Courses for Primary and Secondary Fields of Study For Undergraduate History Majors

Revision: 11 April 2008

The Department of History revised its undergraduate programs and courses in 2007. This page provides information for those students who matriculated no later than Spring 2007. If you have questions about your matriculation status at CCSU, please contact the Registrar's Office.

See information for students matriculating in Fall 2007 or later.

Introductory Courses
100	Search in History^G
121	World Civilization I^G
122	World Civilization II^G
142	Western Civilization I^{G (no longer offered)}
143	Western Civilization II^{G (no longer offered)}
161	History of American Life I^{G (formerly HIST 261)}
162	History of American Life II^{G (formerly HIST 262)}
261	History of American Life I^{G (no longer offered)}
262	History of American Life II^{G (no longer offered)}

Advanced Courses & Areas of Concentration for the Major in History
Africa and the African Diaspora
100	Search in History^G — African American History
271	Introduction to African History and Culture
369	African-American History
373	African Diaspora in the Caribbean since 1500
375	History of Africa to 1800*^G
376	History of Africa since 1800*^G
395	Topics in History — The African Diaspora in the Caribbean (Summer 2005)
395	Topics in History — History of South Africa (Fall 2005)
395	Topics in History -- Black Women in America, 1619 to Present (Spring 2006)
431	Ancient Northeast Africa*
432	History of South Africa*
460	African Enslavement in the Americas*
469	African Americans in the 20th Century
497	Topics in History — History of South Africa (Fall 2005)*
476	African History through Film*

Ancient/Medieval Europe
100	Search in History — Greek and Roman Drama
100	Search in History — Homer & History
231	Ancient Mediterranean World
232	Medieval Europe
277	History of Christianity I
335	Women, Marriage and Family in Early Modern Europe
377	History of Christianity I ^{(no longer offered)}
395	Topics in History — Early Modern History through Film (Summer 2003)
395	Topics in History — Medieval History through Film (Summer 2005)
395	Topics in History — The Crusades (Fall 2005)
395	Topics in History — The World of the Vikings (Spring 2006)
395	Topics in History — Women of Medieval Europe (Fall 2007)
395	Topics in History — Medieval France (Spring 2008)
433	History of Ancient Greece
434	History of Ancient Rome
435	History of Early Medieval Europe
436	History of Later Medieval Europe
497	Topics in History — The Black Death (Fall 1999)
497	Topics in History — Medieval England (Fall 1999)
497	Topics in History — War and Society (Spring 2001)

East Asia and Pacific Rim
251	East Asia to 1800*^G
252	East Asia since 1800*^G
253	History of the South Pacific^G
351	East Asia to 1800*^{G (no longer offered)}
352	East Asia since 1800*^{G (no longer offered)}
353	History of Modern China
354	History of Modern Japan
395	Topics in History — Captain Cook & Exploration of the South Pacific (Spring 2007)
453	History of Modern China* ^{(no longer offered)}
454	History of Modern Japan* ^{(no longer offered)}
456	Chinese Intellectual History*^{(no longer offered)}
457	The Family in Chinese History*^{(no longer offered)}
497	Topics in History — The History of New Zealand/Aotearoa* (Spring 2000)
	Topics in History — Frontier China* (Winter 2000/01)
498	Historical Field Studies Abroad: Japan (Summer 2008)

Latin America
281	Latin American History to 1823*^G
282	Latin American History since 1823*^G
381	Latin American History to 1823*^{G (no longer offered)}
382	Latin American History since 1823*^{G (no longer offered)}
383	History of Brazil*
383	Portugal in Brazil
395	Topics in History — History of Brazil* (Spring 2004)
455	Historical Representation in Latin America
460	African Enslavement in the Americas
483	History of Inter-American Relations^{(no longer offered)}
484	History of Mexico
497	Topics in History — Hispanic Stereotypes in Film

Medieval/Modern Europe
100(FYE)	Search in History: Youth and Youth Cultures in 20th c. Europe
232	Medieval Civilization
233	Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe
234	Modern Europe
278	History of Christianity II
335	Women, Marriage and Family in Early Modern Europe
341	English History to 1715
342	English History since 1715
343	Modern Ireland
344	History of Modern Germany
347	History of Russia I
348	History of Russia II
350	History of Poland**
356	History of East Central Europe since 1919
378	History of Christianity II ^{(now HIST 278)}
379	History of Poland, from the Piasts to the Partitions^{(formerly HIST 479)}
380	Modern Poland ^{(formerly HIST 480)}
395	Topics in History — European History through Film (Summer 2002)
395	Topics in History — Early Modern History through Film (Summer 2003)
395	Topics in History — Revolution & Fascism in Europe (Spring 2003)
395	Topics in History — World War II in Europe (Fall 2003 and Fall 2004)
395	Topics in History — Economic History of the Industrial Revolution (Fall 2004)
395	Topics in History — Hitler and Hollywood (Winter 2005 and 2006)
395	Topics in History — Medieval History through Film (Summer 2005, 2006)
395	Topics in History — The Crusades (Fall 2005)
395	Topics in History — The Ottoman Empire (Fall 2005)
395	Topics in History — World War I (Spring 2006)
395	Topics in History — Women of Medieval Europe (Fall 2007)
395	Topics in History — Medieval France (Spring 2008)
420	Imperialism
430	Economic History of Europe†
435	History of Early Medieval Europe
436	History of Later Medieval Europe
441	Renaissance and Reformation
442	Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe
443	Revolution and Reformation in Europe
444	Mass Politics and Total War in Europe
445	European Intellectual History, 1750-1870
446	European Intellectual History, 1870-Present
447	History of the Soviet Union
448	Stalin and Stalinism
479	History of Poland, from the Piasts to the Partitions ^{(no longer offered; see HIST 379)}
480	Modern Poland ^{(no longer offered; see HIST 380)}
481	The Jews of Poland
497	Topics in History — The Black Death (Fall 1999)
497	Topics in History — Medieval England (Fall 1999)
497	Topics in History — War and Society (Spring 2001)
497	Topics in History — The Sicilian Diaspora (Spring 2001 and Spring 2003)
497	Topics in History — World War I (Fall 2007)
	Topics in History — Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century (Fall 2008)
498	Historical Field Studies Abroad: Ireland & Northern Ireland OR England

Middle East/West Asia
291	Modern Middle East
292	History of Judaism
395	Topics in History — The Ottoman Empire (Fall 2005)
470	Topics in Middle East History
472	Modern Middle East*
473	History of Judaism ^{(no longer offered; see HIST 292)}
474	History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict*

United States
100(FYE)	Search in History —Turning the American Centuries
100(FYE)	Search in History — Amistad
100	Search in History — African American History^G
310	Communities in American History
316	History of the American West to 1890
317	History of the American West from 1890
319	Race, Ethnicity, and Migration in the US
320	History and the Public ^{(no longer offered)}
321	Political History of the United States, 1776-1876
322	Political History of the United States, 1877 to Present
323	Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, 1520 to Present
324	Native Americans of the West, 1500 to Present
325	Anglo-American Legal and Constitutional History, 1550-1789
326	Anglo-American Legal and Constitutional History, 1789 to the Present
327	History of American Consumer Culture
328	History of American Foreign Relations
329	History of Working America
330	History of Women in the U.S., 1620-1865
331	History of Women in the U.S., 1865-Present
361	The West in United States History ^{(no longer offered)}
369	African-American History
395	Topics in History — History and the Public (Fall 2001 and Spring 2002; later renumbered as HIST 320)
395	Topics in History — Native Americans (Spring 2002 and Spring 2003)
395	Topics in History — The Making of American Nationalism (Fall 2002)
395	Topics in History — Cold War in Film (Winter 2004)
395	Topics in History — American and the Vietnam War (Spring 2004)
395	Topics in History — Connecticut History (Fall 2004, Fall 2005, and Fall 2006)
395	Topics in History — Hitler and Hollywood (Winter 2005)
395	Topics in History — The Beginning of the American Civil War (Summer 2005)
395	Topics in History — Black Women in America, 1619 to Present (Spring 2006)
	Topics in History — Women and Political Action in the US (Fall 2008)
410	Researching & Writing Local History^{(no longer offered)}
411	Atlantic World, 1500-1880
412	Transformation of Crime and Punishment
413	Myth, Law, and History
414	The Progressive Watershed
415	The Cold War
416	The Vietnam Wars, Home and Abroad
423	Colonial Period of American History ^{(no longer offered)}
424	Establishment of a New Nation ^{(no longer offered)}
425	Era of National Development ^{(no longer offered)}
426	The United States, 1850-1896 ^{(no longer offered)}
427	The United States, 1890-1933 ^{(no longer offered)}
428	The United States since 1933 ^{(no longer offered)}
429	Women and Reform in American Society, 1870 - 1900^{(no longer offered)}
458	United States Sectionalism: The Clash of Cultures
463	Constitutional History of the U.S. to 1900^{(no longer offered)}
464	Constitutional History of the U.S.,1900 to Present^{(no longer offered)}
465	Economic History of the United States^{(no longer offered)}
466	History of American Technology
469	African Americans in the Twentieth Century
482	History of the Polish American Immigrant and Ethnic Community
488	American Business History^{(no longer offered)}
489	American Labor History ^{(no longer offered)}
492	Public History Intern Experience
497	Topics in History: Jefferson’s Travels in France (Summer 2001)
497	Topics in History — The Sicilian Diaspora (Spring 2001)
497	Topics in History — American Immigration History (Fall 2003)
497	Topics in History — Civil Rights Movement (Spring 2004)
497	Topics in History — Slavery in the United States (Fall 2004)
497	Topics in History — U.S. Constitutional History, 1900 to Present (Spring 2005 and 2006)
497	Topics in History — The History of American Foreign Relations, 1895 to the Present (Fall 2005 and Fall 2006)
497	Topics in History — War & Oral History (Spring 2006, 2007)
497	Topics in History — The Atlantic World (Spring 2007)
497	Topics in History — U.S. Local History and Community Development (Fall 2007)
497	Topics in History — World War I (Fall 2007)
497	Topics in History — Oral History (Summer 2007)
	Topics in History — Slavery in the U.S. (Fall 2008)
498	Historical Field Studies Abroad — Sicilian Diaspora (Spring 2002)

Key

* = Counts as a non-Western course
^G = Counts in General Education program as Study Area II

Courses for Primary and Secondary Fields of Study For Undergraduate History Majors

Introductory Courses

Advanced Courses & Areas of Concentration for the Major in History

Africa and the African Diaspora

Ancient/Medieval Europe

East Asia and Pacific Rim

Latin America

Medieval/Modern Europe

Middle East/West Asia

United States

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