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Pre-1800 courses

Courses taken to fulfill the pre-1800 requirement for history majors and minors must be at the upper (300- or 400-) level. For those courses straddling the pre- and post-1800 periods, please consult with the relevant professor. Please inform the webmaster of any courses that ought to appear on this list but don't.

NOTES: (1) Sample syllabi, hyperlinked in the list below, should be considered non-binding. (2) Courses offered in other departments appear at the end of the list.

HIST 301 Modern Europe I: 18th Century Luebke
HIST 301 Modern Europe I: 18th Century Zahler
HIST 319 Europe in the Early Middle Ages Wolverton
HIST 320 Europe in the High Middle Ages Wolverton
HIST 321 Europe in the Late Middle Ages Wolverton
HIST 322 The Crusades Wolverton
HIST 325 Precolonial Africa Braun
HIST 332 Tudor-Stuart Britain McGowen
HIST 332 Medieval Britain McGowen
HIST 336 France: Ancien Regime Gilkey
HIST 345 Early Russia Kimball
HIST 361 Early Modern Science Nicols Instructor approval req.
HIST 380 Latin America I: Pre-Columbian to 1750 Haskett
HIST 387 Early China Asim
HIST 396 Samurai in Film Goble
HIST 399 Food in Chinese Culture Asim
HIST 399 Freemasonry and Secret Societies McNeely
HIST 399 Women and Gender in the Ancient World Haynes
HIST 399 Sp St: Henry VIII - Elizabeth McGowen
HIST 399 Sp St: Chivalry / Knights Furtado
HIST 399 Sp St War in the Medieval World Furtado
HIST 407 Seminar: Frontier Missions of Spanish America Haskett Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Religion and Identity in Early Modern Europe Luebke Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Crime and Justice in 18th Century England McGowen Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Augustus and Hitler Nicols Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Late Medieval Holy Women Wolverton Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Discovery, Encounter, and Invasion Haskett Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Sino-Japanese Culture Goble Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Law and Society in Medieval Japan Goble Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Medieval Warfare Furtado Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Deviants & Outcasts in European History Luebke Instructor approval req.
HIST 407 Seminar: Crime & Law in Britain to 1800 McGowen Instructor approval req.
HIST 408 Colloquium: The Culture of Nature in Early America Dennis
HIST 410 Cities in Imperial China Asim
HIST 410 Ancient Africa Braun
HIST 410 Islamic Origins I Anthony
HIST 410 Medieval Germany Wolverton
HIST 412 Ancient Greece: Alexander and the Hellenistic World Nicols
HIST 412 Classical Greece Nicols
HIST 412 Ancient Greece: Alexander and the Hellenistic World Nicols
HIST 412 Topics: Ancient Greece Andrade
HIST 414 Ancient Rome: The Empire Nicols
HIST 414 Ancient Rome: The Republic Nicols
HIST 414 Ancient Rome: The Republic Nicols
HIST 421 The Organization of Knowledge from Alexandria to the Internet McNeely
HIST 426 Cultural History of the Enlightenment McNeely
HIST 434 Tudor England McGowen
HIST 437 Medieval Spain Wolverton
HIST 438 Golden Age of Spain Furtado
HIST 441 16th Century European Reformation Luebke
HIST 442 Witches in Europe: Power and Belief, 1300-1750 Luebke
HIST 455 Colonial American History Dennis
HIST 456 Revolutionary America Dennis
HIST 483 Spiritual Conquest Haskett
HIST 487 Ming and Qing China Asim
HIST 487 Song and Yuan China Asim
HIST 490 Japan in the Age of Shoguns Goble
HIST 491 Medicine and Society in Premodern Japan Goble
HIST 493 Karma and Change Goble
HIST 498 Medieval Japan Goble
HC 434 Topics: The City Nicols  
HUM 354 The City Nicols  
HUM 361 Ancient Science & Culture Nicols Instructor approval req.