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Winter Quarter 2026
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Course descriptions can be found in the general catalog, topical course descriptions can be found at the bottom of this page, and syllabi may be found at courses.ucsd.edu. All courses listed on this page are subject to change. Colloquia - H*** 160-190 |
Freshman Seminars
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|
| HITO 87 | What Is Socialism? And What Isn't? | Patterson |
| HITO 87 | Pandemics, Panics, and Plagues | Patterson |
Lower-Division Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| HILD | ||
| HILD 2B | United States | Daly |
| HILD 7B | Race and Ethnicity in the United States | Man |
| HILD 11 | East Asia & the West,1279-1911 | TBD |
| HILD 41 | Anthropocene 2: The First Global Era, 1400–1750 | Devereux |
| HILD 60 | Global Black History through Biography | Graham |
Upper-Division Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| HIAF | ||
| HIAF 111 | Modern Africa since 1880 | Prestholdt |
| HIEA | ||
| HIEA 114 | Postwar Japan | Matsumura |
| HIEA 115 | Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan | Matsumura |
| HIEU | ||
| HIEU 109 | Blood, Soil, Boundaries: Nationalism in Europe + | Hertz |
| HIEU 147 | Europe and the World I, 1808–1918 | Biess |
| HIEU 152 | Everyday Life in Authoritarian and Dictatorial Societies | Patterson |
| HIEU 164 | Special Topics in Early Modern Europe | Devereux |
| HIGL | ||
| No course offerings | ||
| HILA | ||
| HILA 102 | Latin America in the Twentieth Century | Cowan |
| HILA 121A | History of Brazil through 1889 + | Cowan |
| HILA 168 | Scholarship on Latin American History in the Nineteenth Century | Katz |
| HINE | ||
| HINE 100 | The Hebrew Bible and History + | Balberg |
| HINE 109 | History of the Middle East (1200–1800): The Ottoman Empire + | Shafir |
| HINE 119 | US Mid-East Policy Post-WWII | Provence |
| HINE 129 | History of the Middle East: The Late Medieval Period, 1000–1500 + | Shafir |
| HISA | ||
| HISA 120 | Race and Empire in South Asia | De |
| HISC | ||
| HISC 106 | The Scientific Revolution | Pineda De Avila |
| HISC 144 | Topics in History of Science | Pineda De Avila |
| TBD | ||
| HITO | ||
| HITO 100 | Craft of History | Strasser |
| HITO 119 | Human Rights I: Intro/History | Patterson |
| HITO 133 | War and Society: The Second World War | Patterson |
| HITO 192 | Senior Seminar in History | Biess |
| HIUS | ||
| HIUS 146 | Race, Riots, and Violence in the U.S. | Alvarez |
| HIUS 149 | The United States in the 1960s | Bermudez |
Departmental Approval
To enroll in a colloquium you will need to request Department Approval by using the Course Pre-Authorization Request tool. In the justification field please answer the following questions:- Why are you interested in taking the class?
- Have you taken any history classes before?
- Have you taken any other course
on this period? - How heavy is your schedule? -- we will have a lot of reading and writing.
- What kinds of papers have you written before?
Graduate Courses
Historical Scholarship on American History| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Crossfield | ||
| HIGR 281 | Global History: Approaches to the Modern Era | Prestholdt |
| HIEA | ||
| HIGR 215A | Research Seminar in Modern Chinese History | Muscolino |
| HIEU | ||
| HIGR 224 | Readings in Twentieth-Century German History | Hansen |
| HIGL | ||
| N/A | ||
| HILA | ||
| N/A | ||
| HINE | ||
| N/A | ||
| HISC | ||
| N/A | ||
| HIUS | ||
| HIGR 265B | Historical Scholarship on American History | Man |
New and Topical Course Descriptions
New and Topical Courses:
Coming soon!
Freshman and Senior Seminar Course Descriptions
Freshman Seminars:
Global History of Drugs: This seminar introduces students to the history of drugs from a global perspective. Topics include the opium trade in Asia, the origins of international drug control, the war on drugs in the United States and Latin America and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the recent opioid epidemic.
What is Socialism? (And What Isn't): Socialism has recently become a very hot topic in American politics -- something that people are fighting for and fighting against. Conservatives, libertarians, and others on the political "right" continue their long tradition of rejecting as "socialism" a wide range of policies they do not like. But many progressives and others on the "left," inspired by Bernie Sanders and like-minded activists, have recently started to embrace this label (after running away from it in the past).
Why Do Europeans Love and Hate America? "Americanization" and "McDonaldization" in Europe spark controversy and even violent protests. Many treat imports of American culture with disgust. Yet the US is also admired, even loved, and demand for American things remains strong. We will study key forms of and resistance to Americanization.