Department of History

The Department Office is located on the 4th Floor of the Student and Faculty Services building, Room 442

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Dept Phone: (510) 885-3207

Faculty

Professor Emerita

Dee E. Andrews, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Professors

Bridget Ford, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Richard A. Garcia, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Linda Ivey (Chair), Ph.D. Georgetown University

Jessica Weiss, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professors

Vahid Fozdar, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Robert A. Phelps, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside

Assistant Professors

Anna Alexander, Ph.D. University of Arizona

Kevin Kaatz, Ph.D. Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

Elizabeth McGuire, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Casey Nichols, Ph.D. Stanford University

Graduate Coordinator: Kevin Kaatz

Department Statement

The History programs at Cal State East Bay seek to present the study of History as an enjoyable and fruitful endeavor incorporating the essential elements of liberal learning. The programs focus on students’ acquisition of knowledge, cultivation of perspective, and development of skills in written and oral communication and in critical thinking. We aim to develop students’ concern for enduring human values and appreciation of diverse peoples and traditions, as well as to engage students in a rigorous and compelling understanding of how the past informs the present.

About the Department

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Programs

• History, B.A.: Migration and Globalization Concentration
• History, B.A.: Social Justice and Citizenships Concentration
• History, B.A.: Sustainability and Modernization Concentration

• History Minor

• History, M.A.: Generalist Concentration
• History, M.A.: Public History Concentration
• History, M.A.: Teaching History Concentration
• History, M.A.: University Thesis Concentration

• Social Science Single Subject Matter Preparation Program

• Public History Certificate

Courses

• HIST 402 - Introduction to Public History
• HIST 403 - Introduction to Digital Historical Methods
• HIST 404 - Introduction to Teaching of History

• HIST 101 - World History I
• HIST 102 - World History II
• HIST 110 - The United States to 1877
• HIST 111 - The United States Since 1877

• HIST 600 - Reading Seminar in History
• HIST 610 - Research Seminar
• HIST 630 - Graduate Historiography
• HIST 641 - Graduate Internship
• HIST 642 - Public History Practicum
• HIST 643 - Digital History Practicum
• HIST 644 - Teaching History Practicum
• HIST 651 - Graduate Portfolio
• HIST 652 - Scholarly Practicum
• HIST 690 - Independent Study
• HIST 691 - University Thesis
• HIST 692 - Comprehensive Exam Review
• HIST 697 - Issues in History
• HIST 699 - Departmental Thesis

• HIST 322 - Warfare, Genocide, Terrorism: Globalization Through Conflict Since 1914
• HIST 327 - Love, Sex, Family: Globalization and Private Life Since 1914
• HIST 328 - 20th Century World
• HIST 331 - The Barbarians
• HIST 336 - Ancient Greece
• HIST 338 - The Roman Empire
• HIST 344 - Revival and Reform in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 352 - Modern Europe: Unity and Diversity
• HIST 361 - Traditional India
• HIST 362 - Modern South Asia
• HIST 363 - The Middle East and the Rise of Islamic Societies
• HIST 364 - The Modern Middle East
• HIST 380 - The American West
• HIST 383 - Mexican Americans in the West
• HIST 387 - Immigration and the Contested American Identity
• HIST 391 - Latin America: Conquest to Revolution
• HIST 394 - US Mexico Relations Since 1810
• HIST 475 - The Pacific World
• HIST 478 - Borderlands in North America

• HIST 320 - Transnational Revolution in the Modern World
• HIST 321 - Communism as Civilization
• HIST 326 - Global Feminisms: A History
• HIST 332 - Tolerance and Intolerance in the Roman Empire
• HIST 335 - Rome and Christianity
• HIST 342 - Unity and Diversity in the Middle Ages
• HIST 343 - Society and Culture in the High Middle Ages
• HIST 372 - Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World
• HIST 373 - The American Revolution
• HIST 374 - The Constitution and Its Times
• HIST 375 - Religion and Diversity in America
• HIST 376 - Destroying Slavery in the US Civil War
• HIST 378 - The Nineteenth Century in the US
• HIST 379 - Native North America
• HIST 381 - US Political History
• HIST 384 - Modern American Thought
• HIST 385 - Race and the Modern American Nation
• HIST 389 - Social Justice and Reform Movements in America
• HIST 393 - Revolutionary Thought in Latin America
• HIST 461 - India Through Film
• HIST 471 - History of the East Bay: Community Research and Engagement
• HIST 472 - War and Peace in US History
• HIST 473 - Sexuality and Identity in US History
• HIST 474 - Women, Gender and Rights in US History
• HIST 479 - World War II: Global Warfront, Local Homefront
• HIST 488 - Education and American Democracy

• HIST 277 - Science and Culture in the History of Medicine in the United States
• HIST 323 - Global Environmental History
• HIST 333 - Sustainability in the Ancient World
• HIST 334 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization
• HIST 337 - The Roman Republic
• HIST 341 - The Birth of Europe
• HIST 345 - Conflict and Expansion in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 351 - Russia: Peter to the Present
• HIST 365 - China: Origins to Mongol Conquest
• HIST 366 - China: Ming Dynasty to Today
• HIST 367 - Japan: Origins to Tokugawa
• HIST 368 - Japan, Tokugawa to Today
• HIST 369 - The Korean Peninsula
• HIST 371 - North America: 1492-1850
• HIST 377 - The Birth of American Popular Culture
• HIST 382 - California and the World
• HIST 386 - Food and Justice in US History
• HIST 388 - US and California Environmental History
• HIST 392 - Migration and Modernization in 20th Century Mexico

• HIST 201 - Introduction to History
• HIST 301 - Historical Writing
• HIST 398 - Internship
• HIST 400 - Historiography
• HIST 405 - History Lab
• HIST 409 - History Portfolio
• HIST 499 - Thesis Capstone

• HIST 120 - Self and Story in World History
• HIST 140 - Humanity, Science and Nature in History
• HIST 410 - Internship in History
• HIST 477 - History and Trends in Nursing
• HIST 490 - Independent Study
• HIST 497 - Issues in History