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Spring 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 |
Lower Division Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor |
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| HILD | ||
| HILD 2C | United States | Hendrickson |
| HILD 7C | Race and Ethnicity in the United States | Alvarez |
| HILD 12 | Twentieth-Century East Asia | Henry |
| HILD 30 | History of Public Health | Edington |
| HILD 43 | Anthropocene 4: The Great Acceleration, 1945–Present | Vitz |
| HITO | ||
| TBD | ||
| TBD | ||
Upper Division Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIAF | ||||
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HIAF 113 |
Small Wars and the Global Order: Africa and Asia |
Prestholdt |
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| HIEA | ||||
| HIEA 154 | Korean History Through Film | Henry | ||
| HIEU | ||||
| HIEU 128 | Europe since 1945 | Hansen | ||
| HIEU 144 | Topics in European History | Strasser | ||
| HIEU 144 | Topics in European History | Devereux | ||
| HIEU 148 | Europe and the World II, 1918–Present | Biess | ||
| HIGL | ||||
| HIGL 114 | History of Modern Vietnam | Edington | ||
| HILA | ||||
| HILA 101 | Nation-State Formation, Ethnicity, and Violence in Latin America | Katz | ||
| HILA 118 | Subverting Sovereignty: US Aggression in Latin America, 1898–Present | Kozameh | ||
| HILA 122 | Cuba: From Colony to Socialist Republic | Kozameh | ||
| HILA 144 | Topics in Latin American History | Katz | ||
| HILA 169 | Scholarship on Latin American History in the Twentieth Century | Vitz | ||
| HINE | ||||
| HINE 115 | Death and Dying in Antiquity | Balberg | ||
| HINE 116 | The Ottoman Empire, Iran and Egypt (1798–1914) | Shafir | ||
| HINE 120 | The Middle East in the New Century | Provence | ||
| HINE 144P | Topics: Topics in Pre-Modern European History - Ancient Jewish Apocalypse + | Balberg | ||
| HINE 186 | Special Topics in Middle Eastern History | Shafir | ||
| HISA | ||||
| No course offerings | ||||
| HISC | ||||
| HISC 125 | Early Modern Mapping + | Pineda De Avila | ||
| HITO | ||||
| HITO 100 | Craft of History | Radcliff | ||
| HIUS | ||||
| HIUS 113 | History of Mexican America | Martinez-Matsuda | ||
| HIUS 114B or 161 (tbd) | California History, 1850–Present | Widener | ||
| HIUS 136 | Citizenship and Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century | Martinez-Matsuda | ||
| HIUS 161 or 114B (tbd) | Topics in California History | Widener | ||
| HIUS 181 | Topics in Twentieth Century United States Histor | 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
| Course | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Crossfield | ||
| HIGR 205 | Historical Scholarship on Women and Gender | Strasser |
| HIEA | ||
| HIEU | ||
| HIGL | ||
| N/A | ||
| HILA | ||
| N/A | ||
| HINE | ||
| N/A | ||
| HISC | ||
| HIGR 239 | Seminar in Science Studies | Pineda De Avila |
| HIUS | ||
| HIGR 267B | Research Seminar in United States History | Widener |
New and Topical Course Descriptions
Coming soon!
Freshman and Senior Seminar Course Descriptions
Freshman Seminars:
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).
Sun, Sea, Sand & Sex: Tourism: Course description coming soon.