Distribution Requirements

Prerequisites

Effective January 2023, the prerequisite requirement for entering the History major are one course at the 200 or 300 level, and a second course recommended (but not required).

Thematic Distribution Requirements

The thematic distribution requirements are abbreviated as follows:

  • Knowledge and Belief (KB)
  • Power and Conflict (PC)
  • Pre-Modern, pre-1700 (PM)
  • Race and Difference (RD)

While many courses carry more than one designation, a single course may satisfy only one thematic requirement. Students must take at least one course in each thematic area.

CourseDistribution RequirementSemester Offered
HIS 201: A History of the WorldKB 
HIS 202: The Sixties: Documentary, Youth, and the CityPC, RD 
HIS 205: The Byzantine EmpireKB, PMFall 2025
EAS 206/HIS 206: Medieval Asian Worlds: Korea, Japan, China, Inner and South Asia 300 CE-1700 CEPM 
HIS 207: History of East Asia to 1800PC, PM 
HIS 208: East Asia since 1800PC, RD 
EAS 218/HIS 209: The Origins of Japanese Culture and Civilization: A History of Japan until 1600PC, PM 
HIS 210: The World of Late AntiquityKB, PMFall 2025
HIS 211: Europe from Antiquity to 1700KB, PM 
HIS 212: Europe in the World: From 1776 to the Present DayKB, PC 
AAS 313/HIS 213: Modern Caribbean HistoryRD 
HIS 214: British Empire in World History, 1600-2000PC, RDFall 2025
CLA 216/HIS 216: Archaic and Classical GreecePM 
CLA 217/HIS 217: The Greek World in the Hellenistic AgePM 
CLA 218/HIS 218: The Roman RepublicPM 
CLA 219/HIS 219: The Roman Empire, 31 B.C. to A.D. 337PM 
NES 220/HIS 220: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle AgesKB, PM 
NES 390/HIS 221: Medieval Cairo: A Survival GuidePC, PM 
HIS 222: Hellenism: The First 3000 YearsPM 
NES 201/HIS 223 Introduction to the Middle EastPC 
HIS 225: The Mediterranean: From Rome to Fortress EuropePC, PM 
AAS 326/HIS 226: Topics in African American Culture & LifeRD 
MED 227/HIS 227: The Worlds of the Middle AgesKB, PM 
CLA 231/HIS 231: Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine: Bodies, Physicians, and PatientsPM 
JDS 232/HIS 232: Hatred or Tolerance? Jews & Christians in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeKB, PM 
ANT 333/HIS 233: Indigenous Health Futures: Health and Wellbeing within Native NationsRD 
HIS 240: Modern Eastern Europe, 19th to 20th CenturiesPCFall 2025
HIS 241: Faith and Power in the Indian Ocean ArenaKB, PC 
EAS 345/HIS 246: A Monster History of Japan, from Kojiki to GodzillaPM, KB 
HUM 248/HIS 248: Near Eastern Humanities II: Medieval to Modern Thought and CultureKB, PM 
HIS 249 / AFS 249: A Global History of Modern Ethiopia: Rastafari to Haile SelassiePC 
HIS 250: The Mother and Father Continent: A Global History of AfricaKB, RD 
NES 369/HIS 251: The World of the Cairo GenizaKB, PM 
HIS 252: Cuba: History and RevolutionRD, PC, G 
REL 255/HIS 255: Mapping American ReligionKB 
HIS 262: Capitalism: Origins, Alternatives, FuturesPC 
HIS 267: The Modern Middle EastPC 
AAS 268/HIS 268: Introduction to African American History Since EmancipationPC, RD 
HIS 270: Asian American HistoryRD 
HIS 271: Native American HistoryPC, RD 
HIS 275: The “Voces de la Diáspora” Oral History ProjectRD 
EAS 279/HIS 276: The Qin Dynasty and the Beginnings of Empire in ChinaKB 
EGR 277/HIS 277: Technology and SocietyKB 
HIS 278: Digital, Spatial, Visual, and Oral HistoriesKB 
EAS 280/HIS 279: Nomadic Empires: From the Scythian Confederation to the Mongol ConquestPC, PM 
HIS 280: The Historian's Craft: Approaches to American HistoryPC 
HIS 281: Approaches to European HistoryKB, PC 
HIS 282: The Historian's Craft: Approaches to Asian HistoryPC, RD 
HIS 283: War in the Modern Western WorldPC 
HIS 288: Attention and Modernity: Mind, Media and the Senses, 1500-2050 KB 
NES 389/HIS 289: Everyday Writing in Medieval Egypt, 600 - 1500KB 
HIS 290: The Scientific Worldview of Antiquity and the Middle AgesKB 
HIS 291: The Scientific RevolutionKBFall 2025
HIS 292: Science in the Modern WorldKB 
HIS 293: Science in a Global Context: 15th to 20th CenturyKB, PC 
HIS 294: Science and Medicine in the Early Modern WorldKB, PM 
HIS 295: Making America: Technology and History in the United StatesKB 
STC 297/HIS 297: Transformative Questions in BiologyKB 
HIS 298: Information RevolutionsKB 
HIS 303: Colonial Latin America to 1810PC, PMFall 2025
HIS 304: Modern Latin America since 1810PC 
HIS 306: Becoming Latino in the U.S.PC, RDFall 2025
HIS 307: The Spanish EmpirePC, RD 
AMS 306/HIS 308: Commemoration, Crisis, and Revolution in the CityKB 
EAS 409/HIS 309: The Warrior Culture of JapanPM 
REL 357/HIS 310: Religion and the American RevolutionKB 
NES 316/HIS 311: Global Trade Before the Modern PeriodPMFall 2025
NES/317/HIS 312: Text and Technology: From Handwritten to Digital FormatsKB 
HIS 314: Precolonial AfricaPM, RD 
HIS 315: Africa in the Modern AgePC, RDFall 2025
HIS 316: South African History: 1497 to the PresentPC, RD 
HIS 317: Making of Modern India and PakistanPC 
HIS 319: Japan in Korea, Korea in JapanPC, RD, G 
COM 376/HIS 320: On the Edge of Authoritarianism: Literature and Politics in the Modern MediterraneanPC 
EAS 321/HIS 321: Early Modern JapanKB, PC 
HIS 322: 20th-Century JapanPC, RD 
EAS 309/HIS 323: Ideas and Society in Modern Japan, 1600-1945KB, PC 
HIS 324: Early Modern ChinaPM, PC 
HIS 325: Modern China: Empire, Nation, RevolutionPCFall 2025
CLA 326/HIS 326: Topics in Ancient HistoryPM 
CLA 327/HIS 327: Topics in Ancient History and Religion: PM 
CLA 324/HIS 328: Classical Historians and Their Philosophies of HistoryPM 
JDS 324/HIS 329: Trauma and Oral History: Giving Voice to the UnspeakableKB, PC 
ART 329/HIS 330: Architecture of Confinement, from the Hospice to the Era of Mass IncarcerationPC 
EAS 326/HIS 331: Bamboo, Silk, Wood, and Paper: Ancient and Medieval Chinese ManuscriptsKB 
HIS 332: Pre-Colonial India: Politics, Religion, and Culture in South Asia, 1000-1800 CEPC, PM, RD 
HIS 333: Modern Brazilian HistoryPC, RDFall 2025
HUM 335/HIS 334: A Global History of MonstersKB, RDFall 2025
NES 437/HIS 337: The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800PC, PM 
URB 384/HIS 340: Affordable Housing in the United StatesRD 
HIS 342: Southeast Asia's Global HistoryKB, PC 
HIS 343: The Formation of the Christian WestPC, PM 
HIS 344: The Civilization of the High Middle AgesPC, PM 
HIS 345: The CrusadesPC, RD 
HUM 320/HIS 346: Making Medieval Worlds: Methods and MaterialsPM 
REL 356/HIS 348: Black Religions in Slavery and FreedomKB, RD 
NES 338/HIS 349: The Arab-Israeli ConflictPC 
HIS 350: History of International OrderPC, RD 
HIS 351: France, 1815 to the PresentPC 
HIS 358: History of the BalkansPC 
HIS 359: Modern Jewish History: 1750-PresentKB, RD 
HIS 360: The Russian Empire: State, People, NationsKB, PC 
HIS 361: Divided We Stand: The United States Since 1974PC 
HIS 362: The Soviet CenturyKB, PCFall 2025
HIS 365: Europe in the 20th CenturyPC 
HIS 366: Germany Since 1806KB, PC 
HIS 367: English Constitutional HistoryPC, PM 
SPI 364/HIS 368: Making Post-Pandemic Worlds: Epidemic History and the FutureKB, PCFall 2025
HIS 369: European Intellectual History in the 20th CenturyKBFall 2025
HIS 370: Britain from the American Revolution to World War IIPC 
HIS 371: The Colonization of North AmericaPM, RD 
HIS 372: Revolutionary AmericaPC, RD 
HIS 373: Slavery and Democracy in the New NationPC, RDFall 2025
HIS 374: History of the American WestPC 
HIS 375: US Intellectual History: The Thinkers and Writers who Shaped AmericaKBFall 2025
HIS 376: The American Civil War and ReconstructionPC, RD 
HIS 377: Gilded Age and Progressive-Era United States, 1877-1920PC 
HUM 372/HIS 378/MED 372: World Travelers in the Middle AgesPM 
HIS 379: U.S. Legal HistoryKB, PC 
HIS 380: U.S. Foreign RelationsPC, RD 
URB 392/ARC 392/HIS 381: Building African Cities, Past and PresentPC 
HIS 383: A More Perfect Union: The United States, 1920-1974PC, RDFall 2025
HIS 384: Gender and Sexuality in Modern AmericaPC, RD 
HIS 385: Historical Consciousness: An IntroductionKB 
AAS 366/HIS 386: African American History to 1863RD 
HIS 387: Data & CultureKB, HOS 
HIS 388: Unrest and Renewal in Urban AmericaPC, RD 
HIS 389: Culture Wars: American Cultural HistoryKB, RDFall 2025
HIS 390: Formations of Knowledge: Historical Approaches to Science, Technology, and MedicinePC, RDFall 2025
HIS 393: Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in AmericaKB, RD 
HIS 394: Thinking with Nature: History of Ecology & EnvironmentalismKB 
HIS 395: History of Medicine and the BodyKB, RD 
HIS 396: History of BiologyKB 
HIS 397: Medicine and the Mind: A History of Psychiatry from the Asylum to ZoloftKB, RD 
HIS 398: The Einstein EraKB 
AMS 399/HIS 399: In the Groove: Technology and Music in American History, From Edison to the iPodKB 
HIS 401: American Women's HistoryPC, RD 
HIS 402: Writing Slavery: Sources, Methods, EthicsPC, RD 
HIS 403: The History of Free SpeechKB, PC 
HIS 404: The Rise of the Republican PartyPC 
HIS 405: Native American HistoryPC, RD 
HIS 406: Two Empires: Russia and the US from Franklin to TrumpPC 
HIS 407: History Behind the Headlines: Native America in the NewsRD 
HIS 409: Women and Law in in U.S. HistoryRD, PC 
HIS 410: Revolution, Violence, and Gender in Modern Arabic LiteraturePC 
HIS 411: World After EmpirePC, RD 
HIS 412: Marx and the Marxist Method of Analysis: A Primer for All DisciplinesKB, PC 
HIS 413: Transgression: A History of MagicKB 
HIS 414: Life Writings in Britain and America, 1650-1918KB 
HIS 415: Revolution in the ArchivesKB, PC 
HIS 416: Memory, Life History, and Asian AmericaKB, RDFall 2025
HIS 417: Gandhi: The Making of the MahatmaPC 
HIS 418: Imagined CitiesKB, PC 
HIS 420: Desi Girl/Mother India: Gender, Sexuality, and History in Hindi CinemaPC, RD 
HIS 421: Venice and the Mediterranean WorldPC, PM 
AMS 342/HIS 422: Hindu, Muslim, Untouchable: Exclusion in South Asian HistoryRD, PM 
HIS 423: The History of Christianity in Africa: From St. Mark to Desmond TutuKB, PM 
HIS 424: The Historian as Cultural Broker: The Making and Remaking of History in the First MillenniumKB, PM 
HIS 425: History of Political Propaganda from the French RevolutionKB, PCFall 2025
AAS 426/HIS 426: Memory, History and the ArchiveKB, RD 
HIS 427: Being Human: A Political HistoryKB 
HIS 428: Empire and CatastropheKB, PC 
HIS 429: Fascism and Antifascism in Global HistoryKB, PC 
HIS 430: History of the American West, 1500–1900RD, PCFall 2025
HIS 431: Ukraine on Fire, 1900 to the PresentPC 
HIS 432: Environment and WarKB, PCFall 2025
NES 433/HIS 433: Imperialism and Reform in the Middle East and the BalkansPC 
HIS 434: Revolutionary RussiaKB, PC 
HIS 436: Socialist Cities in the 20th CenturyPC 
HIS 437: Law After RomeKB, PM 
HIS 438: History of Palestine/IsraelPC 
HIS 439: China's FrontiersPC, RD 
HIS 440: History of the National Security StatePCFall 2025
HIS 441: Reconstructing the Union: Law, Democracy, and Race after the American Civil WarPC, RD 
HIS 442: Modern Mexican HistoryRD 
HIS 443: Black Worldmaking: Freedom Movements Then and NowPC, RD 
EAS 415/HIS 444: Intellectual History of China to the Fifth CenturyPM, RD 
HIS 445: Winston Churchill, Anglo-America and the 'Special Relationship' in the Twentieth CenturyPCFall 2025
HIS 446: Political Prisons: Crime, Persecution and Incarceration in 19th Century EuropePC 
HIS 447: Anti-Judaism: A HistoryKB, RDFall 2025
HIS 448: History: An Introduction to the DisciplineKB 
HIS 449: The EnlightenmentKBFall 2025
HIS 450: Abolition and Fall of American Slavery: The History of Antislavery Movements and Struggles in the United StatesPC 
HIS 452: Magic, Matter, Medicine: Science in the Medieval WorldKB, PM 
HIS 453: History of Slavery in Africa and the Middle EastRD, PC, G 
HIS 454: “Spare change for a starving queen?” Race and Gender Nonconformity in U.S. HistoryRDFall 2025
AAS 456/HIS 456: What is New Orleans?RD 
HIS 459: The History of Incarceration in the U.S.PC, RD 
HIS 460: Topics in American Legal History: 20th Century American Legal ThoughtKB 
HIS 461/NES 461: History of Coffee in Africa and the Middle EastPC 
HIS 462: Difference and Deviance in the Early Middle AgesPM, RD 
HIS 465: Latino Urban HistoryRD 
HIS 466: California HistoryRD 
SPI 466/HIS 467: Financial HistoryKB, PCFall 2025
HIS 468: The History of the United States during World War IIPC, RD 
HIS 469: Nazism and World OrderPCFall 2025
HIS 470: World War IPC 
HIS 471: The Political History of Civil RightsRD 
HIS 472: Medicine and Society in China: Past and PresentKB, RDFall 2025
HIS 473/ AFS 472/ ENV 473: Humans as Prey: An Environmental History of Human- Animal RelationsKB 
HIS 474: Cultural History of the Modern Nile ValleyKB 
HUM 412/HIS 475: Digging for the Past: Archaeology from Ancient Greece to Modern AmericaKB, PM 
ART 478/HIS 476 The Vikings: History and ArchaeologyPM 
AAS 477/HIS 477: The Civil Rights MovementPC, RD 
HIS 478: The Vietnam WarsPC 
HIS 479: Society, Politics, and Ideas in 1980s AmericaPC, RD 
HIS 480: Property: How, Why, and What We OwnPC, KB 
HIS 481: Science and FilmKB 
FRE 480/HIS 482: The Writer, The Prince, and the Public: Political Writing in the Eighteenth-CenturyPC 
HIS 483: History of the Manchu People and Their CultureRD 
HIS 484: Borderlands, Border LivesPC, RD 
HIS 485: History of African American FamiliesRD 
HIS 486: Women and War in Asia/AmericaRD, PCFall 2025
HIS 487: The Age of Democratic RevolutionsPC 
HIS 488: The Soviet Atomic, Space, and Information AgesKB, PC 
HIS 489: Environmental History of Latin AmericaPC, G 
HIS 491: Celluloid ScienceKBFall 2025
HIS 492: The Therapeutic Persuasion: Psychotherapy and American LifeKB 
HIS 493: '1, 2, 3, Testing'... in the History of Science, Technology, and MedicineKB 
HIS 494: Broken Brains, Shattered MindsKB, RDFall 2025
HIS 495: Alchemy: Art and ScienceKB, PM 
HIS 496: The Science of Heaven and HellKB, PM