Courses in the Department of History are offered in the following fields:

American Field
251, 252, 253, 294, 305, 352, 355, 356, 357, 359, 381, 451, 460, 461, 471, 494

European Field
107, 108, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 328, 329, 332, 334, 360, 497

Non-Western Field
109, 205, 210, 215, 220, 231, 310, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 344, 380, 496

All Fields
301, 401, 491, 495

107 History of Western Civilization - S1
Analysis of institutions and ideas of selected civilizations. Meso-potamia, Egypt, the Hebrews, Greece, Rome, the rise of Christianity, and Medieval Europe. I II (4)

108 History of Western Civilization - S1
Analysis of institutions and ideas of selected civilizations. Europe from the Renaissance to the present. I II (4)

109 East Asian Societies - C, S1
A historical overview of the traditional cultures, traditions, and lives of the people of China and Japan. Discussion of the lives of peasants, emperors, merchants, and warriors in each society. (4)

205 Islamic Middle East to 1945 - C, S1
An introductory survey course on the history of the Middle East from the time of Muhammed in the 7th century through World War II. (4)

210 Global Perspectives: The World in Change - C, S1
A survey of global issues: modernization and development; economic change and international trade; diminishing resources; war and revolution; peace and justice; and cultural diversity. (Although crosslisted with ANTH 210 and POLS 210, students may receive history credit only when this course is registered as a history class.) (4)

215 Modern World History - C, S1
Surveys major features of the principal existing civilizations of the world since 1450: East Asia, India and southern Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Western civilization, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. (4)

220 Modern Latin American History - C, S1
Introduction to modern Latin American history, from 1810 to the present. (4)

231 World War Two in China and Japan, 1931-1945 - C, S1
An introduction to the experience of World War II on the home front in East Asia. What happened in China and Japan during the war years? How were the Chinese and Japanese people mobilized for war, how did they survive the atrocities, and how did the widespread use of martial violence affect the development of East Asian societies, cultures, and politics? These are some of the questions that will be considered as we reconstruct the history of World War II in China and Japan through a variety of media including memoirs, films, scholarly works and contemporary literature. (4)

251 Colonial American History - S1
American institutions from colonial times to the 1790s; the growth of the colonies and their relationship to the British imperial system. (4)

252 19th-Century American History - S1
From Jefferson to Theodore Roosevelt; interpretation of era from social, political, economic, and biographical viewpoints. (4)

253 20th-Century American History - S1
Trends and events in domestic and foreign affairs since 1900; affluence, urban growth, and social contrasts. (4)

294 The United States Since 1945 - S1
Selected topics in recent U.S. history such as the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Women's Movement, Watergate, and the Iran-Contra Affair. Enrollment restricted to first-year students and sophomores. (4)

301 Introduction to Historical Methods and Research - S1
Focus on historical methodology, research techniques, and the writing of history from a wide range of historical primary sources. Required for all history majors before taking the senior seminar. (4)

305 Slavery in the Americas - A, S1
The comparative history of slavery in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas with special attention to the United States. Comparative perspectives on Atlantic slave trade, the origins of slavery and racism, slave treatment, the rise of antislavery thought, the maturation of plantation society, slave revolts, selection conflict and war, and the reconstruction of society after emancipation. (4)

310 Contemporary Japan - S1
Major domestic, political, economic, and socio-cultural developments since 1945. Special attention given to U.S.-Japan interactions. (4)

321 Greek Civilization - S1
The political, social, and cultural history of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period. Special attention to the literature, art, and intellectual history of the Greeks. (Crosslisted with CLAS 321) (4)

322 Roman Civilization - S1
The history of Rome from the foundation of the city to CE 337, the death of Constantine. Emphasis on Rome's expansion over the Mediterranean and on its constitutional history. Attention to the rise of Christianity within a Greco-Roman context. (Crosslisted with CLAS 322) (4)

323 The Middle Ages - S1
Europe from the disintegration of the Roman Empire to 1300; reading and research in medieval materials. (4)

324 Renaissance - S1
Europe in an age of transition - 1300 to 1500. (4)

325 Reformation - S1
Political and religious crises in the 16th century: Lutheran-ism, Zwinglianism, Anglicanism, Anabaptism, Calvinism, Roman Catholic reform; Weber thesis, the beginnings of Baroque arts. (4)

327 The Vikings - S1
The world of the Vikings; territorial expansion; interaction of the Vikings with the rest of Europe. (Crosslisted with SCAN 327.) (4)

328 19th-Century Europe - S1
The expansion of European civilization from 1800 to 1914. (4)

329 Europe and the World Wars: 1914-1945 - S1
World War I; revolution and return to "normalcy;" depression and the rise of fascism; World War II. (4)

332 England: Tudors and Stuarts - S1
Political, social, economic, legal, and cultural developments. (4)

334 Modern Germany, 1848-1945 - S1
The Revolutions of 1848 and unification of Germany; Bismarckian and Wilhemian empires; Weimar Republic and the rise of National Socialism; the Third Reich. (4)

335 Latin American History: Central America and the Caribbean - C, S1
Survey of the major aspects of Central American and Caribbean history from colonial to modern times. Use of selected case studies to illustrate the region's history. Study in inter-American relations. (4)

336 Southern Africa - C, S1
Examination of the history of pre-colonial African kingdoms, Western imperialism, settler colonialism, and the African struggle for independence. Emphasis on the period since 1800. (4)

337 The History of Mexico - C, S1
The political, economic, social, and cultural changes that have taken place in Mexico from 1350 to the present. (4)

338 Modern China - C, S1
The beginning of China's modern history, with special emphasis on the genesis of the Chinese revolution and China's position in an increasingly integrated world. (4)

339 Revolutionary China - C, S1
Beginning in 1911, an examination of the course of the Chinese revolution, China's liberation, and the changes since 1949. (4)

340 Modern Japan - C, S1
Study of how Japan became the modern "miracle" in East Asia. Primary focus on traditions that enabled Japan to change rapidly, the role of the challenge of the West in that change, the industrialization of Japan, the reasons for war with the U.S., and the impact of the war on contemporary Japan and its social and economic institutions. (4)

344 The Andes in Latin American History - C, S1
The history of the Andean countries (Peru, Bolivia, Equador) from the 15th through the 20th centuries. (4)

352 The American Revolution - S1
The American Revolution as a series of essentially political events stretching from the Seven Years War in 1763 through Thomas Jefferson's defeat of John Adams in the presidential election of 1800. (4)

355 American Popular Culture - C, S1
Study of motion pictures, popular music, radio and television programs, comic strips and paperback fiction. Insights into the values and ideas of American culture from watching it at play. (4)

356 American Diplomatic History - S1
The practice, function, and structure of American foreign policy with particular emphasis on the twentieth century. (4)

357 African American History - A, S1
Experiences, struggles, ideas, and contributions of African-Americans as they developed within and strongly shaped the course of U.S. (and global) history. It focuses simultaneously on major social and legal issues like slavery or Jim Crow segregation and African-Americans' actions and identities framed in the context of systemic white supremacism. It also examines and evaluates aspects of daily life and personal experiences and expressions of individual African-Americans between the 17th century and contemporary times.

359 History of Women in the United States - A, S1
A focused, thematic examination of issues and evidence related to women's experiences from the colonial period to the present. (4)

360 Holocaust: Destruction of the European Jews - A, S1
Investigation of the development of modern anti-semitism, its relationship to fascism, the rise of Hitler, the structure of the German dictatorship, the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy, the mechanics of the Final Solution, the nature of the perpetrators, the experience and response of the victims, the reaction of the outside world, and the post-war attempt to deal with an unparalleled crime through traditional judicial procedures. (4)

370 Environmental History of the United States - S1
An investigation of the complex interrelationship between people and their environment. Geologic history of the U.S.; the pre-European ecological impact of Native Americans; the impact of European colonization and commodification of nature; the rise of federal use and regulations of lands (especially in the West); the effects of industrialization, urbanization, population growth; and the environmentalist movements of the 20th and early 21st century. J (4)

381 The Vietnam War and American Society - S1
Examination of America's involvement in the Vietnam War from Truman to Nixon. (4)

401 Workshops - S1
Workshops in special fields for varying periods of time. (1-4)

451 American Legal History - S1
Dimensions of American law as is relates to changing historical periods. (4)

460 West and Northwest - A, S1
The American West in the 19th and 20th centuries. Frontier and regional perspectives. Interpretive, illustrative history, and opportunities for off-campus research. (4)

461 History of the West and Northwest - S1
A direct, individualized study in one's hometown in the West or Northwest. 471 History of American Thought and Culture- S1 Dimensions of American social and intellectual history. (4)

491 Independent Studies (1-4)

494 Seminar: American History - S1, SR
Prerequisite: HIST 301. (4)

495 Internship
A research and writing project in connection with a student's approved off-campus work or travel activity, or a dimension of it. Prerequisite: sophomore standing plus one course in history, and consent of the department. (1-6)

496 Seminar: The Third World - C, S1, SR
This research seminar alternates its focus from East Asia one year to the Caribbean/Latin America the next. Prerequisite: 301. (4)

497 Seminar: European History - S1, SR
Prerequisite: 301. (4)