" models of development (emphasized in course 167D). Mexico is treated in course 171. Within each course, countries are studied according to the chronological contribution to the theme emphasized. 167A. Haiti, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile; 167B. Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela; 167C. Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador; 167D. Brazil, Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua.
168. History of Latin American International Relations. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Emphasis on developing interests of Latin American nations in their relationship with one another and with other areas of the world, beginning with 19th-century independence.
169. Latin American Elitelore. (4)
Requisite: course 167A, 167B, 167C, or 171. Designed for juniors/seniors. Elitelore (defined as oral or noninstitutionalized knowledge involving leaders' conceptual and perceptual life history views) in contrast to folklore (followers' traditional or popular views). Elitelore genres include oral history, literature, and cinema.
170A. Latin American Cultural History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Intellectual, artistic, and folk expressions of the Latin American spirit and character examined in readings and lectures, with emphasis on unique contribution of Latin Americans to develop self-interpretation. Music, films, and slides supplement discussions.
170B. Classic Travel Accounts of Latin America since 1735. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Recommended for prospective researchers before they select their region of study. Introduction to "enlightened traveler" accounts as they reveal cultural change from wide-ranging spatial and temporal vantage points. Comparison of published works to photographic series to analyze the great variety of geographic regions, peoples, customs, occupations, dress, food, architecture, and transportation in the 20 countries of the area.
170C. Issues in Latin America History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of major issues in history of Latin America. P/NP or letter grading.
171. Mexican Revolution since 1910. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of concept of "permanent crisis" to describe and explain the structure of "permanent revolution" under "one-party democracy." Analysis of unresolved colonial and 19th-century problems and crises that have influenced modern-day Mexico, if in modified form.
172. History of Argentina. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. History of economic, political, social, and cultural developments that have shaped Argentina from colonial time to the present. Emphasis on 19th-century development of an agro-export economy and 20th-century formation of a mass society.
Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected topics in political, economic, social, and cultural development of Brazil, with emphasis on modernization and the struggle for change, 1850 to the present. Discussions, films, slides, and guest speakers supplement and complement lectures.
174. Brazilian Intellectual History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. General intellectual development of Brazil, with emphasis on those introspective movements in which Brazilians attempted to interpret themselves, their nation, and their civilization.
M175A-175Z. Topics in African History. (4 each)
Preparation: one prior course in African history at UCLA. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of specific topics which have a continental application rather than proceeding on a strictly chronological or regional basis:
M175A. Prehistoric Africa -- Technological and Cultural Traditions. (Same as Anthropology M119.) Survey of nondocumentary sources of early African history, with emphasis on archaeological evidence from origins of humanity until A.D. 1600. P/NP or letter grading.
175B. Africa and the Slave Trade. Social, economic, political, and cultural impact of the slave trade on African society, with emphasis on Atlantic trade without neglecting those of ancient Mediterranean, Islamic, and Indian Ocean worlds. Abolition and the African diaspora.
175C. Africa in the Age of Imperialism. Topics include penetration of precapitalist social formations by capital, emergence of classes, nature of the colonial and postcolonial state, and struggle for national liberation in a global context.
175E. Africa from 1945 to the Present. History of Africa south of the Sahara from end of World War II to the present. Last phases of colonial rule in Africa, African nationalism, Pan-Africanism, liberation movements, and achievement of independence. Political, social, and economic change in the colonies and in the independent states of Africa. Neocolonialism, experiments in national development, apartheid in South Africa, ideological conflict in contemporary Africa, and Africa in world affairs since 1957.
176A-176B. History of West Africa. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 176A. West Africa from Earliest Times to 1800; 176B. West Africa since 1800.
176C. Social and Economic History of West Africa since 1600. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of main currents of West African social, cultural, and economic history since the fall of the Songhai Empire, with emphasis on the family, religious values, education, urbanization, migrations, arts, slavery, and the slave trade. Roles of economic forces and institutions in promoting or inhibiting economic change in West Africa; ethnic diversity and sociopolitical integration; colonial economic systems and efforts at economic planning and development since the 1950s.
177. History of Northeast Africa. (4)
Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of history of Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia in regional context of northeast Africa from earliest times to the present, with emphasis on economy and society, evolution of the state, and significance of Christianity and Islam. P/NP or letter grading.
178A. History of East Africa. (4)
(Formerly numbered 178A-178B.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of cultural diversity of east Africa from earliest times to growth of complex societies, its place within wider Indian Ocean system, and colonial conquest to gaining of independence and postcolonial challenges. P/NP or letter grading.
178B. History of Central Africa. (4)
(Not the same as course 178B prior to Winter Quarter 1999.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of history of central Africa from earliest times, with emphasis on establishment of agriculture, growth of trade, rise of states, and incorporation of region into world economy. P/NP or letter grading.
179A-179B. History of Southern Africa. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Attention to social and economic as well as political aspects. P/NP or letter grading. 179A. From the Origins to 1870. Origins of the South African peoples and their interactions to 1870. 179B. Since 1870. Interactions between inhabitants of southern Africa since 1870.
182A-182B. Thought and Society in China. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 182A. To 1000. Recommended preparation: course 11A. Elite and popular expressions of Chinese cultural life examined in readings and lectures. Focus on diversities of thought in the classical legacy and their evolution under the impact of Buddhism to 1000. Emphasis on intersections between intellectual life and social, political, and economic conditions. 182B. Since 1000. Recommended preparation: course 11B. Elite and popular expressions of Chinese cultural life from 1000 to the 20th century. Emphasis on social, political, and economic conditions within which Chinese orthodox and heterodox values evolved and changed. Evaluation of iconoclasm of Chinese intellectual life in the 20th century in light of earlier currents of thought.
183A. Culture and Power in Late Imperial China. (4)
Recommended preparation: courses 11A, 11B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of relations of power and cultural expressions of dominance and resistance in late imperial China (1000 to 1700), with emphasis on interplay of economic forces, ideas, and social and political institutions. Examination of institutions of state, family, school, and city; idioms of folk religion, death, and the afterlife; political, legal, and medical discourses of body, personhood, and social identity; love, sexuality, and private life. P/NP or letter grading.
183B. Society and Economy in China since 1500. (4)
Recommended preparation: course 11B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Social-economic change and involution of the late imperial period in comparative perspective; Western impact and Chinese development and underdevelopment; change and continuity in revolutionary China.
183C. History of Women in China, A.D. 1000 to the Present. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics include women and the family, women in Confucian ideology, women in literati culture, feminist movement, and women and the communist revolution. P/NP or letter grading.
Recommended preparation: course 11B. Designed for juniors/seniors. Political events and intellectual developments seen in context of social-economic trends; human agency, structural change, and historical conjunctures in the 20th century.
185. Japanese Popular Culture. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century Japanese history, including legacy of premodern satire in postmodern comic books, American culture in 1930s' Japanese visual culture, gender in photography, and relationship of monster movies to postwar politics.
186. Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese Folk Religion. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Social dimension of various "Ways," great and little: Shinto's connection with cultural nationalism, Buddhism's medieval "Reformation" and Zen's relation to the warrior culture, folk religious aspects such as shamanism, ancestor worship, and millenarianism.
187A-187B-187C. Japanese History. (4-4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Political, economic, and cultural development of Japan from prehistory to the present. P/NP or letter grading. 187A. Ancient, Prehistory to 1600; 187B. Early Modern, 1600 to 1868; 187C. Modern, 1868 to the Present.
188A. Early History of India. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to civilization and institutions of India. Survey of history and culture of the South Asian subcontinent from earliest times to founding of the Mughal Empire.
188B-188C. History of British India I, II. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 188B. Examination of expansion of British rule, theories and practice of governance, constitution of India as an "oriental despotism," epistemological projects of the state, and other modes by which the British achieved the conquest of knowledge. 188C. Political economy of imperialism and Britain's "civilizing mission." Encounter, especially in terms of race and gender, between the colonized and colonizers and to questions of resistance and nationalism.
189A. Cultural and Political History of Contemporary South Asia. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Problem of modernity; partition of India and emergence of Pakistan; political, social, ecological, and women's movements; struggle for rights and conflicts of identity among Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs; terrorism in Sri Lanka and Punjab; public culture, popular cinema, and street life. P/NP or letter grading.
M189B. Indian Identity in the U.S. and the Diaspora. (4)
(Formerly numbered 189B.) (Same as Asian American Studies M133.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. History of overseas Indian communities; transformations of Hinduism in diaspora; emergence of new diasporic art forms such as bhangra rap and chutney music; relations between Indians and other racial and ethnic groups; Indian women as embodiment of Indian culture; diasporic identities. P/NP or letter grading.
189C. Special Topics in Contemporary Indian History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Treatment of major issues in history of contemporary India. P/NP or letter grading.
190A-190B. History of Southeast Asia. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 190A. Early History of Southeast Asia. Political and cultural history of the peoples of Southeast Asia from earliest times to about 1815. 190B. Southeast Asia since 1815. History of modern Southeast Asia, with emphasis on expansion of European influence in political and economic spheres, growth of nationalism, and process of decolonization.
Designed for juniors/seniors. Social, cultural, and political history of Philippine societies from the Spanish conquest through independence. Emphasis on questions of identity under colonialism, understanding the Revolutions of 1896 and 1898, and politics of Philippine nationalist discourse. Readings include introduction to major issues in Philippine historiography and literature. P/NP or letter grading.
190D. Vietnam: Past and Present. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of history and culture of Vietnam from about 700 B.C. to the present, including political, social, and economic developments as well as international relations in post-1954 period. P/NP or letter grading.
M191A-M191B. Survey of Jewish History. (4-4)
(Same as Jewish Studies M191A-M191B.) Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of social, political, and religious developments. M191A. From Biblical Times to End of the Middle Ages; M191B. From End of the Middle Ages to the Present.
M191C-M191D. Focal Themes in Jewish History. (4-4)
(Same as Jewish Studies M191C-M191D). Designed for juniors/seniors. Treatment in depth of one major theme in Jewish history (such as history of Messianic Movements, structure of the Jewish communities) through the ages.
191E-191F. The Third Reich and the Jews. (4-4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. 191E. History of modern anti-Semitic ideologies and movements. Rise of national socialism in Germany. Development and execution of Nazi anti-Jewish policy to outbreak of World War II. 191F. Second World War. Implementation of Nazi plans for extermination of Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe. Life in Nazi-imposed ghettos. Forms of Jewish resistance. Fate of Jewish populations in the occupied territories.
191G. European Jewry from 1881 to the Present. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of major social, economic, and political factors that shaped the lives of Europe's Jews from outbreak of the First World War to the present. Emphasis on the diverse Jewish communities of interwar Europe, fate of Jews under the Nazis, and character of the postwar Jewish community. P/NP or letter grading.
M192A-M192B. Jewish Intellectual History. (4-4)
(Same as Jewish Studies M192A-M192B.) Designed for juniors/seniors. M192A. Medieval Period. Examination of three intellectual worldviews that competed for hegemony in the medieval Jewish world -- rabbinic Judaism, medieval rationalism as embodied in philosophy, and cabala; M192B. Modern Period. Exploration of some of most important currents and figures in Jewish intellectual history from the 18th century to the present.
193A. History of Religions: Myth. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Nature and function of myth in history of religion and culture. Examples selected from nonliterate as well as from other Asian and European traditions.
193B. Religions of South and Southeast Asia. (4)
Requisite: course 4 or 193A. Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics vary from year to year and include religion of the Veda; Brahmanism; (later) Hinduism. Consult Schedule of Classes for specifics. May be taken independently for credit.
193C. Religions of South and Southeast Asia. (4)
Requisite: course 4 or 193A. Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics vary from year to year and include Buddhism in India; religions of Java and Bali; nonliterate traditions of India and Southeast Asia. Consult Schedule of Classes for specifics. May be taken independently for credit.
193D. Religions of the Ancient Near East. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Main polytheistic systems of the ancient Near East, with emphasis on Mesopotamia and Syria and with reference to the religion of ancient Israel: varying concepts of divinity, hierarchies of gods, prayer and cult, magics, wisdom, and moral conduct.
193E. Special Topics in History of Religions. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes and include ancient Germanic cults; Renaissance mysticism; mystics of the low countries; goddesses; religion in a secular age.
194A. History of Early Christians. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Christian movement from its origins to circa 160 C.E., stressing its continuity/discontinuity with Judaism, various responses to Jesus of Nazareth, writings produced during this period, movement's encounters with its religious, social, and political world, and methods of research.
194B. Religious Environment of Early Christians. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Rich variety in religious practice and thought in the Mediterranean world of the 1st century C.E. as in context of the developing Christian movement. Topics include the Pharisees, Qumran, Philo, Stoics, Epicureans, traditional Greek and Roman religions, "mysteries," astrology, magic, gnosticism, and emperor-worship.
194C. Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research. (4)
Recommended preparation: course 194A. Designed for juniors/seniors. Stimulated by significant post-Enlightenment historical evaluations, students are led into firsthand knowledge (in translation) of various multilayered sources for reconstruction of the life, teaching, and initial impact of Jesus of Nazareth in his social, economic, political, and religious contexts.
195A. History of Technology. (4)
(Not the same as course 195A prior to Spring Quarter 1999.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Development of technology from global perspective. Role of technology in Western Europe's interactions with Asia and the Americas, interaction of military and industrial technologies, social and political contexts for technology. P/NP or letter grading.
195B. History of Medicine. (4)
(Not the same as course 195B prior to Spring Quarter 1999.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of themes in history of medicine: education of physicians and their relationships to patients, identification and classification of diseases, contagion and epidemics, hospitals and asylums, medical technology and specialties, evolution of health care professions. P/NP or letter grading.
195C. Historical Perspectives on Gender and Science. (4)
(Not the same as course 195C prior to Spring Quarter 1999.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Historical cases illustrating how gender enters practices and concepts of science. Topics include gendered conceptions of nature, persona of "man of science," role of women in scientific revolution, scientific investigations of women and the feminine. P/NP or letter grading.
195D. Science and Technology in the 20th Century. (4)
Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Development of science and technology and their impact on society. Industrialization, global scientific community, social Darwinism, atomic bomb and nuclear proliferation, Cold War and American science, environmentalism, molecular biology and genetic engineering. P/NP or letter grading.
195E. Topics in History of Science. (4)
Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics may include science and colonialism, science and religion, environmental history, science in Enlightenment, development of theory of evolution, science and public policy, public nature of science. P/NP or letter grading.
M195F-M195G. History of Biological Sciences. (4-4)
(Same as Neurobiology/Medical History M108A-M108B.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. M195F. Biological Sciences from Ancient Times to the Early 19th Century; M195G. Biological Sciences from the Early 19th Century to the Mid-20th Century.
196. Field Research Methods. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Provides opportunity for students to learn and practice field research, with particular emphasis on relationship between theory, field methodology, and research findings. P/NP or letter grading.
197A-197Z. Undergraduate Seminars. (4 each)
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Limited to 15 students meeting with a faculty member. Organized on a topics basis with readings, discussions, papers. Signups and descriptions of offerings each term are available in undergraduate counselor's office (6248 Bunche Hall). May be repeated once for credit. When concurrently scheduled with courses 201A-201U or M203A-M203B, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll.
199. Special Studies in History. (4)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Intensive directed research program. Eight units may be applied toward major requirements.
199HA. Directed Study for Honors. (4)
Discussion, three hours. Limited to history honors program students. Must be taken in Spring Quarter of junior year. Seminar on historical research and writing; student meetings with honors adviser to define research and preparation for the project. Extensive reading and research in field of proposed honors thesis.
199HB. Directed Study for Honors. (4)
Requisite: course 199HA. Must be taken in Fall Quarter of senior year. Independent study and research on honors project under supervision of honors adviser, with presentation of research report and thesis outline to thesis adviser and second reader at end of quarter. Both must approve continuation of honors thesis project. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 199HC). Only students approved for course 199HC receive credit for this course.
199HC. Directed Study for Honors. (4)
Discussion, three hours. Requisite: course 199HB. Must be taken in Winter Quarter of senior year. Preparation of final version of honors thesis and presentation of portions of work-in-progress to other students engaged in honors projects. Completed thesis must be submitted to thesis committee by last day of class in Winter Quarter.
199I. Independent Studies for Internships. (4)
Preparation: maintenance of 3.0 grade-point average in major. Independent studies course to be supervised jointly by Field Studies Office and faculty adviser. Further supervision to be provided by business for which student is doing internship. May not be used to satisfy requirement for course 197 or 199. Normally, only four units of internship with History Department are allowed. P/NP grading.
200A-200U. Advanced Historiography. (4 each)
Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit. 200A. Ancient Greece; 200B. Ancient Rome; 200C. Medieval; 200D. Europe; 200H. U.S.; 200I. Latin America; 200J. Near East; 200K. India; 200L. China; 200M. Japan; 200N. Africa; 200O. Science/Technology; 200P. History of Religions; 200Q. Theory of History; 200R. Jewish History; 200S. Armenia and the Caucasus; 200T. Southeast Asia; 200U. Psychohistory.
M200V. Advanced Historiography: Afro-American. (4)
(Same as Afro-American Studies M200A.) Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit.
M200W. Advanced Historiography: American Indian Peoples. (4)
(Same as American Indian Studies M200A.) Seminar, three hours. Designed to familiarize students with major genres of literature related to American Indian history. Subjects include theories of Indian origins, historical demography, Euro-American attitudes toward Indian peoples, studies of U.S. Indian policy, and tribal histories. Standard theoretical approaches, including cultural ecology and dependency theory.
200X. Advanced Historiography: Oral History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Introduction to practice, method, and theory of oral history.
200Y. Advanced Historiography: Application of Economics to History. (4)
200Z. Advanced Historiography: Chicano. (4)
Discussion, three hours. Graduate survey of leading literature in Chicano history, with emphasis on new methodological and theoretical approaches in the field.
201A-201U. Topics in History. (4 each)
Seminar, three hours. Topic titles are same as for courses 200A-200U. Graduate courses involving reading, lecturing, and discussion of selected topics. Does not fulfill seminar requirements for Ph.D. degree. May be repeated for credit. When concurrently scheduled with course 197, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll.
202A-202B. Seminars: Comparative Modern Economic History. (4-4)
Discussion, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Study of problems of modern economics in the 19th and 20th centuries, including such topics as industrialization, growth, demography, development, and economic change. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M203A-M203B. Social Theory and Comparative History. (4-4)
(Same as Political Science M291A-M291B and Sociology M296A-M296B.) Colloquium, three and one-half hours every other week. Introduction to historically rooted social theory and theoretically sensitive history, following the program of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History. Each course may be taken independently for credit.
M203C. Theories in Cultural History. (4)
(Same as Sociology M296C.) Discussion, three hours. Introduction to social, linguistic, semiotic, or other new interpretive theories and practices developed in other fields and applied to historical material.
204A-204B. Seminars: Near and Middle Eastern History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Methodology, socioeconomic and political change in the Arab world. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
205A-205B. Seminars: Medieval Middle Eastern History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
206A-206B. Seminars: Social History of the Middle East. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Interrelationship of city, tribe, and village in the Middle East; role of such definable social groups as women, religious classes, middle classes, landlords, tribesmen, and peasants; social change. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M207. Seminar: Ancient Mesopotamia. (4)
(Same as Ancient Near East M250.) Seminar, three hours. Selected topics on political, social, and intellectual history of ancient Mesopotamia. May be repeated for credit.
209A-209B. Seminars: Ottoman and Modern Turkish History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
211A-211B. Seminars: Armenian History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
C212. Methods in Armenian Oral History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Preparation: proficiency in Armenian language. Lectures and laboratory in methods of taking, processing, and utilizing depositions and other oral sources for Armenian history, including project assignment in the field. May be concurrently scheduled with course C112D.
214. Problems in World History, 800 to 1800. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Training course for graduate students to develop a field of world history and to prepare department teaching assistants to teach sections for the general education sequence in world history by helping them to grasp diverse cultures and daily workings of world societies to date.
215A-215B. Seminars: Ancient History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
216A-216B. Seminars: Byzantine History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
217. Sources and Handbooks of Medieval History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of German or French. Introduction to types of medieval source materials and the handbooks needed to use them.
218. Medieval Latin Literary History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Recommended preparation: reading knowledge of Latin and German or French. Examination of aspects of medieval history through study of paleography, medieval libraries, and transmission of ancient medieval authors.
219A-219B. Paleography I, II. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of Latin and German or French. S/U or letter grading. 219A. History of the manuscript book from antiquity through the Carolingian renaissance, with emphasis on dating and localization as well as on proficiency in reading. 219B. History of the manuscript book from the Carolingian renaissance through the invention of printing, with emphasis on dating and localization as well as on proficiency in reading.
C219C. From Roll to Codex: Manuscripts in Early Middle Ages. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of history of medieval manuscripts and circumstances of their production, use, and survival as evidence for study of medieval European society to 1100. Concurrently scheduled with course C119C. S/U or letter grading.
C219D. From Parchment to Print: Manuscripts in Later Middle Ages. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of history of medieval manuscripts and circumstances of their production, use, and survival as evidence for study of medieval European society from 1100 to 1500. Concurrently scheduled with course C119D. S/U or letter grading.
221A-221B. Seminars: Medieval History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
222A-222B. Seminars: Medieval Intellectual History and History of Science. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Selected problems from medieval and early modern philosophy, science, political theory, theology. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M223. Introduction to Transmission of Ancient Latin Literature. (4)
(Same as Classics M223.) Discussion, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Examination of role of Latin classical authors in history of Middle Ages and Renaissance to understand processes by which Latin literature has been preserved.
225. Colloquium for Entering Graduate Students in Modern European History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Normally limited to and required of all modern European history graduate students. Introduction to topics, methods, and historiography of modern European history.
226A-226B. Seminars: Italian Renaissance. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
227A-227B. Seminars: Reformation. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
229A-229B. Seminars: Early Modern European History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M230A-M230B. Seminars: Modern European History. (4-4)
(Same as Art History M241A-M241B.) Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit with consent of adviser. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
231A-231B. Seminars: Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
232A-232B. Seminars: French History of the 19th and 20th Centuries. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
233A-233B. Seminars: Russian/Soviet History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
234A-234B. Seminars: Modern History of Spain, Portugal, and Italy. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
235A-235B. Economic History of Europe, 1780 to 1939. (4-4)
Lecture, three hours. Analysis of internationalization of European world economy, emergence of Western core and its relation with European peripheries. Comparative analysis on different regions, stressing main characteristics of postwar European economy. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M236A. Proseminar: Political Psychology. (4)
(Same as Political Science M261A and Psychology M228A.) Discussion, three hours. Introduction to political psychology: psychobiography, personality and politics, mass attitudes, group conflict, political communication, and elite decision making.
236B-236C. Seminars: Psychohistory. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Exploration of individual and group psychological processes and their uses in historical research. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
239A-239B. Seminars: English History -- Middle Ages. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
240A-240B. Seminars: English History -- Modern History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
241A-241B. Seminars: German History. (4-4)
Seminar, three to four hours. Designed for graduate students. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
242. Colloquium: European History. (2)
Designed for graduate students. Forum for critical discussion of work of students and invited scholars. Presentation of student dissertation prospectuses during their third or fourth year in residence. S/U grading for students presenting papers.
244A-244B. Seminars: British Empire History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
245. Colloquium: U.S. History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Normally limited to and required of all entering graduate students in U.S. history. Critical introduction to historical method, with emphasis on new methodological and conceptual approaches, use of source materials, and current state of U.S. historiography.
246A-246B-246C. Introduction to U.S. History. (4-4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Graduate survey of significant literature dealing with U.S. history from the Colonial period to the present. Each course may be taken independently for credit. 246A. Colonial Period; 246B. 1790 to 1900; 246C. 20th Century.
247A-247B. Seminars: Early American History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
249A-249B. Seminars: Jacksonian America. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
250A-250B. Seminars: U.S. History of the Middle 19th Century. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
252A-252B. Seminars: Recent U.S. History to 1930. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
253A-253B. Seminars: Recent U.S. History since 1930. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
254A-254B. Seminars: U.S. Social and/or Intellectual History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
255A-255B. Seminars: History of Business and Government in the American Economy. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
256A-256B. Seminars: American Diplomatic History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
257A-257B. Seminars: U.S. Urban History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
258A-258B. Seminars: Working Class History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
259A-259B. Seminars: Social History of Women in the U.S. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
260A-260B. Seminars: Native American History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M260C. Native American Revitalization Movements. (4)
(Same as Anthropology M238.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of revitalization movements among native peoples of North America (north of Mexico). Specific revitalization includes Handsome Lake, 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dances, and Peyote Religion.
M260D. Native American Historical Demography. (4)
(Same as Anthropology M287Q.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of population history of Native Americans north of Mexico prior to and following contacts with Europeans, Africans, and others, circa 1492. Emphasis on number of American Indians and other Native Americans, their decline following European contact, and their recent resurgence.
261A-261B. Seminars: Afro-American History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Social and political history of the Afro-American, including emphasis on development and structure of race relations in America; racial concepts and dilemmas, black and white. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
262A-262B. Seminars: Chicano History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
263A-263B. Seminars: History of the American West. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M264. History of American Education. (4-4)
(Same as Education M201C.) History of educational thought and of social forces impinging on American education from the 1880s to the present. Analysis of relation between these ideas and forces, and aims and practices of American education today.
M265. Latin American Research Resources. (4-4)
(Same as Latin American Studies M200 and Library and Information Science M225.) Seminar, three hours. General and specialized materials in fields concerned with Latin American studies. Library research techniques provide experience and competency required for future bibliographic and research sophistication as basis for enhanced research results.
266A-266B. Seminars: Colonial Latin American History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
267A-267B. Seminars: Latin American History, 19th and 20th Centuries. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M268A-M268B. Seminars: Recent Latin American History. (4-4)
(Same as Latin American Studies M268A-M268B.) Seminar, three hours. Reading knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese normally required. Seminar devoted to selected topics of an interdisciplinary nature. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
275A-275B-275C. First-Year Colloquia: African History. (4-4-4)
(Formerly numbered 275.) Seminar, three hours. Required of all entering graduate students in African history. Source identification, research methodologies, historiographical traditions, historical interpretation, approaches to teaching, and research design. Each course may be taken independently for credit. S/U or letter grading.
278A-278B-278C. Research Seminars and Dissertation: African History. (4-4-4)
(Formerly numbered 278A-278B.) Seminar, three hours. Multiple-term seminars/workshops designed to bring together predissertation candidates and dissertation writers for regular presentations and critical assessment of their work in progress. Each course may be taken independently for credit. S/U or letter grading.
M281. China -- Seminar: Classical Historiography and Readings in Classical Studies. (4)
(Same as Chinese M201.) Discussion, three hours. Preparation: two years of classical Chinese or working knowledge of classical Chinese. Readings in historiography and selected genres of historical documents.
282A-282B. Seminars: Chinese History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
285A-285B. Seminars: Japanese History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
288A-288B. Seminars: South Asia. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
289A-289B. Seminars: Southeast Asia. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
291A-291B. Seminars: Jewish History. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. Studies in intellectual and social history of Jewish people from ancient times to the modern period. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
293A-293B. Seminars: History of Religions. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
295. Theories of Scientific Change. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Historical and philosophical perspectives on science, focusing on rationality of scientific change and logic and psychology of scientific discovery. Readings and seminar-style discussions of such authors as Popper, Kuhn, Toulmin, Lakatos, Holton, Buchdahl, Feyerabend, and others.
297A-297B. Seminars: History of Science. (4-4)
Seminar, three hours. In Progress and S/U or letter grading.
M298. Interdisciplinary Studies in the 17th and 18th Centuries. (4)
(Same as English M298.) Topics vary according to participating faculty. May be repeated for credit.
M299. Interdisciplinary American Studies. (6)
(Same as English M299.) Discussion, four hours. Readings, discussion, and papers on a common theme, team-taught by faculty from different departments. Topics vary according to participating faculty. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructors.
375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum. (1 to 4)
Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as a teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of a regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at the University. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
490. Writing Workshop for Graduate Students. (4)
Tutorial, three hours. Writing workshop on students' papers-in-progress. Analysis and group discussion of rhetorical and stylistic principles, illustrated in students' own and in professional historians' work, help students improve their own writing. May be repeated once. S/U grading.
Designed for graduate students. Required of all new teaching assistants. Lectures, readings, discussions, and practice teaching sessions within the structure of a seminar. Students receive unit credit toward full-time equivalence but not toward the nine-course requirement for M.A. degree. S/U grading.
501. Cooperative Program. (2 to 8)
Preparation: consent of UCLA graduate adviser and graduate dean, and host campus instructor, department chair, and graduate dean. Used to record enrollment of UCLA students in courses taken under cooperative arrangements with USC. S/U grading.
596. Directed Studies. (1 to 8)
Limited to graduate students. Individual directed reading arranged with professor. M.A. candidates may take this course only once. Number of times Ph.D. candidates may take this course is subject to consent of graduate studies committee. S/U or letter grading.
597. Directed Studies for Graduate Examinations. (1 to 8)
Preparation for M.A. comprehensive examination or Ph.D. qualifying examinations. S/U grading.
599. Ph.D. Research and Writing. (1 to 8)
Preparation: advancement to Ph.D. candidacy. S/U grading.
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