History Areas

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

Field designations in parentheses—(A), (E), or (AME)—following a course description indicate the course may be considered in alternative fields, with the proviso that a course may only be counted once for the major or minor and may only be counted in one field of concentration when credits are being totaled for graduation requirements.

American History
European History
History of Asia and the Middle East

American History (A)

HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era 3 credit(s)
HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era 3 credit(s)
HIS 222 - History of Women in America 3 credit(s)
HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease 3 credit(s)
HIS 225 - African American History 3 credit(s)
HIS 228 - American Jewish History 3 credit(s)
HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft 3 credit(s)
HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations 3 credit(s)
HIS 241W - History as Detection: Workshop 3 credit(s)
HIS 261 - U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Artifacts, Issues, Personalities 3 credit(s)
HIS 263 - History of Sexuality in America 3 credit(s)
HIS 354 - The Experience of World War 3 credit(s)
HIS 361 - History of American Sports 3 credit(s)
HIS 362 - The Experience of the American Revolution 3 credit(s)
HIS 363 - Democracy, Reform, and Slavery: America from Washington to Lincoln 3 credit(s)
HIS 364 - The Experience of the American Civil War 3 credit(s)
HIS 365 - The Creation of Industrial America 3 credit(s)
HIS 366 - Twenties and Thirties America 3 credit(s)
HIS 367 - The Experience of the War in Vietnam 3 credit(s)
HIS 368 - America in the 1960s 3 credit(s)

European History (E)

HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World 3 credit(s)
HIS 210 - Europe: Renaissance to Revolution 3 credit(s)
HIS 213 - Europe: Napoleon to Gorbachev 3 credit(s)
HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment 3 credit(s)
HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions 3 credit(s)
HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History 3 credit(s)
HIS 219 - Modern Irish History 3 credit(s)
HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease 3 credit(s)
HIS 229 - The Holocaust 3 credit(s)
HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft 3 credit(s)
HIS 350 - The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire 3 credit(s)
HIS 351 - Enlightenment and Revolutions: Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries 3 credit(s)
HIS 352 - Romanticism, Nationalism, Reform: Europe in the 19th Century 3 credit(s)
HIS 353 - Nationalism in Europe 3 credit(s)
HIS 354 - The Experience of World War 3 credit(s)
HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World 3 credit(s)

History of Asia and the Middle East (AME)

HIS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation 3 credit(s)
HIS 205 - Israel: History and Society 3 credit(s)
HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World 3 credit(s)
HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan 3 credit(s)
HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment 3 credit(s)
HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions 3 credit(s)
HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History 3 credit(s)
HIS 218 - Land of the Rising Sun: Contemporary Media and Print about Japan 3 credit(s)
HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations 3 credit(s)
HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East 3 credit(s)
HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century 3 credit(s)
HIS 272 - Industrialization in Asia 3 credit(s)
HIS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel 3 credit(s)
HIS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture 3 credit(s)
HIS 308 - Bible and Archaeology—Old Testament 3 credit(s)
HIS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development 3 credit(s)
HIS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context 3 credit(s)
HIS 333 - Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia 3 credit(s)
HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel 3 credit(s)
HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World 3 credit(s)