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Courses

For course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog 2019–20, please contact the department for more information.

+ Courses that focus on the period before 1800.

Lower Division

HILD 2A-B-C. United States (4-4-4)

A yearlong lower-division course that will provide students with a background in United States history from colonial times to the present, concentrating on social, economic, and political developments. (Satisfies Muir College humanities requirement and American History and Institutions requirement.)

HILD 7A-B-C. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4-4-4)

Lectures and discussions surveying the topics of race, slavery, demographic patterns, ethnic variety, rural and urban life in the United States, with special focus on European, Asian, and Mexican immigration.

HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)

A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the African American, slavery, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America.

HILD 7B. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)

A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the Asian American and white ethnic groups, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America.

HILD 7C. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)

A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the Mexican American, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America.

HILD 7GS. Race and Ethnicity in the Global World (4)

Lectures and discussions surveying the topics of race, slavery, demographic patterns, ethnic variety, and rural and urban life in the United States, with special focus on European, Asian, and Mexican immigration. Program or materials fees may apply. May be taken for credit up to three times. Students must apply and be accepted into the Global Seminars Program.

HILD 8GS. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)

A lecture-discussion course on the comparative ethnic history of the United States. Of central concern will be the Mexican American, race, oppression, mass migrations, ethnicity, city life in industrial America, and power and protest in modern America. Students may not receive credit for HILD 8GS and HILD 7C. Program or materials fees may apply. Students must apply and be accepted into the Global Seminars Program.

HILD 10. East Asia: The Great Tradition (4)

The East Asia survey compares and contrasts the development of China, Korea, and Japan from ancient times to the present. This course explores the evolution of civilization from the first writing through classical Hei’an Japan, aristocratic Koryo, and late imperial Song China. Primary and secondary readings on basic ideas, institutions, and practices of the Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist paths and of the state and family.

HILD 11. East Asia and the West, 1279–1911 (4)

The East Asia survey compares and contrasts the development of China, Korea, and Japan from ancient times to the present. From the Mongol conquests through China’s and Korea’s last dynasties, and the rise of Meiji Japan, this course examines political, institutional, and cultural ruptures and continuities as East Asia responded to the challenges of Western imperialism with defense, reform, conservative reaction, and creative imitation.

HILD 12. Twentieth-Century East Asia (4)

The East Asia survey compares and contrasts the development of China, Korea, and Japan from ancient times to the present. This course examines the emergence of a regionally dominant Japan before and after World War II; the process of revolution and state-building in China during the nationalist and communist eras; and Korea’s encounter with colonialism, nationalism, war, revolution, and industrialization.

HILD 14. Film and History in Latin America (4)

Students watch films on Latin America and compare them to historical research on similar episodes or issues. Films will vary each year but will focus on the social and psychological consequences of colonialism, forced labor, religious beliefs, and “Modernization.”

HILD 30. History of Public Health (4)

Explores the history of public health, from the plague hospitals of Renaissance Italy to the current and future prospects for global health initiatives, emphasizing the complex biological, cultural, and social dimensions of health, sickness, and medicine across time and space.

HILD 50. Introduction to Law and Society (4)

A survey of contemporary issues concerning law and society, with emphasis on historical analysis and context. Satisfies the lower-division requirement for the law and society minor.

Upper Division

Unless otherwise noted, these courses are open to students with upper-division standing and to any student who has taken one quarter of any HILD course or articulated equivalent, or one quarter of a college writing course, including HUM 1–5; MCWP 40, 41, 50, or 125; DOC 1–3; WCWP 10A or 10B; MMW 11–15, 21, or 22; or CAT 1–3. Check with the department to see which courses are available each quarter.

AFRICA Lecture Courses

HIAF 111. Modern Africa since 1880 (4)

A survey of African history dealing with the European scramble for territory, primary resistance movements, the rise of nationalism and the response of metropolitan powers, the transfer of power, self-rule and military coups, and the quest for identity and unity.

HIAF 112. West Africa since 1880 (4)

West Africa from the nineteenth century onwards and examines the broad outlines of historical developments in the subregion through the twentieth century, including such themes as religious, political, and social changes.

HIAF 113. Small Wars and the Global Order: Africa and Asia (4)

Examines the traumas, interrelation, and global repercussions of national conflicts (“small wars”) in the postcolonial world. Focus on Africa and Asia from the Cold War to the present with particular attention to the intersection of foreign interests, insurgency, and geopolitics.

HIAF 120. History of South Africa (4)

The origins and the interaction between the peoples of South Africa. Special attention will be devoted to industrial development, urbanization, African and Afrikaner nationalism, and the origin and development of apartheid and its consequences.

HIAF 123. West Africa from Earliest Times to 1800 (4)

Plant and animal domestication, ironworking and the distribution of ethnic/language groups, urbanization, regional and long-distance commerce, and the rise of medieval kingdoms. +

Colloquia

The following courses are available to both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates must receive a department stamp or consent of the instructor to register for the course. Requirements for each course will differ for undergraduate, MA, and PhD students.

HIAF 161. Special Topics in African History (4)

This colloquium is intended for students with sufficient background in African history. Topics, which vary from year to year, will include traditional political, economic, and religious systems, and theory and practice of indirect rule, decolonization, African socialism, and pan-Africanism. May be taken for credit up to five times. Department approval required; may be coscheduled with HIAF 261.

HIAF 199. Independent Study in African History (4)

Directed readings for undergraduates. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and academic adviser required.

HIAF 261. Special Topics in African History (4)

This colloquium is intended for students with sufficient background in African history. Topics, which vary from year to year, will include traditional political, economic, and religious systems, and theory and practice of indirect rule, decolonization, African socialism, and pan-Africanism. May be taken for credit up to five times. Department approval required; may be coscheduled with HIAF 161.

EAST ASIA Lecture Courses

HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries (4)

Covers important political issues—such as the medieval decentralization of state power, unification in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Tokugawa system of rule, and conflicts between rulers and ruled—while examining long-term changes in economy, society, and culture. +

HIEA 112. Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation (4)

Topics include the Meiji Restoration, nationalism, industrialization, imperialism, Taisho Democracy, and the Occupation. Special attention will be given to the costs as well as benefits of “modernization” and the relations between dominant and subordinated cultures and groups within Japan.

HIEA 113. The Fifteen-Year War in Asia and the Pacific (4)

Lecture-discussion course approaching the 1931–1945 war through various “local,” rather than simply national, experiences. Perspectives examined include those of marginalized groups within Japan, Japanese Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other elites and nonelites in Asian and Pacific settings.

HIEA 114. Postwar Japan (4)

Examines social, cultural, political, and economic transformations and continuities in Japan since World War II. Emphases will differ by instructor.

HIEA 115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan (4)

Japanese culture and society changed dramatically during the twentieth century. This course will focus on the transformation of cultural codes into what we know as “Japanese,” the politics of culture, and the interaction between individuals and society.

HIEA 116. Japan-U.S. Relations (4)

Survey of relations between Japan and the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although the focus will be on these nation-states, the course will be framed within the global transformation of societies. Topics include cultural frameworks, political and economic changes, colonialism and imperialism, and migration.

HIEA 117. Ghosts in Japan (4)

By examining the roles of ghosts in Japanese belief systems in a nonscientific age, this course addresses topics including folk beliefs and ghost stories, religiosity, early science, tools of amelioration and authoritative knowledge, and the relationship between myth and history.

HIEA 122. Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society (4)

We read primary and secondary sources to study aspects of culture, society, religions, economy, government, family, gender, class, and individual lives from the tenth through the eighteenth centuries, Song through Qing. Recommended preparation: previous course work on China helpful but not required. May be taken for credit four times with department approval. Prerequisites: upper-division; department approval. +

HIEA 123. China under the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) (4)

Ming history from its beginnings under Mongol rule until its fall to rebels and the Manchus. We study government and society under each of the sixteen emperors, and major events like the Zheng He voyages and the first Sino-Japanese War. Recommended preparation: HILD 11. +

HIEA 124. Life in Ming China (1369–1644) (4)

We read primary and secondary sources to explore the experiences, worldview, and relationships of Ming men and women, variously including emperors and empresses, scholar-officials, upper-class wives, merchants, weavers, painters, eunuchs, Daoists, fighting monks, farmers, actors, gardeners, courtesans, soldiers, and pirates. +

HIEA 125. Women and Gender in East Asia (4)

The impact of modern transformations on female roles and gender relations in China, Japan, and Korea, focusing on the late imperial/early modern periods through the twentieth century.

HIEA 126. The Silk Road in Chinese and Japanese History (4)

This course studies the peoples, cultures, religions, economics, arts, and technologies of the trade routes known collectively as the Silk Road from c. 200 BCE to 1000 CE. We will use an interdisciplinary approach. Primary sources will include written texts and visual materials. We will examine these trade routes as an early example of globalization. +

HIEA 129. Faces of the Chinese Past (4)

Through primary and secondary readings on the lives of individual prominent and ordinary men and women from China’s past, we explore the relation of the individual to social structures and accepted norms; personal relationships; and the creation of historical sources. +

HIEA 130. End of the Chinese Empire, 1800–1911 (4)

From the Opium War to the 1911 Revolution. Key topics include ethnic identity under Manchu rule, the impact of Western imperialism, the Taiping and other rebellions, overseas Chinese, social change and currents of reform, and the rise of Chinese nationalism.

HIEA 131. China in War and Revolution, 1911–1949 (4)

An exploration of the formative period of the twentieth-century Chinese Revolution: the New Culture Movement, modern urban culture, the nature of Nationalist (Guomindang) rule, war with Japan, revolutionary nationalism, and the Chinese Communist rise to power.

HIEA 132. Mao’s China, 1949–1976 (4)

This course analyzes the history of the PRC from 1949 to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the problem of postrevolutionary institutionalization, the role of ideology, the tension between city and countryside, Maoism, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution.

HIEA 133. Twentieth-Century China: Cultural History (4)

This course looks at how the historical problems of twentieth-century China are treated in the popular and elite cultures of the Nationalist and Communist eras. Special emphasis is placed on film and fiction.

HIEA 134. History of Thought and Religion in China: Confucianism (4)

Course will take up one of the main traditions of Chinese thought or religion, Confucianism, and trace it from its origins to the present. The course will explain the system of thought and trace it as it changes through history and within human lives and institutions. +

HIEA 137. Women and the Family in Chinese History (4)

The course explores the institutions of family and marriage, and women’s roles and experiences within the family and beyond, from classical times to the early twentieth century. +

HIEA 138. Women and the Chinese Revolution (4)

Examines women’s roles and experiences in the twentieth-century Chinese revolution, the ways in which women participated in the process of historical change, the question of to what extent the revolution “liberated” women from “Confucian tradition.”

HIEA 139GS. An Introduction to Southeast Asia (circa 800–1900) (4)

This course provides an overview of Southeast Asian culture and history from 800 to the age of imperialism. It addresses regional geography, diversity, religion, political and social structures, mercantile and cultural ties abroad, the arrival of Islam, and the region’s changing relationship with European and Asian power. Students must apply and be accepted into the Global Seminars Program.

HIEA 140. China since 1978 (4)

Examines China’s attempts to manage the movements of people, ideas, and trade across its borders since 1900. How much control do individual countries such as China have over global processes? Special emphasis will be placed on global contexts and the impacts of China’s decision to reintegrate its society and economy with capitalist countries since 1978. Recommended preparation: previous course work on China helpful but not required.

HIEA 144. Topics in East Asian History (4)

Selected topics in East Asian History. Course may be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary.

HIEA 150. Modern Korea, 1800–1945 (4)

This course examines Korea’s entrance into the modern world. It utilizes both textual and audio-visual materials to explore local engagements with global phenomenon, such as imperialism, nationalism, capitalism, and socialism. HILD 10, 11, and/or 12 recommended.

HIEA 151. The Two Koreas, 1945–Present (4)

This course traces the peninsula’s division into two rival regimes. It utilizes both textual and audio-visual materials to reveal the varied experiences of North and South Koreans with authoritarianism, industrialization, and globalization. HILD 10, 11, and/or 12 recommended.

HIEA 152. History and Cultures of the Korean Diaspora (4)

This course places the Korean diaspora in national, regional, and global frames from the imperial age to our globalized present. It traces migrant experiences and community formations on the peninsula and in Japan, the United States, China, and the former USSR.

HIEA 153. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Korea (4)

This course explores the cultural and social structures that dominated twentieth-century Korea: imperialism, ethnonationalism, heteropatriarchy, capitalism, socialism, and militarism. It also uses individual and collective engagements with these hegemonic structures to demonstrate contentious interactions between individuals and society.

HIEA 154. Korean History Through Film (4)

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Recognizing that the past is a multi-media process of knowledge production, this course uses a variety of films (i.e., features, shorts, and documentaries) to study how directors have visualized modern Korean history Europe and the Caribbean. Special emphasis will be given to the origins of the Revolution, the development of political and popular radicalism and symbolism from 1789 to...