History < University of Colorado Boulder

Programs Offered

Bachelor's Degree

History - Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Minor

History - Minor

Historians study the past, in all of its complexity, to better understand our contemporary world and the forces that created it. Historians analyze change over time, and they use archival and other primary-source evidence to build interpretations that explain change and put it into context. In seeking to understand historical subjects on their own terms, and by appreciating the diverse perspectives of past actors, students of history develop empathy even as they rigorously engage with the ethical dimensions of past human decisions and actions. When students study the past on its own terms, they recognize their power to understand the present and shape the future.

History faculty conduct research and teach courses in a wide range of eras—from ancient to modern times—and across most major world areas including Africa and the Middle East, South and East Asia, Europe and the Americas. History faculty also pursue multiple methodologies and approaches, including cultural, diplomatic, demographic, economic, environmental, ethnic, gender, intellectual, legal, political, religious, social and transnational history.

Many students choose history as a major or minor because of their fascination with the rich imaginative terrain of the past, but the study of history is also practical. In the complex and contentious world in which we live, history provides the tools for thoughtful public citizenship. Historians are essential experts in helping us to navigate contemporary controversies, and the study of history cultivates the interpersonal skills and cultural awareness essential to heightening civic discourse and engagement. As importantly, students of history gain valuable skills that prepare them for careers in many fields. In this knowledge economy, employers increasingly want employees who can write and speak clearly and persuasively, who can read deeply and critically, who can think independently and ethically, who can do complex research and make cogent evidence-based arguments, who can locate relevant sources and discern good information from bad, who understand how and why change occurs, who are culturally literate and understand the complex world in which we live, and who can manage the diversity of the modern workplace in all of its forms. These are skills you will gain through the study of history and they are highly valued by today’s employers.

We welcome students who wish to develop the knowledge, skills and habits of mind essential to the discipline of history. Studying history will hone your abilities in reasoning, research, analysis and expression, and it will prepare you to participate in, and adapt to, an increasingly complex and interconnected world of continual change over time.

Faculty

While many faculty teach both undergraduate and graduate students, some instruct students at the undergraduate level only. For more information, contact the faculty member's home department.

Anderson, Fred W.
Professor Emeritus; PhD, Harvard University

Anderson, Virginia D.
Professor Emerita; PhD, Harvard University

Andrews, Thomas G.
Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Babicz, Martin Charles
Teaching Associate Professor; PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Buffington, Robert Marshall
Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Arizona

Carlos, Ann M.
Professor Emerita

Catlos, Brian Aivars
Professor; PhD, University of Toronto

Chambers, Lee Virginia
Professor Emerita; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Chester, Lucy P.
Associate Professor; PhD, Yale University

Ciarlo, David Michael
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Dauverd, Celine
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Desautels-Stein, Justin Jacob
Associate Professor; LLM, Harvard University; JD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dike, Steven
Instructor; PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Engel, Barbara A.
Distinguished Professor Emerita

Fenn, Elizabeth Anne
Distinguished Professor Emerita; PhD, Yale University

Ferry, Robert J.
Associate Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Gautam, Sanjay Kumar
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Chicago

Gerber, Matthew Dean
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Gross, David L.
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gutmann, Myron
Professor Emeritus; PhD, Princeton University

Hammer, Paul E.J.
Professor; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

Hanna, Martha
Professor Emerita; PhD, Georgetown University

Hohlfelder, Robert
Professor Emeritus

Hulden, Vilja Paivikki
Assistant Teaching Professor; PhD, University of Arizona

Hunt, Peter
Professor; PhD, Stanford University

Hutchinson, Erin M
Assistant Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Jankowski, James P.
Professor Emeritus

Jaworski, Taylor Allen
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Arizona

Kadia, Miriam L. Kingsberg
Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kalisman, Hilary Falb
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kent, Susan K.
Professor Emerita; PhD, Brandeis University

Kim, Kwangmin
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Lawrence-Sanders, Ashleigh
Assistant Professor; PhD, Rutgers University

Lim, Sungyun A.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Limerick, Patricia N.
Professor; PhD, Yale University

Lindquist, Thea L.
Professor; PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Little, Katherine C.
Professor; PhD, Duke University

Lovejoy, Henry Barrett
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California-Los Angeles

Maeda, Daryl Joji
Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Main, Gloria L.
Professor Emerita

Mann, Ralph
Professor Emeritus

McGranahan, Carole Ann
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

McIntosh, Marjorie K.
Distinguished Professor Emerita

Mendoza Gutierrez, Natalie
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Mukherjee, Mithi
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Chicago

Ngo Nyeck, Sybille
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Los Angelos

Ordaz, Jessica
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of California, Davis

Osborne, Myles Gregory
Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Paradis, David
Teaching Professor of Distinction, Associate Teaching Professor; PhD, Emory University

Pegelow Kaplan, Thomas
Professor, Chair; Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Phillips, George H.
Professor Emeritus

Pittenger, Mark A.
Professor Emeritus; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Ruestow, Edward G.
Professor Emeritus

Shell, Hannah Rose
Associate Professor; PhD, Harvard University

Shiue, Carol Hua
Professor; PhD, Yale University

Silleras-Fernández, Núria
Associate Professor; PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Sohi, Seema
Associate Professor; PhD, University of Washington

Spires, David N.
Senior Instructor Emeritus

Stanford-McIntyre, Sarah
Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Wyoming

Sutter, Paul Shriver
Professor; PhD, University of Kansas

Wei, William
Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Weston, Timothy B.
Associate Professor; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Willis, John Matthew
Associate Professor; PhD, New York University

Wood, Peter H.
Professor Adjunct

Wood, Tony
Assistant Professor; Ph.D., New York University

Yonemoto, Marcia A.
Professor, Chair; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Young, Phoebe S.K.
Professor; PhD, University of California, San Diego

Zeiler, Thomas W.
Professor; PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Courses

HIST 1011 (3) Greeks, Romans, Kings & Crusaders: European History to 1600

Examines the history and formation of Europe from its roots in the ancient Near East to Greece to the creation of Medieval states and kingdoms. Topics may include the rise of Christianity, Barbarian migrations, religious persecution, the role of gender and minority status, the growth of trade and European encounters, the Black Death, the European Renaissance the Protestant Reformation.

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval
MAPS Course: Social Science
MAPS Course: Social Sci World Context

HIST 1012 (3) Empire, Revolution and Global War: European History Since 1600

Examines the history of modern Europe from 1600. Topics may include religious conflict, absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, the global impact of European colonialism and imperialism, the Enlightenment, the French and Industrial Revolutions, and the emergence of romanticism, nationalism, liberalism, socialism and modernism. Concludes by analyzing World War I and II, communist and fascist totalitarianisms, decolonization and the Cold War. Formerly HIST 1020

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Modern
MAPS Course: Social Science
MAPS Course: Social Sci World Context

HIST 1015 (3) American History to 1865

Examines American history from pre-Columbian times to the Civil War, including ancient cultures, exploration, colonization, Native American responses, the rise of race slavery, the American Revolution, political developments, Anglo-American expansion, slave life and culture, the market revolution, industrialization, reform and disunion. Introduces students to history as a dynamic discipline that shapes our understanding of the past and present. S. history.

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: United States: Chronological Periods
MAPS Course: Social Science
MAPS Course: Social Science US Context

HIST 1018 (3) Introduction to Early Latin American History to 1810

Introduces students to the history of what is now called Latin America from about 1450 to the wars of independence in the nineteenth century. Examines pertinent aspects of the societies and cultures of indigenous people, the history of European conquest, and the most salient features of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires in America.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 1025 (3) American History since 1865

Explores political, social and cultural changes in American life since Reconstruction. Focuses on shifting social and political relations as the U.S. changed from a nation of farmers and small-town dwellers to an urban, industrial society; the changing meaning of American identity in a society divided by ethnicity, race and class; and the emergence of the U.S. as a world power.

HIST 1028 (3) Introduction to Modern Latin American History since 1800

Introduces students to the history of Latin America from independence to the present. Investigates the social implications of various models of economic development, the opportunities and difficulties resulting from economic ties with wealthier countries, the consequences of ethnic, gender and class divisions, and the struggles of Latin Americans to construct equitable political systems.

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 1051 (3) The World of the Ancient Greeks

Surveys the emergence, major accomplishments, failures and decline of the world of the ancient Greeks, from Bronze Age civilizations of the Minoans and Mycenaeans through the Hellenistic Age (2000-30 B.C.)

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: CLAS 1051
Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 1061 (3) The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

Surveys the rise of ancient Rome in the eighth century B.C. to its fall in the fifth century A.D. Emphasizes political institutions, foreign policy, leading personalities, and unique cultural accomplishments.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: CLAS 1061
Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Ancient and Medieval

HIST 1113 (3) Introduction to British History to 1660

Deals with Roman, medieval and early modern periods. Covers the demographic, economic, social patterns, political and religious developments, and cultural changes that contributed to the formation of the English nation.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 1123 (3) Introduction to British History Since 1660

Deals with the period from the 17th century to the present. Political, economic, social and imperial developments that contributed to creation of the modern industrial and democratic state are the major issues covered.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 1218 (3) Introduction to Sub-Saharan African History to 1850

Provides an introduction to African history, beginning with early man and ending in 1850. Moves rapidly through civilizations as different as Ancient Egypt, Mali, Oyo and the Cape Colony, touching on important developments and highlighting themes relevant to the history of Africa as a whole. Including migration, technology, environment, trade, gender, religion, slavery and more.

HIST 1228 (3) Introduction to Sub-Saharan African History Since 1850

Introduces students to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa from 1850 to the present. Major topics of study included the trans-Atlantic slave trade, African state-building, European colonialism, African responses to colonialism and issues facing independent African nations, ranging from debt to HIV/AIDS.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 1308 (3) Introduction to Middle Eastern History

Interdisciplinary course that focuses on medieval and modern history of the Middle East (A.D. 600 to the present). Introduces the Islamic civilization of the Middle East and the historical evolution of the region from the traditional into the modern eras. Covers social patterns, economic life, and intellectual trends, as well as political development.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 1438 (3) Episodes in Korean History

Examines the history of Korea from the archaeological period to the 21st century. Topics may include: the origin of the early states, Kory¿ dynasty and Mongol rule, Confucian influence on Chos¿n society, Japanese colonial rule, WWII and the ¿Comfort Women,¿ the Korean War and the division, North Korea, rapid industrialization in South Korea under dictatorships, the democratization movement, evolving roles for women, and Korea as an emerging multi-ethnic society.

HIST 1518 (3) The History of India from Aryans to Maratha Warriors, 2500 BCE-1757 CE

Beginning with the origin of Indian civilization amongst a people who called themselves Aryans, the course introduces students to major milestones in Indian history and culture: The Indus valley civilization (2500-1900 BCE), the Buddha (563-483 BCE), Alexander¿s invasion (326 BCE), the first Pan-Indian polity, the Mauryan Empire (321-185 BCE), the epic, Mahabharata, the Mughal empire (1526-1707), and finally the rise of Hindu nationalism under the Marathas (1650-1757).

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 1528 (3) Introduction to South Asian History since 1757

Introduces the history of modern South Asia from 1757 to the present. Examines themes such as the nature of British colonial state formation in South Asia, social transformation under British rule, modes of anticolonial resistance movements, particularly Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent civil disobedience movement, Muslim nationalism and the formation of Pakistan, and current political conflicts involving India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

HIST 1618 (3) Great Wall Exchange: China and the Nomadic Conquerors, 500 BC ¿ 1500 AD

This course surveys the intertwined history of China and the Inner Asian nomads. Major themes include but are not limited to 1) the origins of Chinese and Inner Asian civilizations, 2) the Great Wall and nomadic conquests of China, 3) the Silk Road and trans-Eurasian trades, 4) Chinggis Khan and the Mongol empire, 5) Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism, 6) the tribute system and Asia, and 7) China and the Indian Ocean.

HIST 1623 (3) Introduction to Central and East European History since 1770

Examines major themes and events in the history of East-Central Europe from the late 1700s to the present. Themes include the impacts of nationalism, fascism, liberal democracy and communism in shaping the history of the region. Topics include World War I, World War II and the Holocaust, the Cold War, the fall of Communism, the Ukrainian revolution and more.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: CEES 1623
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Specific Countries

HIST 1628 (3) Introduction to Chinese History since 1644

Introduces students to modern Chinese history and culture, from the 17th century to the present. Considers the pertinent aspects of modern China, focusing on its social patterns, economic structure, intellectual trends and political developments.

HIST 1708 (3) Japan from Clay Pots to Robots

Surveys the history of Japan from earliest times through the 21st century. Topics may include: the origins of civilization in the Japanese archipelago, the development of religions such as Shinto and Buddhism, the writing of the world¿s first novel, the rise of the samurai, the persecution of Christians, empire-building in Asia, World War II, occupation by the United States and its allies, J-pop, and contemporary headline news.

HIST 1800 (3) Introduction to Global History

The first cornerstone course for history majors applies a broad perspective to the global past in order to illuminate how common historical patterns and processes, as well as unique elements, shaped the human experience. Using a thematic approach, all topical variations of this course highlight cross-cultural interactions among societies, and, when relevant, how historical processes that began centuries ago still impact the contemporary world. Topics will vary by section. Department enforced prerequisite: 3 hours of any history coursework.

Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior, or Senior) History (HIST) majors and minors only.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 1818 (3) Jewish History to 1492

Focus on Jewish history from the Biblical period to the Spanish Expulsion in 1492. Study the origins of a group of people who call themselves, and whom others call, Jews. Focus on place, movement, power/powerlessness, gender, and the question of how to define Jews over time and place. Introduces Jews as a group of people bound together by a particular set of laws; looks at their dispersion and diversity; explores Jews' interactions with surrounding cultures and societies; introduces the basic library of Jews; sees how Jews relate to political power.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: JWST 1818 and RLST 1818
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 1828 (3) Jewish History Since 1492

Surveys the major historical developments encountered by Jewish communities beginning with the Spanish Expulsion in 1492 up until the present day. Studies the various ways in which Jews across the modern world engaged with the emerging notions of nationality, equality and citizenship, as well as with new ideologies such as liberalism, socialism, nationalism, imperialism and antisemitism.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: JWST 1828 and RLST 1828
Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 1830 (3) Global History of Holocaust and Genocide

Examines the interplay of politics, culture, psychology and sociology to try to understand why the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin called the 20th century, "The most terrible century in Western history." Our focus will be on the Holocaust as the event that defined the concept of genocide, but we will locate this event that has come to define the 20th century within ideas such as racism, imperialism, violence, and most important, the dehumanization of individuals in the modern world.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: JWST 1830 and RLST 1830
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 2015 (3) US Revolutionary Origins

Examines major themes in the development of colonial societies in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. Explores intercultural relations, economic development, labor systems, religion and society, and family life. Specific course focus may vary.

HIST 2100 (3) Revolution in History

Examines the causes, character, and significance of political revolution in world history. Concentrating on one of the major revolutions of modern history, it examines why revolutions occur, who participates in revolution, and to what effect. Specific course focus varies.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 2110 (3) Living the Revolution

Between the Black Death (c. 1350) and the French Revolution (1789), Europeans experienced transformative changes¿print, science, industrialism, overseas empires, religious and civil wars, and political revolutions¿that altered their relationship with the rest of the world. Examines topics in early modern history (e.g., intellectual developments, religion, culture, social history, economic/political changes, and warfare) in a specific region or nation (i.e. Europe, Latin America, the Atlantic World, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, etc.). Topics vary.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2126 (3) Issues in Modern U.S. Politics and Foreign Relations

Traces the historical development of modern U.S. politics and foreign relations. Analyzes subjects such as the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the War on Terror, and the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, and the developing meaning of political conservatism, liberalism, and radicalism in the U.S. Explains the impact of race, gender, class, and immigration. Topics vary in any given semester.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Contemporary Societies
Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 2166 (3) The Vietnam Wars

Traces the causes, course, and outcome of the wars in Vietnam from 1940 until 1975. Explains the successes of the revolutionaries and the failures of the French and Americans. Analyzes the development of Vietnamese nationalism, French colonialism, and U.S. intervention.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Contemporary Societies
Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-Global Perspective
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2170 (3) History of Christianity 1: To the Reformation

General introduction to the history of Christianity from its beginnings through the first period of the Protestant Reformation. Examines religious life and the church in relation to its social and cultural setting.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 2220 (3) History of War and Society

Focuses on war and society in a variety of global contexts. Explores the character, origins, and social, political, and intellectual impacts of war in contexts ranging from several centuries of international conflict to the experience of individual nations in specific wars. Topic varies in any given semester; contact Department of History for details.

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2316 (3) History of American Popular Culture

Traces changes in American popular culture from the Revolution to the present. Focuses on the increasing levels of mediation represented by print, spectacular performance, radio, television, and recorded music. The study of popular culture offers clues to decipher shifting patterns of consumption, globalization, race, gender, politics, technology, and media.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4546
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 2326 (3) Issues in the History of U.S. Society and Culture

Examines the origins, development, and impacts (social, political, cultural, economic, etc.) of significant issues and themes in the cultural,intellectual, and/or social history of the United States from independence to the present day. Explains the impact of race, gender, ethnicity, and class on these issues. Topics vary in any given semester.

HIST 2437 (3) African American History

Surveys African American history. Studies, interprets and analyzes major problems, issues and trends affecting African Americans from about 1600 to the present.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: ETHN 2432
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Human Diversity
Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Social Sciences
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-U.S. Perspective
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 2

HIST 2476 (3) United States Legal History

Surveys U.S. legal history from the founding era to today. It covers legal ideas that shaped the drafting of the Constitution and examines the pressures that tested that founding document through the present. It addresses legal debates in contexts of territorial expansion, industrial development, financial crisis, shifting demographics, and both civil and world war. It considers how slavery, civil rights, race, regulation, economic expansion, privacy, and equality contributed to various understandings of citizenship.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities

HIST 2500 (3) Fact and Fiction in History

Examines history and historical sources through the alternating lenses of ¿fact¿ and ¿fiction¿ in order to think not only about what happened, but how we acquire information and knowledge, and how we use sources and evidence to construct our own understandings of the past and to write history. Considers how narratives found in novels, myths, movies, television, music, visual material, monuments, or public memories, represent the past and relate to historical accounts.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2516 (3) America Through Baseball

Baseball could not have existed without America. Explains how the game fit into the larger context of social, cultural, economic and political history from the 19th century to the present. Studies the events and people who made baseball the national pastime.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: HIST 4556
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: United States Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2566 (3) Made in America: Work and Workers in American History

Puts the working lives of Americans, and the meaning of work in American life, in historical perspective. What "counts" as work and how has that changed over time? How do people's expectations of their working lives today compare to how people thought about work trajectories in the past? Whose work has been valued and whose has not? The course focuses mainly on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries while drawing parallels to the present.

HIST 2616 (3) History of Gender in America

Introduces the social and cultural construction of femininity and masculinity in America from 1500 to the present. Explores gender as a status acquired and performed through tasks, clothing, adornment and bodily movement. Examines gender ideals, expression and practices such as gender crossing, gender bending and gender plan.

Additional Information: GT Pathways: GT-HI1 - History
Arts Sci Core Curr: Human Diversity
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-U.S. Perspective
Departmental Category: United States: Topical Courses 1

HIST 2629 (3) China in World History

Examines the multiple connections between Chinese history and other parts of the world over the course of China's long history. Specific course focus may vary by instructor/term.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Historical Context
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Comparable and General
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2718 (3) History of Japan Through Cinema

Japan¿s incredibly rich cinematic tradition, from early 20th-century dramatic masterpieces to 21st-century anime, reveals much about its culture and history. We will use Japanese films to study key issues in the history of Japan, roughly between the years 1500-2000, including the changing role of the samurai, women and the `floating world¿ of pleasure, modernization, the devastation of war, economic recovery, the downside of prosperity, and nostalgia for the past.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities

HIST 2728 (3) Japan: From Samurai to Kamikaze

Death-defying warriors prepared to cut their bellies and die over the slightest insult to their honor. Conscripted soldiers who charged uphill directly into the line of fire while shouting their loyalty to the emperor. Pilots who took off knowing they wouldn't return, blowing up military targets and themselves. This course peeks beneath stereotypes in the military history of Japan from the first evidence of armed conflict through World War II and beyond.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 2830 (3) Disease and Public Health in Global History

Examines the global history of health and disease from the Paleolithic to the present. Themes and topics vary by semester but may include the co-evolution of humans, microbes, and vectors; food, famine, and nutrition; mental health; contagions such as plague, smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, influenza, HIV, and coronaviruses; cultural, social, medical, and institutional developments; gender, race, and sexuality; and connections between public health and environment, climate, water supply, colonization, globalization, imperialism, migration, and transportation.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities

HIST 3012 (3) Seminar in Modern European History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on modern European history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3020 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) History (HIST) majors (excludes minors).
Recommended: History GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Europe: Modern

HIST 3018 (3) Seminar in Latin American History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on Latin American history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3020 (3) Historical Thinking & Writing

The second cornerstone course for history majors centers on the essential skills all historians use. Students will advance their reading, sourcing, and research techniques, hone critical, analytical, and synthetic skills, navigate scholarly discourse, and practice historical writing. As this simultaneously satisfies the College's upper-division writing requirement, all sections involve substantial, regular, and varied writing assignments as well as instruction in methods and the revision process. All topical variations of this course are limited to a maximum of 18 students in order to focus on supporting students as they learn to write - and think - like an historian. Topics will vary by section. Recommended for sophomores or juniors, HIST 3020 may be taken concurrently with, but not prior to, HIST 1800.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prereq courses of ARSC 1080 or 1150 or CLAS 1020 or ENGL 1001 or PHIL 1500 or WRTG 1100 or 1150 or 1250 and prereq/coreq of HIST 1800 or HIST 1830 (all min grade C-). Restrctd to students with 27-180 credits (Soph, Jr, or Sr) HIST majors only.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Written Communication
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Written Communication-Upper
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 3109 (3) Seminar in Asian History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on Asian history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources. Previously offered as a special topics course.

HIST 3110 (3) Honors Seminar

Practical historiography for students who wish to write a senior honors thesis. Emphasizes choice of topic, critical methods, research, organization, argumentation, and writing.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3020 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) History (HIST) majors (excludes minors).
Recommended: History GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Additional Information: Arts Sciences Honors Course
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 3112 (3) Seminar in Renaissance and Reformation

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on the history of the Renaissance and Reformation, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3113 (3) Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern English History

The third, and final, cornerstone course for history majors is a capstone seminar. Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous classes towards producing historical knowledge about a particular area of interest. This seminar focuses on medieval and early modern English history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. These and other class activities and assignments will support the central goal: for each student to develop an individual research project on a topic of their own choosing in relation to medieval and early modern English history. Students will then write a substantial and original research paper based on primary sources. Completion of HIST 3020 is required for history majors to enroll in a senior seminar.

HIST 3115 (3) Seminar in Early American History

The third, and final, cornerstone course for history majors is a capstone seminar. Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous classes towards producing historical knowledge about a particular area of interest. This seminar focuses on early American history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. These and other class activities and assignments will support the central goal: for each student to develop an individual research project on a topic of their own choosing in relation to early American history. Students will then write a substantial and original research paper based on primary sources. Completion of HIST 3020 is required for history majors to enroll in a senior seminar.

HIST 3116 (3) Seminar in American Diplomatic History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on American diplomatic history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3120 (3) Honors Thesis

Intended for students writing an Honors Thesis in History. Department enforced prerequisite: HIST 3110 and instructor consent.

Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3110 (minimum grade C-).
Additional Information: Arts Sciences Honors Course
Departmental Category: Methodological, Comparative, and Global

HIST 3133 (3) Seminar in Britain since 1688

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on British history since 1688, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3212 (3) Seminar in Early Modern Europe

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on early modern European history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3218 (3) Seminar in African History

Deals with the history and anthropology of selected west African societies in the period before the imposition of European colonial rule.

Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3020 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) History (HIST) majors (excludes minors).
Recommended: History GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions

HIST 3317 (3) Seminar in the American West

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on the history of the American West, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3328 (3) Seminar in Middle Eastern History

Examines selected issues in modern Middle Eastern history. Check with the department concerning the specific subject of the seminar.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3020 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) History (HIST) majors (excludes minors).
Recommended: History GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: World Areas: Specific Regions
Departmental Category: Asia Content

HIST 3414 (3) Seminar in Modern European Thought and Culture

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on the history of modern European thought and culture, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3415 (3) Seminar in Recent American History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on recent American history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3416 (3) Seminar in American Society and Thought

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on the history of American society and thought, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3417 (3) Seminar in African American History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on African American history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3511 (3) Seminar in Medieval History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on medieval history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3516 (3) American Culture and Reform, 1880--1920

Addresses the issues of reform, religion, and culture that emerged as a 19th century world view confronted a 20th century America.

HIST 3616 (3) Seminar in U.S. Women's History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on U.S. women¿s history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3628 (3) Seminar in Recent Chinese History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on recent Chinese history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3713 (3) Seminar in Russian History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on Russian history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3718 (3) Seminar in Japanese History

Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on Japanese history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources.

HIST 3800 (3) Seminar in Global History

Organized around themes that change year to year, this seminar allows students to explore and research processes, phenomena, and events of global significance in historical context. Stress will be upon subjects that span multiple world areas. Possible topics include: the international arms trade; slavery; health and disease; youth culture; women's rights; genocide. See department for current theme.

HIST 3840 (1-3) Independent Study