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Understanding the Past icon The lists of approved courses are provided as a guide to help plan your schedule.  Please consult with your advisor before you register to confirm that a course will fulfill your program/major's liberal studies requirements.

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Africa

Asia

Europe

Intercontinental/Comparative

Latin America

North America

 
    
Africa 

History

HST 227

Africa to 1800: The Age of Empires

 

HST 228

Africa 1750-1900: The Age of Conquest

 

HST 229

Africa from 1900 - Present: The Age of Revolution

 

HST 290

Ancient Egypt

 

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Asia 

History

HST 230

Politics and Culture in Medieval Japan

 

HST 231

The Rise of Modern Japan

 

HST 232

Culture and Politics in Imperial China

 

HST 233

The Rise of Modern China

 
HST 256 Early India  
HST 257 Modern India  

HST 286

History of East Asian Civilizations to 1600

 

HST 287

History of East Asian Civilizations since 1600

 

HST 291

The Fertile Crescent: Mesopotamia and Beyond

 

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 Europe

Catholic Studies

CTH 228

Medieval Mystics in Europe: 1000-1600 AD

 

CTH 275

Medieval People: 400-1000 AD

 

Economics

ECO 316

European Economic History

 

ECO 340

Development of Economic Thought

 

Geography

 

GEO 218

The Iberian Impact: The Roles of Spain and Portugal

 

History

 

HST 208

Imperial Russia

 

HST 209

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

 

HST 210

Medieval People: 400-1000 AD

 

HST 211

From Renaissance to Enlightenment: 1300-1750

 

HST 212

Medieval and Renaissance Women

 

HST 213

Medieval Mystics in Europe: 1000-1600 AD

 

HST 214

Eastern Europe to 1699

 

HST 215

Eastern Europe, 1699-1914

 

HST 216

Eastern Europe: 1914 to present

 

HST 217

Modern Europe: 1789 to the Present

 

HST 221

Early Russia

 

HST 237

History of the City of Rome

 

HST 239

Women in Modern Europe, 1800-2000

 

HST 259

History of Western Science

 

HST 266

Ireland, 1450-1800

HST 268

Ireland, 1800-2000

HST 272

Fascism and Counterrevolution, 1920-Present

 

HST 277

War and Peace in the Modern Age

 

HST 292

History of England to 1688

 

HST 293

History of Britain Since 1688

 

HST 294

Ancient Greece

 

HST 295

Ancient Rome: Origins to the End of the Republic

 

HST 296

Ancient Rome: Augustus to Constantine (29 BCE to 337 CE)

 

HST 297

Imperial Spain, 1468 - 1808

 

Interdisciplinary Studies

ISP 210

Great Ideas--The Individual and Society I

 

ISP 220

Interactions of Science and Civilization I

 

ISP 221

Interactions of Science and Civilization II

Liberal Studies in Education

 

LSE 250

Catholicism and Education in Western Europe

 

Modern Languages

 

MOL 322

A Cultural History of Paris

 

Sociology

 

SOC 254

Ancient Greece and Rome

 

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 International/Comparative

American Studies

 

AMS 265

Contested Frontiers: Natives and Strangers in California and Hawai'i

 

Anthropology  

 

ANT 103

Archaeology

 

Barat College of DePaul

 

HST 274

Intelligence in the 20th Century: Spies, Codes, and Surveillance

 

Communication

CMN 328

Historical Foundations of Rhetoric and Communication

 

Computer Graphics and Animation

 

GPH 205

Historical Foundations of Visual Technology

 

Geography

 

GEO 233

Comparative Urbanism

 

History

 

HST 218

World History I

 

HST 219

World History II

 

HST 220

World History III

 

HST 223

History of the Muslim World I

 

HST 224

History of the Muslim World II

 

HST 225

History of the Muslim World III

 

HST 226

Islam and the West: A Survey of Orientalism

 

HST 235

European Expansion: Age of Exploration and Discovery, 1400-1825

 

HST 236

The Expansion of Europe II: Age of Empire, 1800s-1900s

 

HST 258

Women in History

 

Mathematics

 

MAT 301

History of Mathematics

 

Sociology

 

SOC 253

Slavery and Racialization

 

SOC 256

Social Change

 

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 Latin America

History

 

HST 200

Mexico Since Independence

 

HST 203

Independence and Nationalism in Latin America

 

HST 204

Film and Latin American History

 

HST 205

Survey of Colonial Latin American History

 

HST 206

Mexico: From the Olmecs to Independence

 

Latin American and Latino Studies

 

LST 200

Introduction to Latin American Studies and Latino Studies

 

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 North America

American Studies

 

AMS 200

Introduction to American Social History and Culture

 

AMS 260

Three Cultures of Early America

 

AMS 261

American Ethnicities

 
AMS 276 History of Sex in America, Late Victorian to the Present (cross-listed with HST 276)  

AMS 395

Virginia: Old Dominion

 
Asian American Studies  

AAS 200

Asian American Histories

 

Barat College of DePaul

 

HST 298

American History on Film

 

Catholic Studies

 

CTH 273

The History of the Catholic Church in the US

 

Communication

 

CMN 343

History of Journalism

 

Economics

 

ECO 317

American Economic History

 

History

 

HST 240

History of Chicago

 

HST 243

The History of the Catholic Church in the US

 

HST 245

The History of the Bahamas

 

HST 246

African American in U.S. History to 1800

 

HST 247

African-American History in U.S., 1800-1900

 

HST 248

African-American History in U.S., 1900-Present

 

HST 254

City in History: American Urban History

 

HST 269

Introduction to Public History

 

HST 270

U.S. Historical Landscape

 
HST 275 Sex in America, Puritans to Victorians  
HST 276 History of Sex in America, Late Victorians to the Present (cross-listed with AMS 276)  

HST 278

History of American Religion

 

HST 279

Westward Expansion in the US

 

HST 280

US History to 1800

 

HST 281

US Survey, 1800-1900

 

HST 282

US History, 1900-Present

 

HST 284

History of Education in the United States

 

HST 288

Women in US History

 

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