Courses in History

Seminars for Freshmen and Sophomores

These courses meet the general education requirement in history.

• HIST 100 CM - Freshman Honors Seminar
• HIST 101 CM - Freshman-Sophomore Honors Seminar

Non-Western

These courses meet the general education requirement in history; freshmen need permission of the instructor for courses above 102.

• HIST 051 CM - Modern South Asian History through its Literature, 1700 to the Present
• HIST 052 CM - Conflict and Controversy in the History of India and Pakistan
• HIST 053 CM - Everyday Life in South Asia, 1700 to the Present
• HIST 055 CM - The Middle East: From Muhammad to the Mongols
• HIST 056 CM - The Middle East: From the Ottomans to the Present
• HIST 059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia
• HIST 061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, and Indonesia in the Modern Era
• HIST 095 CM - Introduction to Latin American Cultures
• HIST 096 CM - The Amazon: From Cannibals to Rainforest Crunch
• HIST 097 CM - Human Rights in Latin America: Testimonies
• HIST 098 CM - The Americas: Cultural History of Transnational Relations
• HIST 117 CM - Race and Ethnicity in Brazil
• HIST 130 CM - Ottoman Power and Urban History
• HIST 131C CM - Crusading Mentalities
• HIST 153 CM - Caste and Class in India and South Asia
• HIST 154 CM - Gandhi’s India
• HIST 157 CM - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
• HIST 158 CM - Japanese Empire: Korea, China, Taiwan, and Manchuria
• HIST 159I CM - Islamic World: Travel/Encounter
• HIST 161 CM - Modern Korean History
• HIST 162C CM - China: Warring States to First Emperor: The Origins of Imperial China (500-200BCE)
• HIST 163 CM - Modern Chinese History, 1750 to the Present
• HIST 164 CM - Mao’s China: Revolutionary Leadership and Its Consqequences
• HIST 167 CM - Gender and History in South Asia
• HIST 167E CM - Modernities: South Asia and Others
• HIST 169 CM - Topics in Asian History

Ancient World

These courses meet the general education requirement in history; freshmen need permission of the instructor for courses above 102.

• HIST 054 CM - Bread and Circuses: The Politics of Roman Private Life
• HIST 103A CM - From Village to Empire: The History of the Roman Republic, 750-44BCE
• HIST 103B CM - Governing Rome: The History of the Roman Empire: 44 BCE - 337 CE
• HIST 104 CM - Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: 284 - 888 CE
• HIST 107 CM - Reading Ancient and Medieval Historians
• HIST 108 CM - The Age of Cicero: Politics, Philosophy, and Culture at the End of the Roman Republic
• HIST 110 CM - Topics in Ancient History
• HIST 172 CM - Nature and Environment in the Ancient World

Europe

These courses meet the general education requirement in history; freshmen need permission of the instructor for courses above 102.

• HIST 071 CM - The Making of Medieval Europe: 800-1300 CE
• HIST 072 CM - The Making of Early Modern Europe, 1300-1800
• HIST 073 CM - The Rise of Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present
• HIST 078 CM - Museums and Leadership: Past, Present, Future
• HIST 111 CM - Topics in European History
• HIST 129 CM - London and Paris in the 19th Century
• HIST 132 CM - Genocide & Human Rights in 20th Century Europe
• HIST 132E CM - European Intellectual History: 16th Century to the Present
• HIST 133A CM - Late Imperial Russian History, 1861-1917
• HIST 133B CM - Modern Russian History, 1917 to the Present
• HIST 134 CM - Dostoevskii’s Russia
• HIST 137 CM - Researching the Holocaust
• HIST 138 CM - Europe’s Total Wars
• HIST 139E CM - Culture and Society in Weimar and Nazi Germany
• HIST 140 CM - Gender and Revolution in Europe, 1500-1900
• HIST 142E CM - Culture and Politics in Turn of the Century Europe, 1880-1918
• HIST 143A CM - Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Britain, North America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment
• HIST 143D CM - Atlantic Revolutions, 1760s-1830s
• HIST 145 CM - Origins of Atlantic Capitalism
• HIST 146 CM - History of Germany, 1740 to the Present
• HIST 150E CM - The Age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare: Tudor-Stuart Britain, 1485-1640
• HIST 151 CM - Jane Austen’s Britain
• HIST 151E CM - The Making of Modern Britain
• HIST 152 CM - Politics and Art in Europe from the Enlightenment to Fascism

The United States

These courses meet the general education requirement in history; freshmen need permission of the instructor for courses above 102.

• HIST 080 CM - Early America: From Invasion to Civil War
• HIST 081 CM - Modern America, 1865 to Present
• HIST 090 CM - Making a Living in Early America: A History from the Bottom-Up
• HIST 098 CM - The Americas: Cultural History of Transnational Relations
• HIST 112 CM - Topics in American History
• HIST 113 CM - US Environmental History
• HIST 116 CM - Slavery: A World History
• HIST 118 CM - From ‘Organization Man’ to ‘Office Space’: The Rise of Service Work in the United States
• HIST 121 CM - United States History Since 1945
• HIST 122E CM - American Families
• HIST 123 CM - History of the American West
• HIST 124 CM - What is Political: Rethinking American Politics since 1900
• HIST 124B CM - Recent American Politics, 1970 to the Present to the Present
• HIST 125 CM - Asian American History, 1850 to the Present
• HIST 126 CM - American Constitutional History
• HIST 127 CM - Civil War America
• HIST 128 CM - U.S. Gay and Lesbian History
• HIST 144 CM - Reagan’s America: The Politics and Culture of the 1980s
• HIST 149 CM - America in Depression and War

Advanced and Comparative Courses

• HIST 171 CM - American Suburbia and Its Consequences
• HIST 175 CM - Women and Politics in America

Junior Seminar

This course does not meet the general education requirement in history.

• HIST 185 CM - Making History (seminar)

Advanced Seminars

• HIST 183 CM - The Fall of Rome and the End of Empire
• HIST 184 CM - The Culture of Fascism in 20th Century Europe
• HIST 190 CM - Advanced Topics in Chinese History
• HIST 191 CM - Advanced Topics in Asian History
• HIST 194 CM - Advanced Topics in Ancient History
• HIST 195 CM - Advanced Topics in European History
• HIST 196 CM - Advanced Topics in American History
• HIST 197 CM - Advanced Topics in World History

Independent Study

• HIST 199 CM - Independent Study in History