Note: For students declaring a history major after September 2007, one course must be in premodern history; the courses satisfying this requirement are indicated in the list below (right column). In September 2007, HI 301 ("Critical Reading in History") became HI 200 ("The Historian's Craft"); students who declared their major before that date may count either HI 200 or HI 301 for this requirement. In the revised concentration, the term "Non-Western History" is replaced by "World/Regional History."
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Course Area(s)Fulfils Premodern Requirement
CL 321: Greek HistoryEuropean
X
CL 322: Roman HistoryEuropean
X
HI 100: History Writing Seminar none 
HI 101: The Dawn of Europe European
X
HI 102: Emergence of Modern Europe European 
HI 150: History Writing and Research Seminar none 
HI 151: The Emerging United States to 1865 American 
HI 152: The United States Since 1865 American 
HI 175: World History I World/Regional
X
HI 176: World History II World/Regional 
HI 200: The Historian's Craft none 
HI 203: History of Medieval Europe European
X
HI 204: Europe between Renaissance & Revolution European
X
HI 210: The Age of Discoveries European
X
HI 215: Political and Cultural Revolution European 
HI 216: Women and Gender in European History European 
HI 223: Jews in the Modern World European 
HI 231: History of Europe, 1815-1914 European 
HI 232: History of Contemporary Europe European 
HI 248: Catastrophe and Cultural Memory American or European 
HI 255: The Navy and American History American 
HI 259: Colonial Society American 
HI 261: The Peopling of America American 
HI 262: Asian American History American or World/Regional 
HI 275: Science and Technology in World History European or World/Regional 
HI 277: Modern Armenian History and Literature World/Regional 
HI 280: The History of Israel: An Introduction World/Regional 
HI 291: Reconstructing the African Past World/Regional
X
HI 292: Colonialism in Africa World/Regional 
HI 304: Honor-Shame European 
HI 305: Medieval Intellectual History European
X
HI 306: Magic, Science, and Religion European
X
HI 307: History of War American or European 
HI 308: History of the Crusades European
X
HI 309: Millenarian Expectations in Western Hist European 
HI 310: Heresy & Persecution in 11th and 12th C. European
X
HI 311: Renaissance Europe European
X
HI 312: Reformation Era European
X
HI 314: The European Enlightenment European 
HI 315: 19th-C. European Intellectual History European 
HI 316: 20th-C. European Intellectual History European 
HI 318: England in the Middle Ages European
X
HI 319: Tudor History European
X
HI 321: Making of Modern Britain European 
HI 322: Twentieth-Century Britain European 
HI 325: History of Ireland European 
HI 327: Early Medieval Spain European
X
HI 330: Modern Italian History European 
HI 331: French Feudal Society, 496-1339 European
X
HI 332: Early Modern France European 
HI 333: French Revolution and Napoleon European 
HI 338: Germany, 1914 to the Present European 
HI 339: Cities and Cultures European 
HI 340: History of Modern Diplomacy, 1400-1919 European 
HI 341: Central Europe European 
HI 343: Darwin, Freud, and Einstein none 
HI 344: Great Powers and Eastern Mediterranean European 
HI 345: History of Russia, 1689-1917 European 
HI 346: History of Soviet Union European 
HI 347: Modern Russian and Soviet History European 
HI 348: Communications Revolutions American or European 
HI 349: History of Int'l Relations, 1900-1945 American or European 
HI 350: History of Int'l Relations Since 1945 American or European 
HI 351: Special Topics in American History American 
HI 354: Religious Thought in America American 
HI 356: American Revolution American 
HI 361: The Civil War Era American 
HI 362: The Gilded Age, 1877-1914 American 
HI 363: 20th-Century United States, 1900-1945 American 
HI 364: 20th-Century United States, 1945-1968 American 
HI 365: United States Since 1968 American 
HI 366: American Foreign Relations Since 1898 American 
HI 367: Americans in the World American 
HI 368: Science and American Culture American 
HI 369: Science and Christianity Since 1500 American or European 
HI 370: American Military Experience American 
HI 371: African American History American 
HI 372: 20th-Century American Presidency American 
HI 373: Intellectual History of U.S., 1776-1900 American 
HI 374: Intellectual History of U.S., 1900-Pres. American 
HI 375: A History of Women in the United States American 
HI 376: American Foreign Policy Since 1945 American 
HI 377: Economic History of the United States American 
HI 378: American Business History American 
HI 379: Modern American Cultural History American 
HI 380: Modern American Cultural History American 
HI 381: The Samurai in Myth and History [in approval process] World/Regional 
HI 385: Atlantic History, 1500-1825 American or World/Regional
X
HI 386: Modern Latin America World/Regional 
HI 389: Introduction to Early Chinese History World/Regional
X
HI 390: Introduction to Modern Chinese History World/Regional 
HI 391: Introduction to Modern Japanese History World/Regional 
HI 392: Introduction to the Middle East World/Regional
X
HI 393: Americans and the Middle East World/Regional 
HI 394: Environmental History of Africa World/Regional 
HI 396: States and Commerce in Atlantic Africa World/Regional
X
HI 397: History of Modern Iran, 1900-Present World/Regional 
HI 398: Turko-Persia in the 20th Century World/Regional 
HI 399: Modern History of the Caucasus World/Regional 
HI 406: Monks, Friars, and Saints European
X
HI 407: Topics in Medieval Religious Culture European
X
HI 409: Medieval Science and Technology European
X
HI 412: Medieval & Early Modern Popular Culture European
X
HI 414: Early Modern Society European
X
HI 417: England from Reformation to Revolution European
X
HI 423: Hist. of European Union, 1945-Present European 
HI 424: European Socialism, 1789-1989 European 
HI 426: Music and Ideas from Mozart to Jazz Age European 
HI 430: Comparative European Fascism European 
HI 433: History of Ireland Since 1916 European 
HI 434: War and Society in Modern Britain European 
HI 436: The Great War and the Fragile Peace American or European 
HI 440: Refugee Intellectuals (1933-1950) American or European 
HI 443: Jews in Modern German History European 
HI 445: 19th-20th C. Russian Intellect. History European 
HI 446: The Russian Revolution European 
HI 448: Science and Modern Culture European 
HI 453: Three Revolutions American or European 
HI 454: War and American Society, 1607-1973 American 
HI 455: Early American History and Culture American 
HI 456: Religion and American Culture American 
HI 461: The Civil War in American Memory American 
HI 462: History of the American South American 
HI 464: America and the Interwar Period American 
HI 465: The United States and the Cold War American 
HI 467: Postwar America, 1945-1969 American 
HI 468: American Society Since 1970 American 
HI 472: Wars of 20th and 21st Centuries American 
HI 475: American Consumer History American 
HI 476: Technology in American Society American 
HI 478: Amer. Intellectual History in 19th Cent. American 
HI 481: Blacks in Modern Europe European 
HI 484: Revolutionary Change in Middle East World/Regional 
HI 485: Problems in Modern Middle East World/Regional 
HI 486: Islamic History World/Regional 
HI 487: Late Imperial and Modern China World/Regional 
HI 488: Interwar Japan and the Pacific War World/Regional 
HI 489: African Diaspora in the Americas American or World/Regional 
HI 493: History of Science American 
HI 494: Histories for the New South Africa World/Regional 
HI 495: History of U.S., Japan, and Asia World/Regional 
HI 496: Ideology and Conflict in World History World/Regional 
HI 502: Development of Historical Thinking II European 
HI 503: Psychohistory European 
HI 514: Enlightenment and Its Critics European 
HI 537: World War II American or European 
HI 538: France, Europe, and the World European 
HI 549: Nationalism in 19th and 20th Centuries European 
HI 550: Jews in Modern Culture American or European 
HI 551: Modern Jewry and the Arts American or European 
HI 552: Topics in Jewish History European 
HI 566: Ideas and American Foreign Policy American 
HI 570: American Social Thought American 
HI 574: History of Education and the State American or European 
HI 579: Race and the South: History & Literature American 
HI 580: The History of Racial Thought World/Regional 
HI 582: Social Movements 20th-C. Latin America World/Regional 
HI 583: Black Radical Thought World/Regional 
HI 584: Comparative Slavery American or World/Regional
X
HI 585: The Afro-Russian Experience European 
HI 586: African Americans Abroad American or European 
HI 587: U.S.-Mexican Borders American or World/Regional 
HI 588: Women, Power, and Culture in Africa World/Regional
X
HI 590: The World and the West American or European or World/Regional 
HI 591: Making of Modern Middle East World/Regional 
HI 592: The Birth of a State: Israel 1945-1955 World/Regional 
HI 593: Roles & Images of Young People in Israel World/Regional 
HI 594: The Armenian Genocide World/Regional 
HI 595: History of Morocco World/Regional 
HI 620: Early American History and Culture American 
HI 660: The South in History and Literature American 



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