Social History Concentration

Please note: Twelve (12) of the units taken to complete a concentration (all of which are upper division) may not be used in fulfillment of other minors or concentrations. Unless otherwise noted, students may not double count Social and Behavioral Science’s core courses and concentration courses.

Required Courses

Complete both of the following courses:
SBS 315 - Growth and Conflict in the United States to 1920 Units: 3
SBS 363 - Historical Methods Units: 3 *this course may double count with the SBS core
Complete one of the following Ethnic Histories courses:
SBS 322 - Asian American Women’s History Units: 3
SBS 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880 Units: 3
SBS 364 - The Japanese Internment Camps Units: 3
JAPN 317 - Pacific Food Empires Units: 3
HCOM 346 - African American Life/History Units: 4
HCOM 356 - Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories Units: 4
HCOM 365 - Chicanx Latinx History Units: 4
HCOM 369 - Asian American History Units: 3
HCOM 445 - Slavery & Race in the Americas Units: 4
HCOM 451 - Transnational Migrations Units: 4
Complete one of the following Global and Transnational History courses:
SBS 305 - Indigenous Histories Units: 3
SBS 335 - Digital Ethnographies Units: 3
SBS 341 - Global Crisis and Climate during the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 Units: 3
SBS 343 - History of Capitalist Commodities and Drugs Units: 3
SBS 354 - Rest vs West: Guns, Pirates, and Modernity Units: 3
SBS 357 - History of Empires Through the Eyes of Interlopers and Intermediaries Units: 3
SBS 381 - US in Vietnam and Asia-Pacific: Peoples, Colonization, Conflicts, Resources
Units: 4
HCOM 445 - Slavery & Race in the Americas
Units: 4
HCOM 451 - Transnational Migrations
Units: 4
Complete one of the following History Depth courses:
SBS 304 - California Indian Societies
Units: 3
SBS 305 - Indigenous Histories
Units: 3
SBS 325 - Art of the Aztec Empire Units: 4
SBS 348 - Maya Civilization Units: 4
SBS 350 - Domination and Resistance: US since 1880
Units: 4
SBS 353 - Race, Class and Gender in the American West
Units: 4
SBS 355 - Archaeological Thought and Practice Units: 3
SBS 378 - Revolution and People Power in the Modern World Units: 4
SBS 383 - African Civilizations Units: 3-4
SBS 386 - Social and Political Histories of California Units: 3
SBS 389 - Environmental History of California Units: 3
HCOM 346 - African American Life/History
Units: 4
HCOM 350S - Oral Hist/Comm Mem SL Units: 5
HCOM 352 - History According To Movies Units: 3
HCOM 354 - Critical Public Histories Units: 4
HCOM 356 - Digital Multicultural U.S. Histories
Units: 4
HCOM 359 - Law, Politics and LGBTQ History Units: 4
HCOM 362 - Constitutional History Units: 3
HCOM 363 - Topics in Social History Units: 4
HCOM 365 - Chicanx Latinx History
Units: 4
HCOM 366 - History of Religion in the United States Units: 4
HCOM 367 - Gender and United States History Units: 4
HCOM 368 - U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction Units: 4
HCOM 454 - History of Victorian Britain Units: 4
JAPN 305 - Introduction to Japanese Culture & Civilization Units: 3
JAPN 307 - Japan-American Experience Units: 3
SPAN 307 - History and Culture of Mexico Units: 4
SPAN 308 - Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US Units: 4
SPAN 309 - Hist & Polit Of Latn Amer Units: 4
GS 316 - Approaches/ Global Histories Units: 4