May 20, 2024  
2021/2022 University Catalog 
    
2021/2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Health and Human Services

  
  • HHS 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HHS 350 - Applied International Health and Human Services


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): See Class Schedule for prerequisite(s).

    Selected themes in health and human services to include participation in an approved international program. Course taught at SDSU.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.


Hebrew

  
  • HEBRW 100 - Hebrew Alphabet


    Units: 1

    Study of Hebrew alphabet; practice with reading and comprehending whole texts (without vowels), as well as pronouncing.

    Note: Intended for students of HEBRW 101  who have not previously studied the alphabet. May also be taken without HEBRW 101 . Does not satisfy language requirement. Taught in Hebrew.

  
  • HEBRW 101 - Elementary Hebrew I


    Units: 4 GE

    Four lectures and one hour of laboratory.

    Beginning reading, writing, and conversational skills. Essentials of grammar. First course in Hebrew, intended for those without prior knowledge of Hebrew. Students who speak some Hebrew should consult with the faculty for correct placement before classes begin.

    Note: Taught in Hebrew. No credit will be given for Hebrew 101, HEBRW 102 , HEBRW 201  taken out of sequence.

  
  • HEBRW 102 - Elementary Hebrew II


    Units: 4 GE

    Four lectures and one hour of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): HEBRW 101 .

    Continuation of HEBRW 101 .

    Note: Taught in Hebrew. No credit will be given for HEBRW 101 , 102, HEBRW 201  taken out of sequence.

  
  • HEBRW 201 - Intermediate Hebrew


    Units: 4 GE

    Four lectures and one hour of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): HEBRW 102 .

    Continuation of HEBRW 102 . Applications of grammar and reading skills. Additional practice in conversation.

    Note: Taught in Hebrew. No credit will be given for HEBRW 102 , 201 taken out of sequence.

  
  • HEBRW 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Hebrew.

  
  • HEBRW 496 - Topics in Hebraic Studies


    Units: 1-4

    Topics in Hebraic language, literature, culture, and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: eight units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. May be taught in English.

  
  • HEBRW 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: May be taught in English.


History

  
  • HIST 100 - World History


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Growth of civilizations and interrelationships of peoples of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas to 1500.

  
  • HIST 101 - World History


    Units: 3 GE

    Modern history from a global perspective, 1500 to present.

  
  • HIST 102 - World History Through Science and Technology


    Units: 3 GE

    Hunter-gatherers and the rise of agriculture to modern globalization of industry and global warming. Interrelationships between cultural changes, scientific theories, and technological advances.

  
  • HIST 105 - Western Civilization to the Seventeenth Century


    Units: 3 GE

    Development of Mediterranean and European cultures, thought, and institutions from ancient times to the seventeenth century.

  
  • HIST 106 - Western Civilization Since the Sixteenth Century


    Units: 3 GE

    Development of European cultures, thought, and institutions from sixteenth century to present.

  
  • HIST 109 - American History to Reconstruction


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    United States history from pre-colonial societies to Reconstruction. Contact of cultures, patterns of settlement, contests over racial, ethnic, religious, class, gender, regional, and national identities and institutions. Satisfies the American Institutions requirement in American history and United States Constitution.

  
  • HIST 110 - American History Since the Civil War


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    United States history since the Civil War. Development of U.S. economy, urbanization, social and cultural change, emergence of U.S. as a world power, struggles over American identities and institutions. Satisfies the American Institutions requirement in American history and California government.

  
  • HIST 114 - Sports in American History


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): United States history through the lens of sports over time. Multiple relationships between historical sports and cultural, economic, physical, political, psychological, and social factors.

  
  • HIST 125 - Sexuality, Past and Present


    Units: 3 GE

    How the past shapes the modern physiological, psychological, and sociological sexual self. Censorship and sex, influence of capitalism, religion, and science on sexuality; modern romance, nonconformity, personal sexual identities, gender and sexual roles, the sexual body, sexual liberation, and sexual norms.

  
  • HIST 135 - Film as the Past


    Units: 3 GE

    Critical analysis of films about history as an art form. Accuracy, aesthetics, authenticity, authorial intentions, collective memory, controversial and uncomfortable topics, empathy, national myths, point of view, popular and critical reception, and revisionism in films about history.

  
  • HIST 150 - Why History Matters


    Units: 3 GE

    Historically-informed behaviors, contexts, and frameworks through the lenses of contemporary social issues, marking memory through monuments, museum and cultural experiences, politics, and pop-culture.

  
  • HIST 157 - Comics and History


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ENGL 157 .
    Aesthetics, interplay of texts and images, visual communication, and changes over time.

  
  • HIST 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HIST 299 - Special Study


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair and instructor.

    Individual study.

  
  • HIST 390W - Writing in History


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 100 , HIST 101 , and six units selected from HIST 105 , HIST 106 , HIST 109 , HIST 110 . Limited to history majors. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Practice of different genres of historical writing in one field of history (chosen by instructor), mastery of library skills, citations, academic integrity, source evaluation, pre-writing, and drafting, critiquing, and revising.

  
  • HIST 400 - Junior Seminar in Methods and Historiography


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 100 , HIST 101 , and six units selected from HIST 105 , HIST 106 , HIST 109 , HIST 110 . Must be a declared history major. Completion of Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 10, or completion of HIST 390W  or another approved upper division writing course (W) with a grade of C (2.0) or better; completion of General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Study and practice of historical methods and historiography through writing and discussion. Historical methods, argumentation, interpretation in one field of history (chosen by instructor). Production of a substantial historiographical essay.

  
  • HIST 402 - History of Childhood


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Comparative perspective on the history of infancy and early childhood; childrearing theories and practices; adolescence; education; play; work in slavery, servitude, apprenticeship, and families; immigration and migration; domestic violence and family law; and construction of gender and identity.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 404 - History of Human Rights


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Struggles that contributed to wide range of rights in today’s international human rights regime in practice and thought and as an institution following the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 406 - History of Sexuality


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Comparative and historical approach to changing conceptions of the body, regulation of sexual practices, and emergence of sexual identities. Historical perspectives on body parts, sexual practices, and sexual celebrities invested with social and political significance.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 407 - Early Modern Europe


    Units: 3 GE

    Early modern Europe from Renaissance to French Revolution. Social, cultural, economic, political, and intellectual trends, development of nation-states, and sources of continental conflict.

  
  • HIST 408 - Modern Europe


    Units: 3 GE

    Modern Europe from French Revolution to present. Social, cultural, economic, political, and intellectual trends, development of nation-states, and sources of continental conflict.

  
  • HIST 410 - United States History for Teachers


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or above or grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ].

    United States history from colonial period to present with emphasis on historiography, bibliography, and relationship between philosophy of history and teaching. Satisfies the American Institutions requirement in American history and California government.

  
  • HIST 411 - World History for Teachers


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing, Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or above or grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ], and at least three units selected from HIST 100 , HIST 101 , HIST 105 , HIST 106 .

    Topics in world history from paleolithic times to sixteenth century emphasizing comparative analysis, interrelations among societies, and large-scale patterns of change. Various approaches to conceptualizing and teaching world history. Intended primarily for students in teacher preparation programs.

  
  • HIST 412 - Modern World History for Teachers


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing, Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or above, or grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ], and at least three units selected from HIST 100 , HIST 101 , HIST 105 , HIST 106 .

    Topics in world history from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the present emphasizing world-scale patterns of change and cross-cultural comparisons. Various approaches to conceptualizing and teaching world history. Intended primarily for students preparing to teach history in secondary schools.

  
  • HIST 413 - United States History for Teachers for Liberal Studies Majors


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or above or grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ]. Limited to liberal studies majors.

    United States history from pre-colonial period to World War I, incorporating California with emphasis on historiography and relationship between philosophy of history and teaching. Satisfies the American Institutions requirement in American history and United States Constitution. Required of liberal studies majors.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in History 409.

  
  • HIST 415 - Pre-Contact and Colonial Latin America


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: Latin American Studies 415
    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Indigenous and colonial history of Latin America, pre-contact through early national period.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 416 - Modern Latin America


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    History of Latin America, early national period to present.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 418 - History of Modern Britain


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    History of Britain from seventeenth century to contemporary age. Emphasis on political institutions, religion, society, economy, the arts.

  
  • HIST 420 - Asian History to 1600


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism in Asian family relations, governance, art, and literature. Comparative development of social structure, gender roles, state formation in India, China, and Japan. Interactions among Asian societies via Silk Route and maritime trade.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 421 - Asian History Since 1600


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 421  
    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    China, Japan, and India, with case studies on Philippines and Vietnam. Comparative Asian responses to Western imperialism, nationalism, revolution, and war. Diverse Cold War paths; contemporary problems and prospects.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 422 - Asian American Experiences


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 422  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Experiences of Asian/Pacific Islander Americans to include immigration, colonialism, imperialism, exclusion, citizenship, labor, family, community, gender, popular culture, refugees, multi-racial tensions, globalization, and resistance.

    Note: This course satisfies the ethnic studies [ES] requirement.

  
  • HIST 425 - The Vietnam War


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: ASIAN 425  
    The Vietnam War from a global perspective. The war’s evolution in Vietnam and Indochina as well as its implications on socialist nations, the Third World, and the West.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 435 - History Through Film


    Units: 3

    Critical analysis of selected historical problems, eras, and events, using film as the principal historical document. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • HIST 436 - Modern Jewish History in Feature Films


    Units: 3 GE

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Representations of twentieth century Jewish history in feature films. Topics include persecutions of Jews in Czarist Russia and Nazi occupied Europe, social mobility in the United States and national sovereignty in Israel.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 440 - The Holocaust and Western Civilization


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    German campaign to eliminate Jews during World War II. Anti-semitic background, both Christian and racial; rise of Adolf Hitler and implementation of “the final solution”; responses by Jews and non- Jews in the Western world.

  
  • HIST 441 - Unnatural Disasters: History of Current Environmental Problems


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Comparative and historical study of current environmental problems in San Diego and the world. Considers the role of religious beliefs, social values, economic practices, and political systems in shaping past attitudes, policies, and behavior toward the environment. International in scope.

  
  • HIST 442 - People From Our Past


    Units: 3 GE

    Biographical approach to history through lives of prominent and ordinary individuals. Topics may include war, community, dissent, individualism, leadership, politics, culture, religion, gender, race, and ethnic identities. Specific content may vary.

  
  • HIST 445 - California History


    Units: 3 GE-AI

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    California history from pre-colonial societies to present. Emphasis on early colonial societies, economy, environment, politics, race, gender, and California’s place in popular culture.

  
  • HIST 450 - Senior Seminar in Historical Research


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Capstone seminar on historical research. Application of historical theory and methods to original research in a selected field of history. Includes a major research paper based on primary sources.

  
  • HIST 451 - Historians and the Public


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a Grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history.

    Analysis and practice of ways historians preserve, research, and interpret the past for public audiences. Topics include historic preservation projects, parks, museums, archives, and living history programs. Includes a major analytical essay or public history project.

  
  • HIST 452 - Advanced Internship in Applied History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400  with a Grade of C (2.0) or better and a minimum of 15 upper division units in history.

    Campus and community archives, museums, government, and other historical agencies. Emphasis on critical analysis, writing, and historiography.

  
  • HIST 455 - Digital History


    Units: 3 GE

    Tools and practices used by historians to conduct research and present findings and results through a technology lens. Challenges, issues, theories, and uses of digital history.

  
  • HIST 473 - Middle Eastern History from the Advent of Islam to 1500


    Units: 3 GE

    Middle Eastern history, 600 C.E. to 1500 C.E.; spread of Islam through rise of Ottoman Empire.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 474 - The Middle East Since 1500


    Units: 3 GE

    Middle Eastern history since 1500 C.E.; Islamic empires, European colonialism, nationalism, and modernization.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 486 - World War II


    Units: 3

    Causes of World War II, its course, and its legacy for today’s world.

  
  • HIST 488 - Modern Jewish History


    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.

    Social, religious, and intellectual life of European Jewry from Middle Ages to present; political struggle for emancipation; anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and establishment of state of Israel.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • HIST 490 - Senior Honors Thesis


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 400 ; open to history majors with senior standing and permission of the honors thesis adviser.

    Directed research on a historical topic chosen in consultation with the honors thesis adviser, and completion of a senior honors thesis. Required of students wishing to graduate with a certificate of recognition in history.

  
  • HIST 495 - Internship in Applied History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Nine units in history. HIST 451  for some students (see instructor).

    Supervised field placement of students in campus and community archives, historical museums, and other historical agencies. Practical experiences related to studies within history curriculum.

  
  • HIST 496 - Issues in History


    Units: 1-4

    Examination of selected problems and current issues in history. May be repeated with change of content. Maximum Credits: six units with change of content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • HIST 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HIST 500 - Topics in Ancient History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in ancient history throughout the world may include: Women in Greek and Roman societies, magic in the Greco-Roman World, Silk Roads, and pre-contact Mesoamerica. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 501 - History of Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations


    Units: 3

    Major civilizations of Near East from the origin of civilization to Roman Conquest, including Egyptians, Babylonians, Hebrews, and Persians. Social, political, and religious problems.

  
  • HIST 502 - Ancient Greece


    Units: 3

    Greek history from prehistoric period through Age of Alexander the Great. Emphasis on political, social, cultural and institutional developments, and historiography. Secondary attention to military, economic, and religious topics.

  
  • HIST 503 - Ancient Rome


    Units: 3

    Roman history from origins of Rome to fall of the Empire. Emphasis on political, social, cultural and institutional developments, and historiography. Secondary attention to military, economic, and religious topics.

  
  • HIST 504 - The Dark Ages


    Units: 3

    Same As: HUM 504  
    Europe and the Mediterranean, sixth to eleventh centuries C.E. through various approaches: political, economic, social, and cultural. Topics include the barbarians and Vikings, the Byzantine, Arab, and Holy Roman Empires, the Norman Conquest, Charlemagne, Beowulf, feudalism, and serfdom.

  
  • HIST 505 - The Later Middle Ages


    Units: 3

    Europe and the Mediterranean 1100-1450 C.E. through various approaches: political, economic, social, and cultural. Development of kingdoms of western Europe and relationship to Byzantine empire and other states.

  
  • HIST 506 - The Renaissance


    Units: 3

    Same As: HUM 506  
    Intellectual, artistic, social, and economic transformation in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.

  
  • HIST 507 - The Reformation


    Units: 3

    Same As: REL S 507  
    Continental Europe, 1500-1648. Split of Christendom; political and intellectual dissent; social fabric of family life; relationship between gender, class, and power; cultural stratification of European society.

  
  • HIST 508 - The Fall of the Roman Empire


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of Mediterranean region between third and sixth centuries C.E. Changes in society, politics, economics, the military, gender, sexuality, religion, literature, art, archaeology, and law. Competing perceptions of the period as one of “fall” versus one of “transformation.”

  
  • HIST 509 - British Century: Waterloo to World War I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of England, 1815-1914, to include industrial supremacy; struggles over urban problems, reform, democratization, labor organization, national self-image; interplay of liberalism and collectivism; sources of social stability and instability; women’s rights; jingoism; coming of World War I.

  
  • HIST 512A - The Great War: A Turning Point in European History


    Units: 3

    Forces and events that shaped Europe in period prior to and during World War I, 1890-1919.

  
  • HIST 512B - The Age of Dictators and Contemporary Europe


    Units: 3

    Europe in the age of dictatorship, world war, decline, and recovery.

  
  • HIST 514 - History of Science: From Revolution to Evolution


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Development of early modern European science. Origins of Western concept of “science,” Greco-Roman and Arabic roots of science, impact of Renaissance humanism and voyages of exploration on Scientific Revolution, and imperial context of evolutionary theories and scientific racism.

  
  • HIST 516 - Imperialism and the Colonial Experience


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Imperialism and colonialism as these transformed both colonizing and colonized peoples, e.g., modernization, racism, Orientalism, multi-ethnic, Great Power competition, anti-colonial resistance, and nationalism.

  
  • HIST 527 - The Holocaust in Feature Films


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Depiction of the Nazi policy of destroying European Jewry and its impact on the perpetrators, bystanders, victims, and the postwar world in feature films.

  
  • HIST 532 - Topics in Early American History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing and three units in history at the college level.

    Variable topics in history of colonial America and the early republic. Possible topics to include: women and the family; race, class and labor; American Revolution; religion and politics; immigrants’ experiences. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for topic.

  
  • HIST 533 - Antebellum America


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Westward expansion and movement, market revolution, democratic politics, revivalism, slavery, and women’s rights.

  
  • HIST 534 - Civil War and Reconstruction


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Civil War and Reconstruction, emphasizing political affairs and role of Abraham Lincoln.

  
  • HIST 535 - The Age of Roosevelt


    Units: 3

    The United States in Depression, War, and Cold War.

  
  • HIST 536 - The United States Since World War II


    Units: 3

    Major foreign and domestic issues confronting the United States, and the government policies and popular movements generated in response.

  
  • HIST 537 - Star Trek, Culture, and History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Explores relationship between Star Trek’s several television series, movies, novels, and the larger historical and cultural context of post-World War II America. Themes include race, gender, sexuality, foreign policy, terrorism, religion, and politics.

  
  • HIST 539 - Topics in the History of the American West


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing and three units of history at the college level.

    Selected topics in history of American West such as Westward movement; Southwest borderlands; gender and the frontier; new western history. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • HIST 540 - Environmental History of the United States


    Units: 3

    Only offered at: SDSU Imperial Valley

    The relationship of Americans to their environment from colonial times to the present with emphasis on how attitudes and values have affected personal behavior and public policy toward the land.

  
  • HIST 544A - Early American Foreign Relations


    Units: 3

    Development of American foreign relations from Colonial Period to the Spanish-American-Filipino War.

  
  • HIST 544B - Modern American Foreign Relations


    Units: 3

    Development of American foreign relations since 1900.

  
  • HIST 548 - Race and Ethnicity in United States History


    Units: 3

    Same As: CCS 548  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Race and ethnicity in America from colonial period through twentieth century to include historical construction of identity; colonization, slavery, state formation; labor, immigration, politics of whiteness; applicability of black/white binary of a multiethnic society.

  
  • HIST 550 - Colonial Mexico


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Social history of Mexico from pre-contact through early national period using primary and secondary sources. Processes of social and cultural negotiation involving gender, religion, environment, medicine, and urban experience.

  
  • HIST 551 - Modern Mexico


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Social history of Mexico since early national period using primary and secondary sources. Processes of social and cultural negotiation involving gender, religion, environment, medicine, and urban experience.

  
  • HIST 553 - History of Slavery in the Americas


    Units: 3

    Same As: LATAM 553 
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Trans-Atlantic slavery from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Liberation movements, nation-states, revolution, slavery, and capitalism. Agency of enslaved people, agricultural and environmental transformations, legacies of trans-Atlantic slavery and contemporary enslavement, new communities and diversities, race and racism.

  
  • HIST 556 - History of Brazil


    Units: 3

    Same As: LATAM 556  
    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Economic, political, and social history of Brazil from precolonial era to present. Democratic and dictatorial rule, industrialization, populism, race and racism, and slavery.

  
  • HIST 557 - Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Cold War tensions; United States-Latin American relations; Cuban Revolution; rise of dictatorial rule in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala; transition to democracy since the 1980s.

  
  • HIST 558 - Latin America in World Affairs


    Units: 3

    History of Latin America’s political and economic relations with Europe, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the Third World.

  
  • HIST 566 - Ancient and Imperial China


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Chinese history before 1600 CE. Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism; emperors and evolution of Chinese state; gender and sexuality; Buddhism and daily life along Silk Route; Song technological and commercial revolution; Mongol invasions; Ming voyages; China’s role in pre-modern world history.

  
  • HIST 567 - China in Revolution


    Units: 3

    China’s history during the tumultuous nineteenth and twentieth centuries. China’s forced encounter with Western imperialism, rural, and urban social movements. Impact of Mao’s Revolution on everyday life in China, successes, limitations of China’s recent reform policies.

  
  • HIST 570 - Modern Japan: From Samurai to Sony


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Japanese history from 1600 to present. Late-samurai period; nineteenth century industrialization and imperialism; Japan in World War II: Nanjing, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima; foundations of postwar “economic miracle”; gender relations, anime, and identity in contemporary Japan; Japan’s role in twenty-first century world.

  
  • HIST 574 - Arab-Israeli Relations, Past and Present


    Units: 3

    Arab-Israeli conflict and diplomacy over Palestine from perspectives of Zionism, Arab nationalism, and Great Power relations from nineteenth century to present.

  
  • HIST 580 - Topics in the History of War and Violence


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    History of war and violence may include: Violence in Africa, modern genocide, trauma and modern East Asia, social suffering in historical perspective. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 581 - Topics in Urban History


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in urban history may include: The city in United States history, Chinatowns, suburbs and suburbanization, urban politics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 582 - Topics in Social and Cultural History


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in social and cultural history may include: Ritual in early modern Europe, radicals ad revolutionaries, intellectuals and society, families in former times, and American popular culture. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 583 - Topics in History of Gender and Sexuality


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in history of gender and sexuality may include: Gay and Lesbian history, Asian American gender and sexuality, genders in Latin America. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

  
  • HIST 584 - Topics in Environmental History


    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division or graduate standing.

    Variable topics in environmental history may include: Press, politics, environment, world environmental history, water and society. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific topic.

 

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