• 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.

  • HIUS 2002

    American History Since 1865
     Rating

    2.83

     Difficulty

    3.25

     GPA

    3.14

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present.

  • 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.

  • HIST 3501

    Introductory History Workshop
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    1.50

     GPA

    3.69

    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 2112

    Disunited Kingdom: Britain from 1688 to the Present
     Rating

    3.41

     Difficulty

    3.15

     GPA

    3.37

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course surveys the history of modern Britain from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the resurgent nationalisms of the present. Themes include the state-building, overseas expansion, and widening inequality of the Georgian years; the industrialization, urbanization, and increasingly assertive imperialism of the Victorian era; and the problems of war, decolonization, and decline in the twentieth century.

  • HIEU 1501

    Introductory Seminar in Pre-1700 European History
     Rating

    3.44

     Difficulty

    3.83

     GPA

    3.29

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, 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 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.

  • HIEA 1501

    Introductory Seminar in East Asian History
     Rating

    3.52

     Difficulty

    3.19

     GPA

    3.55

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, 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.

  • HIUS 3011

    Colonial British America
     Rating

    3.54

     Difficulty

    3.23

     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course tells the story of British America from an Atlantic perspective. The thirteen colonies that formed the United States were once part of a larger empire that spanned eastern North America and the Caribbean. From 1500 to 1800, cross-cultural encounters among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans created a dynamic new world. Key topics trade, religion, agriculture, slavery, warfare, and the origins of the American Revolution.

  • HIUS 1501

    Introductory Seminar in U.S. History
     Rating

    3.57

     Difficulty

    2.29

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, 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.