Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
HISTORY 1682
World History from 1500 to the Present
Survey of the human community, with an emphasis on its increasing global integration, from the first European voyages of exploration through the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2642. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2065
Colonialism at the Movies: American History in Film
Explores historical treatment of Native/European contact, colonization, and key events and issues in American history in film. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course.
HISTORY 2070
Introduction to Native American History
History of Native Americans from pre-contact times to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 368.01. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2071
American Indian History of the U.S. Midwest
Native American history in Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions from ancient times to the present, including moundbuilders, fur trade, removal, reservations, urbanization, contemporary issues. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2079
Asian American History
A survey of how Asian immigrants, their American-born children, and international relations with Asia have shaped U.S. History.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 346. GE cultures and ideas and historical study and diversity soc div in the US course.
HISTORY 2080
African American History to 1877
The study of the African American experience in America from arrival through the era of Reconstruction, focusing on slavery, resistance movements, and African American culture. Students will analyze the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, social class, and other categories through the lens of African Americans? lived experiences and how they functioned in Black communities.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 2080. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2100
Introduction to the Spanish Atlantic World
Introductory survey of the Spanish Empire in the Americas to 1825. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2111
Introduction to Native American People of the Andes
Introductory survey of the history of the Native American peoples of the Andes from the Pre-Columbian period to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 368.02. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2115
Saints and Sinners: Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Latin American History
Latin American history seen through the lens of gender and race, with emphasis on the experiences of women, girls, and people whose gender and sexual identity fell outside of proscribed roles and rules. We will at look at Indigenous societies, European colonization, slavery, the national independence era, and the tumultuous 20th century as it shaped and was shaped by gendered relations of power.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2125
The History of Latin America Through Film
Latin American history from the pre-colonial era to the present as depicted in film, including the analysis of colonialism, revolutions, society, women, and current events. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2203
Introduction to Early Modern Europe
A survey of European history from the Black Death to the Congress of Vienna. This course examines social, cultural, religious, political and economic developments from the mid fourteenth to the early nineteenth century. Sometimes taught at distance.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1211 or 1212. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 2240
Elizabethan England
The social, political, cultural and religious history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, including the darker side of the Golden Age. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2250
Empires and Nations in Western Europe, 1500 - Present
Comparative study of the Modern European Overseas Empires from the "age of discovery" to the postcolonial present. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2251
Empires and Nations in Eastern Europe, 1500-Present
Comparative study of the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Russian empires, and their successor states in eastern Europe, from 1500 to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 519.03. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 2280
Introduction to Russian History
Selected topics introducing students to the history of Russian politics, society, and culture.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 336. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2302
History of Modern Africa, 1800 - 1960s
Thematic survey of African history from 1800 to the 1960s.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 2302. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2352
The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1922
Studies the Ottoman Empire from the 13th to early 20th century, with an emphasis on the conquest of Istanbul, the consolidation of the borders of the empire, the establishment of the state apparatus in the classical period, a period of turbulence leading to a substantial transformation of the state in the early 19th century, and finally the empire's dissolution in the aftermath of WWI.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3356. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2391
Islamic India
The Sultanate and Mughal Empires (1000-1707 AD); emphasis on imperial institutions and the interaction of Hindu and Muslim societies.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.02. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2392
Colonial India
South Asia during the colonial period, from the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498 until independence and partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.03. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2401
History of East Asia in the Pre-Modern Era
Introduction to societies and cultures of pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan; the East Asian geographical and cultural unit.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 2700
Global Environmental History
Global overview of the ecology of the human condition in past time, stressing climate change, earth systems, technology, energy, demography, and human cultural-economic revolutions.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and soc sci human, nat, and econ resources and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and social and behavioral sci course.
HISTORY 3010
Colonial North American to 1763
The history of colonial and native societies in North America from first contacts to the eve of the imperial crisis.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 556. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3011
The American Revolution and the New Nation
The American Revolution and the New Nation: Analysis of the political, cultural, social, military, and economic changes that led to revolution and creation of the republic.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3070
Native American History from European Contact to Removal, 1560-1820
Major issues and events in Native American history from before the European invasion and colonization through the early 1820s.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course.
HISTORY 3075
Mexican American Chicano/a History
History of people of Mexican descent and their presence in the United States from Spanish colonial times to contemporary period.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 577.01 or 577.02. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course.
HISTORY 3080
Slavery in the United States
The African American experience in slavery, focusing on the rise of the slave trade, slavery in the colonial and antebellum eras, the Civil War, and abolition.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3080. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3090
Comparative Slavery
Different forms of slavery and other forms of unfree labor in different cultures, focusing mainly on Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 588 or AfAmASt 588. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3100
Colonial Latin America
Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Empires; the Spanish and Portuguese conquests and the transplanting of Iberian institutions; the Baroque period; the Bourbon Century and the Enlightenment.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 533.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3242
The Holy Roman Empire (1495-1806)
The political, social, religious, and economic history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from 1495 to the fall of the Empire in 1806. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3245
The Age of Reformation
The history of the Protestant, Catholic, and Radical Reformations of 16th and early 17th century Europe.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld and traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3247
Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750)
Investigation of the history of European witchcraft, focusing on intellectual, religious, and social developments and on the great witchcraft trials of the early modern period.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3250
Subjects to Citizens: A History of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
A history of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe from the crisis of the Old Regime and the French Revolution to the end of the Napoleonic Empire. The course also considers changing conceptions of citizenship during the period, from subjects under monarchical rule to citizens of rapidly changing revolutionary and post-revolutionary governments.
GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3281
Imperial Russia
This course examines the history of the Russian empire from the reigns of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great through the fall of the imperial system during the 1917 Revolution, with particular emphasis on the idea of citizenship in the Russian state and empire.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3304
History of Islam in Africa
Africa from the emergence of Islam in the 600s to the Present. African contributions to Islam and the impact of Islam on African societies. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3304 (541). GE historical study course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3351
Intellectual and Social Movements in the Muslim World
Upper-level lecture/discussion course on significant intellectual and social movements in the Middle East and vicinity from the advent of Islam to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3352
Marginal Groups in the Non-Western World
An examination of selected marginal populations, who may include religious and/or ethnic minorities, women, slaves, eunuchs, those with physical disabilities, and geographically isolated groups.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3354
Islamic Spain and North Africa
Lecture/discussion course examining Spain and North Africa under Islamic rule, from the Muslim conquests of the early 7th century through the early 19th century.
Prereq or concur: English 1110 or equiv, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3360
History of Iran
A history of Iran in the Islamic period, focusing on nomadic-urban interaction and Iranian culture.
Prereq or concur: English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 541.02. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3365
History of Afghanistan
This course will address Afghan society, its historical foundations, and the challenges that confront it.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 355. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3403
History of Early Modern China: 14th-18th century
Introduction to political, social, cultural, and economic developments from 14th to 18th century, mainly the Ming and early Qing dynasty.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3425
History of Japan Before 1800
History of Japan to 19th century; emphasis on religion, politics, economic development, social structure and culture.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 548.01. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3551
War in World History, 1651-1899
Study of the causes, conduct, and consequences of warfare around the world, 1650-1900. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3590
Wars of Empire and Decolonization
This course examines the means, methods, challenges and results of military encounters between modern imperial powers and indigenous forces they met on the battlefield.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3641
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750): Diversity in Context
Investigation of the lives and experiences of early modern European women, with special focus on family life, gender, work, education, religious life, and political power.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course.
HISTORY 3700
American Environmental History
The history of American ecosystems from the last Ice Age to the present; focusing on sustainability and historical debates over the causes and consequences of environmental change.
GE historical study course. GE theme sustainability course.
HISTORY 3798.04
Global Hotspots of the Early Modern World: Buenos Aires
Through the study of 18th century Buenos Aires, this course will inform students about the emergence of cities that connected Old and New Worlds and that served as places of innovation in commerce, political structures, and ideas. Students will benefit from international travel experience and exposure, and will acquire new depth of knowledge about the history of global interconnectedness.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies and education abroad course.
HISTORY 4095
Seminar in Atlantic World History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Atlantic World History. Prereq or concur: English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 3000 level, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4095E
Seminar in Atlantic World History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Atlantic World History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 3000 level, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4095H
Seminar in Atlantic World History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Atlantic World History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 598, 598H, 598.01, or 598.02. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4125
Seminar in Latin American History
Advanced research and readings on selected topics in Latin American History.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.
HISTORY 4125E
Seminar in Latin American History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Latin American History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 3000 level, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4125H
Seminar in Latin American History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Latin American History. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq or concur: English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 3000 level, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4525
Seminar in International History
Advanced research and readings on selected topics in International History.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.
HISTORY 4525E
Embedded Honors Seminar in International History
Advanced research and readings on selected topics in International History.
Prereq or concur: Honors standing, English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.
HISTORY 4525H
Honors Seminar in International History
Advanced research and readings on selected topics in International History.
Prereq or concur: Honors standing, English 1110.xx, any 3000-level History course, and enrollment in History major; or permission of instructor.
HISTORY 4675
Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History
Advanced research and readings on selected topics in World/Global/Transnational History.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.
HISTORY 4675E
Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in World/Global/Transnational History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 598, 598H, 598.01, or 598.02. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4675H
Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in World/Global/Transnational History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7001
Graduate Readings in Colonial America
Readings in the historical literatures of Colonial America in its Atlantic World context to 1763.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7081
African Americans in Early America
This intensive reading and discussion seminar explores African American life and culture during the colonial, early national and antebellum eras.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 7090
Atlantic World History
Colloquium on Atlantic World History from the 15th century through the early 19th century.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AAAS 7090.
HISTORY 7100
Studies in Latin American History
An intensive study of problems in selected periods of Latin American history.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7240
Studies in Early Modern European History
Selected topics in western European history of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7245
Studies in Renaissance and Reformation History
Graduate readings seminar in the European Renaissance or Reformation, 1300 to 1600, emphasizing social, political, economic, and cultural issues throughout Europe.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7260
Studies in British History
Reading in British History.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7275
Studies in Eastern European History
Selected topics in Eastern European political, social, cultural, and intellectual history and historiography; theoretical and comparative emphasis.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7280
Studies in Russian, Soviet, and Eurasian History
Graduate readings seminar on Russian, East European, and Eurasian history.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7300
Introduction to Graduate-Level African History
The study of the historical literature of Africa and various aspects of African history.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AAAS 7300.
HISTORY 7350
Studies in Islamic History
Graduate reading seminar on a topic in Islamic history, stressing topical coverage and/or historiography. May be repeated for credited when the topic changes.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7410
Studies in Pre-Modern Chinese History
Intensive study, through reading and discussion, of major issues and recent scholarship in pre-modern Chinese history.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7425
Studies in Japanese History
An intensive study, through reading and discussion, of major issues and recent scholarship in Japanese history.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7550
Studies in Military History
Studies in military history; emphasis on military institutions and activities in war and peace, along with works of historiographical interest to the military history field.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7630
Studies in the History of Sexuality
International and Interdisciplinary Readings in Sexuality History.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8000
Seminar in Early American History to 1877
Graduate Research Seminar in Early American History to 1877. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 8090
Seminar in Atlantic World History
Graduate research seminar in Atlantic World History. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8100
Seminar in Latin American History
Graduate Research Seminar in Latin American History. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 8245
Seminar in Renaissance and Reformation History
Graduate Research Seminar in European Renaissance or Reformation History. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8260
Seminar in French History
Graduate Research Seminar in French History. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8280
Seminar in Russian, East European and Eurasian History
Graduate Research Seminar in Russian, East European, and Eurasian History. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8350
Seminar in the History of the Islamic World
Graduate Research Seminar in the History of the Islamic World. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 8400
Seminar in East Asian History
Graduate Research Seminar in East Asian History. Topics will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.