HistoryHIS

96 HIS courses at UC Santa Cruz, from every term currently in the catalog.

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• HIS 2AThe World to 15005 cr · GE CC · Fall 2026, Winter 2026
• HIS 2BThe World Since 15005 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• HIS 3ADeep History: From the Stone Age to the Rise of Cities5 cr · GE PE-E · Summer 2026
• HIS 4History of the Present: Investigating the Historical Origins of Contemporary Problems5 cr · GE PR-E · Spring 2026
• HIS 5BCult, Church, Empire: History of Early Christianity, 0-431 C.E.5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• HIS 5CThe Bible in History, Culture, and Controversy5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027
• HIS 9Introduction to Native American History5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2026
• HIS 9CCalifornia Indian History5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2026
• HIS 10AUnited States History to 18775 cr · GE ER · Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 10BUnited States History, 1877 to 19775 cr · GE ER · Summer 2026, Winter 2026
• HIS 11ALatin America: Colonial Period5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• HIS 15The United States of America from its Founding through Our Time5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 20U.S. Popular Music Movements5 cr · GE IM · Fall 2026
• HIS 31AAfrican History to 19005 cr · GE CC · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 32AIslam in Africa and the African Diaspora5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• HIS 40AEarly Modern East Asia5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2026, Spring 2026
• HIS 40BThe Making of Modern East Asia5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• HIS 41The Making of the Modern Middle East5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• HIS 44Modern South Asia, 1500 to Present5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2025
• HIS 58From Pirates to Refugees: The History of the Modern Mediterranean5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2025
• HIS 70AModern European History, 1500-18155 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• HIS 70BModern European History, 1815-present5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026, Winter 2026
• HIS 72AHistory on Screen: The French Revolution in Film5 cr · GE IM · Winter 2026
• HIS 74Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2026
• HIS 74GGraphic Novels and Jewish History5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027
• HIS 75Film and the Holocaust5 cr · GE IM · Spring 2026
• HIS 78Modern Authoritarianism in Europe and Beyond5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• HIS 80CGlobal China5 cr · GE PR-E · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 80XHistory of the Modern Civil Rights Movement5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 80YWorld War II Memories in the U.S. and Japan5 cr · GE PR-E · Winter 2027
• HIS 81Science in the Colonial World5 cr · GE SI · Winter 2026
• HIS 87HWhat Can I Do with My Degree? Humanities-Powered Jobs2 cr · GE PR-E · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 100Historical Skills and Methods5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 101DWorld History of Science5 cr · GE SI · Fall 2026, Summer 2026
• HIS 101FGlobal Environmental History5 cr · GE PE-E · Spring 2026
• HIS 101HThe Horse in World History5 cr · GE PE-E · Winter 2026
• HIS 103CNew Religious Movements5 cr · Fall 2026
• HIS 104CCelluloid Natives: American Indian History on Film5 cr · GE IM · Winter 2027
• HIS 105Nations and Nationalism5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• HIS 109ARace, Gender, and Power in the Antebellum South5 cr · GE ER · Fall 2025
• HIS 118The Global Cold War, 1945-19915 cr · Fall 2026
• HIS 119Indigenous Feminisms5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 121AAfrican American History to 18775 cr · GE ER · Fall 2026, Winter 2026
• HIS 121BAfrican American History, 1877 to the Present5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 124APanama Canal and U.S. Empire5 cr · GE PE-T · Winter 2026
• HIS 125California History5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• HIS 134AColonial Mexico5 cr · GE ER · Spring 2026
• HIS 137HHistory and Cultural Heritage in Africa5 cr · GE IM · Fall 2026
• HIS 139NThe Bible Buried Beneath: Biblical Archeology in 19th and 20th Century Palestine5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• HIS 140BHistory of Qing China, 1644-19115 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• HIS 140DRecent Chinese History5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 143BHistory of the Philippines, 1815 to the Present5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2026
• HIS 149FSoutheast Asian Histories, Societies and Politics in Nine Tasty Foods5 cr · GE PE-E · Fall 2026
• HIS 150AEmperors and Outcasts: Ancient Japan5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2026
• HIS 150BTokugawa Japan5 cr · Fall 2026
• HIS 150CInventing Modern Japan: The State and the People5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• HIS 150FEngendering Empires: Women in Modern Japan and Korea5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• HIS 151Keywords in the History of Science and Medicine5 cr · GE SI · Summer 2026
• HIS 151BDrugs in World History5 cr · Fall 2025
• HIS 154Post-Colonial North Africa5 cr · GE TA · Winter 2027
• HIS 156Interrogating Politics in the Post-Colonial Middle East5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2026
• HIS 159ACleopatra to Constantine: Greek and Roman Egypt5 cr · GE CC · Winter 2027
• HIS 159BWomen and Gender in Ancient Egypt5 cr · GE IM · Fall 2025
• HIS 159CTemple and City: The Egyptian New Kingdom and the City of Thebes5 cr · GE IM · Winter 2026
• HIS 159MThe Curse of the Mummy5 cr · GE TA · Fall 2026
• HIS 163CJesus in History and Film5 cr · GE IM · Fall 2025
• HIS 167BThe Second World War in Europe5 cr · GE CC · Spring 2026
• HIS 170CMediterranean France: The History and Politics of Immigration5 cr · GE TA · Summer 2026
• HIS 174Spies: History and Culture of Espionage5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• HIS 178EModern Jewish Intellectual History5 cr · GE ER · Winter 2026
• HIS 181Modern Britain and the British Empire5 cr · GE CC · Fall 2025
• HIS 189@history: Doing History in a Digital Age5 cr · GE PR-E · Fall 2025
• HIS 190FResearch Seminar in the Americas5 cr · Fall 2026
• HIS 190LTopics in Indigenous History5 cr · Winter 2026
• HIS 190NTopics in African History5 cr · Winter 2027, Fall 2025
• HIS 190WU.S. Civil War and Reconstruction5 cr · Spring 2026
• HIS 194KTopics in the History of Southeast Asia5 cr · Winter 2027, Spring 2026
• HIS 194UThe Cold War and East Asia5 cr · Fall 2026, Winter 2026
• HIS 194VFascism and Anti-Fascism: The Global Spanish Civil War5 cr · Winter 2027
• HIS 194YMemories of WWII in the U.S. and Japan5 cr · Winter 2027
• HIS 196EModern Irish History5 cr · Fall 2025
• HIS 196GTopics in Modern Germany and Europe5 cr · Spring 2026
• HIS 196HSex and the City--The History of Sexuality in Urban Areas Around the Globe5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 196SSpecial Topics in Ancient History5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• HIS 198SSummer Humanities EXCEL Internship Course10 cr · GE PR-S · Summer 2026
• HIS 200Methods and Theories of History5 cr · Fall 2026, Fall 2025
• HIS 201Directed Research Colloquium5 cr · Winter 2027, Winter 2026
• HIS 202Practicing World History5 cr · Spring 2026
• HIS 204AHistory of Gender Research Seminar5 cr · Winter 2027
• HIS 204CColonialism, Nationalism and Race Research Seminar5 cr · Fall 2025
• HIS 208An Introduction to Digital Humanities5 cr · Winter 2026
• HIS 209ADiaspora as Method5 cr · Fall 2025
• HIS 251BReadings in Modern European History: Empire5 cr · Spring 2026
• HIS 261The Contours of the New Middle East History5 cr · Spring 2026
• HIS 263Histories of Science and Medicine in the Global South5 cr · Fall 2026
• HIS 280AHistory Graduate Proseminar: Teaching Pedagogy2 cr · Spring 2026, Winter 2026