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.
Spring 2012 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:
Freshman Seminars
HIST 105 Culture and Conflict in Japan
Spafford
TR 3-4:30PM
SEM
Regional and Topical Surveys
HIST 001 Making of the Modern World
Cassanelli and Hahn
MW 10-11AM
HIST 023 Introduction to the Middle East
Cobb
MW 2-3:30PM
HIST 071 Latin America, 1791 - Present
Farnsworth-Alvear
MW 11-12NOON
HIST 075 Africa Before 1800
Babou
MW 11-12NOON
PRE-1800
HIST 087 East and West: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cultural History of the Modern World
Mitchell
TR 3-4:30PM
HIST 089 Introduction to Modern India
Ali
MWF 10-11AM
HIST 091 Modern Japanese History
Hopson
TR 12-1:30PM
HIST 097 China in the 20th Century
Fei
MW 12-1PM
HIST 121 Korean History after 1864
Park
TR 10:30-12NOON
HIST 139 Jews & Judaism in Antiquity
Dohrmann
MW 3:30-5PM
PRE-1800
HIST 146 Comparative Medicine
Feierman
MW 11-12NOON
HIST 166 Arabic/Israeli Conflict in Literature & Film
Troutt-Powell
TR 10:30-12NOON
HIST 175 Society and Culture in Brazil
Walker
TR 10:30-12NOON
PRE-1800
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 206.301 Gender in Latin America
Farnsworth-Alvear
F 12-3PM
SEM
HIST 206.601 Communism and Revolution in the Third World
Hirst
W 6-9PM
SEM | LPS Course
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 232 History of the US and the Middle East
Kashani-Sabet
T 1:30-4:30PM
SEM
HIST 233.401 Fashion & Image in the African Diaspora
Walker
T 1:30-4:30PM
R | SEM
HIST 233.402 Indians, Pirates, Runaways and Rebels: Unofficial Histories of the Colonial Caribbean
Fabella
R 1:30-4:30PM
SEM
HIST 277 Shamans to Samurai
Spafford
TR 12-1:30PM
PRE-1800
HIST 371 Africa and the Mid-East
Powell
W 2-5PM
R |SEM
HIST 372 The History of Foreign Aid to Africa
Cassanelli
MW 3:30-5PM
HIST 412 Topics in World History: History of China
Waldron
W 2-5PM
R |SEM
