Spring 2025 Graduate Courses


(Tentative schedule; subject to change)

Course No. & Name Professor/Lecturer Day/Time Course Description
HIST 200I. Advanced Historiography: Latin America Prof. F. Perez-Montesinos Weds 2-4:50 Seminar, three hours. May be repeated for credit.
HIST M200W. Advanced Historiography: American Indian Peoples Prof. B. Madley Mon 2-4:50 (Same as American Indian Studies M203.) Lecture, 90 minutes; seminar, 90 minutes. Introduction to culture-histories of North American Indians and review of Indian concepts of history. Stereotypical approach to content and methodologies related to Indian past that is interdisciplinary and multicultural in its scope. Letter grading.
HIST 201D. Topics in History: Early Modern Europe Prof. P. Stacey Thurs 2-4:50 Seminar, three hours. Graduate course involving reading, lecturing, and discussion of selected topics. May be repeated for credit. When concurrently scheduled with course 191, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll. S/U or letter grading.
HIST 201O. Topics in History: Science/ Technology Prof. E. O’Brien Weds 9-11:50 Seminar, three hours. Graduate course involving reading, lecturing, and discussion of selected topics. May be repeated for credit. When concurrently scheduled with course 191, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll. S/U or letter grading.
HIST C208A. Variable Topics: Interdisciplinary Studies Prof. C.H. Koh Fri 1-3:50 Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Course C208A is not requisite to C208B. Topics may include gender, world history, masculinity, and economic history. May be repeated for credit with topic change. Concurrently scheduled with course C101A. S/U or letter grading.
HIST 214.2 Topics in World History Prof. G. Lydon Mon 2-4:50 Seminar, three hours. Graduate seminar utilizing world-historical perspective to examine variety of broad themes in human history. Topics vary annually. Letter grading.
HIST 246C Introduction to U.S. History: 20th Century Prof. K. Lytle Hernandez Mon 2-4:50 Seminar, three hours. Graduate survey of significant literature dealing with U.S. history from the Colonial period to the present. Each course may be taken independently for credit.
HIST 275A Colloquium: African History Prof. A. Apter Tues 1-3:50 Seminar, three hours. Designed for all entering and continuing graduate students in African history. Source identification, research methodologies, historiographical traditions, historical interpretation, approaches to teaching, and research design. Forum for critical discussion of dissertation prospectuses and work in progress. May be taken independently for credit. S/U or letter grading.
HIST 282B. Seminar: Chinese History Prof. M. Zhang TBD Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 282A. Letter grading.
HIST 495. Teaching History (required for 1st year students) TBD TBD Required of all new teaching assistants. Lectures, readings, discussions, and practice teaching sessions within the structure of a seminar. Students receive unit credit toward full-time equivalence but not toward the nine-course requirement for MA degree. S/U grading