Lower Division Courses
The following courses serve as introductions to broad areas of historical study; they are generally taken in the first or second year, but are open to all students.
| AFRICAN HISTORY | |
| HIST 1300 | The African Experience |
| ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME | |
| HIST 1310 | Ancient Greece and Rome |
| HIST 1311 | Gender and Identity in the Ancient World |
| HIST 1312 | Greeks, Romans and Barbarians |
| ASIAN HISTORY | |
| HIST 1320 | History of China |
| HIST 1324 | Modern East Asia |
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | |
| HIST 1332 | Medieval Europe |
| HIST 1334 | Early Modern Europe (1500-1815) |
| HIST 1335 | Modern Europe |
| LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | |
| HIST 1340 | Latin Amerian Cultural Tradition |
| MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY | |
| HIST 1350 | Medieval Islamic History, 570-1517 |
| HIST 1351 | The Modern Middle East |
| UNITED STATES HISTORY | |
| HIST 1360 | The History of the United States Through Reconstruction |
| HIST 1361 | The History of the United States Since Reconstruction |
| HIST 1370 | The African American Experience Through Reconstruction |
| HIST 1371 | The African American Experience Since Reconstruction |
| HIST 1375 | Values Conflicts in American History Through Reconstruction |
| HIST 1376 | Value Conflicts in Contemporary American History Since Reconstruction |