Fall 2026 Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. Syllabi will be linked as they become available. If you do not see the syllabus you need for the current semester, please email the instructor. For older syllabi, please email your request to the department at history@sjsu.edu.

COURSE TITLE UNITS INSTRUCTOR
HIST 1A (1) WORLD HIST. FROM 1500 3 KATSEV
HIST 10B (1) WESTERN CIV. SINCE 1648  3 KATSEV
HIST 15 (1) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 BUYCO
HIST 15 (2) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 CUSHNER
HIST 15 (3) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 SCHULTZ
HIST 15 (4) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 BUYCO
HIST 15 (5) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 JEFFREY  
HIST 15 (6) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 JEFFREY
HIST 15 (7) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 BERTOLONE
HIST 15 (8) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 BERTOLONE
HIST 15 (9) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 RODRIGUEZ
HIST 15 (10) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3  
HIST 15 (80) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3  
HIST 20A (80)  HIST. OF AMERICAN PEOPLE 3 GUARDINO
HIST 20B (80)  HIST. OF AMERICAN PEOPLE 3 GUARDINO
HIST 50 (1)  HISTORICAL PROCESS 3 NARVESON, E.
HIST 99 (1)  HISTORY FUNDAMENTALS (HYBRID)  3 CHILTON
HIST 100W (1) WRITING WORKSHOP 3 TOMLINSON
HIST 102 (1) HISTORIOGRAPHY 4 LAURENCE
HIST 110B (1) HISTORY OF JAPAN SINCE 1750 4 HOU
HIST 114 (1)

THE ANCIENT WEST 500 BCE TO 400 CE

4 PAFFORD
HIST 127 (80)

EARLY MODERN EUROPE 1500 TO 1800

4 OLSON
HIST 144 (1)

EUROPE, 1900-1945

4 KATSEV
HIST 155 (1)

20TH CENTURY WORLD

4 KATSEV
HIST 162 (1) COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA 4 GARCÍA
HIST 166 (1) HISTORY OF MEXICO 3 GARCÍA
HIST 170S (80) TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. 3 CHILTON
HIST 170S (81) TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. 3 CHILTON
HIST 170S (82)

TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST.

3 JEFFREY
HIST 170S (83)

TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

3 RODRIGUEZ
HIST 178 (1) CRASH, DEPRESSION AND WAR 1920 TO 1950 4 GENDZEL
HIST 189A (2)

CALIFORNIA HISTORY TO 1900

4 GENDZEL
HIST 197 (1) INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY 4 LAURENCE
HIST 210A (1)

ADVANCED COLLOQUIUM IN U.S. HISTORY
~Topic: Early America

4 CHILTON
HIST 220 (1)

ADV. COLLOQ. IN WORLD HISTORY
~Topic: Asia

4 HOU
HIST 276 (1)

 SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
~Topic: Comparative Slavery

4  
ADVANCED TOPICS COURSES
HIST 181 (1): ADV. TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. ~ Native American Experiences
HIST 181 (2): ADV. TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. ~ Immigration
PRE 1750 COURSES
HIST 121A (1): MEDIEVAL WORLDS 400-1000
HIST 130 (1): MILITARY HISTORY TO 1500
HIST 162 (1): COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER PREP (SSTP) DEPARTMENT
COURSE TITLE UNITS INSTRUCTOR
SOCS 137 (1) CA HIST. FOR TEACHERS (HYBRID) 3 ROUSE
SOCS 138 (1) U.S. HIST. FOR TEACHERS 3 MERAZ-CERNA
SOCS 139 (1) WORLD HIST. FOR TEACHERS 3 NARVESON, J.
SOCS 195 (80) SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER  PREP. CAPSTONE 3 ROUSE

*HIST 137, 138, 139, and 170S do not count toward the B.A. or M.A. or minor in History*

ADVANCED TOPICS COURSES: History majors need to take at least two Advanced Topics courses. These courses are open to all history majors, minors, graduate students, and interested upper-division students from other majors. Topics change each semester. Advanced Topics courses are equivalent to other 4-unit upper-division History courses in workload and difficulty. "Advanced" does NOT mean "tougher."

PRE-1750 COURSES: History majors need to take at least two upper division courses that focus on the period before 1750. These courses are open to all history majors, minors, graduate students, and interested upper-division students from other majors.

*Please see the History Undergraduate Advisor for details*