<p>Our history department is ranked number one 
I’m taking classes from both the history department and the Slavic department so I might be able to help you there, even though I’m neither a Russian major nor a History major. </p>
<p>I love my history 162B class on European diplomacy (1914 - present day). The professor is very interesting, knowledgeable, and insightful. I gotta say that history department is pretty intense in terms of workload. There’s soooo much reading, but I’m learning a lot. The class itself (like most history classes I’ve heard about as well) is not hard, if you are willing to put in a lot of time and effort. There’s one term paper, one midterm and one final (you get midterm and final prompts before the test so you get to prepare).</p>
<p>like Inconnu said, plenty of distinguished history profs here. </p>
<p>I’m taking a literature class in the Slavic department on Dostoevsky’s novels. I’m thoroughly enjoying this class as well. It’s less intense than history, but the professor is also good as well. </p>
<p>From what I’ve seen so far, these two departments seem very good indeed :)</p>