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History Major

Requirements

The major consists of ten or more history courses. At least seven of these courses must be above the introductory level, including a minimum of two 400-level courses and a minimum of one upper-level course outside the area of concentration.

As an introduction to the department's broad offerings, students must take one course in the history of four of the five geographical areas.

 

HISTORY COURSES

Regional history courses - Africa

HIS 103/AFR 103/AMS 102AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO 1870

4
HIS 245/AFR 245MOD AFRICAN HIST:1870-PRESENT

4
HIS 346/AFR 346/GWS 346AFRICAN WOMEN IN COMP PERSP

4
HIS 429YOUTH & SOC MOVEMNT IN AFRICA

4

Regional history courses - Asia

HIS 113CONTESTING INDIA'S PAST

4
HIS 115/EAS 115/PHI 115CC: CHINESE PATH TO HAPPINESS

4
HIS 202/EAS 202EMPIRE/EXPAN E ASIA,1840-1950s

4
HIS 224/EAS 224/PHI 213/REL 215CONFUCIAN TRADITIONS

4
HIS 226MAKING MODERN SOUTH ASIA

4
HIS 233/CRE 232/EAS 233GLOBAL CHINA

4
HIS 236/EAS 236/ES 236ENVIRONMENTAL HIST OF JAPAN

4
HIS 254/EAS 254CONFRONTING IMAGES MODRN JAPAN

4
HIS 255/CRE 255S ASIA IN POSTCOLONIAL WORLD

4
HIS 262/EAS 262MOD CHINA:CHANGING NAT'L IDENT

4
HIS 263/GIS 263/REL 263ISLAM IN ASIA

4
HIS 278/EAS 278/PHI 214/REL 216DAOIST TRADITIONS

4
HIS 279/GWS 279GENDER/SEXLTY IN COLONIAL WRLD

4
HIS 322/EAS 322LEGACY OF WW II POST-WAR" JPN"

4
HIS 324/EAS 324GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM

4
HIS 325/EAS 325HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA

4
HIS 345/EAS 345/ES 344DILEMMAS OF DEV IN EAST ASIA

4
HIS 419/EAS 419/ES 419SALTWATER JAPAN

4
HIS 420/EAS 420CONFUCIUS FOR THE MODRN WORLD

4
HIS 421/EAS 421CHINA'S DAOIST LEGACY

4
HIS 427/EAS 427THE CHINESE BODY

4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION

4

Regional history courses - Europe

HIS 107EUROPE: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN

4
HIS 108/CLA 101CC: ANCIENT GREECE

4
HIS 128CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD

4
HIS 208THE VIKINGS

4
HIS 231/CLA 231EARLY MIDDLE AGES

4
HIS 232LATER MIDDLE AGES

4
HIS 234/CRE 234MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s

4
HIS 235/GIS 235EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
HIS 237EARLY MOD EUROPE, 1500-1750

4
HIS 239REFORMATION & COUNTER-REFORM

4
HIS 243/GER 243DIFFCLT PAST:GER HIS,1850-2000

4
HIS 247/SLA 247SOVIET UNION & ITS LEGACIES

4
HIS 264/SLA 264THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,1700-1920'S

4
HIS 272/GER 272BERLIN

4
HIS 299A/SRS 299FARCHIVE FEVER

4
HIS 314/CLA 314GRECO-ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

4
HIS 329/CLA 329THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS

4
HIS 336/CLA 336ROMAN POLITICAL CULTURE

4
HIS 337/GIS 337JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN EUROPE

4
HIS 360A DEEP HISTORY OF ITALY

4
HIS 417EUROPE'S FIRST EMPIRE

4
HIS 418/GIS 418RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
HIS 440POPULAR CUL EARLY MODERN EUR

4
HIS 441/FRH 441THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

4
HIS 444IMPERIAL LIVES:MERCH,MISS,MIGR

4
HIS 449J.R.R. TOLKIEN

4

Regional history courses - Middle East

HIS 119/GIS 119THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

4
HIS 235/GIS 235EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
HIS 249/GIS 249EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY

4
HIS 418/GIS 418RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4

Regional history courses - Latin America & Caribbean

HIS 114LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 212"RACE" COLONIAL LATIN AMER

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 219/CRE 219REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 220/GWS 222GENDER IN THE ANDES AND MEXICO

4
HIS 328/EDU 328/AMS 328/GWS 328/SOC 328/SPA 328ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV

4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS

4
HIS 430LATIN AMERICA/GLOBAL COLD WAR

4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4

Regional history courses - United States

HIS 104CC: U.S. NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS

4
HIS 105U.S. NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS

4
HIS 120CC: THE AMERICAN WEST

4
HIS 128CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD

4
HIS 201/AMS 201D/AMS 201S/CRE 201AINTRO TO AMERICAN STUDIES

4
HIS 203/AMS 203COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM

4
HIS 204/AMS 204AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY ERA

4
HIS 205/AFR 205HISTORY OF THE SOUTH

4
HIS 206/AFR 206CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION

4
HIS 214/AMS 214POLIT/CUL IN U.S.,1890 TO 1945

4
HIS 215/AMS 215/CRE 215POLIT/CULT IN U.S. SINCE 1945

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 225/AMS 225/CRE 225AFRICAN AMER HIST 1865-PRESENT

4
HIS 227/AMS 227/CRE 227AFRICAN AMER HIST 1619-1865

4
HIS 242/AMS 242/GWS 242HIST OF WOMEN/GENDER IN U.S.

4
HIS 248/AMS 248NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS

4
HIS 257/AMS 257/CRE 257/SPA 257LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES

4
HIS 258/AMS 258/GWS 257SEX AND THE STATE

4
HIS 269IMMIGRAT TO U.S. SINCE 1820

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 304/AFR 304HIST OF HIP HOP MUSIC & CULTUR

4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
HIS 313THE AMERICAN WEST IN 20TH C

4
HIS 319/AMS 319COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD

4
HIS 328/EDU 328/AMS 328/GWS 328/SOC 328/SPA 328ZAPATISMO: MEXICAN SOCIAL MOV

4
HIS 330/AFR 330/AMS 330/GWS 330HIST OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH

4
HIS 334/AMS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

4
HIS 338/AMS 338MEDIEVAL AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

4
HIS 423/AMS 423FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE

4
HIS 454/AMS 454THE REAGAN REVOL:AMER CONSERV

4
HIS 457/AMS 457NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA

4
HIS 458/AMS 458/CRE 458CIV RIGHTS IN NORTH, 1925-1975

4
HIS 460/AMS 460BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE,1946-68

4
HIS 463/AMS 463CITY UPON A HILL:17 C NEW ENGL

4
HIS 465/AMS 465GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945

4
HIS 467HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

4
HIS 476/AMS 476THE GLOBAL 1960S

4

Global history courses

 

HIS 101CC: BIG HISTORY

4
HIS 114LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

4
HIS 115/EAS 115/PHI 115CC: CHINESE PATH TO HAPPINESS

4
HIS 117CC: GLOBALIZATION OR EMPIRE?

4
HIS 120CC: THE AMERICAN WEST

4
HIS 128CC:WORLD WAR I/MAK OF MOD WRLD

4
HIS 202/EAS 202EMPIRE/EXPAN E ASIA,1840-1950s

4
HIS 203/AMS 203COLONIAL HIST OF NORTH AM

4
HIS 209/AMS 206/CRE 206THEORIZING RACE & ETHNICITY

4
HIS 216MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4
HIS 231/CLA 231EARLY MIDDLE AGES

4
HIS 232LATER MIDDLE AGES

4
HIS 233/CRE 232/EAS 233GLOBAL CHINA

4
HIS 234/CRE 234MODERN EUROPE, 1790s-1990s

4
HIS 235/GIS 235EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

4
HIS 237EARLY MOD EUROPE, 1500-1750

4
HIS 239REFORMATION & COUNTER-REFORM

4
HIS 249/GIS 249EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY

4
HIS 252/CRE 252/ES 252/GWS 252SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT

4
HIS 255/CRE 255S ASIA IN POSTCOLONIAL WORLD

4
HIS 258/AMS 258/GWS 257SEX AND THE STATE

4
HIS 262/EAS 262MOD CHINA:CHANGING NAT'L IDENT

4
HIS 269IMMIGRAT TO U.S. SINCE 1820

4
HIS 274/REL 274SECULARISM IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS

4
HIS 299/AFR 299/SRS 299ACASES AND HISTORY OF EQUALITY

4
HIS 306/ECO 305GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN POVERTY

4
HIS 309/AFR 309/AMS 309/GWS 309HIST OF SLAVERY/EMANC IN AMER

4
HIS 319/AMS 319COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD

4
HIS 324/EAS 324GLOBALIZING CHINESE ACTIVISM

4
HIS 325/EAS 325HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA

4
HIS 334/AMS 334HISTORICIZING 9/11

4
HIS 338/AMS 338MEDIEVAL AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

4
HIS 344/CRE 344/SPA 344DIALOGUE BET SPAIN & AMERICAS

4
HIS 420/EAS 420CONFUCIUS FOR THE MODRN WORLD

4
HIS 423/AMS 423FROM SUBJUGATION TO SCIENCE

4
HIS 428/AMS 428/EAS 428DEBATING CHINA'S GLOBALIZATION

4
HIS 430LATIN AMERICA/GLOBAL COLD WAR

4
HIS 440POPULAR CUL EARLY MODERN EUR

4
HIS 444IMPERIAL LIVES:MERCH,MISS,MIGR

4
HIS 450/AMS 450/CRE 450LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

4
HIS 465/AMS 465GLOBALZTN & AM CUL SINCE 1945

4
HIS 476/AMS 476THE GLOBAL 1960S

4
HIS 477CRAFTING GLOBAL NARRATIVES

4

 

Advisers: D. Canton, S. Chhabria, J. Downs, M. Forster, L. Garofalo, E. Kane, F. Paxton, S. Queen, C. Stock, L. Wilson