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243 courses with the subject HST, 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.

HST 101Western Civilization to 17003

Survey of ancient, medieval, and early modern history to 1700. Focus varies with instructor. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 102Europe and the World in the Modern Era3

Survey of modern Europe from 1700 to the present. Focus varies with instructor. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 103World Civilizations to 15003

Survey of the ancient, classical and medieval civilizations of Eurasia wit a brief look at American and sub-Saharan societies. Focus varies with instructor. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 104World Civilizations since 15003

Survey of the major civilizations of the world in the modern and contemporary periods. Focus varies with instructor. (CD, D) Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 205

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 105Africa in World History3

Examines the continent of Africa from prehistory to the present in global perspective, as experienced and understood by Africans themselves. Also listed as AAS 105. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 105

HST 106Medieval World Civilizations3

Provides an overview of world civilizations in the period generally understood as 'medieval,' from 600 C.E. to 1600 C.E. The course examines cultures and societies in East Asia, India, Africa, and the Americas as well as Europe and asks if there is such a thing as a 'medieval' world history. What characteristics do these widely differing cultures and geographic areas share, and where do they differ? (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 107Middle East & the World3

Examines, in its global context, the Middle East region from the inception of Islam in the 7th century to the 20th century. Combines an introduction to Islamic civilization in its central lands with a close study of its interaction with other societies. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 108Americas and the World3

Examines North, Central and South America in global perspectives from premodern times to the present with particular attention to political, economic, social, and cultural developments and interactions. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 109Asia and the World3

Overview of Asia (primarily East, Southeast, and South Asia) since 1500 with emphasis on economic, diplomatic, cultural, and religious interactions with the outside world. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 110Atlantic World since 15003

Examines the major developments that have linked the civilizations bordering the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to the present. Themes include exploration; commerce; European colonization and indigenous responses; disease; religious conversion and revivalism; mestizo and creole culture; imperial warfare; enlightenment; revolution; slavery and abolition; extractive economies; nationalism; 'scientiﬁc racism;' invented traditions; the black diaspora and negritude; decolonization; the Cold War; segregation and apartheid; dictatorship; neoliberalism; and globalization. Also listed as AAS 106. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 106

HST 113Health, Disease, Disability, and Well-Being3

12 in World History 2 HST 339 Sickness and Health in American History 3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 114Gender and Sexuality in World History3

Introduces the global and historical breadth of gender and sexual systems. Foundational and current approaches to cross-cultural historical analysis of masculinity, women’s rights, and differences between LGBTQ identities and other models. Also listed as WGS 214. (CD,

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: WGS 214

HST 115Global History of Exploration3

Surveys exploration from prehistoric migrants peopling the continents to the modern age of space exploration. Deconstructs and expands the concept of “explorer” and examines the scientiﬁc, economic, geopolitical, philosophical, spiritual, and biological motivations for venturing into the h unknown. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 116European Jewry: From the Middle Ages to the Present3

Examines Jewish communities in Europe across centuries, highlighting their cultural, social, and economic contributions. The course explores Jewish creativity, resilience, and adaptation within Christian and Islamic societies through periods of adversity and transformation. (D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 118Chile and the World3

The history of Chile engages critical themes in world history, from the sixteenth century to the present. Students will examine national development in a global context, centering colonization, forced and negotiated labor, urbanization, industrialization, imperialism, dictatorship, and dynamics of race and gender. (D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 119Venice and the World3

The history of Venice is intertwined with many of the central themes of world history. Students will examine the history of Venice from its foundation to the present day, examining the ongoing reciprocal interactions between the city-state, Europe, and the wider world. (CD, D)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 120Formation of Europe: Habsburg Empire and its Successor

States. (3 h) The development of Central and East-Central Europe as a multiethnic unity under the Habsburgs, 1526-1918, and its dissolution into successor states and subsequent interactions, 1918-1989. Offered in Vienna. (D)

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 121London and the World3

Introduction to London's history as a global city since the 16th century, focusing on exploration, empire, industrialization, and immigration. (CD,

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 150United States History3

Survey of U.S. history from the colonial period to the present.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 151The Golden Age of Burgundy1.5

Burgundian society, culture, and government in the reigns of Philip the Bold, John the Fearless, Philip the Good, and Charles the Rash, 1384-1477. Offered in Dijion.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 161History Museums1.5

Introduces students to history museums and surveys the major issues involved in the collection and display of historical objects, discusses the impact of social history on museum interpretations, and traces the ethical issues and public controversies stemming from the treatment of historical topics in museum settings.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 162History of Wake Forest1.5

A survey of the history of Wake Forest from its beginning, including its written and oral traditions. May include a visit to the town of Wake Forest.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 171Historical Biography1.5

Study of biographies of men and women who have influenced speciﬁc histories and civilizations. May be repeated for credit if topic differs.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic differs.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 172Historical Novels1.5

The role of the historical past in selected works of ﬁction. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 173Historical Films1.5

Examines the value of ﬁlm as a source for understanding the past. Includes viewing and discussing historical ﬁlms in relation to primary and secondary source texts. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 206The Early Middle Ages3

European history from the end of the ancient world to the mid-12th century, stressing social and cultural developments.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 207The High Middle Ages Through the Renaissance3

European history from the mid-12th through the early 16th centuries, stressing social and cultural developments.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 209Europe: From Renaissance to Revolution3

A survey of European history from the 15th to the 18th century. Topics include the voyages of discovery, the military revolution, the formation of the modern state, religious reformation, witchcraft and the rise of modern science, and pre-industrial economic and social structures including women and the family.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 211Special Topics in History1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 211ASpecial Topics: American1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 211ESpecial Topics: European1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 211GSpecial Topics: General1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 211WSpecial Topics: Wider World1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 214Atlantic History to 1800: Science, Empire3

and Environment

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 215Atlantic History from 1800: Science, Empire, Environment3

Inquiry into the ways in which colonialism and the practices of western science have shaped social, political, and terrestrial landscapes in the Americas, Africa, and Europe from 1800.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 216General History of Spain3

History of Spain from the pre-Roman period to the present day. Counts as elective for the Spanish major. Offered in Salamanca.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 217France to 17743

The history of France from the Paleolithic period to the accession of Louis XVI with particular attention to the early modern period.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 218France since 18153

The history of France from the restoration of the monarchy to the Fifth Republic.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 219Germany to 18713

Social, economic, and political forces leading to the creation of a single German nation-state out of over 1,700 sovereign and semi-sovereign German states.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 220Germany: Uniﬁcation to Uniﬁcation 1871 to 19903

The Germans' search for stability and unity in a society riven by conflict and on a continent riven by nationalism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 221The British Empire to 18153

Explores the early history of the British Empire and imperialism until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, including the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland, global trade and exploration, the foundations of the East India Company, captivity and slavery, and revolution in the Atlantic world, with an emphasis on the place of religion, gender, race, and class in imperial rule.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 222The British Empire from 18153

Examines the British Empire and British approaches to imperialism from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 through to the Brexit crises of the late 2010s. The course considers both formal and informal British influence in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, analyzing the interconnected political, economic, and socio-cultural drivers and outcomes of imperialism, as well as the many anti-imperial movements that developed in response to British rule.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 223The British Isles to 17503

Discusses religious reformations in the 16th century; political and scientiﬁc experiments in the 17th century; and the commercial revolutions of the 18th century. Examines their effect on the way Englishmen and women conceived of their state, their communities and themselves, exploring social relationships and the changing experience of authority. The course also considers England’s relationship to its neighbors, Scotland and Ireland, and these British Isles within the context of early modern Europe.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 224Great Britain since 17503

Addresses topics in British history from the Industrial Revolution to New Labour, with attention to how politics and citizenship were linked to imperial power. Explores industrialization, liberalism and their discontents; colonization, decolonization, and immigration; social and urban riot and reform; world war; and the creation of the welfare state and its dismantling. The course also considers Britain's relationship with Ireland and European integration.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 225History of Venice3

The history of Venice from its origin to the fall of the Venetian Republic.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 226History of London1.5-3

Topographical, social, economic, and political history of London from the earliest times. Lectures, student papers and reports, museum visits and lectures, and on-site inspections. Offered in London.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 228Georgian and Victorian Society Culture3

Social and economic transformation of England in the 18th and 19th centuries, with particular attention to the rise of professionalism and developments in the arts. Offered in London.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 229Venetian Society & Culture3

An examination of Venetian society, including the role within Venetian life of music, theatre, and civic ritual and considering cultural heritage preservation and the impact of tourism in the contemporary era.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 230Russia: Origins to 18653

A survey of the political, social, and economic history of Russia, from its origins to the period of the Great Reforms under Alexander II. Students taking HST 230 cannot receive credit for HST 232/REE 200.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 231Russia and Soviet Union: 1865 to Present3

A survey of patterns of socio-economic change from the late imperial period to the present, the emergence of the revolutionary movement, and the development of Soviet rule from its establishment to its collapse. Students taking HST 231 cannot receive credit for HST 232/REE 200.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 232Introduction to Russian and East European Studies3

An interdisciplinary survey of Russia and the Soviet Union, including an examination of society, polity, economy and culture over time. Also listed as REE 200. Students taking REE 200/HST 232 cannot receive credit for HST 230 or 231. (CD).

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: REE 200

HST 236The Nazi Holocaust to 19413

Explores the preconditions and causes of the Nazi Holocaust and situates the Holocaust within the history of European colonial genocide and the rise of totalitarian regimes. Traces the development and radicalism of Nazism within Germany and discusses Nazi efforts to forge a racially pure state from Hitler's ascension to power in 1933 until the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Examines the various ways that Jews and other groups targeted by Nazis responded to the rise of

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 237The Nazi Holocaust from 19413

Examines the systematic attempt to exterminate European Jewry and other groups targeted by Nazi Germany on account of their perceived racial inferiority. In particular examines the period from the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union through the end of the war, and discusses the ghettoization of European Jews, the various means of mass murder, and the aftermath of the Holocaust. This class includes an optional trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. (POR)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 239Jewish History in the Americas3

Examines the rich history of American Jewry from the period of ﬁrst settlement to the present. Jews have been present in the Americas since the period of Dutch conquest in the mid-seventeenth century. Over the subsequent three and a half centuries, what was once a distant outpost of the Jewish world has today become a major center, and is home to one of the most diverse, populous, successful, and complicated communities in Jewish history.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 240Nations and Empires: Central Europe to 18803

Explores the political, social, and cultural history of Central Europe from the rise of the Habsburg Empire as a global power in the late 17th century to the emergence of mass politics in the late 19th century. Situates the region in a global context.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 241Nations and Empires: Central Europe since 18803

Explores the critical place of Central Europe in modern European history and how the enduring legacy of empire continues to shape the region.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 242Middle East before 15003

A survey of Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the emergence of the last great Muslim unitary states. The course provides an overview of political history with more in-depth emphasis on the development of Islamic culture and society in the pre-modern era. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 243Middle East since 15003

A survey of modern Middle Eastern history from the collapse of the last great Muslim unitary states to the present day. Topics include the rise and demise of the Ottoman and Safvid empires, socio-political reform, the impact of colonialism, Islamic reform, the development of nationalism, and contemporary social and economic challenges. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 244Pre-Modern China to 18503

Study of traditional China to 1850, with an emphasis on the evolution of political, legal and social institutions and the development of Chinese religion, learning and the arts. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 245Modern China since 18503

Study of modern China from 1850 to the present, focusing on the major political, economic, and cultural transformations occurring in China during this period within the context of modernization, imperialism and (semi) colonialism, world wars and civil wars, revolution and reform, and the ongoing processes of globalization. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 246Japan before 16003

A survey of Japan from earliest times to the coming of Western imperialism, with emphasis on regional ecologies, economic institutions, cultural practice, military organization, political ideology, and foreign relations. (CD, SWC)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 247Japan since 16003

A survey of Japan in the modern world. Topics include political and cultural revolution, state and empire-building, economic 'miracles', social transformations, military conflicts, and intellectual dilemmas. (CD, SWC)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 250Premodern South Asia3

A survey of ancient and medieval South Asia beginning with the Indus Valley civilization to the decline of the Mughal Empire. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 251Modern South Asia3

A survey of colonial and post-colonial South Asia beginning with the political conquest of the British East India Company in the mid-18th century until the present. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 254American West to 18483

The ﬁrst half of a two-semester survey course of the North American West, from roughly 1400 to 1850. Topics include indigenous trade and lifeways, contact, conflict, and cooperation between natives and newcomers, exploration and migration, imperial geopolitical rivalries, and various experiences with western landscapes.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 255U.S. West from 1848 to Present3

The second half of a two-semester survey course of the U.S. West, from 1848 to the present. Topics include industrial expansion and urbanization, conflicts with Native Americans, national and ethnic identity formations, contests over natural resources, representations and myths of the West, and religious, cultural, and social diversity.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 256The U.S and the World, 1763-19143

The ﬁrst half of a two-semester survey on U.S. foreign relations. Major topics explore the economic, political, cultural, and social currents linkin the U.S. to Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia between 1763 and 1914. Particular attention is given to the influence of the world system —ranging from empire, war, and migration to industrial competition and economic interdependence—on U.S. diplomacy, commerce, and domestic politics and culture.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 257The U.S and the World since 19143

The second half of a two-semester survey of U.S. foreign relations. Major topics explore the economic, political, cultural and social currents linking the U.S. to Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia between since 1914. Particular attention is given to the influence of the international system—ranging from hot and cold wars, to decolonization, economic interdependence and transnational businesses and institutions—on U.S. diplomacy, commerce, and domestic politics and culture.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 258Colonial North America3

Surveys and explores the encounters between natives and newcomers in North America between 1492 and 1763. Topics include development of new communities and cultures, as well as the roles warfare, trade, race, religion, and slavery played in the creation of 'new worlds for all.'.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 259Revolutionary North America3

Examines the transformation that unfolded during the struggles for sovereignty in North America between 1760 and 1800. Considers the political upheavals that converted some British colonists into insurgents and explores the unlikely uniﬁcation of disparate provinces into a confederated republic.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 262Antebellum America3

Examines the sociocultural, economic, religious, and political transformations of American society from the period after the Revolutionary War through the onset of the American Civil War.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 263The U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction3

The political, social, and military events of the war and the economic, social, and political readjustments which followed.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 264U.S. History 1877-1933: Industrialization, Urbanization, and

Conflict. (3 h) Political, social, and economic developments in the U.S. from 1877 to 1933 with emphasis on industrialization, urbanization, immigration, growth of Big Business, imperialism, Progressive reform, war, depression, and race, class, and gender conflicts.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 265US History since the New Deal3

Political, social, and economic history of the U.S. since 1933 with emphasis on the Depression, wars at home and abroad, unionism, civil rights movements, countercultures, environmentalism, religion, the Imperial Presidency, and liberalism and conservatism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 266The History of the Slave South3

Examines slavery and southern distinctiveness, from the ﬁrst interactions of Europeans, Native Americans and Africans through the Civil War and Emancipation. Also listed as AAS 266. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 266

HST 267The Making of the Modern South since the Civil War3

Traces the history of race relations and southern culture, politics, and economics from sharecropping and segregation through political reform, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Republican New South. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 268African History to 18703

Overview of African history prior to the establishment of European colonial rule, covering the period from the 4th century until 1870. Focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and uses case studies in various regions. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 269African History since 18503

g Overview of African history, beginning with the period following the abolition of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and ending with contemporary challenges of independent African nations. Emphasizes sub-Saharan African perspectives, initiatives, and historical agency. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 271African American History to 18703

Examines the experiences of African-descended people from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom, with each experience - the slave trade, enslavement, and emancipation - marking a fundamental transformation in black lives. Also listed as AAS 271. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 271

HST 272African American History since 18703

Examines the experiences of African-descended people from the destruction of slavery to Reconstruction, from rural to urban, and from Jim Crow to Civil Rights, with each experience - emancipation, migration, and enfranchisement - marking a fundamental transformation in black lives. Also listed as AAS 272. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 272

HST 275Modern Latin America3

Survey of Latin-American history since independence, concentrating on the 20th century. Emphasizes race, gender, revolution, populism, dictatorship, resistance movements, and U.S-Latin American relations. Examines cultural artifacts from multiple genres. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 284Latin America's Colonial Past3

Studies the history of Latin America’s colonial past from the precolonial era to the wars of independence in the early 19th century. Topics include: Conquest controversies; autonomy, adaptation, and resistance in indigenous and African communities; sexuality and the Inquisition; and evolving systems of race, caste, and gender. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 290Historians’ Methods3

Introduces students to the practical and philosophical 'whys' and 'hows' of the historians' craft, including primary source analysis and secondary literature reviews. Students will learn to evaluate and construct historical arguments, develop research skills, and produce written work that adheres to disciplinary conventions. This course lays the foundation students require to succeed in upper division history classes.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 300History Fin de Siecle Vienna3

Examination of major developments in Viennese culture, politics and society from the 1880s to 1918. Important ﬁgures to be discussed may include Mahler, Schoenberg, Klimt, Schiele, Kokoshchka, Schnitzler, Musil, Kafka, Freud and Herzl. Offered only in Vienna.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 302Plants of Empire: Power and Pleasure3

Study of the social, cultural, and political meaning of plants grown to ﬁnance and maintain empires since 1500. Includes analysis of both production and use of plant products like sugar, coffee, and opium. (POR)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 303Spaces of Science: Observatory, Laboratory, Field3

Examines how new physical spaces and types of workers have shaped the content, practices, and social contours of western science from 1500.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 304Travel, History and Landscape in the Mediterranean3

This course considers broader debates about the nature of “Mediterranean” societies in the late medieval and early modern period through case studies of particular places. Topics include cross-cultural cooperation and conflict, travel and travel narratives, the creation of national identities through public history, and contests over development and/or conservation of natural and cultural resources. Offered only in the Mediterranean.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 305Medieval & Early Modern Iberia3

Examines the variety of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures that flourished on the Iberian peninsula between the years 700 and 1700. Themes include religious diversity and the imposition of orthodoxy, the formation of nation-states and empires, geographic exploration and discovery, and the economics of empire in the early modern period. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 306Science, Magic, and Alchemy in Medieval Europe3

Examines scientists and magicians in medieval Europe, who developed theoretical models and practical approaches to understand and to manipulate the natural world. Looks at alchemists, who transformed matter to understand it as well as to make things for practical purposes: metals, gems, medicines, and the philosopher's stone.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 307Italian Renaissance3

Examination of the economic, political, intellectual, artistic, and social developments in the Italian world from 1350 to 1550. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 308World of Alexander the Great3

An examination of Alexander the Great's conquests and the fusion of Greek culture with those of the Near East, Central Asia, and India. Special emphasis placed on the creation of new political institutions and social customs, modes of addressing philosophical and religious issues, as well as the achievements and limitations of Hellenistic Civilization.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 309European International Relations since World War I3

Surveys European International Relations in the 20th century beyond treaties and alliances to the economic, social, and demographic factors that shaped formal arrangements between states. Covers the impact of new forms of international cooperation, pooled sovereignty, and non-governmental organizations on European diplomacy and internal relations.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 31020th Century Eastern Europe3

Examination of the history of 20th century Eastern Europe, including the creation of nation-states, World War II, and the nature of Communist regimes established in the postwar period. Course includes a discussion of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the challenges of European integration.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 311Special Topics in History1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 311ASpecial Topics: American1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 311ESpecial Topics: European1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 311GSpecial Topics: General1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies. Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 209

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 311WSpecial Topics: Wider World1-3

Subject varies with instructor. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 312Jews, Greeks and Romans3

Largely from a Jewish context, the course explores the political, religious, social and philosophical values shaped by the collision between Jews, Greeks, and Romans, from the Hellenistic Period to the Middle Ages.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 315Greek History3

The development of ancient Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the end of the Classical Period stressing social institutions, individual character, and freedom of social choice within the framework of cultural, political, and intellectual history.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 316Rome: Republic and Empire3

A survey of Roman history and civilization from its beginning to about 500 C.E., with emphasis on the conquest of the Mediterranean world, the evolution of the Republican state, the growth of autocracy, the administration of the empire, and the interaction between Romans and non-Romans.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 317The French Revolution and Napleonic Empire3

The revolution and wars that constitute one of the pivotal points in modern history.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 318Weimar Germany3

Art, literature, music, and ﬁlm of Weimar Germany, 1919-1933, in historical context. German or history credit determined at registration. Also listed as GES 331.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: GES 331

HST 319Genocide and Justice: From Atrocity to Accountability3

Examines genocide across centuries through theoretical frameworks and case studies spanning continents. Investigates causes, perpetrator psychology, victim experiences, and justice efforts. Students analyze primary sources and scholarly works while developing critical historical analysis and research skills.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 320Write and Record! Diaries and Memoirs of3

the Nazi Holocaust

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 321Zionism, Palestine, and Israel in Historical Perspective3

Investigates both the European causes of Zionism and the Middle Eastern consequences of the establishment of the State of Israel. Through our discussion, students will be introduced to many of the scholarly debates over the history, practices, and consequences of Zionism, the State of Israel, and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. (POR)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 322Migrants and Refugees in Modern History3

Explores forced migrations and the development of the concept of refuge from the 16th to 20th centuries, drawing on cases from around the world. Considers how states, empires, and non-governmental organizations have handled migrants and refugees, as well as the lived experiences of displaced individuals.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 323Wives, Writers, and Witches: Women and3

Gender in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 324Fashion in the Eighteenth Century3

Examines the relationship between consumer culture and democractic politics in the eighteenth-century, focusing on Britain, North America, France, and Haiti. Considers laws regulating dress; the relationship between democracy, political resistance, and costume; the construction of political allegiance through clothes and symbols; and the ways fashion mediated ideas about empire, race, and gender.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 325The British Royal Family: Myth, Spectacle, and Scandal3

Examines the changing role of the monarchy in British politics and culture and how royal authority was legitimized and challenged, from the establishment of the Tudor dynasty to the death of Elizabeth II. Topics include gender and power; court culture; political revolution and popular politics; parliamentary monarchy; print culture and propaganda; imperialism; and royal scandals.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 326The Industrial Revolution in England3

A study of the social, economic, and political causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution in England. Offered in London.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 327Proﬁt and Power in Britain3

Examines economic ideas and British society between 1688 and 1914. Topics include connections between consumption and identity; the relationship of morals to markets; the role of gender and the household; knowledge, technology, and the industrial revolution; and the place of free trade in the political imagination.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 330Everyday Life in Communism3

Examines everyday life in 20th century communist societies, with a primary focus on Eastern Europe, Cuba, and China.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 332The United States and the Global Cold War3

Considers United States efforts to secure its perceived interests through 'nation building' and economic development in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and much of Asia during the Cold War and after. Emphasizes the ideological and cultural dimensions of American intervention.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 333European Diplomacy 1848-19143

The diplomacy of the great powers, with some attention given to the role of publicity in international affairs. Topics include the uniﬁcation of Ital and of Germany, the Bismarckian system, and the coming of World War I.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 336Gender and Power in African History3

Examines the close relationship between understandings of gender and power in African societies with particular focus on the last several hundred years. After addressing the sources and methods scholars have used to address these topics, the course examines conceptions of gender and power in pre-colonial African societies, the impact of the colonial period on men and women, the gendered nature of nationalism and independence, and the importance of gender and power to many of Africa’s post-colonial challenges. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 337Women and Gender in Early America3

History of women and gender roles from 1600 through the Civil War, including the social constructions of femininity and masculinity and their political, economic, and cultural signiﬁcance. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 339Sickness and Health in American History3

Analysis of major trends in health, sickness, and disease within the broad context of social, political, and economic developments. Examines indigenous healing; colonial medicine; emergence of hospitals and asylums; public health; medical ethics; race, class and gender issues; and natural versus high-tech approaches to health care in the 20th century.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 340Urban Africa3

Examines how urban residents have worked to creatively shape some of sub-Saharan Africa’s major transformations. Major topics include the social and cultural fabric of pre-colonial African cities, the impact of colonialism on African towns, cities as sites of revolution and independence, and the contemporary conditions and challenges facing urban residents. While popular imagination suggests that the African past is largely a rural one, many of the continents’ most explosive social and cultural transformations have taken place in its cities. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 341Africans in the Atlantic World, 1750-18153

Explores Africans' experience in the Atlantic world (Africa, Europe and the Americas) during the era of the slave trade by examining their encounters with Indians and Europeans and their adjustment to slave traders in West Africa. Also listed as AAS 341, AES 341. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 341

HST 342Sex in Modern Europe3

Explores the changing nature and deﬁnitions of sexuality in Europe from the mid-19th century to the present. Focuses on policies, expert discourses as well as everyday practices.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 345China and the World in the Age of Discovery3

Explores the Age of Discovery (1400-1800) seen from China, starting with the Zheng He voyages. Examines China’s interactions with the wider world, especially European states and their overseas colonies. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 346Tea in Global History & Art3

Examines the economic, cultural, and social trends in history that made tea the ubiquitous, global beverage it is today.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 347The Rise of Asian Economic Power since WWII3

An exploration of how Japan, South Korea, and China became dominant in world economies. Focus on business practices, foreign trade, government policy, and consumer and labor markets in the process of high-speed economic growth. Concludes with examination of recent challenges of national debt, increasing international competition, and aging societies. (CD, SWC)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 348Samurai and Geisha: Fact, Film, and Fiction3

Focuses on two well-known groups in Japanese history, the samurai (warriors) and geisha (entertainers). By analyzing historical studies and primary sources, as well as works of ﬁction and ﬁlms about samurai y and geisha, the course considers how Japanese and Western historians, novelists, and ﬁlmmakers have portrayed the two groups and by implication Japan and its history in the modern period. (CD, POR, SWC)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 350World Economic History: Globalization3

Wealth and Poverty, 1500-Present

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 352Ten Years of Madness: The Chinese3

Cultural Revolution, 1966 to 1976

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 353War and Society in Early America3

Examines the evolution of warfare among the indigenous and colonial societies of North America between 1500 and 1800 and considers the roles of economics, class, gender, race, religion, and ideology in cultures of violence.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 354The Early American Republic3

A history of the formative generation of the United States. Considers the dramatic transformations of the constitutional, economic, and racial orders, as well as new performances in politics, national identity, gender, and culture.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 356Jacksonian America 1815-18503

The United States in the age of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, and Webster.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 358Race, Gender and the Courts3

Examines the impact of state and federal court cases upon the evolution of race and gender relations in the U.S. from 1789 to the present. Each case is placed within the political, economic and social historical context for the given time periods. Race includes Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans. This class will analyze government intervention, inaction, and creative interpretation. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 359Trans History, Machismo, and Sex Work in Latin America3

Explores the history of gender and sexuality across 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean. Applies new theoretical developments in gender, masculinity, and trans and queer studies to the region's history of race, revolutions, migrations, dictatorships, and social movements. Also listed as WGS 359.(CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: WGS 359

HST 361A History of Hip Hop3

Scholarly analysis of the historical development and political import of hip hop culture from a transnational Black Studies perspective.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 362American Constitutional History3

Origins of the Constitution, the controversies involving the nature of the Union, and constitutional readjustments to meet the new American industrialism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 363Law, Justice, and Reparations3

Introduction to the global praxis of reparative and transformative justice through historical case studies from the ancient world to the present.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 365Modern Native American History3

Considers broad historical issues and debates about Native American identity, experiences with and memories of colonialism, cultural preservation and dynamism, and political sovereignty from 1830 to the present. Focuses on individual accounts, tribal case studies, and popular representations of Native people. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 366Historic Preservation and Conservation3

Explores the history of the preservation and conservation movements organized to save historic buildings and landscapes in the U.S. and other nations. Examines the laws, international charters, national, statewide, and local agencies, practices, collaborations, and emerging challenges of historic preservation and conservation.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 367Public History3

Introduces students to the major issues involved in the practice, interpretation, and display of history for nonacademic audiences in public settings. Central themes include controversial historical interpretations, the role of history in popular culture, issues and aims in exhibiting history and the politics of historical memory. Explores some of the many ways people create, convey, and contest history, major themes in community and local history, and the problems and possibilities of working as historians in public settings. Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 211

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 368U.S. Environmental History3

Focuses on human actors and actions while highlighting how the material, or natural, world impacted Americans and shaped the nation. Students will investigate U.S. politics, society, and culture through the lens of the environment while exploring how Americans deﬁned, represented, and used their natural environment over time.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 369Modern Military History3

Making war in the modern era, with special attention to the social context of military activity. Counts toward the American distribution for majors. Credit not allowed for both HST 369 and MIL 229.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 370Topics in North Carolina History3

A general chronological survey of North Carolina with emphasis on selected topics. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 371Transgender History, Identity, and Politics in the U.S3

This course explores the experiences of and responses to transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) people in nineteenth-and twentieth-century America. We will examine how scientiﬁc/medical authorities, legal authorities, and everyday people have understood and responded to various kinds of gender non-conformity. Same as WGS 305. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: WGS 305

HST 372Queer Public Histories3

Explores how public history projects (oral histories, museums, archives, documentaries) document gay, lesbian, and queer communities in the U.S. Discusses how historical and contemporary LGBTQ stories have been collected and examines the various queer identities that emerge through this process. Same as WGS 306. (POR)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: WGS 306

HST 373Anglo-American Relations since 19403

A study of the relations between the United States and Britain from 1940 to the present. Offered in London.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 374Protest and Rebellion in Latin America3

A study of the history of protest movements and rebellions in Latin America from primitive and agrarian revolts to mass working class and socialist organizations. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 375Black Lives3

Explores both the lived experience and the historical reality of African Americans. Black lives are profoundly shaped by their group experience, influenced in no small part by the role of racism. The biographical approach individuates historical ﬁgures struggling to fashion identity. Topics include character development, intimacy, gender roles, public and private personas, self-deceptions or defenses, and personal perceptions of biases. The craft of writing biography is taught throughout the semester. Also listed as AAS 375. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 375

HST 376Civil Rights and Black Consciousness Movements3

A social and religious history of the African-American struggle for citizenship rights and freedom from World War II to the present. Also listed as AAS 376. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 376

HST 378Race, Memory, and Identity3

Explores the collective memory and identity of American-Indian and African-American communities and their response to historical trauma in their cultural imagination, spirituality, and political and social activism. Also listed as AAS 378, REL 348. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu
Alias: AAS 378

HST 380America at Work3

Examines the American entrepreneurial spirit within the broader context of industrial, social, and economic change from the colonial period to the present and explores the social and cultural meanings attached to work and workers, owners and innovators, businesses and technologies, management and leadership. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 384Global Outlaws History since 15003

Examines the motivations, ideologies, goals, and behavior of those who have been deemed 'outlaws' to international society since 1500, including pirates, terrorists, smugglers, war criminals, and violators of copyright. Analyzes the role of power in creating the global regimes that deﬁne and target such activities.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 385History through Film: Bollywood and the3

Making of Modern India

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 387The Last Great Muslim Empires3

Examines, in a comparative way, central themes in the history of the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid Empires in the early modern period (1400-1800). Considers the ways in which Muslim rulers fostered political legitimacy, ruled over non-Muslim and heterodox subject populations, and recruited persons of diverse religious and ethnic background into state service. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 388Nation, Faith, and Gender in the Middle East3

Traces the development of nationalism and its interaction with religious, transnational, and gender identities in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include Zionism, Abramism, Turkish nationalism, and Islamic revivalism. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 389The British Empire in the Middle East3

Covering the period from the late 18th to late 20th centuries, this course considers British involvement in the Middle East, exploring the political, economic, social and cultural facets of imperial power, decolonization and post-colonial international relations. (CD)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 390Research Seminar4

A capstone project for advanced majors to conduct original, in-depth historical research based on primary sources and historical scholarship. Each section offers a speciﬁc thematic, temporal, or geographic focus. May be repeated for credit. P-HST 290.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 391Making History3

Seminar explores how historians make history through analysis, synthesis, and interpretation. Open to all students. All honors students must take HST 391.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 392Individual Research4

Writing of a major research paper. May be taken in lieu of HST 390. P-Prerequisite override required and HST 290.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 395Internship in History1-3

Internship in the community that involves both hands-on experience and academic study. Juniors and seniors only. May be repeated for credit. P—Prerequisite override required.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 397Historical Writing Tutorial1.5

Individual supervision of historical writing to improve a project initiated i HST 390 or HST 392. P-Prerequisite override required.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 398Individual Study1-3

Project for a qualiﬁed student in an area of study not otherwise available in the department; subject to approval. Work must be equivalent to an upper-level course. P-Prerequisite override required.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 399Directed Reading1-3

Concentrated reading in an area of study not otherwise available. May be repeated for credit. P-Prerequisite override required.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 602Plants of Empire: Power and Pleasure3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 605Medieval and Early Modern Iberia3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 606Science, Magic, and Alchemy in Europe, 1400-17003

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 607Italian Renaissance3

Examination of the economic, political, intellectual, artistic, and social developments in the Italian world from 1350-1550.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 608World of Alexander the Great3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 609European International Relations since World War I3

Surveys European international relations in the 20th century beyond treaties and alliances to examine the economic, social, and demogaphic factors that shaped formal arranges between states. Covers the impact of new forms of international cooperation, pooled sovereignty, and nongovernemtal organizations on European diplomacy and internal relations.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 61020th Century Eastern Europe3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 612Jews, Greeks, and Romans3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 613The History of European Jewry from the Middle Ages to the

Present. (3 h) Examines the Jewish historical experience in Europe from the medieval period to the Holocaust and its aftermath. Includes a consideration of social, cultural, economic and political history, and places the particular experience of Jews within the context of changes occurring in Europe from the medieval to the modern period.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 614European Economic and Social History, 1700-19903

Changes in Europe's economic structures and how they affected Europeans' lives.Emphasizes how economic forces interacted with social and institutional factors.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 615Greek History3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 616Rome: Republic and Empire3

Survey of Roman history and civilization from its beginning to about 500 C.E., with emphasis on the conquest of the Mediterranean world, the evolution of the Republican state, the growth of autocracy, the administration of the empire, and the interaction between Romans and non-Romans.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 617The French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire3

The revolution and wars that constitute one of the pivotal points in modern history.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 618Weimar Germany3

Art, literature, music, and ﬁlm of Weimar Germany, 1919-1933, in historical context.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 619Poland and the Baltic Region3

Introduction to the history of Poland and the eastern Baltic littoral since 1760, covering the territory that later became Estonia, Lativia, Lithuania, and Poland; emergence of independence after World War I; the Soviet experience; and re-establishment of independence during the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 620Write and Record! Diaries and Memoirs of the Nazi Holocaust

(3 h) Examines a wide range of diaries and memoirs to illuminate the historical period of Nazism, seeking to understand daily life under Nazi rule, the brutality of the perpetrators, and the many responses of Jews forced to live in such circumstances. From Anne Frank's account of hiding in an Amsterdam secret annex to Art Spiegelman's graphic novel of his parent's experience in Auschwitz, the diaries and memoirs of Holocaust victims provide an invaluable resource for historians.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 621Zionism, Palestine, and Israel in Historical Perspective3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 622Migrants and Refugees in Modern History3

Explores forced migrations and the development of the concepts of refuge from the 16th to 20th centuries, drawing on cases from around the world. Considers how states, empires, and non-governmental organizations have handled migrants and refugees, as well as the lived experiences of displaced individuals.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 623Wives, Writers, and Witches: Women and Gender in Early

Modern Europe, 1500-1800. (3 h) Examines the diverse range of women’s experiences in early modern Europe, using gender as a lens for analyzing transformations in households, culture, society, and politics between 1500 and 1800. Considers how women negotiated dominant gender ideals and how they contributed to and were impacted by the renaissance and Reformation, empire, the Scientiﬁc Revolution, the Enlightenment, and political revolution.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 624Fashion in the Eighteenth Century3

Examines the relationship between consumer culture and democratic politics in the eighteenth-century, focusing on Britain, North America, France, and Haiti. Considers laws regulating dress; the relationship between democracy, political resistance, and costume; the construction of political allegiance through clothes and symbols; and the ways fashion mediated ideas about empire, race, and gender.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 625English Kings, Queens, and Spectacle3

Examines how English royal authority was created, legitimized, performed, and challenged between the reigns of Henry VIII and George III through ritual, image, and text. Topics include: gender and power; court culture; the press and political revolution; popular politics and propaganda; graphic satire; and the commercialization of politics.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 627Proﬁt and Power in Britain3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 628History of the English Common Law3

Study of the origins and development of the English common law and its legacy to modern legal processes and principles. Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 463

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 631The United States in Age of Empire, 1877-19193

Explores the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the United States joined in the global scramble for empire. Examines the domestic and international causes of American imperial expansion; the modes of rule that the U.S. exercised in its formal and informal possessions; and the political and intellectual debates at home and abroad about America's expansion as a world power.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 632The United States and the Global Cold War3

Considers United States efforts to secure its perceived interests through "nation building" and economic development in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and much of Asia during the Cold War and after. Emphasizes the ideological and cultural dimensions of American intervention.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 633European Diplomacy, 1848-19143

The diplomacy of the great powers, with some attention given to the role of publicity in international affairs. Topics include the uniﬁcation of Italy and of Germany, the Bismarckian system, and the coming of World War I.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 634Mystics, Monarchs, and Masses in South Asian Islam3

An introduction to Islam through South Asian social, political, cultural, and intellectual history.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 635Hindus and Muslims in India, Pakistan, and Beyond3

Examines the shared yet different, intertwined yet separate histories of the Hindus and Muslims of modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka primarily over the last two centuries. Explores the checkered existence of the two communities in order to understand diversity and questions of coexistence and conflict.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 636Gender in African History3

Examines the close relationship between understandings of gender and power in African societies, with particular focus on the last several hundred years. After addressing the sources and methods scholars have used to address these topics, the course examines conceptions of gender and power in pre-colonial African societies, the impact of the colonial period on men and women, the gendered nature of nationalism and independence, and the importance of gender and power to many of Africa’s post-colonial challenges.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 637Women and Gender in Early America3

History of women and gender roles from 1600 through the Civil War, including the social constructions of femininity and masculinity and their political, economic, and cultural signiﬁcance.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 638Sexuality, Race and Class in the U.S. since 18503

The history of gender relations from the late nineteenth century to the present. Analyzes the varying deﬁnitions of femininity and masculinity, the changing notions of sexuality, and the continuity and diversity of gender roles, with special attention to race, class, and ethnicity.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 639Sickness and Health in American History3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 640Social and Cultural Change in Urban Africa3

While popular imagination suggests that the African past is largely a rural one, many of the continent's most explosive social and cultural transformations have taken place in its cities. This course examines how urban residents have worked to creatively shapre some of sub-Sahran Africa's major transformations. Major topics include the social and cultural fabric of pre-colonial African cities, the impact of colonialism on African towns, cities as sites of revolution and independence, and the contemporary conditions and challenges facing urban residents.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 641Africans in the Atlantic World, 1750-18153

Course explores Africans' experience in the Atlantic world (Africa, Europe and the Americas) during the era of the slave trade by examining their encounters with Indians and Europeans and their adjustment to slave traders in West Africa.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 643The Silk Roads3

Explores the global exchanges across land and sea from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern Era, and their impact on the states and stateless societies connected by the Silk Road from China and Japan to the Mediterranean and the British Isles.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 644Early Modernity in China3

Explores historic transformations in Chinese economy, society, thought and culture from 1500 to 1800. These developments are placed within their local, global and comparative context. Students read a wide variety of Chinese primary sources in English translation, including philosophical treatises, literary works, diaries, and memoirs, some of which were written by Jesuit missionaries from Catholic Europe.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 645Early Modern Global Encounters: China and the World

1400-1800. (3 h) Studies the impact of China's encounters with the wider early modern world by exploring the following questions: how did the arrival of New World silver and crops, European ﬁrearms, Catholicism, and Renaissance learning in China help transform Chinese economy, modes of warfare and empire-building, thought, and culture, and how did the global circulation of Chinese commodities, aesthetic, philosophies, and healing arts in turn shape the early modern experiences in Europe and elsewhere? All required readings are in English.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 647Rise of Asian Economic Power3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 648Samurai and Geisha: Fact, Film, and Fiction3

Focuses on two well-known groups in Japanese history, the samurai (warriors) and geisha (entertainers). By analyzing historical studies and primary sources, as well as works of ﬁction and ﬁlms about samurai and geisha, the course considers how Japanese and Western historians, novelists, and ﬁlmmakers have portrayed the two groups and by implication Japan and its history in the modern period.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 650World Economic History: Globalization, Wealth and Poverty

1500-Present. (3 h) Explores the growth of globalization and its role in the creation of wealth and poverty in both developed and underdeveloped nations. Focus on trade, industrialization, and agricultural and technological advances in global contexts.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 651The American Revolution3

Examines the transformation that unfolded during the struggles for sovereignty in North America between 1765 and 1800. Considers the political upheavals that converted some British colonists into insurgents and explores the unlikely uniﬁcation of disparate provinces into a confederated republic.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 652Ten Years of Madness: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966

to 1976. (3 h) A history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. Examines the origins, consequences, and collective memories of the catastrophic political events and the social and cultural transformations that took place in China during the last decade of Mao's leadership.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 653War and Society in Early America3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 654The Early American Republic3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 655History of Nature Conservation in Latin America3

Explores human dimensions of nature conservation in Latin America in a global perspective. It engages the historical rise of ideas about wildness and the social consequences of environmental protection, including the different implications for rural and urban areas, for resident peoples, for particular species, and for international relations. Special attention is given to the ways different cultures and societies in Central and South America and the Caribbean conserved natural resources (including forests, ﬁelds, waterways, and animals) and how conservation and ideas about conservation changed over time. Taught only in conjunction with ﬁeld experience in Peru or other sites in Latin America.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 656Jacksonian America, 1815-18503

The U.S. in the age of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, and Webster.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 658Race, Gender and the Courts3

Examines the impact of state and federal court cases upon the evolution of race and gender relations in the U.S from 1789 to the present. Each case is placed within the political, economic and social historical context for the given time periods. Race includes Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans. This class will analyze government intervention, inaction, and creative interpretation.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 659Trans History, Machismo, and Sex Work in Latin America3

Explores the history of gender and sexuality across 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean. Applies new theoretical developments in gender, masculinity, and trans and queer studies to the region’s history of race, revolutions, migrations, dictatorships, and social movements.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 660Jewish Migrations to the Americas3

Compares Jewish migrations to the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present, focusing on the peak mobility of the 1880s-1920s. Topics include changing conceptions of identity (national, racial, ethnic, religious), class, gender, assimiilation, institutions, and relations both among Jews and between Jews and other groups.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 662American Constitutional History3

Origins of the Constitution, the controversies involving the nature of the Union, and constitutional readjustments to meet the new American industrialism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 663Law, Justice, and Reparations3

Introduction to the global praxis of reparative and transformative justice through historical case studies from the ancient world to the present.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 665Modern Native American History3

Considers broad historical issues and debates about native American identity, experiences with and memories of colonialism, cultural preservation and dynamism, and political sovereignty from 1830 to the present. Focuses on individual accounts, tribal case studies, and popular representations of Native people.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 666Historic Preservation and Conservation3

Explores the history of the preservation and conservation movements organized to save historic buildings and landscapes in the U.S. and other nations. Examines the laws, international charters, national, statewide, and local agencies, practices, collabroations, and emerging challenges of historic preservation and conservation.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 667Public History3

Introduces students to the major issues involved in the practice, interpretation, and display of history for nonacademic audiences in public settings. Central themes include controversial historical interpretations, the role of history in popular culture, issues and aims in exhibiting history, and the politics of historical memory. Explores some of the many ways people create, convey, and contest history, major themes in community and local history, and the problems and possibilities of working as historians in public settings.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 668US Environmental History3

Focuses on human actors and actions while highlighting how the material, or natural, world impacted Americans and shaped the nation. Investigates U.S. politics, society, and culture through the lens of the environment while exploring how American deﬁned, represented, and used their natural environment over time.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 669Modern Military History3

Making war in the modern era, with special attention to the social context of military activity.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 670Topics North Carolina History3

A general chronologial survey of North Carolina with emphasis on selected topics. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 671Transgender History, Identity, and Politics in the U.S3

This course explores the experiences of and responses to transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) people in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. We will examine how scientiﬁc/medical authorities, legal authorities, and everyday people have understood and responded to various kinds of gender non-conformity.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 672Queer Public Histories3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 674Protest and Rebellion in Latin3

Study of the history of protest movements and rebellions in Latin America from primitive and agrarian revolts to mass working class and socialist organizations. Combined Bulletin 2026-2027 465

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 675Black Lives3

Explores both the lived experience and the historical reality of African Americans. Black lives are profoundly shaped by their group experience, influenced in no small part by the role of racism. The biographical approach individuates historical ﬁgures struggling to fashion identity. Topics include character development, intimacy, gender roles, public and private personas, self-deceptions or defenses, and personal perceptions and biases. The craft of writing biography is taught throughout the semester.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 676Civil Rights and Black Consciousness Movements3

A social and religious history of the African-American struggle for citizenship rights and freedom from World War II to the present.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 678Race, Memory, and Identity3

Explores the collective memory and identity of American-Indian and African-American communitites and their response to historical trauma in their cultural imagination, spirituality, and political and social activism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 680America at Work3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 681Religious Utopias and the American Experience3

Religious groups of many different origins have found in North America an open space for creating settlements that would embody their ideals. This course surveys a range of such 18th- and 19th-century communities, including Moravians, Rappites, Shakers, and the Oneida and Amana colonies.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 682Religion in the Development of Higher Education3

Examines the role of religious groups in the founding of American colleges and universities, and explores how their role has changed across history up through contemporary trends and issues. Major themes include the heritage of religion in European higher education; institutions of higher education founded by speciﬁc American religious groups; religion in the liberal arts curriculum; religious activities in student life; the relationship of colleges and universities with religious sponsors and constituents, focusing on controversies such as science and religion; the impact of universtities on liberal art colleges; and the trends toward growth and 'secularization' in the last 50 years.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 684Global Outlaws in History since 15003

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 685History of Film: Bollywood and the Making of Modern India. (3

h) This course juxtaposes historical ﬁlms made by the world's largest ﬁlm industry based out ot Bombay/Mumbai with the textual primary sources and secondary historical works and seeks to understand ﬁlms as both interpretations and sources of history. It also explores speciﬁc themes such as nation, gender, caste, and community characteristics that are critical to understanding modern India.

Subject: HST
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 687The Last Great Muslim Empires3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 688Nation, Faith and Gender in the Middle East3

Traces the development of nationalism and its interaction with religious, transnational, and gender identitites in the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include Zionism, Arabism, Turkish nationalism and Islamic revivalism.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 689The British Empire in the Middle East3

Covering the period from the late eighteenth to late twentieth centuries, this course considers British involvement in the Middle East, exploring the political, economic, social, and cultural facets of imperial power, decolonization and post-colonial international relations.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 690Research Seminar3

Offered by members of the faculty on topics of their choice. A paper is required.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 691Making History3

Seminar explores how historians make history through analysis, synthesis, and interpretation. Open to all students.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 692Individual Research3

Writing of a major research paper. May be taken in lieu of HST 690. P-POI.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 693American Foundations I3

Interdisciplinary study of American art, history, literature, and music. Using its collection of American art as the basis for study, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, in cooperation with Wake Forest University, accepts a limited number of students to study with professors from various disciplines through lectures, discussions, and concerts. Includes a study tour to New York City. (Taught in summer; students enroll for both courses. Students may enroll in either HST 693 or HST 763)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 697Historical Writing Tutorial1.5

Individual supervision of historical writing to improve a project initiated in HST 690 or HST 692. P-POI.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1.5
Credits (max): 1.5
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 698Individual Study3

Project for a qualiﬁed student in an area of study not otherwise available in the department; subject to approval. Work must be equivalent to an upper-level course.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 699Directed Reading1-3

Concentrated reading in an area of study not otherwise available. May be repeated for credit if topic varies. P-POI.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 763American Foundations I3

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 765Management of Cultural Organizations3

The structure and management of not-for-proﬁt institutions, with emphasis on museums, historical societies and preservation organizations, libraries, archives, and research institutions.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 771Internship1-3

A project involving supervised work in a historical organization or scholarly effort; permitted only upon approval by the graduate committee of a petition presented by a qualiﬁed student.

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

HST 798Individual Study3

A project in an area of study not otherwise available in the department; permitted upon approval by the graduate committee of a petition presented by a qualiﬁed student. Liberal Arts Studies (LBS)

Subject: HST
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: bulletin.wfu.edu

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