Upcoming Courses

Fall 2026

Categories below refer to the geographical distribution requirements for the history major. Students must take courses in four of the eight areas. These may be at the 100, 200, or 300 level. 

The geographical areas are as follows: North America (HINA), Latin America/Caribbean (HILA), Africa (HIAF), Europe (HIEU), Middle East (HIME), Asia (HIAS), Pre-1800 (HIPR), United States (HIUS) and Comparative/Transnational/Global (HICT). 

HIST 199-01 — Topics in Latin American History (AIHS, FSHT, HILA, HIAL)

HIST 199-02 — The Tokyo War Crime Trials (AIHS, FSHT, HIAL, HIAS)

HIST 199-03/04 — Biographies as Hidden Histories (AIHS, FSHT, HINA, HIUS)

HIST 199-05 — History of the American South (AIHS, FSHT, HINA, HIUS)

HIST 202-01/02 — The Early American Republic (AIHS, FSHT, HINA, HIUS, HIPR, AMER)

HIST 215 — US in the Cold War (AIHS, FSHT, HINA, HIUS, HICT, GSDW, AMER)

HIST 218 — State & Society in Modern America (AIHS, FSHT, HINA, IFPE, LW2, AMER)

HIST 224 — The Crusades (HIEU, HIPR, IFWP, CLEL, TEL)

HIST 235 — The British Caribbean in the Era of the Emancipation (AIHS, HILA, IFPE)

HIST 240 — Human Rights and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770-1830 (AIHS, FSHT, HICT, IFPE, PPLW, WGTP, GSSE)

HIST 250 — Modern East Asia (AIHS, FSHT, HIAL, HIAS, CHIN, GSAS, GSHC)

HIST 260-01/02 — Colonial Latin America (AIHS, FSHT, HILA, HIAL, GSLA, AMER)

HIST 282 — Africa in the 20th Century (AIHS, FSHT, HIAF, IFPE, GSAF, GSHC, SLPA)

HIST 298-01 — Patriotic Histories (AIHS, FSHT, HICT)

HIST 298-02/03 — Nazi German & Fascism (AIHS, FSHT, HIEU, GSWE, GSDW, JWSB )

HIST 298-04 — History of European Sexuality (AIHS, FSHT, HIEU, GSSE)

HIST 399-01 — ST: Black Power (HICT)

HIST 399-02 — ST: Medieval and Renaissance Legacies (HIEU, HIPR)

HIST 399-03 — ST: History in Place: Richmond & Philadelphia (HINA, HIUS)

HIST 400 — Nationalism and Colonialism in the Middle East (HIME, IFWC)