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AMST - American Studies
ARAB - Arabic
ARTH - Art History
ARTS - Studio Art
BICH - Biochemistry
BIO - Biology
BLST - Black Studies
BOSP - Barack Obama Scholars Program
CHEM - Chemistry
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CTSJ - Critical Theory and Social Justice
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INT - Internships
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LING - Linguistics
LLAS - Latino/a and Latin American Studies
MAC - Media Arts and Culture
MATH - Mathematics
MUSA - Music Applied Study
MUSC - Music
PHAC - Physical Activities
PHIL - Philosophy
PHYS - Physics
POLS - Politics
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PUBH - Public Health
RELS - Religious Studies
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SOC - Sociology
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HIST - History
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300
HIST 300
History Colloquium
HIST 304
The American Revolution, 1760-1815
HIST 309
Slavery in the Antebellum South
HIST 311
American Frontiers: From Contact to Empire
HIST 312
Race, Rights, and Revolution in the Atlantic World
HIST 316
Mid-Century Modern LA: From Noir to the Space Age
HIST 328
The Age of Enlightenment
HIST 330
The French Revolution and the Birth of Haiti
HIST 336
Modern Italy: The Struggles and Triumphs of a New Nation State
HIST 338
Modern Italy through Film History
HIST 344
Contemporary China: Reform, Rise, and Crisis
HIST 345
The Holocaust: History, Testimony, and Memory
HIST 346
The Transformation of Urban and Rural China
HIST 348
The Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Global Sixties
HIST 355
Indians of Mexico
HIST 357
Environmental History of Mesoamerica
HIST 358
Food and Drink in Mexican History
HIST 359
Mexico-United States Borderlands
HIST 376
Genocide and the Ethical Crisis of Modernity
HIST 385
Identity Formation in the Modern Middle East and Africa
HIST 390
Research Seminar
HIST 395
Special Topics in History
HIST 397
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