Santa Clara University

Course List by Geographical Area

Courses numbered 1 through 99 are lower division and are four units of credit.

Courses numbered 100 through 199 number are upper division and are five units of credit.

Cultures & Ideas
Required for All Majors
Global History
United States History
European History
African, West Asian, & Middle Eastern History
East Asian, South Asian, & Indian Ocean History
Latin American History

Cultures & Ideas

11A Cultures & Ideas I
12A Cultures & Ideas II

Required for All Majors

100 Historical Interpretation
101 Historical Writing
197 Capstone Seminar

Global History

102 Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide in the 20th Century
103 Encounter with the Other: the Jesuits in World History
104 World History Until 1492
105 Modern World History
106 A World History of Foods, Drugs, and Medicines
107 Spain and Morocco: Jews, Christians, and Muslims, 1300-1800
112 Connected Histories/Globalism
115 Gender, Race, and Citizenship in the Modern World
116 Sex and Gender in the Era of High Imperialism
123 History of Plagues, Epidemics, and Infections
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

United States

84 Women in American Society
85 Introduction to United States Environmental History
96A Introduction to the History of the United States I
96B Introduction to the History of the United States II
170 Revolution, Confederation, Constitution
171 The New Nation
172 The Union in Crisis
173 The Modern Era: 1920-1960
174 America in the 1960s
175 20th Century United States Diplomatic History
176 U.S. Military History
177 Gays & Lesbians in United States History
180 Native Americans of the United States
181 United States Women since 1900
182 Sex & Family in American History
183 American Capitalism
184 American Historical Geography
185 African Americans in Postwar Film
186 California
187 The American West
188 Seminar: The U.S. Progressive Era
189 Special Topics in United States History
191 Seminar in United States History
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

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European History

16 Ancient Greek Religion
17 Ancient Roman Religion
94 Introduction to the History of Europe
108 Ancient Greece
109 The Hellenistic Age
110 Roman Republic
111 Roman Empire
113 Family in Antiquity
114 Imperialism and Religion: Roman Britain

117 State & Church in the Middle Ages, 1000-1450
118 Representation, Rights, and Democracy, 1050-1792
119 Sex, Family, & Crime in Mediterranean Europe, 1300-1800
120 Churchill’s England
121 Interpreting the English Reformation
122 Pirates of the Mediterranean, Pirates of the Caribbean, 1300-1800
124 Diplomacy and War: Europe, 1870-1939
125 History of the Senses
126 Conflicts in Medieval Christianity
127 The World of St. Francis
130 France and the World: Human Rights in Theory and Practice
133 History of Sexuality
134 Reformers & Revolutionaries in Tsarist Russia
135 Women & Gender in Modern Europe
136 Gender/Race/Class in 20th Century Europe
137 The Soviet Experience
138 Second World War
139 Special Topics in European History
192 Seminar in European History
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

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Africa, West Asian, & Middle Eastern History

91 Africa in World History
97 Introduction to the History of West Asia and the Middle East
141 Independent Africa
142 Modern Middle East & North Africa
143 Seminar: Women in Political Revolutions
144 Islam in Africa
145 Islam in the Modern World
149 Special Topics in African History
193 Seminar in Africa and Middle East History
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

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East Asian, South Asian, & Indian Ocean History

55 Introduction to Southeast Asia
92 Introduction to the History of East Asia
93 Introduction to the History of South Asia and the Indian Ocean
146A Medieval & Early Modern Japan
146B Modern Japan in the World
147A Premodern China in the World to AD 1600
147B Modern China
150 Women in East Asia
151 Imperialism in East Asia
154A Ancient, Classical & Medieval India
154B Modern India
155 Cradle of Globalization: The Indian Ocean
159 Special Topics in Asian History
195 Seminar in Asian History
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

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Latin American History

64 Central America
95 Introduction to the History of Modern Latin America
161 Modern Mexico
162 Argentina
163 Cuba and the Caribbean
164 Seminar: The Catholic Church in Latin America
166 Latin America: Peoples, Empires and Nations
169 Special Topics in Latin American History
196 Seminar in Latin American History
199 Directed Reading/Directed Research

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