AP/HIST 4330 6.00 Issues in the History of Modern Germany

This course examines major themes in 19th- and 20th-century German history. Emphasis is placed on conflicting interpretations and methodological differences.

AP/HIST 4116 6.00 Alexander the Great: Myth and Reality

This course studies the life of Alexander the Great. It seeks to set his achievements within the context of Greek, Macedonian and Near Eastern history, and to disentangle the truth about him from the often unreliable and conflicting sources.Prerequisites: AP/HIST 2100 6.00 or AP/HUMA 3100 6.00 or AP/HUMA 3102 3.00 or AP/HUMA 3104 6.00 or […]

AP/HIST 3891 3.00: The Nature of Cities: The History of Urban Environments in North America

Urbanization is the predominant form of human settlement in Canada and the United States. Over the course of the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, a majority of North Americans came to live in ever more populous cities. This course will examine the environmental consequences of urban development in North America from the end of the eighteenth-century to […]

AP/HIST 3797 3.00 India in the Twentieth Century

Examines the history of India in the 20th century, including British colonial rule, the Independence movement, Partition, and the development of the Republic of India since 1948.Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3795 6.00.

AP/HIST 3796 3.00 Modern India: from the Late Mughal Era through the 19th century

Examines the development of modern India, from the late Mughal era through the consolidation of British colonial rule.Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3795 6.00.

AP/HIST 3771 3.00 Modern Chinese History I

The process by which modern China emerged from the ruins of the traditional order, tracing the history of China from the early 19th century to the present. Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3770 6.00.

AP/HIST 3768 3.00 Sages and Statecraft in East Asia

This course analyzes how Confucianism developed from antiquity to about 1800 and how it helped shape government policy and interstate relations during key periods of Chinese, Japanese and Korean history.Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 3768 3.00.

AP/HIST 3766 3.00 Korea Since World War II

This course surveys Korean history between the 1940s and the 1990s, emphasizing the social and economic developments that coincided with the Korean War, the rise of militarism in the North and the South, and the emergence of civil society.Course credit exclusions: None. Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 3766 3.00.

AP/HIST 3736 6.00 Indigenous Struggles in Latin America

Introduces students to the history of the indigenous peoples of Latin America from the Iberian conquests in the sixteenth century to recent times.

AP/HIST 3701 6.00 Spain's Global Empire, 1500-1900

Few states in world history have had the global impact of the Spanish crown, which in the 1500s established control over large parts of the Americas and Southeast Asia. This course seeks to explain how this vast assemblage functioned and held together until the 1800s. In particular, we will examine how diverse non-European peoples responded […]