Undergraduate Program Courses

Expanded descriptions of each course for the current semester, including the instructor and time/day offered can be viewed via the on-line course description booklet.

European History

• 100 Western Civilization To 1715 [ES]
• 100H Western Civilization To 1715 [ES] [IS]
• 101 Western Civilization Since 1715 [ES]
• 101H Honors Western Civilization to 1715 [ES] [IS]
• 209 Ancient Greece [ES]
• 210 Ancient Rome [ES]
• 211 History of the Middle Ages [ES]
• 212 History of Early Modern Europe [ES]
• 220 History of Christianity [ES]
• 221 History of Science [ES]
• 223 Spain and the Spanish Heritage [ES]
• 231 History of England: Stonehenge through the Glorious Rev. [ES]
• 232 History of England Since the Glorious Rev. [ES]
• 261 Russia to the Era of Catherine the Great [ES]
• 262 Russia: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries [ES]
• 301 Pre industrial Europe
• 307 Early Christianity [ES]
• 311 The World of Homer
• 315 The Medieval World: Byzantium [IS]
• 318 The Roman Empire
• 321 The Age of Renaissance and Reformation
• 322 The Age of the Baroque
• 323 Europe During the Old Regime
• 324 The Cold War
• 325 France since the French Revolution
• 327 19th Century Germany
• 328 History of Germany, 1914 to Present
• 329 Women in European History
• 330 Contemporary Europe
• 332 Jews in the Middle Ages [ES]
• 333 Jews in the Modern World [ES]
• 336 British Empire and Commonwealth
• 338 War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the Present
• 339 The Holocaust [ES]
• 361 Czech History and Culture
• 362 Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 1815
• 409 Religion of Late Western Antiquity [ES area F][IS]
• 412 City-States in Classical Greece [IS]
• 414 Medieval Culture [IS]
• 415 Origins of the European State [IS]
• 417 The Roman Revolution, 133BC-68 AD [IS]
• 420 The Italian Renaissance [IS]
• 421 The Age of Religious Reform, 1300-1650 [IS]
• 422 The Scientific Revolution [IS]
• 423 The European Enlightenment [IS]
• 424 European Social and Cultural History since 1815 [IS]
• 429 History of Fascism in Europe
• 430 Early European History Through Biography [IS]
• 431 Medieval England [IS]
• 432 England: Reformation to Revolution [IS]
• 433 England: Restoration to 1789 [IS]
• 434 England in the Victorian Age [IS]
• 435 Twentieth-Century England [IS]
• 436 Saints, Witches, and Madwomen [IS]
• 461 The Russian Revolution [IS]
• 462 Recent Russia [IS]

United States History

• 105 American Ways [ES] [IS]
• 201 American History to 1877 [ES]
• 201H Honors American History to 1877 [ES][IS]
• 202 American History after 1877 [ES]
• 202H Honors American History after 1877 [ES][IS]
• 205 History of Canada [ES]
• 241 Native American History [ES]
• 242 Native American Women [ES]
• 303 United States Military History, 1607-1917
• 304 United States Military History since 1917
• 306 African American History: African Origins to 1877 [ES]
• 309 African American History After 1877 [ES]
• 334 Colonial America
• 335 The Era of the American Revolution
• 340 American Legal History
• 341 American Constitutional History I
• 342 American Constitutional History II
• 343 American Urban and Social History I [ES]
• 344 American Urban and Social History II [ES]
• 345 History of the American Presidency
• 346 North American Environmental History [ES]
• 347 History of United States Foreign Policy to 1909
• 348 History of United States Foreign Policy since 1909
• 349 Ideas in America to the Civil War [ES]
• 350 Ideas in America since the Civil War [ES]
• 351 American West to 1900
• 352 American West Since 1900
• 353 From Progressivism to the Great Crash
• 354 The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 355 Post-World War II America
• 356 Race and Ethnicity in the American West [ES]
• 357 The History and Culture of the Mexican-American
• 359 The Mythic West
• 360 Nebraska and the Great Plains
• 375 Women and Work in the United States [ES]
• 400 Sexuality in 19th and 20th century America
• 411 Indians in American Popular Culture [IS]
• 437 African Americans and Racial Politics: 1932 to the Present [IS]
• 441 Women and Gender in the United States [IS]
• 442 Antebellum American, 1800-1850 [IS]
• 445 The American Civil War and Reconstruction [IS]
• 446 America in the Gilded Age [IS]
• 447 Family History of the U.S. [IS]
• 448 History of Women and Gender in the American West [IS]
• 456 Black and/or African American Women’s History [IS]
• 457 19th Century U.S. Economic History I [IS]
• 458 20th Century U.S. Economic History II [IS]
• 459 The Black West [IS]
• 460 The Civil Rights Movement
• 463 History of the Canadian West
• 464 Native American History: Selected Topics [IS]
• 465 History of Plains Indians [IS]
• 468 Cultural History of Native America [IS]

Latin American, Asian, and African History

• 120 World History [ES] [IS]
• 120H Honors World History [ES] [IS]
• 150 African Culture and Civilization [ES]
• 171 Latin American Culture and Civilization [ES]
• 181 Introduction to East Asian Civilization [ES]
• 209 Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East to 500 B.C.E. [ES]
• 217 Israel: The Holy Land [ES]
• 218 Islamic History [ES]
• 219 Introduction to Jewish History [ES]
• 271 The Latin American Colonies [ES]
• 272 The Latin American Republics [ES]
• 282 Modern East Asia [ES]
• 326 Algeria and France
• 331 Ancient Israel [ES]
• 370 Colonial Mexico [ES]
• 371 Modern Mexico [ES]
• 372 Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Latin America [ES]
• 381 History of Premodern Japan [ES]
• 382 History of Modern Japan [ES]
• 383 History of Premodern China [ES]
• 384 History of Modern China [ES]
• 410 The Ancient Near East [IS]
• 466 Early Modern China [IS]
• 467 History of China in the 20th Century [IS]
• 471 Latin America and the Outside World [IS]
• 473 Spanish-American Colonial Institutions
• 475 History of Brazil [IS]
• 478 Seminar in Latin American Studies [IS]
• 480 Social and Economic History of China Since the Late Ming Dynasty [IS]
• 485 Africa Since 1800 [ES][IS]
• 486 History of South Africa [ES]

Courses with varying topics that may count toward a specific regional history, depending on the content of the particular course (See the Undergraduate Advisor for Substitutions)

• 182 Alpha Learning Community [ES] [IS]
• 189H University Honors Seminar [ES] [IS]
• 198 Special Topics in History
• 298 Special Topics in History
• 396 Special Problems
• 397 Special Topics in History
• 479 Pro-Seminar in International Relations I
• 494 Readings Course

Pre-1800 History

• 100 Western Civilization To 1715 [ES]
• 100H Western Civilization To 1715 [ES] [IS]
• 181 Introduction to East Asian Civilization [ES]
• 209 Ancient Greece [ES]
• 210 Ancient Rome [ES]
• 211 History of the Middle Ages [ES]
• 212 History of Early Modern Europe [ES]
• 220 History of Christianity [ES]
• 231 History of England: Stonehenge Through Glorious Rev. [ES]
• 261 Russia to the Era of Catherine the Great [ES]
• 271 The Latin American Colonies [ES]
• 301 Preindustrial Europe
• 307 Early Christianity [ES]
• 311 The World of Homer
• 315 The Medieval World: Byzantium [IS]
• 318 The Roman Empire
• 321 The Age of the Renaissance and Reformation
• 322 The Age of the Baroque
• 323 Europe During the Old Regime
• 331 Ancient Israel [ES]
• 332 Jews in the Middle Ages [ES]
• 334 Colonial America
• 335 The Era of the American Revolution
• 370 Colonial Mexico [ES]
• 381 History of Premodern Japan [ES]
• 383 History of Premodern China [ES]
• 409 The Religion of Late Western Antiquity [ES][IS]
• 410 The Ancient Near East [IS]
• 412 City-States in Classical Greece [IS]
• 414 Medieval Culture [IS]
• 415 Origins of the European State [IS]
• 417 The Roman Revolution [IS]
• 420 The Italian Renaissance [IS]
• 421 The Age of Religious Reform [IS]
• 422 The Scientific Revolution [IS]
• 423 The European Enlightenment [IS]
• 430 Early European History Through Biography [IS]
• 431 Medieval England [IS]
• 432 England: Reformation to Revolution [IS]
• 433 England: Restoration to 1789 [IS]
• 436 Saints, Witches, and Madwomen
• 473 Spanish American Colonial Institutions

Additional History Courses

• 222 History of Sport [ES]
• 225 Women in History [ES]
• 288 Introduction to Historical Methods [IS]
• 308 History of Comparative Religion [ES]
• 398 Internship in History
• 399H Honors Thesis
• 401 Documentary Editing
• 469 Global Environmental History