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Historical Analysis

Areas of Inquiry: Natural Sciences, Social and Historical Analysis, Economic Analysis, Governance and Regulation Analysis, Arts and Humanities

Students take one degree credit-bearing course (at least 3 credits) and meet at least one goal.

  • Explain the development of some aspect of a society or culture over time.
  • Employ historical reasoning to study human endeavors, using appropriate assumptions, methods, evidence, and arguments.
Course # Course Title Credits Core Codes
African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
01:013:111 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:013:120 Literary Egypt: The World of Naguib Mahfouz 3 HST
01:013:130 Comics in the Middle East 3 HST
01:013:217 African Immigrant Literature 3 CCD, HST
01:013:220 Introduction to the Qur’an 3 HST
01:013:308 Minorities in the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
African Studies
01:016:220 Ancient Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:016:222 Modern Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:016:224 Women and Gender in African History 3 HST or SCL
Africana Studies
01:014:205 Islamic Civilization 3 HST or SCL
01:014:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:014:370 The Afro-Atlantic Diaspora 3 HST
American Studies
01:050:223 Learning from the Past: Early America and the 21st Century 3 CCD, HST
01:050:253 Asian American History 3 HST
01:050:272 American Food, Past and Present 3 HST
01:050:344 Islam in/and America 3 HST
Anthropology
01:070:102 Introduction to Human Evolution 4 NS, HST
01:070:105 Introduction to Archaeology 4 HST
01:070:112 World Prehistory 3 HST
01:070:243 Anthropology of Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:070:283 French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture 3 CCO, HST
Art History
01:082:105 Introduction to Western Art History (pre-history to 1400) 3 HST, AHp
01:082:106 Introduction to Western Art History (1400 to the present) 3 HST, AHp
01:082:107 Survey of Non-Western Art 3 HST, AHp
01:082:118 Looking at 21st Century World History 3 CCO, HST
01:082:214 Renaissance Art in Europe 3 HST, AHp
01:082:277 Art and Medicine 3 HST, AHp
Asian Studies
01:098:241 East Asian Civilizations: Traditional Era 3 HST or SCL, WCd
01:098:250 Global East Asia 4 CCO, HST or SCL
01:098:252 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST, SCL
Chinese
01:165:215 Introduction to Chinese Civilization 3 HST, AHp
01:165:220 Chinese Classics and Thought: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism 3 HST, AHo
Classics
01:190:205 Greek Civilization 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:190:206 Roman Civilization 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:190:211 Greek and Roman Religion 3 HST, AHo
01:190:213 Science and Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome 3 HST
01:190:214 Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome 3 HST, AHp
01:190:215 Introduction to Classical Archaeology 3 HST, AHp
01:190:309 Greek and Roman Athletics 3 HST
Communication and Information
04:189:102 Introduction to Media 3 HST
Comparative Literature
01:195:282 Music, Culture, and Memory in the French Speaking World 3 HST, AHr
01:195:374 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
East Asian Languages and Area Studies
01:214:241 East Asian Civilizations: Traditional Era 3 HST or SCL, WCd
French
01:420:282 Music, Culture, and Memory in the French Speaking World 3 HST, AHr
01:420:283 French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture 3 CCO, HST
Geography
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place and Location 3 HST or SCL
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions 3 HST or SCL
01:450:211 Environment, Society, and Social Justice 3 HST or SCL
01:450:336 Latin America (NB) 3 HST
German
01:470:371 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
Greek
01:489:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:489:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
History
01:506:101 World History I 3 HST
01:506:102 World History II 3 HST
01:506:115 World War II in World History 3 HST
01:506:203 Histories of the Pacific 3 HST
01:506:210 Sex and Power 3 HST
01:506:215 The Modern Girl 3 HST
01:506:216 Law and History 3 CCD, HST
01:506:218 Terrorism 3 CCO, HST
01:506:220 Piracy: A Global History 3 HST
01:506:226 Contemporary Challenges in International Health 3 CCO, HST
01:506:233 History of the Future 3 CCO, HST
01:506:247 The Seas around Us: Ocean History in Global Perspective 3 HST
01:506:249 Climate Politics: A Deep History 3 CCO, HST
01:506:250 Science, Collecting, and Power 3 CCO, HST
01:506:251 History of Science and Society 3 HST
01:506:255 Science, Nature, and Empire 3 CCO, HST
01:506:260 Wars, Wayfarers and the Wall: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Border 3 CCO, HST
01:506:271 Jewish History I: Ancient and Medieval 3 HST
01:506:272 Jewish History II: Modern 3 HST
01:506:325 Living on the Edge: Human Societies in Extreme Environments 3 HST
01:508:110 Political Islam: Present and Past 3 CCO, HST
01:508:201 Islamic Civilization 3 HST or SCL
01:508:205 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:508:208 Jewish-Muslim Relations: History and Culture 3 HST
01:508:209 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3 HST
01:508:212 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:508:220 Ancient Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:508:222 Modern Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:508:224 Women and Gender in African History 3 HST or SCL
01:508:226 War and Violence In Africa 3 CCD, HST
01:508:230 The Making of Modern India and Pakistan 3 HST
01:508:240 Classical Asia 3 HST
01:508:242 Modern East Asia 3 HST
01:508:246 History of Chinese Civilization 3 HST
01:508:250 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST or SCL
01:508:262 War and Politics in Latin America 3 HST
01:508:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:508:271 History of the Caribbean to 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:508:272 History of the Caribbean since 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:508:280 Early Native American History 3 HST
01:508:282 Modern Native American History 3 HST or SCL
01:508:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience (NB) 3 HST
01:508:381 Ancient Kingdoms: A History of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas 3 HST
01:510:101 Development of Europe I 3 HST
01:510:102 Development of Europe II 3 HST
01:510:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:510:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
01:510:224 Europe: Gender, Sex, and Society 3 HST or SCL
01:510:232 Fashion & Design in Europe: Between the West and the World 3 HST
01:510:245 The Arts of Power: Ritual, Myth, and Propaganda 4 HST or SCL
01:510:248 The Last Climate Crisis: Histories of the “Little Ice Age”, c.1300-1800 3 HST
01:510:253 History of Witchcraft and Magic 3 HST
01:510:261 History of the Holocaust 3 HST
01:510:263 Between Nazism and Communism 3 HST
01:510:269 Antisemitism 3 CCD, HST
01:510:313 Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain 3 HST, WCd
01:510:330 The Spanish Civil War 3 HST, WCd
01:512:103 Development of the United States I 3 HST
01:512:104 Development of the United States II 3 HST
01:512:111 Race, Place, and Space in American History 3 HST
01:512:205 The American Presidency 3 HST
01:512:216 Famous Trials 3 CCD, HST
01:512:221 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 CCD, HST
01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics 3 HST
01:512:231 American Jewish History 3 HST
01:512:235 Accidents and Disasters in the US and the World 3 HST
01:512:237 Data & American Society: From Almanacs to Algorithms 3 CCO, HST
01:512:238 History of Homelessness: Unhoused Populations in US History 3 CCD, HST
01:512:250 Natives and Newcomers: Immigration and Migration in U.S. History 3 CCD, HST
01:512:253 Asian American History 3 HST
01:512:260 American Slavery 3 HST
01:512:262 African American History to 1877 3 HST
01:512:263 African-American History, 1877 to Present 3 HST
01:512:267 History of Black Travel and Migration 3 CCD, HST
01:512:268 Plantation to White House 3 CCD, HST or SCL
01:512:310 New Jersey History (NB) 3 HST
01:512:342 Policing in Black Communities: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration 3 CCD, HST
01:512:351 Mexican American History 3 HST, WCd
01:512:360 Latino History 3 HST, WCd
01:512:363 African American Women's History 3 HST
Jewish Studies
01:563:146 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:563:201 Jewish History I: Ancient and Medieval 3 HST
01:563:202 Jewish History II: Modern 3 HST
01:563:205 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:563:206 Introduction to the Bible II: Prophets and Poetry 3 HST, AHp
01:563:208 Jewish-Muslim Relations: History and Culture 3 HST
01:563:220 Introduction to the Bible I: Torah and Prose (formerly Hebrew Bible) 3 HST, AHp
01:563:223 New Testament 3 HST
01:563:231 American Jewish History 3 HST
01:563:261 History of the Holocaust 3 HST
01:563:269 Antisemitism 3 CCD, HST
01:563:270 Between Nazism and Communism 3 HST
01:563:280 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3 HST
01:563:282 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:563:307 Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain 3 HST, WCd
Korean
01:574:210 Introduction to Korean Culture, History and Society 3 HST
Labor Studies
37:575:201 Development of the Labor Movement I 3 HST or SCL, WCd
37:575:202 Development of the Labor Movement II 3 HST or SCL, WCd
Landscape Architecture
11:550:101 Landscape Studies 3 HST, AHp
11:550:250 History of Landscape Architecture 3 HST
Latin American Studies
01:590:101 Latin America: An Introduction 3 CCD, HST or SCL
01:590:262 War and Politics in Latin America 3 HST
01:590:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:590:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience 3 HST
01:590:381 Ancient Kingdoms: A History of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas 3 HST
Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
01:595:204 History of the Caribbean to 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:595:205 History of the Caribbean since 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:595:351 Mexican American History 3 WCd, HST
01:595:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience 3 HST
01:595:369 Latino History 3 HST, WCd
Middle Eastern Studies
01:685:110 Political Islam: Present and Past 3 CCO, HST
01:685:130 Comics in the Middle East 3 HST
01:685:201 Islamic Civilization 3 HST or SCL
01:685:203 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:685:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:685:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
01:685:208 Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval 3 HST
01:685:226 Islam 3 HST, AHo
01:685:280 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3  
01:685:282 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:685:306 Minorities in the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
01:685:336 History and Cultures of Iran 3 HST
01:685:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Philosophy
01:730:344 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
01:730:368 Hindu Philosophy 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:730:369 Buddhist Philosophy 3 HST, AHo
Political Science
01:790:103 Comparative Politics 3 HST or SCL
01:790:106 Law and Politics 3 HST or SCL
01:790:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Psychology
01:830:123 Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences 4 CCO, HST
Religion
01:840:123 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:840:125 Political Islam: Present and Past 3 CCO, HST
01:840:201 Introduction to the Bible: Torah and Prose (formerly Hebrew Bible) 3 HST, AHp
01:840:202 New Testament 3 HST
01:840:206 Introduction to the Bible II: Prophets and Poetry 3 HST, AHp
01:840:211 Religions in Asia 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:840:212 Religions of the Western World 3 HST or SCL, AHo
01:840:213 Christianity: Origins, History, Contemporary Issues 3 HST
01:840:220 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 CCD, HST
01:840:222 The Question of God in Modern Culture 3 HST, AHo
01:840:226 (was 01:840:326) Islam 3 HST, AHo
01:840:229 Introduction to the Qur’an 3 HST
01:840:305 Apocalypse Now?: Religious Movements and the End of Time 3 HST, WCd
01:840:306 Minorities in the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
01:840:314 The Origins of Western Morality 3 HST, WCd
01:840:316 Evangelicalism in the U.S. 3 HST, WCd
01:840:319 Religion in American History 3 HST, WCd
01:840:368 Hindu Philosophy 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:840:369 Buddhist Philosophy 3 HST, AHo
01:840:370 Buddhism, Society, and Politics in Southeast Asia 3 HST, WCd
01:840:373 Islam in/and America 3 HST
01:840:380 Religious Healing in the U.S. 3 HST, WCd
Women's and Gender Studies
01:988:224 Women and Gender in African History 3 HST or SCL
01:988:260 The Modern Girl 3 HST