History

Courses:

• HIST 111: Creating the American Nation (4)
• HIST 112: Rise of Modern America (4)
• HIST 113: Introduction to Medieval History (4)
• HIST 114: Revolutionary Europe (4)
• HIST 115, 116: Asian History Survey (4, 4)
• HIST 125: Introduction to African History (4)
• HIST 135: Introduction to Ancient History (4)
• HIST 147, 148: European History Survey (4, 4)
• HIST 155: Hitler and the Holocaust (4)
• HIST 160: New Religious Movements (4)
• HIST 197F: First-Year Seminar - Heroes, Not the TV Show (4)
• HiST 197F: First-Year Seminar - History Rocks! (4)
• HIST 205S: England To 1688 (4)
• HIST 206S: England After 1688 (4)
• HIST 211: American Politics and Society, 1900-1950 (4)
• HIST 212: American Politics and Society Since 1950 (4)
• HIST 214: Issues in Contemporary American History (4)
• HIST 215: The Old South (4)
• HIST 216: The New South (4)
• HIST 221: Civil Rights Movement in America (4)
• HIST 223S: American Foreign Policy Since the 1890s (4)
• HIST 228: Japan in the Modern World (4)
• HIST 238S: History of Germany (4)
• HIST 240: Greek History (4)
  Also listed as CLAS 240.
• HIST 241: Roman History (4)
  Also listed as CLAS 241.
• HIST 242S: The Middle Ages, 300–1300 (4)
• HIST 243S: The Renaissance (4)
• HIST 245: War in the Western World (4)
• HIST 250: Special Topic - Women in Modern Asia (4)
• HIST 255S: American Social History (4)
• HIST 266S: Dissent and Reform in American History (4)
• HIST 267S: American Religion to 1860 (4)
• HIST 268S: American Religion 1860-2000 (4)
• HIST 271: Revolution and War in Vietnam (4)
• HIST 282: The Rise and Fall of Communism in the Soviet Union (1917-1991) (4)
• HIST 283S: History of International Relations (4)
• HIST 284: War and Society in the Twentieth Century (4)
• HIST 286S: The Nuclear Era (4)
• HIST 290: Independent Study (2 or 4)
• HIST 317: Presidential Character and Leadership (4)
• HIST 318: American Colonial History (4)
• HIST 328: Antebellum United States (4)
• HIST 331: Medieval Society (4)
• HIST 332: The Ides of March (4)
  Also listed as CLAS 332.
• HIST 337: Medieval Ideas and Ideologies (4)
• HIST 343: European Empires (4)
• HIST 344: War (4)
• HIST 349: World History To 1500 (4)
• HIST 350: Special Topic - Race Relations in American History (4)
• HIST 352: The American Revolution (4)
• HIST 353: Churchill, Hitler, and Stalin (4)
• HIST 355: 20th-Century Europe (4)
• HIST 356: 20th-Century America (4)
• HIST 358: European Social History (4)
• HIST 360: The Second World War (4)
• HIST 364: The Cold War (4)
• HIST 390: Independent Study (2 or 4)
• HIST 399: Internships (4)
• HIST 480: Senior Thesis (4)
• HIST 490: Senior Honors Thesis (4, 4)

Requirements for a Major in History:
9 courses (36 credits)

• One 200-level proseminar (designated by S after course number)
• Two seminars at the 300 level (except as noted in course description)
• HIST 480: Senior Thesis Seminar
• Five additional history electives (any level)

Normally a student will complete a proseminar before enrolling in a seminar. A student is expected to complete one proseminar and one seminar before she enters her senior year. A student who specializes in the history of one geographical area is required to take at least three courses outside that area, including one proseminar or seminar. History majors are encouraged to take allied courses in language, literature, art, philosophy, economics, political science, sociology, and geography.

Requirements for a Minor in History:
5 courses (20 credits)

• One 200-level proseminar (designated by S after the course number)
• At least one course at the 300 level (except as noted in course description)
• Three additional history courses

Courses for the minor must cover at least two geographical areas (for example, Europe and the United States, or Asia and Europe)

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