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General History Track

In addition to completing the requirements for all History majors, the student in the General History track is required to satisfy breadth and concentration requirements.

  1. Breadth Requirements: to ensure chronological and geographical breadth, at least two courses must be completed in a premodern chronological period and in each of three geographical fields: Field I (Africa, Asia, and Middle East); Field II (the Americas); and Field III (Europe, including Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia). Courses fulfilling the premodern chronological period (Field IV) may also count for Fields I-III. For 2009-2010, these courses are as follows:

    Field I: Africa/Asia/Middle East

    HISTORY 44S. Sex and Power in South African History

    HISTORY 46S. The History and Legacy of Mau Mau in Kenya: A Civil War, Peasant Revolt, or Nationalist Struggle?

    HISTORY 48N. African History through Literature and Film

    HISTORY 48Q. South Africa: Contested Traditions

    HISTORY 50S. The History of Development in Africa

    HISTORY 84Q. The American Empire in the Middle East since the Cold War: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine

    HISTORY 90S. The Social and Cultural History of Tokugawa Japan, 1603-1868

    HISTORY 91N. Mao Zedong: The Man Who Would Become China

    HISTORY 91S. The Making of Nationalism in Modern China

    HISTORY 106A. Global Human Geography: Asia and Africa

    HISTORY 145B. Africa in the Twentieth Century

    HISTORY 145C. Africa in the Age of Empire

    HISTORY 147. History of South Africa

    HISTORY 181B. The Middle East in the 20th Century

    HISTORY 181C. Social and Cultural History of Modern Shi'ism

    HISTORY 182B. The Three Empires of Islam: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

    HISTORY 182C. From Prophet to Empire: The Making of the Muslim Middle East, 600-1500

    HISTORY 191D. China: The Northern and Southern Dynasties

    HISTORY 193. Late Imperial China

    HISTORY 194B. Japan in the Age of the Samurai

    HISTORY 195. Modern Korean History

    HISTORY 195C. Modern Japanese History

    HISTORY 196. Modern South Asia

    HISTORY 198. The History of Modern China

    HISTORY 217A. Poverty and Charity in Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

    HISTORY 245G. Law and Colonialism in Africa

    HISTORY 247S. Intellectual and Cultural History in Modern Africa

    HISTORY 248. Islam in Africa

    HISTORY 256. U.S.-China Relations: From the Opium War to Tiananmen

    HISTORY 281. Economic and Social History of the Modern Middle East

    HISTORY 281C. Urban History of the Middle East: Aleppo and Istanbul on the Eve of Modernity

    HISTORY 281D. The Origins and Formation of Islam

    HISTORY 282. The United States and the Middle East since 1945

    HISTORY 282A. State and Society in Modern Turkey

    HISTORY 282D. The Late Ottoman Empire, Its Collapse, and the Making of the Turkish Nation State

    HISTORY 287C. Zionism and its Critics

    HISTORY 287D. Tel Aviv: Site, Symbol, City

    HISTORY 288. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    HISTORY 291D. Colonialism and Collaboration in East Asia

    HISTORY 292. The Korean War: The Origins, Outbreak and Aftermath

    HISTORY 292D. Japan in Asia, Asia in Japan

    HISTORY 292F. Traditional Korea: History and Culture

    HISTORY 295F. Race and Ethnicity in East Asia

    HISTORY 295J. Chinese Women's History

    HISTORY 296E. Contentious Identities: The Formation of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationhood in Modern Japan

    Field II: The Americas

    HISTORY 36N: Gay Autobiography

    HISTORY 54N. African American Women's Lives

    HISTORY 57. The Constitution: A Short History

    HISTORY 62N. The Atomic Bomb in Policy and History

    HISTORY 67S. The Virgin Mary: Religion and Identity from Mexico City to Los Angeles

    HISTORY 68S. The Cultural Margins of America: Witches, Indians, and Arabs in the 18th Century Imagination

    HISTORY 103E. History of Nuclear Weapons

    HISTORY 144. Gender in Science, Medicine and Engineering

    HISTORY 150A. Colonial and Revolutionary America

    HISTORY 150B. Nineteenth Century America

    HISTORY 150C. The United States in the Twentieth Century

    HISTORY 151. Slavery and Freedom in American History

    HISTORY 154. 19th Century U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, 1790-1860

    HISTORY 154A. Religion and American Society

    HISTORY 158. The United States Since 1945

    HISTORY 164C. From Freedom to Freedom Now: African American History, 1865-1965

    HISTORY 165. Mexican American History through Film

    HISTORY 166. Introduction to African American History: The Modern African American Freedom Struggle

    HISTORY 168. American History in Film: Since World War II

    HISTORY 170. Colonial Latin America

    HISTORY 201. Introduction to Public History in the U.S., Nineteenth Century to the Present

    HISTORY 243J. Climate Change in the West: A History of the Future

    HISTORY 251. Creating the American Republic

    HISTORY 252. Decision Making in Crises: The A-Bomb, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

    HISTORY 253D. Approaches to American Legal History

    HISTORY 254. Popular Culture and American Nature

    HISTORY 255D. Racial Identity in the American Imagination

    HISTORY 256. U.S.-China Relations: From the Opium War to Tiananmen

    HISTORY 259A,B. Poverty and Homelessness in America

    HISTORY 260. California's Minority-Majority Cities

    HISTORY 265. Writing Asian-American History

    HISTORY 268E. American Foreign Policy and International History, 1941-2009

    HISTORY 275F. Social Change in Latin America since 1900

    HISTORY 282. The United States and the Middle East since 1945

    IHUM 11B. Origins of the World: Europe and Latin America

    Field III: Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia

    HISTORY 13N. Slavery and Rebellion in Ancient Rome

    HISTORY 14N. The Crusades

    HISTORY 20Q. Russia in the Early Modern European Imagination

    HISTORY 22N. Crime, Punishment and Rebellion in Early Modern Russia

    HISTORY 24S. The Soviet Union Through Western Eyes: Workers' Paradise and Evil Empire

    HISTORY 27S. Life in the Divided City: A History of Postwar Berlin, 1945-2009

    HISTORY 30Q. English Society through Fiction

    HISTORY 31S. The Renaissance of War: War, Technology, and Art in the High Renaissance

    HISTORY 34S. From Tears of Joy to the Reign of Terror: The French Revolution, 1789-1794

    HISTORY 36N. Gay Autobiography

    HISTORY 36S. Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Carnival and Magic: Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe

    HISTORY 42N. Science, Medicine and Empire

    HISTORY 102. The History of the International System

    HISTORY 103E. History of Nuclear Weapons

    HISTORY 110A. Europe from Late Antiquity to 1500

    HISTORY 110B. Early Modern Europe

    HISTORY 110C. Introduction to Modern Europe

    HISTORY 120A. Russian Civilization from Beginnings to the Enlightenment

    HISTORY 123. Reform and Revolution in Modern Russia, 1856-2009

    HISTORY 125. Twentieth Century Eastern Europe

    HISTORY 132A. Enlightenment and the Arts

    HISTORY 133A. Blood and Roses: The Age of the Tudors

    HISTORY 134A. European Witch Hunts

    HISTORY 135. History of European Law, Medieval to Contemporary

    HISTORY 137. The Holocaust

    HISTORY 138A. Germany and the World Wars, 1870-1990

    HISTORY 139. Modern Britain and the Empire

    HISTORY 140. World History of Science, Technology and Medicine: From Prehistory to the Scientific Revolution

    HISTORY 141A. The Emergence of Medicine: The Middle Ages and Renaissance

    HISTORY 142. Darwin in the History of Life

    HISTORY 185B. Jews in the Modern World

    HISTORY 208. Private Lives, Public Stories: Autobiography in Women's History

    HISTORY 211. Body, Gender, and Society in Medieval Europe

    HISTORY 211B. Jews under Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages

    HISTORY 217A. Poverty and Charity in Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

    HISTORY 217B. Land of Three Religions: Medieval Spain

    HISTORY 218A. Barcelona to Berlin: Muslim Minorities in History

    HISTORY 220G. Demons, Witches, Holy Fools, and Folk Belief: Popular Religion in Russia, 19th and 20th Centuries

    HISTORY 221A. Men, Women, and Power in Early Modern Russia, 1500-1800

    HISTORY 221B. The Woman Question in Modern Russia

    HISTORY 223F. The Nationality Question in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

    HISTORY 229. Poles and Jews

    HISTORY 230A. The Witness in Modern History: Memoir, Reportage, Image

    HISTORY 231S. Early Modern Things

    HISTORY 233C. Two British Revolutions

    HISTORY 233F. Political Thought in Early Modern Britain

    HISTORY 234C. Counterinsurgency in History

    HISTORY 236A. European Nationalism, 1600 to the Present

    HISTORY 236B. The Idea of Society

    HISTORY 236C. Reordering Europe, 1917-1923

    HISTORY 237E. Violence, Law, and Order in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Ireland

    HISTORY 238K. European Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution, 1938-1948

    HISTORY 239D. Capital and Empire

    HISTORY 238H. Colonialism and Empire in Modern Europe

    HISTORY 285K. History of Modern Antisemitism

    HISTORY 287E. Jewish Intellectuals and Modernity

    IHUM 11A. Origins of the World: Europe and Latin America

    Field IV: Pre-1700

    HISTORY 7S. The Age of Discovery: Maritime Imperialism and Science, 1400-1850

    HISTORY 13N. Slavery and Rebellion in Ancient Rome

    HISTORY 14N. The Crusades

    HISTORY 20Q. Russia in the Early Modern European Imagination

    HISTORY 22N. Crime, Punishment and Rebellion in Early Modern Russia

    HISTORY 31S. The Renaissance of War: War, Technology, and Art in the High Renaissance

    HISTORY 36S. Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Carnival and Magic: Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe

    HISTORY 42N. Science, Medicine and Empire

    HISTORY 110A. Europe from Late Antiquity to 1500

    HISTORY 110B. Early Modern Europe

    HISTORY 120A. Russian Civilization from Beginnings to the Enlightenment

    HISTORY 132A. Enlightenment and the Arts

    HISTORY 133A. Blood and Roses: The Age of the Tudors

    HISTORY 134A. European Witch Hunts

    HISTORY 135. History of European Law, Medieval to Contemporary

    HISTORY 140. World History of Science, Technology and Medicine: From Prehistory to the Scientific Revolution

    HISTORY 141A. The Emergence of Medicine: The Middle Ages and Renaissance

    HISTORY 170. Colonial Latin America

    HISTORY 182B. The Three Empires of Islam: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

    HISTORY 182C. From Prophet to Empire: The Making of the Muslim Middle East, 600-1500

    HISTORY 191D. China: The Northern and Southern Dynasties

    HISTORY 193. Late Imperial China

    HISTORY 194B. Japan in the Age of the Samurai

    HISTORY 211. Body, Gender, and Society in Medieval Europe

    HISTORY 211B. Jews under Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages

    HISTORY 217A. Poverty and Charity in Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

    HISTORY 217B. Land of Three Religions: Medieval Spain

    HISTORY 218A. Barcelona to Berlin: Muslim Minorities in History

    HISTORY 221A. Men, Women, and Power in Early Modern Russia, 1500-1800

    HISTORY 231S. Early Modern Things

    HISTORY 233C. Two British Revolutions

    HISTORY 233F. Political Thought in Early Modern Britain

    HISTORY 281C. Urban History of the Middle East: Aleppo and Istanbul on the Eve of Modernity

    HISTORY 281D. The Origins and Formation of Islam

    IHUM 11A. Origins of the World: Europe and Latin America

  2. Concentration: to develop some measure of expertise, students must complete four courses in a single area (including one undergraduate colloquium or research seminar). The proposed concentration must be approved by the major adviser; a proposal for a thematic concentration must be approved by both the adviser and the department's director of undergraduate studies. Areas of concentration are:
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Eastern Europe and Russia
    • Europe before 1700
    • Europe since 1700
    • Jewish History
    • Latin America
    • Science and Technology
    • The United States
    • The Middle East
    • International History
    • Comparative Empires and Cultures
    • or a thematic subject treated comparatively, such as war and revolution, work, gender, family history, popular culture, or high culture.
  3. Required course: HISTORY 102. The International System is a required course for students who select the International History concentration. This course is offered in Spring quarter.

Certain Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) courses taught by History faculty in a Winter-Spring sequence count toward the General History major. These are: IHUM 4A,B; 5A,B; 6A,B;11A,B

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