Academic Programs

Courses

Introductory Courses in History

• HIS 210/World History One (to 1500)
• HIS 220/World History Two (since 1500)
• HIS 230/The Craft of History

History 300-315, The Ancient World and Medieval Europe

• HIS 300/Topics in Ancient History or Medieval European History
• HIS 301/Classical Greek Civilization
• HIS 302/Hellenistic World
• HIS 303/History of the Roman Republic
• HIS 304/History of the Roman Empire
• HIS 305/Christianity from Jesus to Charlemagne
• HIS 306/History of the Byzantine World
• HIS 307/Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Premodern World
• HIS 308/Late Antiquity
• HIS 309/Ancient Near East
• HIS 311/The Early Rome and Barbarianism in the Early Middle Ages
• HIS 312/Medieval Culture and Society
• HIS 313/Medieval Christianity
• HIS 314/Medieval Women
• HIS 315/Early Russia to 1584

History 316-331, Early Modern and Modern Europe

• HIS 316/Topics in Early Modern or Modern European History
• HIS 317/Europe in the Early Modern Period
• HIS 318/Early Modern European Expansion
• HIS 319/The Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires
• HIS 321/History of the World Economy
• HIS 322/Europe's Imperial Era
• HIS 323/Eastern Europe since 1939
• HIS 324/Women in Eastern Europe 1848-present
• HIS 325/Modern Germany
• HIS 327/European Social History since 1789

History 330-349, Asian, Eurasian, and Middle Eastern History

• HIS 330/Topics in Asian or Middle Eastern History
• HIS 333/Early Chinese History
• HIS 334/Modern East Asia
• HIS 335/Modern Japan
• HIS 336/Late Imperial China
• HIS 337/Twentieth Century China
• HIS 338/Indian Civilization
• HIS 339/History of Modern India
• HIS 340/Southeast Asia since 1500
• HIS 341/Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans
• HIS 342/Modern Middle East
• HIS 343/History of Central Eurasia
• HIS 344/Commodities, Commerce, and Exchange of Ideas in Medieval Eurasia
• HIS 347/Siberia
• HIS 348/Imperial Russia, 1584-1917
• HIS 349/The Soviet Union, 1917-1991

History 350-364, African and Latin American History

• HIS 350/Topics in African or Latin American History
• HIS 351/Ancient and Medieval Africa
• HIS 352/Colonial and Modern Africa
• HIS 353/African History in Film, Literature and Music
• HIS 354/South African History
• HIS 355/East African History
• HIS 356/State and Slavery in West Africa
• HIS 357/Religion and Politics in Africa.
• HIS 358/Colonial Latin America
• HIS 359/Modern Latin America
• HIS 360/Latin-American Studies
• HIS 361/History of Mexico
• HIS 362/Latin American-United States Relations
• HIS 364/ History of the Caribbean

History 365-386, North American and United States History

• HIS 365/Topics in North American and United States History
• HIS 366/Europeans and Indians
• HIS 367/United States: Indian-White Relations, 1800-1890
• HIS 368/The Moving Frontier in America
• HIS 369/Colonial North America
• HIS 370/ US and the World
• HIS 372/United States: The Coming of the Civil War
• HIS 373/United States: The Nineteenth Century
• HIS 374/United States: Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIS 375/The Old South
• HIS 376/Technology in the United States
• HIS 377/United States: the Twentieth Century
• HIS 378/History of New Jersey
• HIS 379/African-American History to 1865
• HIS 380/African-American History 1865 to Present
• HIS 381/American Cultural History
• HIS 382/United States: 1877-1945
• HIS 383/United States since 1945
• HIS 384/History of Urban America
• HIS 385/Women in America
• HIS 386/United States Diplomacy in the American Century

History 387-389, 394-98, World History

• HIS 387/Topics in World History
• HIS 388/Environmental History
• HIS 389/War in Western Society
• HIS 390/History of Race Relations in the U.S
• HIS 395/History of Western Sexuality
• HIS 396/A Gendered History of Food
• HIS 397/Gay and Lesbian History
• HIS 398/Twentieth Century World History

Specialized and Capstone Courses in History

• HIS 391/Independent Study in History
• HIS 393/Group Independent Research
• HIS 394/Honors Independent Study in History
• HIS 399/Internship in History
• HIS 455/Readings Seminar in History
• HIS 495/Honors Thesis in History
• HIS 498/Senior Capstone Research Seminar

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Recent Readings Seminars (HIS 455) have included the following topics:

• Last of the Plains Indians
• The Coming of the Civil War
• Empire and Democracy in Ancient Greece
• Law and Order in Medieval v. Modern Society
• Coins and Historical Numismatics
• Women in the Middle East
• Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
• Nationalism in Europe
• The Family in Modern Europe
• Hong Kong: Past and Present
• Water in History
• Environment and Society in African History
• The Vikings
• Afghanistan
• The Discovery of a New World of Goods
• Women in Premodern India