Graduate Program Guide
Courses
This list includes departmental course number, unit value, and general type of course. Detailed descriptions of course offerings are published prior to each semester, and are available by August (for Fall) and December (for Spring) in the departmental office or on the World Wide Web at http://history.berkeley.edu/graduate/courses.
| Course # / (Units) | Type of Course |
| 200X (2) | Special Topics: Short Course: Two 1‑1/2 hour meetings per week. A 4‑week‑long course permitting the instructor to cover in‑depth a topic of particular interest. Topics and instructors vary. |
| 275 (4) | Core Courses in the Literature of the Several Fields of History: One 2‑3 hour meeting or two 1‑1/2 hour meetings per week. Provide broad surveys of the literature and historiographical problems of the different fields of history. Entering students are strongly encouraged to take a 275 or 275 sequence in their first field. |
| 280 (4) | Advanced Studies in the Sources and General Literature of the Several Fields of History: One 2-3 hour meeting per week. Explore special topics, problems, or themes chosen by the instructor. |
| 281 (4) | Paleography and Other Auxiliary Sciences: One 2-3 hour meeting per week. |
| 283 (4) | Historical Method and Theory: One 2-3 hour meeting per week. Specific content varies with the instructor, but purpose is to acquaint students with a broad range of approaches to historical methodology and familiarize them with the ways in which historians have thought and written. |
| 285 (4) | Research Seminars: One 2-3 hour meeting per week. Students produce an original research paper using primary sources. |
| 290 (1) | Historical Colloquium: One 2 -hour meeting per week. Colloquium on topics of current research. Offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. |
| 295 (2-5) | Supervised Research Colloquium: Meetings with staff for colloquium presentation and criticism of research papers. |
| 296 (2-12) | Directed Dissertation Research: Open to qualified students engaged in doctoral dissertation research and writing. Offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. |
| 298 (2-12) | Independent Study: History 298 credit may be earned through service as a Reader, Research Assistant, Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), or for other instructional duties. Offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. |
| 299 (2-12) | Directed Reading: Students should consult with individual faculty members to arrange these Directed Reading courses. For this course to be comparable to a graduate seminar, it should be taken for 4 units and for a letter grade. |
| 300 (2) Pedagogy |
Pedagogy First-time GSIs are required to enroll in a pedagogy course on teaching history at the University. This class will introduce grad students to a variety of techniques and theories used in teaching history at the University level. |
| 601 (1-8) | Individual Study for Master's Students. Open to qualified students engaged in preparation for the MA degree. Offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. |
| 602 (1-8) | Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Open to qualified students engaged in preparation for the PhD. Offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. |