Fall 2025 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.

For a complete Fall 2025 Class Schedule, please read this sheet [pdf]

COURSE TITLE UNITS INSTRUCTOR
HIST 1A (1) WORLD HIST. TO 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 CIRIVILLERI 
HIST 15 (3) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 CUSHNER
HIST 15 (5) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 CIRIVILLERI
HIST 15 (6) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 CIRIVILLERI
HIST 15 (7) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 CIRIVILLERI
HIST 15 (8) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 JEFFREY
HIST 15 (9) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 JEFFREY
HIST 15 (10) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3   CHILTON
HIST 15 (11) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 BERTOLONE
HIST 15 (80) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST.  3 CORONA 
HIST 15 (60) ESSENTIALS OF U.S. HIST. 3 BUYCO
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 KATSEV
HIST 100W (2) WRITING WORKSHOP 3 TOMLINSON
HIST 102 (1) HISTORIOGRAPHY 4 ROTH
HIST 109B (1) HISTORY OF CHINA 4 HOU
HIST 121A (80)

MEDIEVAL WORLDS 400-100

4 OLSON
HIST 130 (1)

MILITARY HISTORY TO 1500

4 ROTH
HIST 155 (1)

20TH CENTURY WORLD

4 KATSEV
HIST 162 (01) COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA 4 GARCIA
HIST 170S (80) TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. 3 GENDZEL
HIST 170S (81) TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. 3 CHILTON
HIST 170S (82) TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST. 3 CHILTON
HIST 170S (83)

TOPICS IN AMERICAN HIST.

3 RODRIGUEZ II
HIST 181 (1)

ADV. TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

~Topic: Native American Experiences

4 HILDE
HIST 181 (2)

ADV. TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

~Topic: Immigration

4 GARCIA
HIST 189A (1)

CALIFORNIA HISTORY TO 1900

4 GENDZEL
HIST 210C (1)

ADVANCED COLLOQUIUM IN U.S. HISTORY

~Topic: 

4 GENDZEL
HIST 220 (1)

ADVANCED COLLOQUIUM WORLD HISTORY

~Topic: Premodern Encounters

4 OLSON
HIST 221 (1)

SEMINAR IN RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY

~Topic: Communism (will count for World and US)

4 HOU
HIST 298 (80) SPECIAL STUDY - PROF. DEVELOPMENT 2 OSLON
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 (1) 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*