The following information is applicable to students who have enrolled in the program BEFORE July 1998. For students enrolled AFTER July 1998, click here for areas of concentration.

Area I

Group A -- One Course

  • HIST-111 Western Civilization to 1715
  • HIST-121 The Ancient World
  • HIST-131 World History to 1500

Group B -- One Course

  • HIST-112 Western Civilization since 1715
  • HIST-132 World History since 1500

  
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Area II

  • HIST-221 United States History and Constitutions to 1865
  • HIST-222 United States History and Constitutions since 1865

  
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Area III
Ancient/Medieval History

  • HIST-400 The Ancient World: Near East
  • HIST-403 Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic Age
  • HIST-404 The Ancient World: Rome
  • HIST-406 Rise of Early Christianity
  • HIST-407 Mystery Religions
  • HIST-408 Jews and Christians in the Ancient Roman World
  • HIST-415 Europe in the Middle Ages
  • HIST-416 The Renaissance and Reformation
  • HIST-418 Renaissance Europe
  • HIST-419 The Reformation & Wars of Religion
  • HIST-420 Early Modern Europe: Society & Culture
  • HIST-421 European Women's History:Medieval Renaissance & Reformation

  
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Area IV
Early Modern-Modern History

  • HIST-424 Eighteenth Century Europe
  • HIST-425 British History since 1603
  • HIST-426 British Empire and Commonwealth since 1815
  • INTD-427 Ireland in Literature and History, 1798-1922 (also area V)
  • HIST-428 Louis XIV and the Age of Absolutism
  • HIST-429 French Revolution and Napoleon
  • HIST-430 Nineteenth Century Europe
  • HIST-431 Twentieth Century Europe
  • HIST-432 Intellectual History of Modern Europe
  • HIST-433 Modern European Imperialism
  • HIST-436 East-Central Europe since 1918
  • HIST-456 World War II

  
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Area V
Non-U. S., Non-Western, National Histories

  • HIST 335 History of Portugal
  • HIST-422 Slavery and Race in the Atlantic World
  • INTD-427 Ireland in Literature and History, 1798-1922 (also area IV)
  • HIST-423 Portuguese Seaborne Empire
  • HIST-434 Modern Russia to 1917
  • HIST-435 History of the U.S.S.R.
  • HIST-437 European National Histories
  • HIST-439 Ireland, 1798-1922
  • HIST-475 History of the Middle East
  • HIST-476 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • HIST-477 Latin America: The Colonial Period
  • HIST-478 Latin America: The National Period
  • HIST-480 History of Imperial China (formerly, History of China)
  • HIST-481 China under Communism
  • HIST-482 History of Modern Japan (formerly, History of Japan)
  • HIST-483 South Asia: The Modern Period
  • HIST-484 War and Revolution in Modern Asia
  • HIST-486 Africa Since 1800
  • HIST-487 Canada to Confederation
  • HIST-488 Canada since Confederation
  • HIST-491 Medicine and Society in the  North Atlantic World
  • HIST 494 Quebec and Canada since 1867

  
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Area VI
U. S. History to 1877

  • HIST-441 United States History: The Colonial Period, 1607-1763
  • HIST-442 United States History: The American Revolution, 1763-1787
  • HIST-443 United States History: The Early National Period
  • HIST-444 Jacksonian Democracy and the Coming of the Civil War
  • HIST-445 United States History: The Civil War
  • HIST-446 United States History: 1865-1900
  • HIST-447 The American South
  • HIST-448 United States Foreign Relations to 1900
  • HIST-450 Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. to 1870

  
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Area VII
U. S. History since 1877

  • HIST-365 American Economic History
  • HIST-366 Constitutional History of the United States
  • HIST-440 Topics: Vietnam
  • HIST-440 Topics:  United States, 1920-1945
  • HIST-449 United States Foreign Relations since 1900
  • HIST-451 Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. 1870-1914
  • HIST-452 Social and Intellectual History of the U. S. since 1914
  • HIST-453 United States History: The Progressive Era
  • HIST-454 United States History from World War I
  • HIST-455 America at War in the 20th Century
  • HIST-456 World War II
  • HIST-457 America Since World War II
  • HIST-472 History of Massachusetts

  
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Area VIII
U. S. History - Topical

  • HIST 440 Massachusetts: Colony and Province
  • HIST 440 Assassinations
  • HIST-440 Biography in American History
  • HIST-460 History of the American Indians
  • HIST-461 American Immigration and Ethnicity
  • HIST-462 American Labor History
  • HIST-463 History of the American City
  • HIST-464 New England Textile Communities
  • HIST-465 Afro-American History
  • HIST-466 Women in American History
  • HIST-467 American Environmental History
  • HIST-468 The American West
  • HIST-469 American Political History
  • HIST-470 Contemporary Affairs
  • HIST-471 Sport in American Life
  • HIST-489 History of Canadian-American Relations
  • HIST-492 Historical Museum Management

  
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The following courses may be used to meet area requirements. The specific area, however, depends on the topic or topics addressed in the course:

  • HIST-338 Honors Tutorial Fall Semester
  • HIST-339 Honors Tutorial Spring Semester
  • HIST-391 Historiography
  • HIST-392 History Seminar
  • HIST-393 Study and Writing of History
  • HIST-439 Topics in Non-U. S. History
  • HIST-440 Topics in U. S. History
  • HIST-485 Honors Thesis
  • HIST-490 Historical Studies at Oxford
  • HIST-495 Undergraduate History Colloquium
  • HIST-496 Undergraduate History Seminar
  • HIST-498 Internship
  • HIST-499 Directed Study in History

  
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Last Modified: July 20, 2006