HIS 200A — First Year Research Seminar (4 units)
Course Description: Preparation for higher degrees in History. Individual research and analysis resulting in a substantial research paper of publishable quality. Completion required of all Ph.D. candidates. HIS 200A and HIS 200B must be taken in continuous sequence, ordinarily during the first year.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 200B — First Year Research Seminar (4 units)
Course Description: Preparation for higher degrees in History. Individual research and analysis resulting in a substantial research paper of publishable quality. Completion required of all Ph.D. candidates. HIS 200A and HIS 200B must be taken in continuous sequence, ordinarily during the first year.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 200A; consent of instructor.
HIS 201A — Sources & General Literature of History: Ancient (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Ancient.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201B — Sources & General Literature of History: Medieval (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Medieval.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201C — Sources & General Literature of History: Renaissance & Reformation (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Renaissance & Reformation.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201D — Sources & General Literature of History: Early Modern Europe (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Early Modern Europe.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201E — Sources & General Literature of History: Europe Since 1815 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. (E) Europe since 1815.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201F — Sources & General Literature of History: China to 1880 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. China to 1880.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201G — Sources & General Literature of History: China Since 1880 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. China since 1880.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201H — Sources & General Literature of History: Britain (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Britain.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201I — Sources & General Literature of History: Latin America Since 1810 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Latin America since 1810.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201J — Sources & General Literature of History: American History to 1787 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. American History to 1787.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201K — Sources & General Literature of History: United States, 1787-1896 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. United States, 1787-1896.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201L — Sources & General Literature of History: United States Since 1896 (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. United States since 1896.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201M — Sources & General Literature of History: Middle East (4 units)
Course Description: Addresses various theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the Modern Middle East. Survey Modern Middle East historiography in light of theoretical innovations such as post-Orientalism, World Systems theory, and postcolonial theory.
HIS 201N — Sources & General Literature of History: Modern Japan (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Modern Japan.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201P — Sources & General Literature of History: African Historiography (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. African Historiography.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201Q — Sources & General Literature of History: Cross-Cultural Women's History (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Cross-Cultural Women's History.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201S — Sources & General Literature of History: History of Science & Medicine (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. History of Science and Medicine.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201T — Sources & General Literature of History: Jewish History (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Jewish History.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201W — Sources & General Literature of History: Advanced Topics in World History (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Advanced Topics in World History.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 201X — Sources & General Literature of History: World History (4 units)
Course Description: Designed primarily for students preparing for higher degrees in history. (X) World History.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 202A — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: Ancient (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Ancient. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202B — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: Medieval Europe (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Medieval Europe. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202C — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: Modern Europe (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Modern Europe. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202D — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: India (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. India. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202E — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: India (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Africa. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202F — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: China (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. China. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202G — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: Japan (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Japan. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202H — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: United States (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. United States. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 202I — Major Issues in Historical Interpretation: Latin America (4 units)
Course Description: Fundamental issues and debates in the study of history. Latin America. Readings, papers, and class reports.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
HIS 203A — Research Seminar (4 units)
This version has ended; see updated course, below.
Course Description: Designed for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Individual research and analysis resulting in substantial research paper of publishable quality. Completion required of all Ph.D. candidates. The three courses must be taken in continuous sequence, ordinarily during second year.
HIS 203B — Research Seminar (4 units)
Course Description: Designed for students preparing for higher degrees in history. Individual research and analysis resulting in substantial research paper of publishable quality. Completion required of all Ph.D. candidates. The three courses must be taken in continuous sequence, ordinarily during second year.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 203A.
HIS 203C — Research Seminar (4 units)
Starting Summer Session 1 2025, this course is no longer offered.
Course Description: Designed for students preparing for higher degrees in History. Individual research and analysis resulting in substantial research paper of publishable quality. Completion required of all Ph.D. candidates. The three courses must be taken in continuous sequence, ordinarily during second year.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 203A.
HIS 204 — Historiography (4 units)
Course Description: Major issues in the philosophy and methodology of history.
HIS 221 — Medieval History (4 units)
Course Description: Topics in the history of medieval and early Renaissance Europe.
HIS 245 — Modern European History (4 units)
Course Description: Primary sources and research methodologies in the history of modern France and Germany. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 201E.
HIS 261 — Latin American History (4 units)
Course Description: Latin American history.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in Latin American history; reading knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese.
HIS 271A — United States History (4 units)
Course Description: Research in literature, methods, and sources on aspects of United States history, culminating in each student completing a research paper in the field by the end of the second quarter.
HIS 271B — United States History (4 units)
Course Description: Research in literature, methods, and sources on aspects of United States history, culminating in each student completing a research paper in the field by the end of the second quarter.
HIS 291A — Chinese History (4 units)
Course Description: Research on topics to be chosen by the students for the purpose of writing article-length papers.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 291B — Chinese History (4 units)
Course Description: Completion of article-length papers on topics chosen by students.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
HIS 291C — Methods & Issues in Chinese History (4 units)
Course Description: Readings in Chinese historical materials. Training in the use of Chinese reference works (including on-line resources).
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Reading knowledge of Chinese.
HIS 292 — College Teaching Internship (4 units)
Course Description: Student prepares and teaches one lower division history course in a nearby community college under the supervision of a UC Davis instructor and a community college instructor.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 300 (may be taken concurrently).
HIS 298 — Group Study (1-5 units)
Course Description: Group study.
HIS 299 — Research (1-12 units)
Course Description: Research.
HIS 299D — Research (1-12 units)
Course Description: Research.
HIS 389 — Introductory Seminar for Teaching Assistants (1 unit)
Course Description: An introduction to the broad comparative and theoretical issues of teaching methods and techniques in history. Required of 1st year students.