World History Concentration
Requirements for the World History Concentration are the same for all history majors, regardless of their declaration date.
The World History requirement is intended to expose students to an area of non-Western history.
If you are concentrating in world history, along with the major requirements, you are required to take at least 6 courses in your concentration, 4 of which (including one seminar) should be above the 200-level. You should consult with your faculty advisor each semester during pre-registration regarding the best courses for you to take the following semester. Two major-related courses from other departments (ex. ARTH, NELC, PSCI) may be used, and these must be approved in writing by your faculty advisor.
Fall 2008 Courses
A note to majors and minors: For most of our World offerings it is obvious which of the Geographic Areas—Africa, Latin America, and Asia/Mid-East—the courses fit into. We have labeled a few courses where the designation is not readily apparent. Please recall that a given course can fulfill only one geographic area, although you are free to choose which requirement you would like to satisfy with courses that cross regional boundaries.
Courses which fulfill the World History requirement:
Regional and Topical Surveys
HIST 011.601 The World: History and Modernity
von Joeden-Forgey
TBA
CGS Course
HIST 012 Globalization
Spooner and Guillen
M 2-4PM
HIST 024 Middle Eastern Civilizations
Frame
MW 10-11AM
PRE-1800
HIST 070 Colonial Latin America
Hesson
MW 3:30-5PM
PRE-1800
HIST 076 Africa since 1800
Cassanelli
MW 12-1PM
HIST 081 History of the Middle East since 1800
Kashani-Sabet
MW 12-1PM
HIST 096 Late Imperial China
Plum
TR 10:30-12NOON
PRE-1800
HIST 130 History of Globalization
Drew
3-4:30PM
HIST 140 History of Jewish Civilization II (From Late Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century)
Ruderman
TR 1:30-3PM
PRE-1800
HIST 146 Comparative Medicine
Feierman
MW 12-1PM
HIST 160 Strategy, Policy and War
Waldron
MW 10-11AM
PRE-1800
HIST 178 Foundations of the Early Modern Atlantic World, 1450 - 1800
Feros
MW 2-3:30PM
PRE-1800
HIST 190 Introduction to Africa
Barnes
TR 12-1:30PM
Major Seminars
History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 206.401 Classic Icons, Cinematic Images: Popular Culture in the Middle East
Kashani-Sabet
M 2-5PM
SEM
HIST 206.402 Religion and Colonial Rule in Africa
Babou
R 1:30-4:30PM
SEM
HIST 206.404 China's Imagined Communities: Being Chinese in Families, Schools, Nations, and the World
Plum
R 1:30-4:30PM
SEM
Upper Level Courses
300-400 level courses are on special topics and are more advanced. They often presuppose some basic knowledge in the field and should be more difficult courses than courses at the 1-199 levels. The department is trying to insure that some 400 level courses, although substantially more difficult, are also small in size; they thus may be suitable for graduate students.
HIST 275 Islam and Society in Africa
Babou
MW 2-3:30PM
HIST 384.601 Modern History of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Caron
TR 5:30-7PM
SEM | CGS Course
HIST 471 Medicine and Development
Feierman
T 1:30-4:30PM
SEM
