Course List for History Major

Courses and First Year Seminars that count towards the History major

North America

  • History 230: Native American-European Encounter
  • History 231: U.S.to 1877
  • History 232: U.S. since 1865
  • History 238: African-American History
  • History 244: American Military History
  • History 245: Gender and the American Civil War
  • History 249: American Intellectual History
  • History 301: Introduction to Public History
  • History 334: Law and Society in the U.S.
  • History 339: From Old South to New South
  • History 341: Colonial America
  • History 342: Revolutionary America
  • History 343: The Early Republic
  • History 344: Lincoln
  • History 345: Civil War
  • History 347: Gettysburg
  • History 348: Early Twentieth-Century America
  • History 349: U.S. since 1945
  • History 350:The Modern Black Freedom Struggle in America

Latin America

  • History 261: Colonial Latin American History
  • History 262: Modern Latin American History
  • History 264: Brazil: Earthly Paradise to Industrial Giant
  • History 361: Mexican Revolution
  • History 364: Creating Social Difference in Brazil

Europe

  • History 203, 204: British Isles
  • History 206: Spain and the New World
  • History 209: Women's History since 1500
  • History 216: Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
  • History 218: Modern Germany
  • History 219: The Great War
  • History 308: Women, Power, and Politics in Early Modern Europe
  • History 311: Medieval Europe
  • History 313: Renaissance and Reformation
  • History 314: Early Modern Europe
  • History 315: Europe in the Age of Revolution
  • History 316: Transformations in Nineteenth-Century Europe
  • History 317: Europe, 1817-1919
  • History 318: Europe, 1914-1945
  • History 319: Europe since 1945

Africa

  • History 271, 272: African History and Society
  • History 273: Africa in Fiction, History, and Memory
  • History 371: Modern African Environments
  • History 373: Sub-Saharan Africa in the Twentieth Century

Middle East

  • History 208: Islamic History
  • History 330: Ottoman Empire
  • History 380: Conquest Narratives in Islamic History

Asia

  • History 221, 222: History of East Asia
  • History 223: Modern China
  • History 224: Modern Japan
  • History 323: Gender in Modern Japan
  • History 325: Tokugawa Japan

Comparative/Transnational

  • History 226: History and Science of the Atomic Bombing of Japan
  • History 228: Modern Australia
  • History 274: Africana Intellectual History
  • History 326: Science and Technology in Modern Society
  • History 337: Borderlands of the Americas
  • History 346: Slavery, Rebellion, and Emancipation
  • History 375: Aid and Volunteering in Africa
  • History 376: France and Sub-Saharan Africa in Global Context
  • History 379: U.S. and Middle East Interaction

Courses in other Departments that may be taken for History credit (all count as 200-level courses toward the History major):

North America:

  • WS 222: Women's Movements in the U.S.

Europe:

  • CLA 251: Greek History
  • CLA 252: Roman History
  • FRE 310: Revolutions: Political, Social, Cultural (only if double French-History major)

Comparative:

  • AFS 331: Africana Intellectual History

First Year Seminars eligible for credit towards the History major

  • FYS 149: Samurai and Geisha: Beyond the Stereotypes
  • FYS 153: History of Modern Leisure and Sport
  • FYS 170: "You Say You Want a Revolution": The Sixties Revisited

Non-Departmental Courses eligible for credit toward the History Major (all come into the major at 200-level unless otherwise noted):

  • FYS 149: Samurai and Geisha: Beyond the Stereotypes (100-level)
  • FYS 153: History of Modern Leisure and Sport (100-level)
  • FYS 170: "You Say You Want a Revolution": The Sixties Revisited (100-level)
  • AFS 262: Africa in Fiction, History, and Memory
  • AFS 331: Africana Intellectual History
  • AFS 375: Aid and Volunteering in Africa (300-level)
  • CWES 205: Introduction to Civil War Era
  • CLA 251: Greek History
  • CLA 252: Roman History
  • French 310: French Revolutions since 1789 (if double major or minor with French)
  • GER 285: European Jews: History, Holocaust, Future (if double-major or minor with German)
  • GER 312: Cultural History from Hegel to Hitler (if double major or minor with German)

Non-departmental courses eligible for credit towards the History major

all come into the major at 200-level unless otherwise noted

  • FYS 149: Samurai and Geisha: Beyond the Stereotypes (100-level)
  • FYS 153: History of Modern Leisure and Sport (100-level)
  • FYS 170: "You Say You Want a Revolution": The Sixties Revisited (100-level)
  • AFS 262: Africa in Fiction, History, and Memory
  • AFS 331: Africana Intellectual History
  • AFS 375: Aid and Volunteering in Africa (300-level)
  • CWES 205: Introduction to Civil War Era
  • CLA 251: Greek History
  • CLA 252: Roman History
  • French 310: French Revolutions since 1789 (if double major or minor with French)
  • GER 285: European Jews: History, Holocaust, Future (if double-major or minor with German)
  • GER 312: Cultural History from Hegel to Hitler (if double major or minor with German)