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100-level History courses fulfill the Historical Perspectives General Education requirement. If you are thinking about a history major or minor, they are a great way to get your "feet wet" in the study of History.
HST 101 - Introduction to World Civilizations
HST 102 - Introduction to European Civilizations
HST 103 - Introduction to American Civilizations
200-level History courses are the foundational surveys in US, regional, and global History. They also include the introductory surveys for methodological approaches in the discipline. In these courses, History majors, minors, and other interested students take a general tour of the content and ways of doing history...
HST 200 - Writing History
HST 202 - History of Global Change and Social Transformation
HST 203 - World History to 1500 A.D.
HST 204 - World History since 1500
HST 205 - American History to 1877
HST 206 - American History since 1877
HST 207 - European Civilization to the Later Middle Ages
HST 208 - European Civilization since the Later Middle Ages
HST 211 - History of Islamic Civilization
HST 212 - India: History and Civilization
HST 230 - Latin America in World History
HST 235 - Africa in World History
HST 240 - A History of East Asia to 1800
HST 241 - A History of East Asia since 1800
HST 290 - Research Methods in History
300-level courses engage History majors and minors as well as other interested students in a more sustained and sophisticated exploration of specific time periods, regions, and themes. These courses are generally classified into three main areas: US History, European History, and Non-Western History. These courses are a great way to explore a particular region or topic in greater depth. They invite students to dive in and get "neck deep" in the questions, debates, and interpretations of specific fields....
US HISTORY
HST 301 - Colonial America
HST 302 - Revolutionary America
HST 303 - Era of Sectional Conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction
HST 305 - America Confronts Modernity
HST 306 - The 'American Century': From the Great Depression to Vietnam
HST 307 - United States in the Age of Globalization
HST 308 - Cultural and Social Topics in U.S. History
HST 311 - History of Religion in the United States
HST 312 - History of American Women
HST 314 - African American History
HST 315 - Latinos: The Forging of Ethnic Identities
HST 316 - U.S. Civil Rights Movement History
HST 317 - History of American Foreign Relations
HST 318 - History of Democracy in America
HST 319 - Human Traffic and Trafficking
HST 320 - American Indians
HST 322 - American Identity and Sports
HST 323 - Michigan History
HST 327 - History of United States Urban Society
HST 328 - U.S. Constitutional and Legal History
HST 329 - Intellectual History of the United States
HST 370 - History of Medicine and Health
EUROPEAN HISTORY
HST 309 - Cultural and Social Topics in European History
HST 350 - Ancient Greece
HST 351 - Ancient Rome
HST 355 - Medieval Europe
HST 360 - Tudor and Stuart England
HST 361 - Modern Britain
HST 362 - Modern France
HST 364 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe
HST 366 - Spain in the Age of Empire
HST 386 - 20th Century Europe
HST 387 - Modern Germany
HST 390 - Soviet History
HST 377 - History of Warfare
NONWESTERN HISTORY
HST 310 - Cultural and Social Topics in Nonwestern History
HST 330 - Colonial Latin America
HST 331 - Modern Latin America
HST 332 - Modern India
HST 333 - Modern China
HST 334 - The Making of the Caribbean
HST 335 - Africa Before 1870
HST 336 - Africa After 1870
HST 337 - The Age of Islamic Empire
HST 338 - Modern Middle East
HST 339 - Modern Iran
HST 342 - History of East Asian Religions
HST 343 - History of South Africa
HST 344 - Urban Africa
HST 345 - Silk Roads
HST 372 - From Slavery to Freedom
HST 374 - Revolution in the Americas
HST 375 - History of Mexico
HST 389 - Russian History
HST 391 - Russian Thought-Ninth to Twentieth Centuries
HST 420 - Public History
IT DEPENDS...... Depending on the area focused upon in the course, these courses will apply to one of the three above categories
HST 325 - Topics in the History of Sport
HST 371 - Historical Perspectives on Gender and Sexualities
HST 376 - History of Witch Hunts
HST 378 - Contesting Human Rights
HST 380 - Special Topics in History
HST 399 - Independent Study
HST 415 - Museum Studies
HST 490 - History Internship
400-level courses mark the culminations of an undergraduate career as a History major. They are focused on specific topics, regions, and time periods and involve a major research paper as the final product of a semester's effort.
HST 400 - Junior Seminar in History
HST 498 - Senior Thesis
HST 495 - Varieties of History (Capstone)
These courses acquaint aspiring Social Studies teachers in the best methods of Social Studies education….
SST 309 - Teaching Social Studies: Elementary
SST 310 - Teaching Social Studies: Secondary
SST 311 - Data Literacy for Social Studies Teachers
SST 495 - Education in Plural Societies (Capstone)
