Did you know…
- That History courses fulfill eight different areas of the core?
- That almost all History Department courses fit into one or more of nineteen different pathways?
- And that you can do a whole history minor simply by fulfilling core requirements?
Explore the full range of History Department offerings.
History courses fulfill a wide variety of Core Curriculum requirements, lending itself particularly well to becoming a major, second major, or minor.
10 Courses in Cultures and Ideas 1 & 2
- Civilization & the City
- Slavery & Unfreedom
- Cultures of Islam
- Identity & the Other
- Peoples of the Americas
- The Imperial West
- Rebellion & Conformity
- Across the Pacific
- Africa and the Atlantic World
- Medicine, Health and the Body
28 Courses in Cultures and Ideas 3
- Modern India (54)
- Central America (64)
- Africa in World History (91)
- Modern East Asia (92)
- The Cold War (93)
- Modern Latin America (95)
- Genocide and Gender in the 20th Century (102S)
- World History until 1492 (104)
- Sex & Gender in the Age of High Imperialism (116S)
- The Holocaust (122)
- Gender and National Identity in 20th-Century Eastern and Western Europe (136)
- The Soviet Experiment (137)
- Life History Approaches to Atlantic-African Worlds (140)
- Politics and Development in Independent Africa (141)
- Modern West Asia & North Africa (142)
- Women in Political Revolutions (143S)
- Islam in Africa (144S)
- Islam in the Modern World (145)
- Medieval and Early Modern Japan (146A)
- Modern Japan in the World (146B)
- Wonders of Ancient China (147A)
- Modern China (147B)
- Gender and Sexuality in East Asia (150)
- Imperialism in East Asia (151)
- Modern India (154)
- Modern Mexico (161)
- Argentina: Empire to Pope Francis (162)
- Latin America: Empires (166)
22 Courses in Civic Engagement
- Digital and Public History (27)
- The French Revolution (30)
- African-American Pursuit of Freedom (55)
- United States Environmental History (85)
- The Cold War (93)
- Colonization, Revolution, and Civil War: The United States, Origins to 1877 (96A)
- Globalization, Reform, and War: The United States 1877 to Present (96B)
- Representation, Rights, and Democracy, 1050-1792 (118)
- Gender, Sexuality & Social Movements in the 20th U.S (119)
- Human Rights and Humanitarianism (121)
- Crime, Prostitution and Poverty in Victorian London (128)
- French Enlightenment & Revolutions in Global Context (130A)
- Late Modern France and the World (130B)
- California (186)
- Making of Modern America: The Progressive Era (188S)
- Britain and the First World War (131)
- Parties and Presidents: US Political History (65/165)
- American Revolution (70/170)
- The New Nation (171)
- Protest and Activism: The U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s (174)
- Celebrity and Politics: U.S. 1980s to Present
- American Historical Geography (83/184)
14 Courses in Diversity: U.S. Perspectives
- United States Women's History (84)
- Colonization, Revolution, and Civil War: The United States, Origins to 1877 (96A)
- Globalization, Reform, and War: The United States 1877-Present (96B)
- Civil Rights and Anti-Colonial Movements (153)
- African American History (156)
- Turmoil and Reform: U.S. 1877-1920 (158)
- Civil War (172)
- Natives and Newcomers: Early North America (75/175)
- Gays and Lesbians in United States History (177)
- Race & World War II (178)
- Native Americans of the United States (180)
- Whiteness and Immigration in the US (183)
- California (186)
- Making of Modern America: The Progressive Era (188S)
3 Courses in Science, Technology & Society
- History of Plagues, Epidemics, and Infections (123)
- Technology: Steam to Cyborgs (79, 179)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (124)
7 Courses in Religion, Theology, and Culture 2
- Ancient Greek Religion (16)
- Ancient Roman Religion (17)
- State and Church in the Middle Ages, 1000-1450 (117)
- The Crusades: Christian & Muslim Perspectives (120)
- Conflicts in Medieval Christianity (126)
- Medieval Intellectual History (129)
- History of Christianity in China (152)
1 Course in Advanced Writing
- Historical Writing (101S)