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The History Major - Concentrations

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