• HIAF 3559

    New Course in African History
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    1.00

     GPA

    3.57

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of African History.

  • HISA 3003

    Twentieth-Century South Asia
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    2.75

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Surveys 100 years of Indian history, defining the qualities of the world's first major anti-colonial movement of nationalism and the changes and cultural continuities of India's democratic policy in the decades since 1947.

  • HILA 3051

    Modern Central America
     Rating

    4.58

     Difficulty

    2.75

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the history of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador from 19th century fragmentation, oligarchic, foreign, and military rule, to the emergence of popular nationalisms.

  • HIST 5706

    Race & Slavery at UVA's North Grounds
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This hands-on research seminar will explore the historical intersections of slavery, race, and law on UVA's North Grounds. Class readings, discussions, and field trips will investigate the history of this landscape within a broader historical context of enslavement in Virginia and at the University, land use in Virginia, and the Jim Crow South.

  • HIME 2002

    The Making of the Modern Middle East
     Rating

    3.41

     Difficulty

    3.19

     GPA

    3.59

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    What historical processes that have shaped the Middle East of today? This course focuses on the history of a region stretching from Morocco in the West and Afghanistan in the East over the period of roughly 1500 to the present. In doing so, we examine political, social, and cultural history through the lens of "media" in translation, such as manuscripts, memoirs, maps, travel narratives, novels, films, music, internet media, and more.

  • HISA 1501

    Introductory Seminar in South Asia
     Rating

    4.10

     Difficulty

    2.43

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduction to the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

  • HISA 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HIEU 3462

    Neighbors and Enemies in Germany
     Rating

    4.44

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Explores the friend/foe nexus in Germany history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • HIEU 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.65

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Required for history majors, to be completed before enrollment in the Major Seminar. Introduces a variety of approaches to the study of history, methods for finding and analyzing primary and secondary sources, and the construction of historical arguments. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics each term.

  • HIEU 2072

    Modern Europe and the World
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.66

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    European history since the French Revolution, with an emphasis on social, cultural, and political change in global perspective.