History (B.A.)

Program Overview

The History (B.A.) program offers a broad exploration of the human past, examining diverse cultures, societies, and historical periods. Students will engage with topics ranging from ancient civilizations and the making of history to modern global conflicts and social movements. The curriculum encourages critical analysis of historical events, including the study of specific regions like the Middle East and Europe, as well as thematic explorations of gender, race, environment, and culture.

1 Making History

2 Big History

3 The European Experience

4 Music and Social Revolt

5 Modern Middle East

6 Women in Modern America

7 Western Myth and Environment

8 World History to Columbus

9 Global History in the Modern World

10 The Twentieth Century World

11 Class, Caste, and Color in US History

12 Race & Racism in Modern Europe

13 Environmental History

14 European Environmental History

15 France and the Islamic World

16 Sex and Power in European Thought

17 Space, Place, and Race

18 Sport and American Culture

19 Empire and the Environment

20 The Old South: 1607-1865

21 The New South: 1863 To Present

22 Native American History

23 Automobile & American Culture

24 Reconstruction

25 History of the Vietnam War

26 African-American History I

27 African-American History II

28 Civil Rights Movement: 1945-75

29 The Civil War

30 Revolutionary Women

31 Recent American History: Historian's View

32 Black Voices in Abolitionism

33 European Empires from 1830

34 The Renaissance

35 The Reformation

36 Inside Nazi Germany

37 Modern German History

38 World War II

39 Research Sem. Women in Mod. Am

40 The EC History Project

41 Global Commodities

42 Comprehensive Exam

43 Senior Thesis