Undergraduate Courses
The History Department offers numerous courses each semester that cover a broad range of topical areas. Please visit this site often as the contents are updated for each semesters course offerings.
Please visit the Undergraduate Course Catalog for more information on all of our course offerings.
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See below for Summer & Fall 2025 Course Offerings
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General History Survey
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Group A | World History
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Group C | U.S. History
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History 1310 | History of the United States to 1877
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall, Summer 1 & Summer 2, 2025A general survey of the history of the United States from its settlement to the end of Reconstruction.
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History 1320 | History of the United States, 1877 to Date
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall, Summer 1 & Summer 2, 2025A general survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to present.
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History 2310 | Western Civilization to 1715
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025A general survey of western civilization from earliest times to the end of the 17th century.
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History 2311 | History of World Civilization to the 17th Century
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A general survey of world civilization from the earliest times to the 17th Century.
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History 2312 | History of World Civilization from the 17th Century
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A general survey of world civilization from the 17th Century to the present.
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History 2320 | Western Civilization, 1715 to Date
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025A general survey of western civilization from the Treaty of Utrecht to the present.
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History 2327 | History of Mexican America to 1865
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall 2025This course is a survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx to 1865. Topics the course addresses include: conquest and mestizaje; the rise and fall of native and African slavery, colonial Mexico’s relationship to other global economies, the development of New Spain’s/Mexico’s northern frontier, how gender and power shaped the emergence of Mexican identities, independence movements, mission secularization, Texas independence, the U.S.–Mexico wars, and U.S. expansion and civil war.
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History 2381 | African American History to 1877
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall 2025This course is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual history of people of African descent in the formation and development of the United States to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. African American History to 1877 includes the study of African origins and legacy, trans-Atlantic slave trade and the experiences of African Americans during the Colonial, Revolutionary, Early National, Antebellum, and the Civil War/Reconstruction Era. This course presents African American history as an integral part of U.S. History.
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History 3315 | History of England to 1603
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025The development of the English nation from prehistoric times to the end of the Tudor Dynasty in 1603.
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History 3322 | Colonial History of Latin America to 1828
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025A study of the colonial period of Latin America from the early Spanish and Portuguese colonization to the beginning of the period of independence.
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History 3324 | Latin America from Independence to Present
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025This course examines the history of Latin America from independence to present. Explores the challenges of formation and consolidation of the new states; of economic policy and development; the rise of Populism and the age of reforms; revolutions and revolutionary movements; and present challenges.
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History 3325G | Modern Revolutions in Latin American History
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025This course will focus on the historical antecedents and events surrounding the Mexican, Guatemalan, Cuban, Chilean, and Nicaraguan revolutions. The purpose is to analyze these five revolutions and to come to an understanding of the current problems facing Latin America.
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History 3332 | History of Early Modern Spain from 1492 to 1808
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall 2025This course traces the history of Spain and its transoceanic empire from the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon, in the late fifteenth century to the Peninsular War against Napoleon’s invading forces in the early nineteenth century.
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History 3333 | History of Modern Spain from 1808 to Present
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Summer 2, 2025This course covers over two hundred years of Spanish history, beginning during Europe’s revolutionary era through Spain’s fall into fascism, its transition to democracy and integration into the European Union. Students will engage with issues related to Spain’s history and culture, considering issues of religion, race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, and class.
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History 3340 | History of the United States, 1877-1914
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of American history from the end of Reconstruction to the outbreak of World War I with an emphasis on the pertinent historical literature.
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History 3342 | Social and Intellectual History of the United States, 1607-1865
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A history of American culture, with emphasis on the development of religious, political, social, and philosophical ideas through the Civil War.
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History 3352 | Western America
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A general examination of the Trans-Mississippi West, its major cultural, economic, political, and social frontiers, and its development as a region and as a national component, from 1803 to the present.
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History 3359 | African American History
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of African-American history, 1619 to the present. Emphases include African and European backgrounds, hemispheric slavery, slavery in early America, the antislavery movement, the Civil War and Reconstruction, post-Reconstruction culture and society, and Civil Rights movement.
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History 3366 | Introduction to Public History
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A topic addressing the definition, evolution, and philosophy of public history.
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History 3372 | Texas History: A Survey
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A one-semester survey of Texas History which will emphasize political, economic and social development from prehistory to the twentieth century.
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History 3375E | History of Women's Health in the United States
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025This course examines the history of women’s health in the United States from Colonial America to present day debates over female bodily autonomy. We will identify and trace the ways race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and religion determined the type, access, and quality of medical care women received throughout US History and today.
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History 3379 | History of Rock and Roll
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Summer 2, 2025This course traces the various ethnic, social, cultural, political, economic, and demographic forces in American society that helped shape rock and roll music.
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History 3380 | The Desegregation of the South from 1944-1970
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025Course will address the history and the historiography of the desegregation of the South from 1944-1970.
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History 4304 | Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of Roman History from the Republican period to the fall of the Western Empire with emphasis on its Mediterranean milieu.
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History 4316 | Roman and Medieval Britain
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Summer 2, 2025This course is a study in British history from the arrival of the Romans in Britain to 1603. This course integrates classroom discussions, readings, virtual excursions and discussions of the major events and features of Roman and Medieval history in Britain. Students are introduced to issues, personalities, movements and developments, encompassing political, governmental, constitutional, social, religious, economic and cultural topics.
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History 4317 | Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1689
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A study of the constitutional, social, political, and religious developments in England during the Tudor-Stuart dynasties.
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History 4320 | Origins of Christianity
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of the development of the institutional church from the founding of the first primitive communities of believers to the rending of Christian unity in the 16th century.
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History 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025An activity based on greed, and sometimes survival, piracy has existed since humans took to the seas. This course investigates the global history of piracy beginning with the Vikings. The history of piracy in the Caribbean, Asia, and the Mediterranean will be covered and compared to the piracy of today.
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History 4334 | The History of Russia and Eurasia from 1917 to Present
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of the history of the former Soviet Union and post-Soviet society from 1917 to the present.
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History 4337 | Germany and National Socialism, 1918-1945
Group | Group B: European History
Term | Fall 2025Survey of German history and the Nazi movement. Topics covered will include the Weimar Republic, Hitler's rise to power, everyday life in Nazi Germany and in peace and war and the Holocaust.
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History 4342 | Modern Africa
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025The course presents a chronological narrative of Africa from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the present day. Students engage with the continent’s social, cultural, and intellectual history through topics and themes that include the spread of Islam and Christianity, the Atlantic and Indian Ocean trade worlds, twentieth-century colonialism, and anti-colonial nationalism.
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History 4344 | Modern Japan, 1600-Present
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of Japan from 1600 to the present. Focus on the radical changes in the state, society, and economy in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the impact of these changes on Japan’s status in the world today.
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History 4346 | Modern Korea
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025This course is a survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of modern Korea, focusing on the external aggression and internal transformation between 1876 and 1910, the impact of the Japanese rule, the split into two Koreas in 1945, and the North/South developments and interactions since then.
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History 4348 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolence
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025This course will offer students the opportunity to explore Mahatma Gandhi's leadership of the movement against British colonialism in India and the legacy of Gandhi's strategies of non-violent non-cooperation in other political movements of the twentieth century.
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History 4349 | History of Drugs
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025This course examines the impact of drugs on societies, how drug use has changed throughout history corresponding to major changes in society, and the ways in which drugs have influenced international trade and political economics. Psychoactive substances (from stimulants to hallucinogens) have played a major role in shaping human societies.
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History 4350D | Empire and Identity in Central Asia
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Summer 2, 2025This course explores the historical development of local, ethnic, and national identity in Central Asia from the 13th-century Mongol conquest to the present. The course concludes with explorations of the transnational links within the region and the challenges and possibilities for the five Central Asian republics in the post-Soviet era.
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History 4350T | Japanese Urban Life
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Summer 2, 2025Home to the world’s largest city, Edo, at the end of the eighteenth century, Japan has been influenced over many centuries by a vibrant and distinctive urban culture. Through works of history, fiction, film, geography, and urban planning, this course introduces students to the characteristics and development of Japanese urban.
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History 4350Y | Development of Secularism in Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
Group | Group A: World History
Term | Fall 2025The emergence of Turkey as a secular state is a peculiar example among the countries with predominantly Muslim populations. This course aims to provide students with an historical survey of the secularization of the Ottoman state and the development that led to the emergence of modern Turkey.
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History 4352 | Black Women and Black Protest in America
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025This course traces the participation of Black women in every stage of Black protest in America from slavery and Reconstruction thru the Civil Rights and Black nationalist movements to present day.
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History 4364 | Military History of the United States
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Summer 1, 2025A specialized study of the military problems of the United States since 1789 and their impact upon non-military problems.
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History 4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A history of the American people during the age of the American Revolution, from the beginning of the crisis with Britain to the adoption of the Constitution.
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History 4367 | US Antebellum Era, 1812-1861
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A survey of conflicting American attitudes about the desirability of a strong central government, rapid economic growth, aggressive national expansion, and human slavery in a democratic society.
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History 4368 | War and Society
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025A study of the relationship of war with social and cultural institutions from the 18th century to the present.
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History 4371 | Introduction to American Indian History
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025This course promotes understanding of the role played by the native peoples of North America in the history of the United States. Among the subjects to be covered through lectures and discussions: initial migrations and cultural development; impact of European conquest; adaptation; removal and reservation life; 20th century adjustments.
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History 4374A | History of American Sexualities
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025This course examines the history of sexuality in the United States from the colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. The course emphasizes the diversity of sexual behaviors, the role of sexual regulation, and modes of thought in the past.
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History 4376 | The History of Texas Music
Group | Group C: U.S. History
Term | Fall 2025Examination of the evolution of music in Texas and the American Southwest, emphasizing how music reflects the richly diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of the region. It also considers the importance of ethnic identity and other social, political, and economic factors in shaping the Southwest, its people, and its music.
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History 4399 | Senior Seminiar
Group | Group D: Capstone and Teacher Certification Preparation
Term | Fall & Summer 1, 2025This course is required for History majors not seeking teaching certification. In this course students refine skills and techniques essential to the historical profession. Students analyze primary and secondary sources, apply methods, and write a term paper. Prerequisite: 24 semester credit hours in History with a grade point average of at least 2.25 in those hours.
Departmental Approval Required
