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Geological Sciences NOTE: For all courses that have both a lecture component and a laboratory component (e.g., GSC 2150 and GSC 2150L ), both components are corequisites; that is, they must be taken concurrently.
F, W, Sp and Su notations indicate the quarter(s) each course is normally offered. Unless otherwise specified, the course is offered each year during the indicated quarter(s).
Field Trip Fee is required for various courses to cover transportation costs and varies according to type of transportation used.
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GSC 5640L - Advanced Shallow Subsurface Geophysics Laboratory (1)
Laboratory and field study of advanced geophysical methods used to investigate the Earth’s shallow subsurface. Design of experiments and use of geophysical equipment to generate data; processing and interpretation of this data through forward and inverse modeling. Methods include: seismic refraction, resistivity, magnetics, gravity, ground penetrating radar. Discussion of scientific literature and case studies.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 114, MAT 1140 , MAT 115, MAT 1150 or MAT 116; and GSC 434 or GSC 4340 .
Corequisite(s): GSC 5640 .
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5680 - Topics in Advanced Seismology (2)
Advanced topics in structural, engineering and earthquake seismology, with a focus on concepts and applications of observational seismology. Earthquake rupture and strong ground motion. Use of seismic waves for the study of Earth’s interior. Site response and hazard. Tectonophysics and seismotectonics. Discussion of scientific literature and research on recent earthquakes.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 114, MAT 1140 , MAT 115, MAT 1150 or MAT 116; and GSC 450 or GSC 4500 .
Corequisite(s): GSC 5680L .
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5680L - Topics in Advanced Seismology Laboratory (1)
Laboratory and field study of advanced topics in structural, engineering and earthquake seismology, focused on applications of observational seismology. Use of seismic equipment to record seismic waveforms; processing and interpretation of this data. Site response and hazard. Tectonophysics and seismotectonics. Discussion of scientific literature and research on recent earthquakes.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 114, MAT 1140 , MAT 115, MAT 1150 or MAT 116; and GSC 450 or GSC 4500 .
Corequisite(s): GSC 5680 .
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5850 - Isotope Geochemistry (2)
Geochemistry of stable and radiogenic isotopes. Use as tracers in hydrology and petrology. Fractionation and mixing. Paleoclimate proxies. Geochronology and thermochronology. Measurement techniques and data analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Geology MS Program.
Corequisite(s): GSC 5850L .
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5850L - Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory (1)
Laboratory exercises in the geochemistry of stable and radiogenic isotopes. Use of isotopes as tracers in hydrology and petrology, fractionation and mixing, paleoclimate proxies, geochronology and thermochronology. Measurement techniques and data analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Geology MS program.
Corequisite(s): GSC 5850 .
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5950 - Advanced Topics in Sedimentology/Stratigraphy (2)
Advanced topics and applications related to sediment transport, depositional environments, stratigraphy, or basin analysis. Application to groundwater and energy resource evaluation or tectonics research. Discussion and presentation of scientific literature.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Geology MS Program.
Corequisite(s): GSC 5950L .
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5950L - Advanced Topics in Sedimentology/Stratigraphy Laboratory (1)
Laboratory and field investigations in sedimentology and stratigraphy. Topics may include sediment transport, depositional environments, stratigraphic interpretation methods, sedimentary petrography, provenance studies, basin analysis, interpretation of well logs and drill core.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Geology MS program.
Corequisite(s): GSC 5950 .
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 5990 - Special Topics for Graduate Students (1-3)
Group study at a graduate level of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
Component(s): Lecture, Seminar
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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GSC 5990A - Special Topics for Graduate Students Activity (1-3)
Group study at a graduate level of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
Component(s): Activity
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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GSC 5990L - Special Topics for Graduate Students Laboratory (1-3)
Group study at a graduate level of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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GSC 6910 - Directed Research (1-3)
Individual research in a specialized area, under the direction of a graduate faculty member; work does not pertain directly to the thesis. Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
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GSC 6920 - Independent Research (1-3)
Individual study/investigation and research in a specialized area proposed by the student with the approval, and under the supervision, of a graduate faculty member; work does not pertain directly to the thesis. Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
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GSC 6930 - Master’s Thesis Proposal (1)
Oral presentation and discussion of a proposed research plan for the Master’s thesis, accompanied by a written proposal. Required for Advancement to Candidacy.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Geology MS program.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded including RP
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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GSC 6940 - Master’s Thesis Research (1-3)
Independent research study of a Geoscience problem following standard scientific methodology. Research techniques, data acquisition and analysis/interpretation guided by a GSC faculty research supervisor. Total number of units allowed to count toward degree is 3.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 600 or GSC 6930 .
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded including RP
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times
Repeat for Credit Limit: 3
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GSC 6960 - Master’s Thesis (2)
Compilation, evaluation, interpretation, and report of research for Master’s thesis directed by a committee of Geology faculty members. Completion of university-approved, bound thesis. Oral defense of thesis. May be taken up to two times for a total credit of 2 units.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 694 or GSC 6940 .
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded including RP
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times
Repeat for Credit Limit: 2
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GSC 6990 - Master’s Degree Continuation (0)
Enrollment in this course allows candidates that have enrolled in the maximum number of thesis or project units to maintain resident status in order to receive university services.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Credit/No Credit
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times
Repeat for Credit Limit: Unlimited
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HST 1100 - The Study and Practice of History (3)
Introduces history as a discipline and as an academic major through readings, group discussion, and participation in research and web-based exercises.
Prerequisite(s): History major.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 1101 - World Civilizations to 1500 (3)
From the emergence of human societies to the end of the European Renaissance. Cross-cultural study of global civilizations, their interactions with each other, their impacts, and their contributions to human civilization. Science and technology and their influences on civilizations.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area C2.
GE Area(s): C2a
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 1102 - World Civilizations from 1500 (3)
World Civilizations from 1500 to the present. Cross-cultural study of global civilizations, their interactions with one another, their impacts, and their contributions to human civilization. Science and technology and their influences on civilizations. Current challenges and concerns.
GE Area(s): C2a
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 2000 - Special Study for Lower Division Students (1-3)
Individual or group investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Proposals to be initiated by student(s) with guidance from faculty. Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
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HST 2201 - United States History to 1877 (3)
History of the United States from earliest settlements to the end of Reconstruction (1877), with emphasis on the political, social, cultural, and economic trends and episodes that molded and characterized the early American nation.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area D1.
GE Area(s): D1
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 2202 - United States History, 1877-Present (3)
History of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis on political, social, multicultural, and economic developments that have shaped the United States. Significant attention given to the role of social movements, gender, and ethnic diversity, and to U.S. relations with the world. Satisfies the American Institutions requirement.
GE Area(s): D1
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 2213 - Introduction to Islam (3)
Introduction to Islam and Islamic culture. Muslim beliefs, societies, traditions, practices, rituals, and festivals. The evolution of the Shari’ah and the formation of law schools, religious sects, theology, mysticism, philosophy and science. Various issues from medieval to contemporary times.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area C2.
GE Area(s): C2a
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 2990 - Special Topics for Lower Division Students (1-3)
Group study of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Component(s): Lecture, Seminar
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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HST 2990A - Special Topics for Lower Division Students Activity (1-3)
Group study of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Component(s): Activity
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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HST 2990L - Special Topics for Lower Division Students Laboratory (1-3)
Group study of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.
Component(s): Laboratory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units applicable to a degree, with a maximum of 2 sections per semester.
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HST 3300 - Theory and Practice of History (3)
The theory and practice of historical research and writing. Historiographic and theoretical trends in the field, with emphasis on recent schools of historical thought. Historiographic research in preparation for Senior Thesis. Students will demonstrate mastery of the subject in written and oral form.
Prerequisite(s): Art History major; completion of GE Area A; and HST 100 or HST 1100 .
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3301 - China to 1127 (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to Chinese history from the earliest historical writings to the fall of the Northern Song dynasty, focusing on archeological origins, rise of the textual tradition, development of political and economic institutions, elite culture, philosophical traditions, social institutions, and religion.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3302 - China 1127-1644 (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to Chinese history from the Southern Song Dynasty through Mongol rule and into consolidation of late imperial China. Changes and continuities in Chinese political, social, cultural, and economic institutions and thought. Chinese border relations.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3303 - China 1644-1927 (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to late imperial China and the transition to a modern nation-state under Republican China. Focus on Manchu rule, reform and revolution, material culture, changing male and female identities, society and social changes, warlord states, and intellectual developments.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3305 - Ancient and Medieval India (3)
Tradition and transformation in the political, social and economic history of India beginning with the Indus Valley civilization and ending with the Mughal Empire. Rise of various religions and philosophies. Artistic and creative trends. India and the outside world.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3306 - Modern India (3)
History of modern India’s transition from a British colony to the world’s largest democracy. Interactions among the forces of tradition and modernity, colonialism and nationalism, communal separatism and national integration. Challenges to democracy, development, social justice, and ecological sustainability in independent India.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A, and any two in lower division area C (if credit is for C3) or any two in lower division area D (if credit is for D4).
GE Area(s): C3, D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3307 - Modern South Asia (3)
History of South Asian nations of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh since the 1940s. Social, political and economic trends: religion and politics, communal and ethnic conflict, women’s movements, challenges to democracy and development. South Asia in a global perspective.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3310 - Ancient Near East to 1200 BCE (3)
The Ancient Near East from the development of cities to the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 3800 - 1200 B.C.E.). Contacts between regions and states: trade, diplomacy, warfare, migration, influence. Development of writing, monarchy, law, religion, technology, and social hierarchy.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3311 - Ancient Egypt (3)
The society, political and religious institutions of Egypt from the unification of the land to the end of the New Kingdom (3100-1085 B.C.). Cultural conservatism within Egypt and increasing contact with states of the Mediterranean and Africa.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3312 - Ancient Near East 1200-323 BCE (3)
The ancient Near East from the end of the Bronze Age (1200 B.C.E.) to the end of the Persian Empire (323 B.C.E.). Imperialism and government in the major empires (Neo-Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian). The ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their relationships with neighboring kingdoms and imperial powers.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3313 - The Middle East from the Rise of Islam to 1500 (3)
Muhammad and the rise of Islam. The Caliphate, state institutions and the Islamic expansion. Formation of Islamic society and institutions. Regionalization of the Islamic world. Western Asia and the Crusades. Anatolia and the Turks. Aftermath of the Mongol invasion to 1516.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and C2b.
GE Area(s): C3
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3315 - The Middle East from 1500 (3)
The Modern Middle East from 1500. Social, economic and political developments. The Ottoman Empire and the Safavids. Local Provincial autonomy. The Nineteenth century and reform attempts from Muhammad Ali to Nasser; Colonialism, Nationalism and the rise of the Palestine question. The Islamic Republic, the Iraq war and its aftermath. Oil, modern developments and challenges. Course fulfills GE synthesis area D4.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and D4.
GE Area(s): D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3316 - History of Modern Iran (3)
Modern history of Iran from the Safavids to the present. Survey of Islamic Persia, Twelver Shi’ism, social and economic developments. The nineteenth century and the encounter with European colonialism, rise of nationalism, oil, the Pahlevis, and the Islamic revolution, within regional and global history.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3317 - Ancient Greece (3)
Ancient Greece from the Neolithic period to the Hellenistic kingdoms; social, economic, political, and cultural history. Cultural aspects, economic and technical developments, politics and empire, and internal conflicts.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3319 - Ancient Rome (3)
Rome and its empire from the founding of Rome to Constantine, political, social, economic, cultural and religious developments, including Christian origins.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3320 - Medieval Europe (3)
History of Europe during the middle ages from the fall of the Roman Empire to the eve of the Renaissance. Survey of the most important social, economic, religious and political developments in the history of medieval Europe, and including topics such as the rise of monastic orders and their reforms, the Carolingian Renaissance, the Investiture Controversy, the Crusades, the commercial revolution and the formation of new monarchies, the Hundred Years War.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3322 - Europe 1450-1648: Renaissance and Reformation (3)
Europe from the 15th to the mid-17th Centuries, Italian city-states, Humanism, universities and print. Challenges to religious authority. Cultural and intellectual achievements of the Renaissance and Reformation, including origins of modern science. Origins of European empires, rise of competitive sovereign states. Warfare, religion and society. Gender, work and families in early modern Europe.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3323 - Europe 1648-1789: Enlightenment, Absolutism and Constitutionalism (3)
Political, social and cultural history of Europe from the Treaty of Westphalia to the French Revolution (1648-1789). Analysis of absolute and constitutional forms of monarchy; origins of liberalism; Europe’s global trade networks and struggle for empire; European culture and statecraft; The Enlightenment, sociability and the rise of the public; Gender and social organization, origins of the French Revolution.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3324 - European Revolutions, 1789-1914 (3)
Political, social, cultural history of Europe and the European world from the French Revolution until the First World War. Key themes include impact of French and Industrial Revolutions, and emergence of modern nationalism, imperialism, socialism, feminism, and anti-Semitism. Course fulfills GE Synthesis D4.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and D4.
GE Area(s): D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3326 - Europe in Crisis, 1900-1945 (3)
Political, social, cultural, and economic history of Europe from the outbreak of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. Themes include the experiences of combat and the home front in both wars; gender and class anxieties in the aftermath of war and Revolution; the rise and fall of radical authoritarian movements such as Fascism and Nazism.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3327 - Postwar Europe, 1945-present (3)
Political, social, cultural, and economic history of Europe from the end of World War II to the present. Themes include creation and collapse of the Cold War order, emergence of mass consumer society, decolonization and immigration, and future of Europe as united geopolitical identity.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3330 - History of North Africa (3)
The peoples and cultures of North Africa from ancient times to the present. Islamization, Arabization and indigenous rule to the 16th century. Political, social and economic transformations from the Ottomans to French colonialism, nationalism and independence. Problems of decolonization. Islamism, and democracy.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3331 - Pre-Colonial Africa to 1885 (3)
Sub-Saharan Africa from earliest times to 1885. Ancient kingdoms, trade, Islam and the rise of West African empires, central and southern Africa, the East coast and Swahili culture; the Atlantic basin and the slave trade; European colonialism and African responses in the 19th century.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3332 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (3)
Sub-Saharan Africa from 1885 to the present. Africa and Africans under European colonial rule. Settler colonialism and the struggle for land and labor. Resistance, nationalism and independence. Nation-states and the problems of decolonization. Public health and other current issue.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3334 - Modern Spain (3)
A survey of modern Spanish history since 1600. Some attention to early past and emphasis on empire, rise of republicanism, and the civil war.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3335 - Colonial Latin America (3)
A survey of early Latin American history. Emphasis on political and social evolution of Spanish South America and its multi-ethnic society from the Inca Empire through Independence.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3337 - Latin America since 1810 (3)
Survey of Latin American history since Independence. Focus on major issues and trends such as state-formation, neo-colonialism, populist movements and revolution.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and D4.
GE Area(s): D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3340 - History of American Institutions and Ideals, 1877-present (3)
Formation and development of the United States and its institutions from the end of Reconstruction to the present with an emphasis on the social, economic, political, and cultural contributions of its diverse population.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and any two in lower division area C.
GE Area(s): C3
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3341 - Colonial America, 1492-1776 (3)
Analysis of the new world created out of Native American, European, and African interaction in the Americas following European colonization. Considers Atlantic exchanges, the expansion of slavery, and the tensions that led to the American Revolution.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3342 - Founding America, 1776-1815 (3)
Analysis of the origins and content of American revolutionary ideology and founding documents; seminar examination of primary source materials and competing interpretations.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3343 - Jacksonian Democracy, 1815-1850 (3)
Analysis of the United States’ transformation from a revolutionary, republican society into an expansive democratic society. Considers how American democracy of this period related to the country’s developing market society, movements for social reform, and conflicts over westward movement and slavery.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3344 - Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
Causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, emphasizing ways in which the various facets of the conflict between 1850 and 1877 shaped American society. Special attention given to the struggle over slavery and emancipation during the period.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3345 - The United States, 1877-1945 (3)
Economic, social, and political development of the United States from 1877 to 1945. Explores the growth of the US economy and resulting social conflict from industrialization through WWII with emphasis on immigration, race and gender. Growth of the modern liberal state in peace and war.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3347 - United States since 1945 (3)
Analysis of the crucial political, social, diplomatic, cultural, economic, technological, and environmental themes of U.S. history since 1945. Emphasis on primary source material focusing on change and continuity, ethnic and cultural diversity, and involvement in world affairs.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3351 - Early Modern Britain, 1485-1688 (3)
Politics, culture and society, 1485-1688. Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Religious Reformations, English Civil War, Colonialism in Ireland and the Americas, Restoration, new science and Glorious Revolution. Gender and culture in early modern society.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3352 - History and Culture of the British Empire (3)
History of the British Empire from 1550-1997. Development of global trade, the history of overseas expansion, and global conflict in Britain and its empire. Scope, culture and experience of British Imperialism in Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Gender and Empire. Contesting the empire and de-colonization.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2 and any two in lower division area C.
GE Area(s): C3
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3355 - Russia to 1861 (3)
Economic, social, political, and cultural development of Russia to 1861. Kiev Rus, Christianization, Mongol rule, Muscovite monarchy, Russian empire, reforms of Peter the Great. Emphasis on state and empire building, social groups and minorities, Europeanization, agrarian economy, war and diplomacy.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3356 - Russia–1861 to the Present (3)
Imperial Russia from emancipation to revolution. Collapse of old regime in revolutions of 1905-1907 and 1917. Development and dissolution of soviet system. Emphasis on political institutions, social structure, economic modernization, communist ideology, war and diplomacy, Cold War, post-soviet development.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3362 - Colonial Mexico (3)
Mexico from its Pre-Columbian origins through the initial phases of the struggle for Independence after 1810.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3363 - Mexico since 1810 (3)
A survey of the history of Mexico from Independence to recent times.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3365 - China 1927 to 2000 (3)
Cross-disciplinary approach to modern China, beginning with the Nationalist state, the Second-Sino Japanese War, transition to the People’s Republic of China, and lastly Chinese Communist Party rule. Emphasis on socialism and social engineering, ideology and change, revolution and reform, modernization, gender roles, cultural and literary transformations, mobilization and propaganda, and material and film culture.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3368 - Japan to 1750 (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to ancient, medieval, and early modern Japan. Origins, Chinese and Korean influence, Buddhism and Shinto, Heian court culture, political and economic developments, women in pre-modern society, medieval wars, and the Tokugawa peace.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3369 - Japan since 1750 (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to the history of modern Japan. Fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, Meiji restoration, building the Japanese nation-state at the turn of the century, politics and constitutionalism, changing women’s roles, tensions of the 1920s, imperialist aspirations and mobilization for war, war and occupation, and post-war reconstruction.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3370 - History of California (3)
Formation and development of California from its Native American origins to the present with an emphasis on the social, economic, political, and artistic contributions of its diverse population.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2, and any two in lower division area C.
GE Area(s): C3
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3371 - History of Southern California (3)
History of southern California as a distinctive geographical, economic, cultural, social, and political entity with a focus on the growth and development of Los Angeles. Interrelation of the region with the state, nation, and world.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3372 - Spanish Borderlands in North America (3)
History of the Spanish Borderlands in North America. Emphasis on the impact of European and American intrusion on Native American communities, environment, and culture.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3373 - History and Hollywood (3)
Assesses the relationship of classic Hollywood movies to the political, social, and cultural history of 20th century America. Analyzes different modes of interpreting film’s impact on popular understandings of American history. Evaluates the extent to which American movies have expressed or challenged the dominant political themes and social and cultural values of a particular historical era. Critical examination of different modes of interpreting American history and of film’s impact on popular understandings of history.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2 and and any two in lower division area C.
GE Area(s): C3
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3374 - The American West (3)
The impact of the West on American democratic ideals and institutions. The diverse American West. Regional growth, economic development, and environmental issues. The frontier in literature, mythology, and the American conscience.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3391 - Introduction to Public and Applied History (3)
Principles, techniques, and ethical issues of history in a non-academic setting. Production and dissemination of history in museums, archives, historical sites, business, and media with an emphasis on theoretical and practical issues.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3392 - Oral History in Theory and Practice (3)
Principles and practice of oral history research, the use of oral history interviews in historical scholarship, and the legal and ethical issues related to each.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3393S - Digital History and New Media Service Learning (3)
Theories, practice and application of humanities computing, digital history and new media.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 3399 - History of Modern Nation States (3)
Analysis of events and developments that shaped a modern nation state, selected in advance and based on faculty specialization. Topics include cultural achievements, nationalism, regionalism, and separatism, ethnic and religious minorities, social class, ideology, modernization, science and technology, and imperialism. May be repeated once when a different historical period of the nation or a new topic is offered. May be taken up to two times, only with different topics, for a total credit of 6 units.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 2
Note(s): May be repeated once when a different historical period of the nation or a new topic is offered.
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HST 4000 - Special Study for Upper Division Students (1-3)
Individual or group investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems at advanced level. Proposals to be initiated by student(s) with guidance from faculty. Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
Component(s): Supervisory
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 5
Minimum/Maximum Units: Total credit limited to 6 units, with a maximum of 3 units per semester.
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HST 4010 - American Biography and Autobiography (3)
American history as seen through biographies and autobiographies, with an examination of the making and unmaking of American heroes and changing fashions in the art of biography and autobiography. Includes discussions of family history, community biography, and other ways Americans have collected and constructed stories of our times.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4011 - History of Cities (3)
The development of cities and urban centers from the ancient world through the present era. How political, economic, and social institutions influence the structure of urban centers and shape the built environment. How the structure and design of cities influences the development of civic institutions. Will alternate between US, European, and World History focus.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4012 - Constitutional And Legal History of the U.S. (3)
Constitutional and legal history of the United States from the founding to the present. Importance of the Supreme Court in the historical development of the US. Key legal thinkers and cases in historical context. Analysis of changing constitutional interpretations as they reflect trends in American society.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4013 - Religion in American Society (3)
Historical role of religion in shaping, and challenging, American social and political ideas and practices. Takes a synthetic view of religion from multiple perspectives, combining history, literature and philosophy.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4014 - Diplomatic History of the United States (3)
Historical study of the role of American diplomacy from the colonial era to the present. Analyses of complex questions involving U.S. relations with other nations and peoples, requiring investigation of primary sources, and conflicting historical points of view.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4015 - History of Education in America (3)
Development and change of education ideas, policies, and institutions from the colonial period to the present.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4016 - History of U.S. Capitalism (3)
Tracing the trajectory of capitalist evolution in American history and the impact various economic theories and worldviews had on the nation’s development.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and D4.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4017 - American Foodways (3)
Traces a global history of American foodways through the food itself: production, preparation, regulation, distribution, as well as various modes of consumption and valuation.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4200 - Islamic Science in World History (3)
Rise and development of science in Islamic civilization, its relationship to ancient science. Historiography and fields of Islamic science, scientists and their contributions. The translations from Greek to Arabic and from Arabic to Latin. Islamic science and Renaissance Europe.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4210 - History of the Scientific Revolution (3)
The Scientific Revolution in western Europe. Perception and understanding of nature between the time of Copernicus and Newton. Emergence of science during a time of political, social, and religious upheaval. Relationship to art, the occult, philosophy, and technology. Course fulfills GE Synthesis D4.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A, C4 and D4.
GE Area(s): D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4230 - Modern Science in World History (3)
Intellectual, philosophical, cultural, technological, political, and transnational origins and impact of the scientific revolution in the world in the 20th century and beyond. Rise of relativity, quantum and nuclear physics, computers, internet, genetics and molecular biology, Cold War science, and climate change.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2, and any two in lower division area C (if credit is for C3) or any two in lower division area D (if credit is for D4).
GE Area(s): C3, D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4401 - African American Experience (3)
The historical experience and contributions of African Americans from the diaspora to the present. The significance of slavery, emancipation, industrialization, migration, and the struggle for racial equality. The contributions of African Americans to American culture and society.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4403 - History of Native Americans (3)
Origins of Native Americans; archaeological remains of major American regions; European contacts and cultural cross-fertilization; development of federal Indian policy; recent and contemporary status; relations of Indian conceptions of the universe to the ecological crisis.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4405 - Immigrants in American Life (3)
Diversity of immigrants; their role in the contributions to the political, economic, social and cultural life. Problems of assimilation and the myth of the ‘melting pot.’
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4406 - Women in the United States (3)
Women’s role in shaping American history from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on the diversity of women’s experiences based on race, ethnicity, and class; questions of sexual stereotyping and historical legal rights of women; shifting cultural ideals for each gender; changing notions of masculinity and of womanhood over time.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2, and any two in lower division area C (if credit is for C3) or any two in lower division area D (if credit is for D4).
GE Area(s): C3, D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4407 - History of American Workers, 1877-Present (3)
Labor and working class history in the United States. Major themes, events, people in the U.S. labor movement from the early industrial period to the present. The impact of organized labor on the economic and social development of the US and the impact of economic changes on working people and communities. The relationship of race and gender to working class history. Major economic, political, social, and cultural trends related to work and working people. Course fulfills GE synthesis D4.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and D4.
GE Area(s): D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4408 - History of American Science and Technology (3)
Social, political, economic, and cultural shaping and impact of American science and technology from colonial period to the present. Science in government, industrial revolution, technological systems, Taylorism, atomic bomb, Cold War, environmental movement, computer, internet, social media, biotechnology, and climate change.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2, and any two in lower division area C (if credit is for C3) or any two in lower division area D (if credit is for D4).
GE Area(s): C3, D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4431 - Topics in World Civilization (3)
Lecture and discussion on a selected topic in world civilization, the title to be specified in advance. May be taken up to two times, only with different topics, for a total credit of 6 units.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken multiple times only with different topics
Repeat for Credit Limit: 2
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HST 4433 - Nonviolence in the Modern World (3)
Nonviolence in religious and philosophical traditions of the world, history of nonviolent change in the twentieth century, role of leaders in political and social movements dedicated to nonviolence, analysis of nonviolent worldviews and methods, and their significance in contemporary contexts.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A2, and any two in lower division area C (if credit is for C3) or any two in lower division area D (if credit is for D4).
GE Area(s): C3, D4
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4434 - Ancient Law (3)
Ancient law and legal systems in Mesopotamia, Hatti, Egypt, Israel, Greece and Rome. Law and society; role of religion in law and justice; institutions and personnel; international law.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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HST 4435 - Environmental History (3)
Global and local themes in modern environmental history, including the historical interrelationship between humans and the natural and built environment, development of modern environmental ideas in society and social movements centered on environmental concerns.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
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