printer friendly pageHISTORY 1B: Global History: The Early Modern World, 1300 to 1800
Topics include early globalization and cross-cultural exchanges; varying and diverse cultural formations in different parts of the world; the growth and interaction of empires and states; the rise of capitalism and the economic divergence of "the west"; changes in the nature of technology, including military and information technologies; migration of ideas and people (including the slave-trade); disease, climate, and environmental change over time. Designed to accommodate beginning students, non-majors, and more advanced history students
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Como, D. (PI)
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Atanassov, B. (TA)
HISTORY 3S: Building Modern Society: Revolution & Economy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
What do the Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith¿s Wealth of Nations have in common? Both were published in 1776, and both ushered in an age of political and economic upheaval. This course examines the relationship between new ways of economic thinking and democratic revolution. We will use pamphlets, cartoons, revolutionary speeches, currencies, sermons, laws, poetry, and advertisements to explore debates on luxury, virtue, self-interest, the evils of paper money, consumer culture, free trade, and the moral economy of slavery.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Schupanitz, A. (PI)
HISTORY 4N: A World History of Genocide
Reviews the history of genocide from ancient times until the present. Defines genocide, both in legal and historical terms, and investigates its causes, consequences, and global dimensions. Issues of prevention, punishment, and interdiction. Main periods of concern are the ancient world, Spanish colonial conquest; early modern Asia; settler genocides in America, Australia, and Africa; the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust; genocide in communist societies; and late 20th century genocide.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Naimark, N. (PI)
HISTORY 5C: Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives (FEMGEN 5C, HUMBIO 178T, SOMGEN 205)
(Same as
History 105C. History majors and others taking 5 units, enroll in 105C.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution and labor exploitation, focusing on human rights violations and remedies. Provides a historical context for the development and spread of human trafficking. Analyzes the current international and domestic legal and policy frameworks to combat trafficking and evaluates their practical implementation. Examines the medical, psychological, and public health issues involved. Uses problem-based learning and offers an optional service-learning component.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
HISTORY 5W: Human Trafficking Service Learning
Continuation of service learning for students who completed
History 105C.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 2
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Jolluck, K. (PI)
HISTORY 10B: From Renaissance to Revolution: Early Modern Europe
(Same as
HISTORY 110B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 110B.) From 1350 to 1789, Europe went from being a provincial backwater to a new global center of power. This course surveys the profound changes of the period that shape our world today: the spread of humanism and science, religious reformation, new styles of warfare, the rise of capitalism and a new global economy, the emergence of the state, and revolution which sought to overthrow established governments.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Stokes, L. (PI)
HISTORY 10C: Introduction to Modern Europe
(SAME as
HISTORY 110C. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 110C.) From the late 18th century to the present. How Europeans responded to rapid social changes caused by political upheaval, industrialization, and modernization. How the experience and legacy of imperialism and colonialism both influenced European society and put in motion a process of globalization that continues to shape international politics today.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Daughton, J. (PI)
HISTORY 10SC: Biography in History, Fiction, and Elsewhere
How biographers, novelists, critics and others have written about the rhythms of life the lives of the famous as well as the obscure - will be explored in this course. Biographical writing can be frivolous, but at its best it has the capacity to undercover so much of life's richness, complexity, and confusions. We'll study biography with the use of some of the most resonant, compelling examples of the genre. Together we'll read books about poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Henry James Aspern Papers, the brilliant novel on biographical writing, A. S. Byatt's Possession, and Norman Mailer on Marilyn Monroe. How one chooses one topic over another; the differences and similarities between the representation of lives in fiction and biography; the benefits and pitfalls of an intense identification with one's own subjects these and other matters will be examined. We'll meet in San Francisco with local writers wrestling with issues of this sort, and students will be encouraged to try their hands at writing about lives based on research, personal observation, or both.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 2
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
HISTORY 11N: The Roman Empire: Its Grandeur and Fall (CLASSHIS 24N)
Preference to freshmen. Explore themes on the Roman Empire and its decline from the 1st through the 5th centuries C.E.. What was the political and military glue that held this diverse, multi-ethnic empire together? What were the bases of wealth and how was it distributed? What were the possibilities and limits of economic growth? How integrated was it in culture and religion? What were the causes and consequences of the conversion to Christianity? Why did the Empire fall in the West? How suitable is the analogy of the U.S. in the 21st century?
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:IHUM-3, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Saller, R. (PI)
HISTORY 11SC: How Is a Buddhist
Buddhism as a system of thought, a culture, a way of life, a definition of reality, a method for investigating it, and a mental, physical, and social practice. Buddhism as a total phenomenon. Readings, films, music, and art. How Buddhist practices constitue the world of the Buddhist.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 2
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
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