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++ This class will normally fulfill only ONE of the four categories A, B, C, or D, according to course content.

A. U.S. History (6 credits)

HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
HIST 15100 - American History To 1877
HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877
HIST 19500 - The Historian’s Craft: Historical Research And Film
HIST 20100 - Special Topics In History ++
HIST 20505 - United States History For International Students
HIST 22100 - The Uses Of History
HIST 27800 - Money, Trade, And Power: The History Of Capitalism
HIST 30105 - Big History: Time And Scale
HIST 30200 - Historical Topics ++
HIST 30305 - Food In Modern America
HIST 30400 - America In The 1960s
HIST 30505 - The United States In The World 1898-Present
HIST 30605 - Technology And War In U.S. History
HIST 30805 - History Of Life Sciences
HIST 30905 - History Of Environmental Science
HIST 31005 - The Civil War And Reconstruction, 1850 To 1877
HIST 31305 - Medical Devices And Innovation
HIST 31405 - Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics (STEM) And Gender
HIST 31505 - American Beauty
HIST 33100 - Great Figures In History ++
HIST 33205 - The Nuclear Age
HIST 34705 - History Of Religion In America
HIST 34901 - The First World War
HIST 35000 - Science And Society In The Twentieth Century World
HIST 35100 - The Second World War
HIST 35205 - Death, Disease And Medicine In Twentieth Century American History
HIST 35305 - Sports In America
HIST 35400 - Women In America To 1870
HIST 35500 - History Of American Military Affairs
HIST 35600 - America In Vietnam
HIST 36305 - The History Of Medicine And Public Health
HIST 36600 - Hispanic Heritage Of The United States
HIST 37100 - Society, Culture, And Rock And Roll
HIST 37200 - History Of The American West
HIST 37500 - Women In America Since 1870
HIST 37600 - History Of Indiana
HIST 37700 - History And Culture Of Native America
HIST 38001 - History Of United States Agriculture
HIST 38105 - American Indians And Film
HIST 38200 - American Constitutional History
HIST 38300 - Recent American Constitutional History
HIST 38400 - History Of Aviation
HIST 38505 - Media, Politics And Popular Culture
HIST 38605 - Land Of The Indians: Native Americans In Indiana
HIST 38700 - History Of The Space Age
HIST 39400 - Environmental History Of The United States
HIST 39500 - Junior Research Seminar ++
HIST 39600 - African American History To 1877
HIST 39800 - African American History Since 1877
HIST 41005 - History Of The American Presidency
HIST 42100 - Honors Historical Methods ++
HIST 42200 - Honors Thesis In Historical Research ++
HIST 46000 - American Colonial History
HIST 46100 - The Revolutionary Era, 1763 To 1800
HIST 46700 - The Emergence Of Modern America
HIST 46800 - Recent American History
HIST 46900 - Black Civil Rights Movement
HIST 47005 - Women And Health In America
HIST 47300 - History Of The South
HIST 47500 - Spanish Frontier In North America
HIST 47600 - The Civil War In Myth And Memory
HIST 47700 - Native American Women’s History
HIST 48005 - Madness And The Asylum In The United States
HIST 48500 - Topics In American Political History
HIST 48800 - History Of Sexual Regulation In The United States
HIST 49200 - Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 49400 - Science And Society In American Civilization
HIST 49500 - Research Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 58500 - American Labor History
HIST 58600 - United States Foreign Affairs To World War I
HIST 58700 - United States Foreign Affairs: World War I To Present
HIST 59300 - Twentieth-Century American Intellectual History
HIST 59400 - Afro-American Thought And Ideology

B. European History (6 credits)

HIST 10300 - Introduction To The Medieval World
HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World
HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
HIST 19500 - The Historian’s Craft: Historical Research And Film
HIST 20100 - Special Topics In History ++
HIST 22100 - The Uses Of History
HIST 22800 - English History To 1688
HIST 22900 - English History Since 1688
HIST 23005 - Hitler’s Europe
HIST 23800 - History Of Russia From Medieval Times To 1861
HIST 23900 - History Of Russia From 1861 To The Present
HIST 27800 - Money, Trade, And Power: The History Of Capitalism
HIST 30000 - Eve Of Destruction: Global Crises And World Organization In The 20th Century
HIST 30105 - Big History: Time And Scale
HIST 30200 - Historical Topics ++
HIST 30805 - History Of Life Sciences
HIST 30905 - History Of Environmental Science
HIST 31700 - A History Of The Christian Church And The Expansion Of Christianity I
HIST 31800 - A History Of The Christian Church And The Expansion Of Christianity II
HIST 32000 - The World Of Charlemagne
HIST 32105 - Spain: The First Global Empire, 1469-1713
HIST 32200 - Monarchy: Its Rise And Fall
HIST 32300 - German History
HIST 32400 - Modern France
HIST 32501 - Twentieth Century Europe Through Autobiography
HIST 32600 - Popular Culture In Preindustrial Europe (1400-1800)
HIST 32900 - History Of Women In Modern Europe
HIST 33100 - Great Figures In History ++
HIST 33300 - Science And Society In Western Civilization I
HIST 33400 - Science And Society In Western Civilization II
HIST 33505 - Nationalism And Socialism In East Central Europe
HIST 33700 - Europe In The Age Of The Cold War
HIST 33805 - History Of Human Rights
HIST 34901 - The First World War
HIST 35000 - Science And Society In The Twentieth Century World
HIST 35100 - The Second World War
HIST 37005 - Queens And Empresses In Early Modern Europe
HIST 38400 - History Of Aviation
HIST 38700 - History Of The Space Age
HIST 39500 - Junior Research Seminar ++
HIST 40000 - Great Books And The Search For Meaning
HIST 40300 - Europe In The Reformation
HIST 40400 - Kings And Philosophers: Europe 1618-1789
HIST 40500 - The French Revolution And Napoleon
HIST 40600 - Rebels And Romantics: Europe 1815-1870
HIST 40700 - Road To World War I: Europe 1870-1919
HIST 40800 - Dictatorship And Democracy: Europe 1919-1945
HIST 41300 - Modern European Imperialism: Repression and Resistance
HIST 41505 - Gender And Politics In Early Modern Europe
HIST 41800 - European Society And Culture 1450-1800
HIST 42100 - Honors Historical Methods ++
HIST 42200 - Honors Thesis In Historical Research ++
HIST 42300 - Advanced Topics In Modern Germany
HIST 45000 - The English Landscape:Integrating History, Horticulture & Landscape Architect
HIST 49200 - Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 49500 - Research Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 50000 - Studies In Medieval History
HIST 51100 - England Under The Tudors
HIST 51200 - England Under The Stuarts
HIST 51400 - A History Of Western Thought I
HIST 51500 - A History Of Western Thought II
HIST 59500 - The Holocaust And Genocide

C. Latin American, Asian, Middle Eastern, or African History (6 credits)

HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
HIST 19500 - The Historian’s Craft: Historical Research And Film
HIST 20100 - Special Topics In History ++
HIST 21000 - The Making Of Modern Africa
HIST 21100 - The Global Field: World Soccer And Global History
HIST 22100 - The Uses Of History
HIST 24000 - East Asia And Its Historic Tradition
HIST 24100 - East Asia In The Modern World
HIST 24300 - South Asian History And Civilizations
HIST 24500 - Introduction To The Middle East History And Culture
HIST 24600 - Modern Middle East And North Africa
HIST 25000 - United States Relations With The Middle East And North Africa
HIST 27100 - Introduction To Colonial Latin American History (1492-1810)
HIST 27200 - Introduction To Modern Latin American History (1810 To The Present)
HIST 30105 - Big History: Time And Scale
HIST 30200 - Historical Topics ++
HIST 30805 - History Of Life Sciences
HIST 30905 - History Of Environmental Science
HIST 31205 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIST 31905 - Christianity In The Global Age
HIST 33100 - Great Figures In History ++
HIST 33205 - The Nuclear Age
HIST 33900 - Traditional China
HIST 34000 - Modern China
HIST 34300 - Traditional Japan
HIST 34400 - History Of Modern Japan
HIST 34505 - Arabs in American Eyes
HIST 35000 - Science And Society In The Twentieth Century World
HIST 35700 - History Of Southern Africa Since 1400
HIST 35900 - Gender In East Asian History
HIST 36101 - Violence, War, And Militarism In Modern Africa
HIST 36600 - Hispanic Heritage Of The United States
HIST 39200 - Caribbean History And Culture
HIST 39500 - Junior Research Seminar ++
HIST 42100 - Honors Historical Methods ++
HIST 42200 - Honors Thesis In Historical Research ++
HIST 43900 - Communist China
HIST 44100 - Africa In The Twentieth Century
HIST 47500 - Spanish Frontier In North America
HIST 49200 - Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 49500 - Research Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 50500 - Haunted Pasts: Ghosts, Ghouls And Monsters In Global Culture
HIST 54800 - Conflict In East Asia: Twentieth Century
HIST 57600 - Problems In Latin American History
HIST 57700 - Contemporary Latin America
HIST 59500 - The Holocaust And Genocide

D. History prior to A.D. 1500 (3 credits)

HIST 10300 - Introduction To The Medieval World
HIST 19500 - The Historian’s Craft: Historical Research And Film
HIST 20100 - Special Topics In History ++
HIST 22800 - English History To 1688
HIST 24000 - East Asia And Its Historic Tradition
HIST 24500 - Introduction To The Middle East History And Culture
HIST 30105 - Big History: Time And Scale
HIST 30200 - Historical Topics ++
HIST 31700 - A History Of The Christian Church And The Expansion Of Christianity I
HIST 32000 - The World Of Charlemagne
HIST 33100 - Great Figures In History ++
HIST 33300 - Science And Society In Western Civilization I
HIST 33900 - Traditional China
HIST 34300 - Traditional Japan
HIST 39500 - Junior Research Seminar ++
HIST 42100 - Honors Historical Methods ++
HIST 42200 - Honors Thesis In Historical Research ++
HIST 49200 - Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 49500 - Research Seminar In Historical Topics ++
HIST 50000 - Studies In Medieval History
HIST 51400 - A History Of Western Thought I

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