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
- 101
- , Fall 2019
- Ancient Mediterranean
- HIST
- 301
- , Spring 2023
- Modern Europe I: 18th Century
- By Reuben Zahler
- HIST
- 308
- , Fall 2022
- History of Women in the US I
- By Annelise Heinz
- HIST
- 319
- , Fall 2019
- Europe in the Early Middle Ages
- By Lisa Wolverton
- HIST
- 320
- , Fall 2020
- Europe in the High Middle Ages
- By Lisa Wolverton
- HIST
- 321
- , Winter 2021
- Europe in the Late Middle Ages
- By Lisa Wolverton
- HIST
- 325
- , Spring 2023
- Precolonial Africa
- By Lindsay Frederick Braun
- HIST
- 346
- , Fall 2021
- Imperial Russia
- By Ryan Jones
- HIST
- 361
- , Fall 2020
- Early Modern Science
- By Vera Keller
- HIST
- 380
- , Fall 2022
- Latin America I: Pre-Columbian to 1750
- By Reuben Zahler
- HIST
- 387
- , Fall 2022
- Early China
- By Ina Asim
- HIST
- 396
- , Winter 2023
- Samurai in Film
- By Andrew Goble
- HIST
- 399
- , Winter 2023
- Special Studies: Beer in World History
- By Vera Keller
- HIST
- 399
- , Fall 2018
- Special Studies: Ancient Africa
- By Lindsay Frederick Braun
- HIST
- 407
- , Spring 2023
- Instructor Approval Requirement
- Seminar: Witches in Europe
- By David Luebke
- HIST
- 407/507
- , Winter 2019
- Instructor Approval Requirement
- Seminar: Mongol Empires
- By Andrew Goble
- HIST
- 407
- , Fall 2022
- Instructor Approval Requirement
- Seminar: Women and Family in Premodern Japan
- By Andrew Goble
- HIST
- 410/510
- , Winter 2022
- History of the Book
- By Vera Keller
- HIST
- 410
- , Spring 2009
- History of Media Technology
- By Daniel Rosenberg
- HIST
- 410
- , Winter 2023
- 18th Century Things
- By Daniel Rosenberg
- HIST
- 411
- , Winter 2023
- Founding of America
- By Jeffrey Ostler
- HIST
- 436/536
- , Winter 2020
- Topic: 10th Century Germany
- By Lisa Wolverton
- HIST
- 441/541
- , Winter 2023
- 16th Century European Reformation
- By David Luebke
- HIST
- 483/583
- , Fall 2021
- Topic: Sex and Honor in Latin America
- By Reuben Zahler
- HIST
- 487/587
- , Spring 2009
- Topic: Ming and Qing Dynasties
- By Ina Asim
- HIST
- 487/587
- , Winter 2022
- Topic: Song and Yuan Dynasties
- By Ina Asim
- HIST
- 491/591
- , Winter 2023
- Medicine and Society in Premodern Japan
- By Andrew Goble
- HIST
- 498/598
- , Fall 2022
- Topic: Medieval Japan
- By Andrew Goble