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Introductory Course (3 Credits):

• HIST 101 - Introduction to Historical Thinking and Analysis 3 Credit(s)

200-Level Survey Courses (9 Credits):
Take three courses from the list below.

• HIST 210L - Labor and Working Class History in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 211 - Europe to 1600 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 212 - Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 213 - World History to 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 214 - Modern World History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 249 - Modern Middle East History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 251L - South Asia and the India Ocean World: Trade, Labor and Capital from 1800 to the Present 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 252 - African History to 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 253 - African History since 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 255L - Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 256L - Skyscrapers and Shantytowns: Latin America since 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 262L - American Indian History to 1783 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 263L - Modern American Indian Social and Political History: From the American
• Revolution to Standing Rock 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 265 - American History before 1877 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 266 - American History since 1877 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 275L - Learning to Labor: Work and Education in US History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 276 - This Land is Your Land: A Survey of American Environmental History 3 Credit(s)

Electives (21 Credits):
Take seven history courses. At least four must be at the 300-level and at least one must be at the 400-level.

Capstone (3 Credits):

• HIST 481 - Research & Methods: Senior Research Methods in History 3 Credit(s)

Pre-1800 History Requirement:
At least one course from the pre-1800 history list below must be used toward the major requirements.

• HIST 125L - Jerusalem: Sacred Space, Contested Space 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 160L - East Asian Civilizations to 1850 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 211 - Europe to 1600 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 213 - World History to 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 219 - History of the Mediterranean 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 230L - Ancient Egypt 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 233L - The Homeric Warrior 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 249 - Modern Middle East History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 252 - African History to 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 255L - Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 262L - American Indian History to 1783 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 265 - American History before 1877 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 301L - Ancient Greek History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 302L - Roman History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 303L - The Archaeology of Ancient Greece 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 304 - Early Middle Ages: Europe 300-1000 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 305 - Later Middle Ages: Europe 1000-1450 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 306L - The Archaeology of Ancient Rome 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 307 - Renaissance and Reformation 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 308 - The History of Common Law 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 312 - Cities in Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 314 - Health and Healing in Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 317L - Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 322 - Shakespeare’s London 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 330 - The French Revolution 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 360L - Traditional China 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 371 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 413 - Saints, Witches and Heretics 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 416L - Thucydides: War & Human Nature 3 Credit(s)

Geographic Breadth Requirement:
At least one course from four of the five geographic breadth areas below must be used to fulfill major requirements.

African History:

• HIST 150 - Food and Empire 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 252 - African History to 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 253 - African History since 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 346 - Women & Gender in African History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 347 - Feast to Famine: Food in African History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 352 - Topics in African History 3 Credit(s)
   

Asian History:

• HIST 115L - Survey of South Asia 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 160L - East Asian Civilizations to 1850 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 161L - East Asian Civilizations since 1850 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 249 - Modern Middle East History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 251L - South Asia and the India Ocean World: Trade, Labor and Capital from 1800 to the Present 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 357 - The Vietnam War 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 359L - Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 360L - Traditional China 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 361L - The History of Modern China 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 363L - Modern Japan 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 364L - India since 1857 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 365L - Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in Modern History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 456 - Faith and Politics in Islam: Devotion, Reform, and Jihad in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
   

European History:

• HIST 130 - Goddesses and Supergirls 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 211 - Europe to 1600 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 212 - Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 219 - History of the Mediterranean 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 220 - History of European Empires 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 301L - Ancient Greek History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 302L - Roman History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 303L - The Archaeology of Ancient Greece 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 304 - Early Middle Ages: Europe 300-1000 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 305 - Later Middle Ages: Europe 1000-1450 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 306L - The Archaeology of Ancient Rome 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 307 - Renaissance and Reformation 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 308 - The History of Common Law 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 312 - Cities in Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 313 - Nineteenth Century Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 314 - Health and Healing in Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 315 - Europe 1900-1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 316 - Europe since 1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 317L - Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 322 - Shakespeare’s London 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 324 - Russia and the Soviet Union: From the 1917 Revolution to Putin 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 325 - European Expansion 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 326 - Hitler, A Man and His Times 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 330 - The French Revolution 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 334 - Italy Since 1815 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 342 - Cinema in Hitler’s Germany: Movies, Propaganda, Politics in Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919-1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 343 - World War II: The Global War 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 413 - Saints, Witches and Heretics 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 416L - Thucydides: War & Human Nature 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 433 - Mussolini 3 Credit(s)
   

Latin American History:

• HIST 152 - Crime, Corruption, and Scandal in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 255L - Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 256L - Skyscrapers and Shantytowns: Latin America since 1800 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 350 - Mexico since 1850 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 351 - Histories of Brazil 3 Credit(s)
   

United States History:

• HIST 171 - Leeches to Lasers: Medicine and Health in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 173 - Baseball and American History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 175 - Comic Books in America: The History of Comic Books and American Society since 1938 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 185 - Mascots, Monuments, Massacres: Native American History in the Public Sphere 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 210L - Labor and Working Class History in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 262L - American Indian History to 1783 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 263L - Modern American Indian Social and Political History: From the American Revolution to Standing Rock 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 265 - American History before 1877 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 266 - American History since 1877 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 276 - This Land is Your Land: A Survey of American Environmental History 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 349L - The Cold War: Rise and Fall 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 357 - The Vietnam War 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 371 - The American Revolution, 1763-1789 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 372 - The Early Republic 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 374 - The Whaling Women of Nantucket 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 377 - The American Progressive Era, 1890-1920 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 380 - The United States Since 1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 382 - American Indian Treaty Rights, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 387 - US Foreign Policy since 1898 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 388 - American Soldiers in American Wars: History and Memory 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 395 - The History of Boston 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 440L - United States in a Global Context 3 Credit(s)

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