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206 courses with the subject HIS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

HIS 101Contemporary World 3

This course explores the historical background behind major issues of the contemporary world, including: colonialism/decolonization; the Cold War and other global conflicts; genocide; religious fundamentalism; and the role of women.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 200Human Rights in Modern World History 3

A historical survey of human rights as a concept and political cause in international law, transnational movements, and global events from the 18th century to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 202Hebrew Bible as History 3

This course analyzes the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in its ancient historical and cultural contexts.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 203History of Africa to 1870 3

Early African empires, the spread of Islam, European exploration, the Atlantic slave trade and its effects, slavery in Africa, white settlement in South Africa.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 204History of Africa since 1870 3

Colonial partition, missionaries, wars of resistance, styles of colonial rule, development and underdevelopment, independence movements and de-colonization, neo-colonialism, capitalism and socialism, civil wars, apartheid in South Africa.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 206Topics in Premodern Western History 3

Cross-cultural themes in premodern continental European history explored in a world context, such as: History of Christianity; Atlantic Exploration and the Columbian Exchange; Everyday Life before 1750.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 207Topics in Premodern World History 3

Cross-cultural themes in premodern African, Asian, or Latin American/Caribbean history explored in a world context, such as: Merchants, Trade, and Cultural Encounters; Islam in Asia and Africa; Ancient American Empires.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 208Topics on the West and the Modern World 3

Transnational themes in modern continental European history explored in a world context, such as: Emigration and Immigration; Nation States and National Identities; History of "Development"; European Expansion and Colonial Empires.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 209Topics in Modern World History 3

Transnational themes in modern African, Asian, or Latin American/Caribbean history explored in a world context, such as: Borderlands, Frontier, and Cultural Change; Contradictions of Colonial Experience; Gender, Labor, and Modernization.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if the topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 211The United States: A General Survey to 1877 3

Covers the main themes of U.S. History from before European contact through 1877.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 212The United States: A General Survey Since 1860 3

Covers the main themes of U.S. History from 1860 to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 213Topics in American History 3

Selected topics in American history at an introductory level. Topics may vary from colonial era through the twentieth century. This course stresses the analysis and interpretation of primary sources.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 215The Civilizations of Asia 3

History, institutions, and culture of India, China, and Japan, from earliest times to about 1700. Limited reference to Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Korea.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 216The Civilizations of Asia 3

Impact of West on Asia and Asia's response; development of nationalism and Communism. Focus is on India, China, and Japan in nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 217The World, 1900-1945 3

Political, social, and economic forces affecting Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Issues include Cold War, imperialism, nationalism, terrorism, world war. Covers the twentieth century from 1900 to 1945.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 218The World since 1945 3

Political, social, and economic forces affecting Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe since 1945. Issues include Cold War, imperialism, nationalism, terrorism, and decolonization.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 220The Ancient World 3

Early civilizations: Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman to Reign of Constantine.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 221Medieval Legacy 3

Survey of Western European history from the end of the Roman Empire to the fifteenth century exploring such varied aspects of the medieval experience as pilgrimage, crusade, peasant life, the emergence of national states, and the rise of the university.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 222Europe 1400-1789 3

Survey of major socio-economic, political, and cultural trends in Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 223The Making of Modern Europe 3

Survey of major socio-economic, political, and cultural trends in Europe from the French Revolution to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 225Judaism in History and Practice 3

This course introduces the religious tradition of Judaism, identifying the relationships between historical development, thought, and practice.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 233Witches, Spirits, and Metaphysicalism in America 3

This course focuses on the traditions of paganism, the occult, and metaphysicalism in the US. We will learn about New England witches, Black conjure, spiritualist seances, and the flowering of New Age and Neopaganism in the twentieth century. We will also consider how these traditions relate to institutional religion.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 234Religion and Race in the Americas 3

This course focuses on race as a component of religious experience as well as the role of religion in “racialization.” We will focus on the Iberian categories of “bad blood,” Afro-Atlantic religions, Nation of Islam, Mormons and whiteness, and the role of Christianity in American white supremacy.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 239The First America: Latin America, 1492-1830 3

Introduction to the early history of Latin America. Emphasis on the clash of cultures, Indian-Spanish relations, and the structure and mechanisms of empire.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 240(Dis)order and Progress: Latin America since 1810 3

Introduction to the political and economic history of Latin America since independence. Survey covers political dynamics, social transformations, and the evolution of export economics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 241American Jewish Medical Ethics 3

This course explores American Jewish Medical Ethics, analyzing their historical development and application in contemporary Jewish life. Topics include maintaining health, bodily integrity, vaccination, mental health, genetic testing, contraception and abortion, and end of life care.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 242Jews, Bodies, Race 3

This course explores global Jewish diversity, perceptions of Jewish bodies, and past and present uses of the terms "Jew" and "Hebrew" as racial categories.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 301Race and Slavery 3

Examination of the black experience from ancient to modern times, including pre-colonial Africa, the Atlantic slave trade, slavery in the Americas with special emphasis on the United States before 1865.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 302Race and Segregation 3

Race and segregation in the United States since the Civil War, including the origins of Jim Crow laws, civil rights movement, black urbanization, the Harlem Renaissance, black nationalism, and the black experience in America.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 308Navigating World History 3

Introduction to and overview of world history, ca. 8000 BCE to the present. Prepares Social Studies Licensure majors to teach world history at the middle grades and high school level.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 309Unity and Unrest in Medieval Towns 3

Examines the ways in which the towns of Medieval Europe constructed social unity and the ways in which that unity was threatened by cultural change and social unrest.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 310Daughters of Eve: Women in the Middle Ages 3

Examines the political, social, religious, and cultural experiences of women during the European Middle Ages. Consideration given to gender roles, family structure, and writings by and about women.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 312The Crusades 3

Social, political, and religious causes of crusading: events of the crusades (1097–1250); impact of the crusades on Christian Europe and the Muslim Near East.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 313The Viking Age 3

Examines the Scandinavian peoples of Europe during the Viking Age (750-1150), with focus on the internal culture, religion, and politics of Scandinavia and on external raids and colonization.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 314The Modern British Empire, 1750-Present 3

This course examines the British Empire from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Themes include: the changing nature of imperial expansion, methods of colonial rule, decolonization, and legacies of empire.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 315Witchcraft and Magic in European History 3

Examination of witchcraft beliefs and persecution as a way of studying the social history of Europe before industrialization. Emphasizes the "Witch Craze" of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 316Interpreting American History 3

Examination of a broad variety of primary source evidence and historiographical methods for studying the American past from the colonial era through the twentieth century.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 317Introduction to Public History 3

Explores the place of the past in contemporary life and introduces the field of public history: the effort to make history for and with audiences beyond the university.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 318Revolution and Reform in Modern Latin America 3

Origins and historical influence of major social and cultural movements in Latin America since 1800. Topics include liberalism, populism, and communism; gender movements, countercultures, and Catholic traditionalism; and ethnic nationalisms.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 319Sugar, Soccer, Samba: History of Brazil 3

General history of Brazil since 1500. Topics include cultural and environmental history; the history of slavery and colonization; immigration, race, and economic development; and modern struggles for equality and democracy.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 320History of Mexico and Central America 3

The political and economic history of Mexico and Central America from the dissolution of colonial New Spain in 1821 to the debates over neoliberalism in the early 21st century.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 321Latin America and the United States 3

A history of inter-American relations from the Monroe Doctrine to the Caribbean Basin Initiative. An examination of traditional interpretations and contemporary arguments and the Latin American context and perspective.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 322American Indian History: 1840 to the Present 3

Explores the history of American Indians in the area now encompassed by the United States from 1840 to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 323American Indians and Nature 3

Examines the interaction of American Indians and nature from before European arrival today.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 324American Cults 3

This course will explore the history of schismatic religious groups, anti-cult hysteria, and controlling religious authority in American history by focusing on Jonestown, Waco, and NXIVM. This course asks who gets to call a religion a cult, and whether the term is a useful category for cultural analysis.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 326Using Photographs as Historical Evidence 3

Case study approach using photographs as historical evidence from the Civil War to the Great Depression. History and interpretation of specific print materials. Identification, care and handling of historic photographs.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 327Enslaved Religion 3

We will look at how enslaved people remade Christianity and how many enslaved people rejected Christianity and continued to practice their own traditions, from Islam to the Afro-Atlantic religions of the African Diaspora. We will also read cultural theories of “power,” in both the material and spiritual sense.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 328U.S. Women's History to 1865 3

A history of women in the U.S. to the Civil War. Topics include Native American gender systems, midwives, witchcraft, women's labor and education, families, slavery, and social reform.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 329U.S. Women's History Since 1865 3

A history of women in the U.S. since the Civil War. Topics include women's activism, labor, reproduction, public policy, race and class inequalities, and contemporary women's issues.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 331Judaism, Gender, and Sexuality 3

Analyzes Jewish understandings of gender and sexuality from ancient through modern times, with focus on law and tradition, roles in Jewish communities, family, sexuality, and religious thought.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 332Civil Rights and Black Freedom, 1940-1980 3

Southern and national civil rights politics in light of local and human rights dimensions of the wider black freedom movement. Special attention to leadership, economics, local movements, and white resistance.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 333American Indian History to 1840 3

Explores the history of American Indians in the area now encompassed by the United States through the era of Indian Removal in the 1830s.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 334United States Environmental History 3

Examines the interaction of humans and nature in American history from the colonial period to today.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 335America Before the Revolution 3

Selected topics on North American history prior to the American Revolution, such as the lives of diverse groups of people, trade, war, rebellion, religion, and politics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 336The American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1789 3

Selected topics in the history of the American Revolution, such as the roles of gender, class, race, politics, war, and various groups of peoples in the Revolutionary era.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 337Emerging Nation: US History 1789-1848 3

Selected topics in United States history during the early national era, such as the Market Revolution, the growth of slavery, foreign relations, Indian Removal, democratizing politics, and territorial expansion.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 338Civil War, Reconstruction, and Reunion, 1848-1896 3

American history from the end of the Mexican War to the Bryan campaign, centering on the slavery controversy, Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, urbanization, and agrarian problems.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 339From Civil War to Superpower: America 1896-1945 3

Examines the rise of American global power and its domestic foundations, includes coverage of the labor movement, the World Wars, progressive reform, the New Deal, civil rights issues, and the women's rights movements.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 340The United States since World War II 3

Selected social, political, and international trends and events: Cold War and Vietnam; conservatism from McCarthy to Reagan; black freedom, radicalism and the Great Society; feminism; mass immigration and multicultural America.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 341Pirates of the Caribbean: The Real Story 3

Introduces students to the fascinating, complex, and changing roles of corsairs, buccaneers, and privateers in shaping the emerging colonial economies, societies, and cultures of the early modern Caribbean.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 342Gender, Sex, and Health in the 20th Century US 3

Women's bodies and health in historical perspective. Topics include: anatomy, menstruation, childbirth, birth control, abortion, violence, pregnancy, nutrition, eating disorders, HIV/AIDS, menopause, breast cancer, and sexuality.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 344The New South 3

Southern history from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis on race, politics, agriculture, and industry.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 346Topics in Historical Memory 3

This course will provide insight into how understanding and representation of the past has been constructed and reshaped over time through memory and history. Topics examined can include the origin of national myths, heroes, celebrations and commemorations, monuments and memorials, national traumas, and more.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 347History of North Carolina 3

History of North Carolina from its colonial origins to the twentieth century, including the evolution of its political system, economy, social structure, and culture.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 348The World at War, 1914-1918 3

Origins, course, and impact of the First World War. Emphasis on political, social, and cultural as well as military perspectives.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 349The World at War, 1939-1945 3

Emphasis on the political systems responsible for the Second World War; military establishments that fought it, the populations that suffered it, and sociopolitical and cultural changes it brought about.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 350American Immigration: Newcomers and Gatekeepers 3

Examines how immigrants and immigration restrictionists shaped the society, culture, national identity, and politics of the U.S. since 1880. Work, community, poverty and opportunity, political organizing for and against immigration.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 351History of Greece, 2000 BC-31 BC 3

Mycenaean society, Greek "dark ages" colonization and tyranny, Athens and Sparta, flowering in the fifth and fourth centuries, conquests of Alexander, Hellenistic empires, and the diffusion of Greek civilization.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 352Topics in Ancient Judaism 3

Diversity of Judaism in the ancient world; study of major themes, texts, and movements in ancient Judaism; focus on primary texts, material culture, and scholarly approaches.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topics vary, with permission of instructor.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 354Roman Republic 754 BC - 44 BC 3

Study of the rise, expansion, and decline of the Roman Republic.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 355The Roman Empire, 44 BC-AD 337 3

Survey of politics and society at Rome under the Empire, when Rome dominated Western Civilization. Topics covered include: Augustus and the rise of one-man rule at Rome, the long "Roman Peace" and the civilizing of Europe under the Emperors, the rise of Christianity, and the transformed Empire of Constantine the Great.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 356The Making of the African Diaspora 3

This course will explore the histories of Africans and their decedents across the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 362History of Economic Thought 3

The history of economic thought and criticism since the eighteenth century. Major topics include classical economics, socialism, communism, marginalism, Keynesianism, corporatism, Austrian economics, monetarism, developmentalism, neoliberalism, and modern anti-market revolutions.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 363European Economic History 3

Study of the evolution of European economies from early modern times to the twentieth century. Emphasis on sources of growth: trade, migration, industry, technical change, labor, and capital.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 364The French Revolutionary Era 3

France in the age of the French Revolution, including the old regime, Enlightenment, narrative and interpretive treatment of the Revolution.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 365Modern France 3

Social, political, and cultural forces that shaped France through the Third Republic, World Wars, rise of communism and fascism, Occupation and Resistance, postwar Fourth and Fifth Republics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 367Modern Jewish Thought 3

Discusses and evaluates major works by a modern Jewish thinker (example: Martin Buber) or works exemplifying a modern Jewish intellectual movement (example: post-Holocaust theology). Topics will vary.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 369History of Spain 3

Exploration of major themes in Spanish history, including the concept of crusade, the experience of empire, and struggle for religious, ethnic, and political unity. Focuses on Spain during its "Golden Age" (1500–1700).

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 371Europe since World War I 3

A survey of modern Europe with emphasis on the two world wars, political ideologies and cultural developments, and the postwar movement to European integration.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 372Topics in Jewish History 3

Discusses and evaluates specific Jewish topics in historical perspective. Topics vary and may include mysticism, antisemitism, philosophy, ethics, and culture.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 373English History to 1660 3

Origins and evolution of English culture and English constitution.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 374British History 1688-Present 3

Major landmarks in the social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of the diverse peoples of the British Isles from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the 21st century.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 375Germany in the Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914 3

Examination of German social and political structures and their functioning between 1800 and outbreak of World War I. Attendant emphasis placed upon cultural and intellectual issues which illuminate German (and European) culture of the nineteenth century.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 376German History, 1914-1945 3

German social and political structures and their functioning during World War I, Weimar Republic, and Third Reich with attendant emphasis on cultural and intellectual themes.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 377Russian History to 1900 3

Introduction to old Russia of Kiev and Muscovy, followed by a more intensive survey of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 378Russian History since 1900 3

End of Tsarist Empire, Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath, Soviet Union under Stalin, and recent developments.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 380Topics in the Near and Middle East 3

Explores interdisciplinary topics in the Near and Middle East designed to enrich historical perspectives such as archaeology, environmental history, and travel literature. Emphasis is on the Islamic world.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 381The Near and Middle East since World War I 3

Emphasizes developments since World War I.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 382Viet Nam: History, Culture, and Resistance 3

This course will consider the history of wars fought on Vietnamese soil within the larger context of political, social, and cultural change.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 383Chinese History to 1800 3

Early Chinese Civilization: Imperial Period; first dynasties; Early Modern China.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 384The Modern Transformation of China: 1800 to Present Day 3

Coming of Europeans; decline of imperial institutions to 1870; Western impact and Chinese reforms, 1870–1945; contemporary China.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 387History of the Chinese Frontier 3

Exploration of the ways in which the various peoples existed on the edges of the Chinese empire throughout history, fighting during much of this time for political and cultural autonomy.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 389West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade 3

Examines how trade between European and African countries developed into a trans-Atlantic slave trade. Focus on origins of slaves and effects of slave trade on Africa, ca. 1450–1850.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 390History Internship 3

Field learning experience in public or applied history, or archaeology. Academic supervision provided by job supervisor. Assigned reading and written reports.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 391Historical Skills and Methods 3

Introduction to research methods in history. Topics include: analyzing varieties of primary and secondary source materials; designing a project focus; finding and evaluating appropriate sources; citation methods; historiography.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 392Nazi Germany & the Holocaust 3

This course examines the long- and short-term causes of the Holocaust, analyzing its origins in Nazi Germany while also exploring it as a European-wide event with global ramifications.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 393Medieval Church and State 3

Course examines origins, elaboration, and impact of political thought in the West as it arose out of the ongoing transformation of the medieval church and state from circa 300–1500.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 401Individual Study 1-3

Directed program of reading or research. Available to qualified students upon the recommendation of an instructor and approval of department head.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 402Individual Study 1-3

Directed program of reading or research. Available to qualified students upon the recommendation of an instructor and approval of department head.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 403African American History: Selected Topics 3

Examination of selected topics in black history including African beginnings, slavery, racial attitudes, and civil rights.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 405Introduction to Archival Management 3

Principles of archival management, featuring both classroom instruction in archival theory and practical experience in manuscript repositories and public and private archives.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 408Latin America and Caribbean: Selected Topics 3

A study of select political and economic developments from a historical perspective. Topics include an examination of Hispanic democracy, the evolution of the military, and land tenure. Seminar format.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 411ASeminar in Historical Research and Writing 3

Locating and using historical source materials, written and oral, published and unpublished. 411A: American; 411B: European; and 411C: Wider World.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 411BSeminar in Historical Research and Writing 3

Locating and using historical source materials, written and oral, published and unpublished. 411A: American; 411B: European; and 411C: Wider World.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 411CSeminar in Historical Research and Writing 3

Locating and using historical source materials, written and oral, published and unpublished. 411A: American; 411B: European; and 411C: Wider World.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 412Public History 3

A history of America's past through museums (indoor and outdoor); collections and their interpretation; exhibitions and park and wilderness areas.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 414Topics in World History 3

Selected topics in world history such as migration, religions, human and/or environmental interaction, imperialism, trade, urbanism, frontiers, and global networks.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topics varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 415American Diplomatic History: The Twentieth Century 3

Emphasis on most important crises and making of basic policy decisions from Spanish American war to present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 420Southern History: Selected Topics 3

Selected topics in the history of the American South from the colonial origins to our time. Examples include politics, education, economic development, reform, race, and gender.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 422Early American History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in early American history including settlement, economic development, Puritanism, the Great Awakening, slavery, ethnicity, and pre-Revolutionary politics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 424Twentieth-Century U.S. History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in twentieth-century U.S. history including Progressive Era, World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, McCarthyism, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, the 1960s.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 426The Civil War and Reconstruction: Selected Topics 3

Causes of the Civil War. Military events and developments on the home front in wartime, North and South. Reconstruction policy in Washington and its implementation in the South.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 430Historical Methods for Social Studies Teachers 3

Introduction to research methods in history for social studies licensure students. Students write a research paper based on primary source evidence.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 434The American Revolution: Selected Topics 3

Politics of Empire, colonial political culture, War for Independence, constitutionalism, race, partisanship from the 1750s to 1800.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 440Principles and Practices for Teaching History 3

Philosophy and methods for teaching historical reasoning. Topics include evaluating curricular standards, using primary sources in the classroom, teaching with historic places, creating and evaluating assignments, and teaching research methods.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 441Ancient World: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman history, including politics and public rituals, patterns of social organization, ancient slavery, and cross-cultural interactions.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 442Middle Ages: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in medieval culture and society chosen from the broad categories of political, social, economic, intellectual, or religious history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 443Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice 3

Study of change in historic preservation theory and practice since the 1800s with emphasis on preservation of built environment. Development of philosophical approach for designers to contemporary preservation projects.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 444Early Modern Europe: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in early modern European history, including Renaissance cities, Protestant Reformation, Catholic Reformation, court cultures, impact of printing, gender and identity and the Age of Discovery.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 445Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context 3

Combined southern history and material culture with a museum practicum. Students selected by individual application.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit when topic varies, with permission of instructor.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 446American Cultural History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in the creation and development of American culture including the role of technology, environment, ethnic diversity, and the history of ideas.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 447History Museum Curatorship: Collections Management 3

Professional practices in the care and management of historic site and history museum collections, including principles of collection development, object registration, cataloging, and preservation.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 448Architectural Conservation 3

Overview of contemporary architectural conservation principles, practice and technology. A series of field exercises, group projects and investigation of an individual research topic expand upon lectures and readings.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 449American Social History: Family and Religion 3

American social history from the eve of colonization to Reconstruction, the family and communal organization of early American society, and the assumptions about human nature and destiny underlying culture and change.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 451Gender and History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in Gender and History including Gender and Popular Culture; Gender, Labor, Race, and Class; History of Masculinity.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 455Field Methods in Preservation Technology 3

Intensive on-site fieldwork experience addressing issues of architectural conservation and historic building technology. Includes methods, techniques, and theories of preservation technology and accepted conservation practices.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 460Nineteenth-Century Europe: Selected Topics 3

Selected topics address comparative political, social, and economic development of major European states and changing power relationships from the defeat of Napoleon to the end of the First World War.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 462Twentieth-Century Europe: Selected Topics 3

Topics in 20th-century European history including World War I, its impact on European thought and culture, the origins of World War II, the movement for European Unity, the Cold War.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 463Early Modern England: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in early modern British history, including the Protestant Reformation, political revolutions and economic and social change.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 464Modern Britain: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern British history such as the industrial revolution, parliamentary reform, loss of one empire and the creation of a second, World War I and II.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 467French History: Selected Topics 3

Study of specific themes and/or problem areas in French History.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 469African History and Cultures through Film 3

Examines how Africans are portrayed in a variety of film genres, focusing on representations of race, gender, class, and sexuality in world cinema and legacies of colonialism.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 471Modern European Thought: Selected Topics 3

Study of selected themes and/or problems in European intellectual and cultural history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 474Modern Germany: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern German history including the Third Reich, Germany during World War I, Bismarckian Germany, ideology in Germany.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 475Modern Russian History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern Russian history, including "Great Reforms," industrialization, revolutionary movement, Marxism–Leninism, tsarist and Soviet foreign policy, Soviet politics, post-World War II changes, Gorbachev era, and end of Soviet Union.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 478Research Methods in Historical Archaeology 3

Advanced training in research methods in Historic Archaeology, involving on-site training in field, laboratory, and library components of Historic Archaeology.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 481African History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in African history including Central African Kingdoms, Pre-colonial West African Kingdoms, "Stateless" Societies of Africa.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 487Southern African History 3

The rise and decline of African nations in nineteenth-century southern Africa: economic and social change; the creation of the Union of South Africa and the roots of apartheid.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 488East Asian History: Selected Topics 3

Varying history in East Asian history: a detailed examination of specific social, economic, political and intellectual facets of Chinese, Korean and Japanese history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 491Honors Work: American History 3-6

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; 3.30 GPA in the major; 12 s.h. in the major;

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if the topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 492Honors Work: European History 3-6

Individual study.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if the topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 493Honors Work: Wider World History 3-6

Honors Work.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit if the topic of study changes.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 502African American History: Selected Topics 3

Examination of selected topics in black history including African beginnings, slavery, racial attitudes, and civil rights.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 508Latin America and Caribbean: Selected Topics 3

A study of select political and economic developments from a historical perspective. Topics include an examination of Hispanic democracy, the evolution of the military, and land tenure. Seminar format.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 510Historiography 3

Development of the historical profession and perspectives on historical methodology. Selected readings by philosophers of history and practicing historians.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 512Public History 3

A history of America's past through museums (indoor and outdoor); collections and their interpretation; exhibitions and park and wilderness areas.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 514Topics in World History 3

Selected topics in world history such as migration, religions, human and/or environmental interaction, imperialism, trade, urbanism, frontiers, and global networks.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topics varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 515American Diplomatic History: The Twentieth Century 3

Emphasis on most important crises and making of basic policy decisions from Spanish American war to present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 520Southern History: Selected Topics 3

Selected topics in the history of the American South from the colonial origins to our time. Examples include politics, education, economic development, reform, race, and gender.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 522Early American History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in early American history including settlement, economic development, Puritanism, the Great Awakening, slavery, ethnicity, and pre-Revolutionary politics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 524Twentieth-Century U.S. History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in twentieth-century U.S. history including Progressive Era, World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, McCarthyism, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, the 1960s.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 526The Civil War and Reconstruction: Selected Topics 3

Causes of the Civil War. Military events and developments on the home front in wartime, North and South. Reconstruction policy in Washington and its implementation in the South.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 534The American Revolution: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in the history of the American Revolutionary era, 1750s-1800, such as the roles of gender, class, race, politics, war, and various groups of peoples.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 541Ancient World: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman history, including politics and public rituals, patterns of social organization, ancient slavery, cross-cultural interactions.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 542Middle Ages: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in medieval culture and society chosen from the broad categories of political, social, economic, intellectual, or religious history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 543Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice 3

Study of change in historic preservation theory and practice since the 1800s with emphasis on preservation of built environment. Development of philosophical approach for designers to contemporary preservation projects.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 544Early Modern Europe: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in early modern European history, including Renaissance cities, Protestant Reformation, Catholic Reformation, court cultures, impact of printing, gender and identity and the Age of Discovery.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 546American Cultural History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in the creation and development of American culture including the role of technology, environment, ethnic diversity, and the history of ideas.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 547History Museum Curatorship: Collections Management 3

Professional practices in the care and management of historic site and history museum collections, including principles of collection development, object registration, cataloging, and preservation.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 548Architectural Conservation 3

Overview of contemporary architectural conservation principles, practice and technology. A series of field exercises, group projects and investigation of an individual research topic expand upon lectures and readings.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 551Gender and History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in Gender and History including Gender and Popular Culture; Gender, Labor, Race, and Class; History of Masculinity.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 555Field Methods in Preservation Technology 3

Intensive on-site fieldwork experience addressing issues of architectural conservation and historic building technology. Includes methods, techniques, and theories of preservation technology and accepted conservation practices.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 560Nineteenth-Century Europe: Selected Topics 3

Selected topics address comparative political, social, and economic development of major European states and changing power relationships from the defeat of Napoleon to the end of the First World War.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 564Modern Britain: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern British history such as the industrial revolution, parliamentary reform, loss of one empire and the creation of a second, World War I and II.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 568African History and Cultures through Film 3

Examines how Africans are portrayed in a variety of film genres, focusing on representations of race, gender, class, and sexuality in world cinema and legacies of colonialism.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 571Modern European Thought: Selected Topics 3

Study of selected themes and/or problems in European intellectual and cultural history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 574Modern Germany: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern German history including the Third Reich, Germany during World War I, Bismarckian Germany, ideology in Germany.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 575Modern Russian History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in modern Russian history, including "Great Reforms," industrialization, revolutionary movement, Marxism–Leninism, tsarist and Soviet foreign policy, Soviet politics, post-World War II changes, Gorbachev era, and end of Soviet Union.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 581African History: Selected Topics 3

Varying topics in African history including Central African Kingdoms, Pre-colonial West African Kingdoms, "Stateless" Societies of Africa.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 588East Asian History: Selected Topics 3

Varying history in East Asian history: a detailed examination of specific social, economic, political and intellectual facets of Chinese, Korean and Japanese history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 624History of American Landscapes and Architecture 3

Examination of the social and cultural forces affecting the design and use of landscapes and buildings in North America from the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 625Preservation Planning and Law 3

Examination and analysis of the relationship of government programs and policies, community and regional planning strategies, and legal case precedents to the field of historic preservation.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 626The Practice of Public History 3

Basic principles in the administration of museums, historic sites, and other cultural resources. Subjects include fundraising, personnel and volunteer management, working with board members, and museum law and ethics.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 627Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice 3

Theory and practice of interpreting history to the public in the context of museums and historic sites. Topics include exhibit planning and technologies, living history, research methods, and audience evaluation.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 629Museum Education 3

Survey of the principles and practices of museum education. Explores the kinds of learning that occur in museums and how educational programming can engage diverse audiences.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 631Digital History 3

This seminar explores the possibilities and challenges of doing history in digital spaces. Students will gain hands-on training in tools and practices and will design original digital public history projects.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 633Community History Practicum 3

Hands-on course, students work corroboratively and engage community partners as they research, design, and complete public projects that engage audiences in local/regional history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 690Internship 3

Supervised professional experience in selected museum, historic site, or other professional setting in accordance with the major course of study of the student. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 692Advanced Topics in History 3

Topics in history and thematic topics not otherwise covered at the graduate level.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 697Directed Reading 1-4

A directed program of reading and research, available to the qualified student upon the recommendation of an instructor and the department head.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 699Thesis 1-6

Individual guidance in the development of a specific research problem.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 701Colloquium in American History before 1865 3

Issues of historical interpretation from the Colonial era through the Civil War.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 702Colloquium in American History after 1865 3

Issues of historical interpretation from Reconstruction to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 703M.A. Research Project I 3

Research and writing on selected topics in American history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 704M.A. Research Project II 3

Research and writing on selected topics in American history.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 705Colloquium in European History before 1789 3

Topics in European social, economic, political and intellectual history from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Methodology and the diversity of historical approaches.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 706Colloquium in European History since 1789 3

Interpretations of selected historical problems from the French Revolution to the present.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 709Introductory Research Seminar 3

Will focus on methods, sources, and writing; research paper based on primary and contextualized in secondary sources.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 710Colloquium in the Atlantic World 3

Introduction to the history of the Atlantic trading system, the historiography of Atlantic World studies, and comparative, cross-cultural approaches to historical research.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 712Slavery in the Americas 3

Comparative analysis of slavery and race relations in South and Central America, the Caribbean, British North America, and the United States, 1501-1888.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 713African Americans after Slavery 3

African American history during the Civil War, Reconstruction, the era of Jim Crow, the civil rights and post-civil rights eras.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 714Varieties of Teaching 3

Introduction to college level teaching in history with attention to syllabi, lecturing, examinations, discussions, grading, and responding to student input. Students participate in teaching actual courses.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 715Atlantic World: Selected Topics 3

Topics include European migration, comparative colonization, African diaspora, and "underdevelopment" in Latin America and Africa.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 716Graduate Colloquium in World History 3

Introduction to World history, the historiography of World studies, and comparative, cross-cultural approaches to historical research.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 720Public History Capstone I 3

Conceiving, researching, planning, and creating an original public history project, the first part of a two-semester sequence.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 721Public History Capstone II 3

Conceiving, researching, planning, and creating an original public history project, the second part of a two-semester sequence.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 722Early America: Selected Topics 3

Topics in early American history from New World encounters, popular culture, race, gender, religion, or politics to 1800.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 723Selected Topics in Nineteenth-Century United States History 3

Varying topics that explore political, social, economics, intellectual, cultural, or religious history of nineteenth-century U.S. History.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 724Selected Topics in Twentieth-Century American History 3

Major developments in the political, social, and cultural history of the United States since 1900.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 740Selected Topics in European History 3

Varying topics that explore political, social, economic, intellectual, cultural, or religious history of European History.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 750PhD Readings Course 3-9

Designed to provide doctoral students with a program of focused readings in the student's field of study.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 751PhD Dissertation Proposal Course 3-9

Students will develop a doctoral dissertation topic.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 799Dissertation 1-12

Individual direction in the development and execution of a doctoral dissertation.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 801Thesis Extension 1-3

Thesis Extension.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 802Dissertation Extension 1-3

Dissertation Extension.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu
HIS 803Research Extension 1-3

Research Extension.

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-27 University Catalog
Source
catalog.uncg.edu

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