• HIST 3559

    New Course in General History
     Rating

    2.78

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

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

  • HIEA 3559

    New Course in East Asian History
     Rating

    4.60

     Difficulty

    2.80

     GPA

    3.43

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

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

  • HIST 1501

    Introductory Seminar in History
     Rating

    4.61

     Difficulty

    2.83

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduction to the study of history intended for first- and 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.

  • HIST 2214

    The Cold War
     Rating

    4.85

     Difficulty

    2.85

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    An exploration of the geopolitical and ideological conflict that dominated world affairs from 1945 to 1990. Assignments include the readings of historical work, as well as primary sources, some of which are recetly declassified material from the major states involved in the Cold War.

  • HIEA 2101

    Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths
     Rating

    3.86

     Difficulty

    2.88

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history.

  • 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.

  • HIEU 2102

    Modern Jewish History
     Rating

    4.45

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.40

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Survey of Jewish history from the seventeenth century to the present, primarily in Europe, but with further treatment of Jewish life in the U.S. and Israel. Major topics include Jewish historical consciousness; patterns of emancipation; religious adjustment; the role of women; anti-Semitism; Zionism; the American Jewish experience; the Holocaust; the establishment of Israel; and Jewish life in Europe after the Holocaust.

  • HIUS 2559

    New Course in United States History
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.37

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.

  • HIST 3352

    The First World War
     Rating

    3.50

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    At the Great War's centennial, we take stock of how it shaped life in the 20th century for peoples around the globe. Movies, memoirs, government reports and other texts throw light on causes of the war, the human carnage of 1914-18, Woodrow Wilson's effort to end war forever with a League of Nations, the demise of liberalism and the rise of fascism and communism in postwar Europe, and the launch of anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa.