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Classes by Track

The following lists indicate regularly offered courses which fulfill the requirements for classes within Global track geographic areas and Specialist tracks: Cultures and Ideas, Empires & Colonialism, Revolution, War, & Politics, Social Justice, Before Modernity

Global Track

Africa/African Diaspora

211, The World Wars in Africa
217, Decolonization in Africa
218, Africa to 1855
314, Colonial Moment in Africa
319, Women in Africa
364, Sugar, Sex, & Slavery: The History of the Black Atlantic

Ancient Mediterranean

215ST, Cleopatra or Pompeii
224, Powerful Art/ifacts: Greece/Rome
226, Ancient Mediterranean — Greece
227, Meet the Romans
280, The “Other” Greece & Rome
320, Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
330, Hail Caesar? The Roman Revolution
331, A Tale of TwoCities: Carthage & Rome

Asia

205, East Asian Environmental History
241, Early Japanese History
243, Modern Japanese History
247, Early Chinese History
300, Gender in Chinese History
344, China in Revolution
348, Horseriders and Samurai: Comparisons in Early Modern East Asia

Europe

202, The Age of Cathedrals: European Thought and Culture, 1100-1350
206, European Environmental History to 1800
207, The Age of Humanism and Reform: European Thought and Culture, 1300-1650
237, The Making of England: From Roman Britain to the Wars of the Roses
263, From Farm to Fork: Slow Food Fast Food, and European Foodways
277, Revolutionary Europe: Democracy Rising
278, Twentieth-Century Europe
329, Rights, Revolution, and Empire: France 1789-1815
332, Conversion, Crusade, and Conquest: European Cultural Encounters, c. 400-1600
333, Never-Ending Revolution? The French Experiment, 1789-2002
335, Modern European Imperialism
339, Modern Germany: Imagining a Nation?
393, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

Islamic World

204, The Syrian War:From the Rise of Asad to the Specter of ISIS
214, Sex in the Casbah: Sex, Gender & Islam
220, The Ottoman Empire
230, International Relations of the Middle East
235, The Arab Spring in Historical Context
322, History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Latin America

209, Religion in Latin America
219, Nation Creation: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
287, Colonial Latin America
288, Reform or Revolution: Latin America in the Twentieth Century
313, Discourses of Dictatorship: Testifying Against Torture in Guatemala and Argentina
384, Cuba and Nicaragua
389, History of Mexico

North America/United States

250, New Worlds, New Empires: North America 1600-1800
254, The Social History of Stuff: Power, Technology, and Meaning in the United States from the Cotton Gin to the Internet
259A-ST, Historicizing “Kids”: Exploring Childhood in the U.S.
259B-ST, Fighting Jim Crow: the long struggle for civil rights in the U.S.
262, People,Nature,Technology: Built and Natural Environments in U.S. History
268, Im/migration and US History: Population Flows, Experience, and Nation
297, Nineteenth-Century United States: Experiment to Empire
365, Industrialization in the United States
370, Gendered Lens on U.S. History

Cultures and Ideas

105/6, Development of US
109/110, East Asian History
112, Modern Africa
121, Silk Roads
127/8, Islamic Civilization I and II
150, Comrades, Come Rally
151, Before Germs and Genetics
155, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
160, Troy and the Trojan War
179/180, Cities and Empires
181, Europe Transformed
182, Expansion and Enlightenment
188, Modern Latin America
202, Age of Cathedrals
205, East Asian Environmental History
206, European Environmental History to 1800
207, Age of Humanism and Reform
209, Religion in Latin America
214, Sex in the Casbah
215ST, Pompeii
218, Africa to 1885
224, Powerful Art/ifacts
225, Cleopatra
226/7, Greece; Rome
231, Oceans Past and Future
232, Changing Landscapes
237, Making of England
241, Early Japanese History
243, Japan's Modern Empire
247, Early Chinese History
254, Social History of Stuff
262, People, Nature, Technology
263, From Farm to Fork
254, People Called Female
268, Migration and Ethnicity in the US
277, Revolutionary Europe
278, 20th Century Europe
297, 19th Century US
307, Beastly Modernity
320, Alexander and the Hellenistic
332, Conversion, Crusade, Conquest
335, Modern European Imperialism
339, Modern Germany
348, Horseriders and Samurai
355, Pacific Whaling History
364, Sugar, Sex, & Slavery
365, Industrialization in the US
371, African American History
389, History of Mexico

Empires and Colonialism

110, Modern East Asia
112, Modern Africa
127/128, Islamic Civilization I and II
155, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
179/180, Cities and Empires
182, Expansion and Enlightenment
205, East Asian Environmental History
211, The World Wars in Africa
214, Sex in the Casbah
217, Decolonization in Africa
220, Ottoman Empire
227, Rome (or Roman Republic)
243, Japan's Modern Empire
250, New Worlds, New Empires
262, People, Nature, Technology
265, Across Borders
287, Colonial Latin America
297, 19th Century US
307, Beastly Modernity
314, Colonial Moment in Africa
320, Alexander and the Hellenistic
322, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
330, Hail Caesar - Roman Revolution
331, Carthage and Rome
332, Conversion, Crusade, Conquest
333, Never-Ending Revolution: France
335, Modern European Imperialism
355, Pacific Whaling History
364, Sugar, Sex, & Slavery
488, End of Empire in Africa
489, Roman Imperialism

Revolution, War, and Politics

110, Modern East Asia survey
128, Islamic Civilization II
150, Comrades come rally: Socialisms
155, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
183, Revolution and Impact of Mass Culture
204, Syrian War
211, The World Wars in Africa
217, Decolonization in Africa
219, Nation Creation, Latin America in 19th c.
230, International Relations, Middle East
235, Arab Spring
237, Making of England
243, Japan's Modern Empire
250, New Worlds, New Empires
265, Across Borders
277, Revolutionary Europe: Democracy Rising
278, 20th century Europe
288, Reform / Revolution, Latin America 20th c.
297, 19th c US
313, Discourses of Dictatorship
322, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
330, Hail Caesar - Roman Revolution
333, Never-Ending Revolution: France
335, Modern European Imperialism
339, Modern Germany
344, China in Revolution
384, Cuba and Nicaragua

Social Justice

112, Modern Africa
188, Modern Latin America
204, Syrian War
206, European Environmental History
209, Religion in Latin America
211, The World Wars in Africa
214, Sex in the Casbah
215, Cleopatra
217, Decolonization in Africa
219, Nation Creation, Latin America in 19th c.
224, Powerful Art/ifacts
225, Cleopatra History & Myth
231, Changing Landscapes
235, Arab Spring
241, Early Japanese History
243, Japan's Modern Empire
247, Early Chinese History
250, New Worlds, New Empires
254, Social History of Stuff
263, Farm to Fork
264, People Called Female
265, Across Borders
268, Migration and Ethnicity in the US
280, The "Other" Grece and Rome
287, Colonial Latin America
288, Reform / Revolution, Latin America 20th c.
297, 19th Century US
300, Gender in Chinese History
307, Beastly Modernity
313, Discourses of Dictatorship
314, Colonial Moment in Africa
319, Women in Africa
322, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
333, Never-ending Rev, France
339, Modern Germany
344, China in Revolution
348, Horseriders and Samurai
364, Sugar, Sex & Slavery
365, Industrialization in the US
370, Gendered Lens on US History
371, African American History
384, Cuba and Nicaragua
389, History of Mexico
393, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

Before Modernity

109, East Asian History
121, Silk Roads
127, Islamic Civilization I
151, Before Germs and Genetics
160, Troy and the Trojan War
179/180, Cities and Empires
181, Europe Transformed
182, Expansion and Enlightenment
202, Age of Cathedrals
205, East Asian Environmental History
206, European Environmental History to 1800
207, Age of Humanism and Reform
209, Religion in Latin America
214, Sex in the Casbah
215, Pompeii
218, Africa to 1885
219, Nation Creation
220, Ottoman Empire
224, Powerful Art/ifacts
225, Cleopatra History & Myth
226/7, Greece; Rome
231, Oceans Past and Future
232, Changing Landscapes
237, Making of England
241, Early Japanese History
247, Early Chinese History
250, New Worlds, New Empires
280, The "Other" Greece and Rome
287, Colonial Latin America
320, Alexander and the Hellenistic
330, Hail Caesar - Roman Revolution
331, Carthage and Rome
332, Conversion, Crusade, Conquest
348, Horseriders and Samurai
364, Sugar, Sex & Slavery
393, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

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