<p>I really enjoy history and I'd like to take one for fun.</p>
<p>Any good ones?</p>
<p>Any specific type of history?
I always was very interested in American history, and more specifically, American history from WWII to the Vietnam era (and a bit nto the 70s and 80s). It’s a really fascinating topic; you learn about the rising 1940s consumer culture, 1950s rise of black Civil rights (and later womens, other ‘racial minorities’, LGBT) UC Berkeley shenanigans (lol), the rise of the left wing, then the rise of the right wing, the awesome 1960s counterculture and protests, the true history of Jim Crow and racial discrimination, etc. I took History 124B for this. I admit that I didn’t put as much effort into the class as I could have, but I learned a lot in this class. </p>
<p>If you’re willing to work hard, the essay at the end (that counts as the 2nd midterm) is an opportunity to learn a LOT through research. I went to the Bancroft UC Archives and found a lot of amazing stuff on the history of UC Berkeley 
EDIT: I know you said for fun, but there’s a lot of reading in the class. That being said, though, if you really like history and are willing to put in the effort, it’s a cool class.</p>
<p>I like American history a lot. But you learn it every year in high school. I’m sort of tired of learning it.</p>
<p>I’m mainly looking for something a little more older, like Egyptians, Pirates, Medieval times, Ancient Japan, etc.</p>
<p>I see these classes listed, but they’re part of the 100/101/103 History classes. I was reading that 101 has a 30-50 page paper at the end, 100 is really for majors, and 103 is something cumbersome.</p>
<p>Oh, I don’t know if that is specific to just those classes or specific to any upper division history? I’m a first-year and the history class I was talking about is upper division; everyone that I talked to there was either a senior or a junior. Anyway, that 30-50 page paper sounds awful…</p>
<p>Good luck in finding a cool class, though :)</p>
<p>I’m taking History 4A right now, which covers the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persians, Macedonians, Greeks, Romans, etc) and it gives you a pretty good surface level knowledge of 4000+ years of history, but the class isn’t all that interesting, so I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really want to learn about Ancient Greece or Rome. It’s not being offered next semester anyway. I heard there was a pretty decent Japanese lower-division course being offered this semester, but again, it’s not offered during the spring semester. Apparently a pretty cool professor was teaching a class on modern Europe this semester, but I don’t think it’s being taught next semester.</p>
<p>Honestly, if you want to get into really interesting history courses that go beyond surface-level stuff, you’ll probably have to take an upper div or 100 course. I’m not a history major, but I was considering it, and I don’t think these classes are restricted to majors; it’s just more likely that history majors would wind up taking them. You can email the undergrad advisor for the department, Leah, to confirm. She’s really helpful. Definitely don’t take any course from the 101 or 103 series, as those are mainly for history majors. </p>
<p>If you don’t want to take an upper-div, then the only other course I see that you might be interested is History 4b, Medieval Europe. Don’t know if that’s good or not. The Chinese history course seems like it would be pretty cool too.</p>
<p>alright thanks for the info. I’ll check out 4b and email leah, repped.</p>
<p>For something different: Math 160, History of Mathematics</p>
<p>Wow, History of Mathematics actually seems pretty cool</p>
<p>do you really need to take 53,54, and 113 for the history of math class?</p>
<p>Try the History 118 series, which is on the history of Japan by century. I enjoyed the book list for 118C.</p>