100-Level Courses
One hundred level courses cover broad area of historical investigation. They are designed for first and second year students and are usually taken to fulfill the GEC historical survey requirement.
300-Level Courses
Three hundred level courses cover fewer years, go into more detail, employ more sophisticated analysis and methodology, and require more reading of primary and secondary works. They are designed for a mix of history majors, non-majors, and prospective majors at the sophomore, junior, and senior levels.
500-Level Courses
Five hundred level courses are usually more narrow in chronological scope, more sophisticated in the lecture material, discussions, and readings, and require more readings of primary and secondary sources. Most but not all of the students will be juniors and seniors and will have taken other history courses before registering for a 500-level course. A higher level of understanding, analytical ability and written expression in short essay and essay forms in expected. Some instructors assign research papers.
Graduate Level Courses
700, 800, and 900-Level courses are graduate courses for the graduate studies program.
| Course Number | Title |
Level |
Course Description | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 845.01 | Seminar in East Asian History I | Graduate |
Research topic to be announced. |
East Asian History |
| 845.02 | Seminar in East Asian History II | Graduate |
Continuation of 845.01. |
East Asian History |
| 724.01 | East Asia in the Pre-Modern World | Graduate |
China's pivotal role in the evolution of the early modern world system and European colonialism. |
East Asian History |
| 724.02 | East Asia and the Modern / Contemporary World | Graduate |
East Asian ecumeene as reflecting world trends defined by Western colonizing nations. |
East Asian History |
| 797 | Introduction to Graduate-level East Asian Studies | Graduate |
We explore the origin, development and current state of East Asian Area Studies in the U.S., including its relationship to other intellectual disciplines. |
East Asian History |
| 141 | History of East Asia in the Pre-modern Era | Undergraduate |
Introduction to the societies and cultures of pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan; the countries that make up the geographical and cultural unit of East Asia. |
East Asian History |
| 142 | History of East Asia in the Modern Era | Undergraduate |
Introduction to the transformation of societies and cultures of modern China, Korea, and Japan from the 17th century to the present. |
East Asian History |
| 342 | Foundations of Chinese Civilization | Undergraduate |
A history of early China, this course surveys Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist teachings and the foundational institutions of Imperial China through the Tang (618-907). |
East Asian History |
| 544 | The Mongol World Empire: Central Eurasia, 1000-1500 | Undergraduate |
An introduction to the social, cultural, and political history of medieval Central Eurasia, focusing on the interaction between nomadic and sedentary populations. |
East Asian History |
| 543.01 | History of India: Ancient India | Undergraduate |
A history of India from 2500 B.C.E. to the Muslim invasion of the 10th and 11th centuries C.E. |
East Asian History |
| 543.02 | History of India: Islamic India | Undergraduate |
The Sultanate and Mughal Empires (1000-1707 A.D.); emphasis on imperial institutions and the interaction of Hindu and Muslim societies. |
East Asian History |
| 543.03 | History of India: Colonial India | Undergraduate |
A history of South Asia during the colonial period, from the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498 until independence and partition in 1947. |
East Asian History |
| 543.04 | History of India: Contemporary India and South Asia | Undergraduate |
The political, social, economic, and cultural history of contemporary India and the South Asian subcontinent, focusing on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. |
East Asian History |
| 341 | The Silk Road: Commerce and Culture in Eurasia 200 BCE-1498 CE | Undergraduate |
A study of the commercial and cultural relations among Chinese, Indian, Iranian, and Roman/Islamic civilizations. |
East Asian History |
| 545.01 | The Chinese Empire, Tenth-Fourteenth Centuries | Undergraduate and Graduate |
A survey of the first segment of the later Chinese imperial period, the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties. |
East Asian History |
| 545.02 | China in the Early Modern Era: The Ming and Qing Dynasties | Undergraduate and Graduate |
The major topics in Ming and Qing history. |
East Asian History |
| 545.03 | Modern China, 1800-1949 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
History of modern China with emphasis on cultural contact between China and the West. |
East Asian History |
| 545.04 | History of Contemporary China, 1949-Present | Undergraduate and Graduate |
A general but analytic introduction to the social, political, and intellectual history of contemporary China, 1949-present. |
East Asian History |
| 546 | Topics in Chinese History | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Selected thematic topics in Chinese history. |
East Asian History |
| 548.01 | History of Japan before 1800 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
History of Japan to 19th century; emphasis on religion, politics, economic development, social structure and culture. |
East Asian History |
| 548.02 | Modern Japan | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Political, social, and intellectual history of Japan from the beginning of the Meiji Period (1868) to the present. |
East Asian History |
| 796 | Studies in Japanese History | Undergraduate and Graduate |
An intensive study, through reading and discussion, of major issues and recent scholarship in Japanese history. |
East Asian History |
| 798 | Studies in Chinese History | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Research topic to be announced. |
East Asian History |
