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History Courses

CWU History Upper and Lower-division Courses

The History Department has a wide variety of courses that should interest you. We have national or regional histories, as well as topical or thematic courses. The following is a list of history courses that are currently in the catalog. We also have a number of special topics courses (HIST 398/498) that vary depending on the instructor.

Lower-division Courses

HIST 101 - World History to 1500
HIST 102 - World History: 1500-1815
HIST 103 - World History Since 1815
HIST 143 - United States History to 1865
HIST 144 - United States History Since 1815

Upper-division Courses

*HIST 301 - Pacific Northwest History
**HIST 302 - Historical Methods
*HIST 421 - Methods and Materials in the Social Studies, Secondary
**HIST 481 - Senior Thesis
* required for HSST Major
** required for HISTLA, HISTSM, HSST Majors

Upper-division Elective Courses

Africa

HIST 330 - Africa to 1800
HIST 331 - Colonial Africa
HIST 333 - Visual Cultures of Africa
HIST 334 - History of Gender and Sexuality in Africa from Pre-colonial Times to the Present
HIST 398 - Special Topics: Ancient Egypt
HIST 461 - History of Health and Healing in Africa (placed on reserve 9/1/2020)

Asia

HIST 380 - Modern East Asia
HIST 383 - East Asian Civilization
HIST 398 - Special Topics: Gender and East Asia
HIST 468 - Modern Japan
HIST 477 - Vietnam: Revolution in Full Circle
HIST 478 - Russian Far East
HIST 479 - Korean History
HIST 483 - Modern China
HIST 485 - Trauma, History, and Memory in East Asia

Europe

HIST 313 - History of Rome 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.
HIST 325 - Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 370 - Medieval European History
HIST 375 - The European Enlightenment 1688-1815
HIST 422 - Roman and Medieval Britain
HIST 423 - The Irish Revolution
HIST 424 - Modern Ireland: 1798-present
HIST 426 - France 1789-1945
HIST 427 - Modern Britain and the Empire since 1763
HIST 428 - Early Modern Britain 1485-1763
HIST 429 - Ireland and Empire
HIST 432 - The Era of World War I
HIST 433 - World War Two in Europe
HIST 435 - The Holocaust
HIST 469 - History of Russian and Soviet Women
HIST 472 - Modern Germany
HIST 473 - Russia to 1881
HIST 474 - Russia Since 1881
HIST 475 - Stalin/Stalinism
HIST 476 - History of Modern East Europe

Latin America

HIST 321 - Latin America Through Film, Art, and Music
HIST 328 - Modern Latin America
HIST 385 - Aztec, Inca, Maya: Empire and City in the New World
HIST 386 - The Latin American Colonies
HIST 460 - Religion in Latin America
HIST 488 - Mexico in the Modern Era

Transnational

HIST 303 - Digital History
HIST 320 - Narcotics in World History
HIST 322 - World Prehistory
HIST 323 - Food and Drink in Global History
HIST 329 - The Tropics and the Modern World
HIST 332 - History of Black Diaspora
HIST 449 - Transnational LatinX

United States

HIST 301 - Pacific Northwest History
HIST 314 - Military History of the United States
HIST 339 - Colonial British America
HIST 341 - The Constitution and the New Republic, 1783-1800
HIST 438 - American Indian History to 1795
HIST 440 - The American Revolution
HIST 442 - Jefferson, Jackson, and American Growth 1800-1848
HIST 443 - The West in American History
HIST 444 - Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction
HIST 445 - Introduction to Public History (placed on reserve 9/1/2020)
HIST 450 - Exploring U.S. Cultural History
HIST 452 - 20th Century U.S.: 1919-1945
HIST 455 - The 1950s: An American Cultural History
HIST 456 - The 1960s: An American Cultural History
HIST 457 - Rock and Roll as Art and History
HIST 462 - History of American Foreign Relations: 1900-1941

Click to view major requirements and current curriculum in CWU's Online Electronic Catalog.

The Online Electronic Catalog (OEC) is the official University´s compilation for all curriculum. The OEC will serve as the basis for major, minor and program requirements for the academic year.

For current policy and curriculum requirements refer to CWU online catalog. When a printed catalog is produced, its publication will take place immediately following the freezing of the OEC for that year. Undergraduate catalogs are valid for five years.

Students must follow that catalog for major and program requirements that are in effect at the time they are admitted to the major. Please contact your academic department if you have questions. For current policy and curriculum requirements refer to CWU online catalog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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