Basic Principles:

1.    Courses in the history major are divided into three area categories: Category I     (Asia, Africa, Latin America); Category II (Europe); and Category III (North America).
2.    Courses are also divided into the categories of "early" and "modern," depending on the time period they cover. The dividing lines between these categories vary depending on the region being studied. For example, in American history, the dividing line between early and modern courses is the Civil War. In European history, courses that focus on the period after 1750 count as modern, all others as early courses. (All ancient history courses count for early Europe.)
3.    Some courses can be counted as either early or modern, or as fulfilling a requirement in more than one regional category. A course that counts for two areas or periods must devote a substantial part to each (at least one third).
4.    History courses taken abroad and approved by the chair count for area requirements. No course from another discipline, however, can fulfill an area requirement or the 300- and 400-level seminar requirement even if the course is approved as counting towards the history major. The exception is cross-listed courses included in the History section of the Colby College Catalogue. Please note: courses on the history of Australia or New Zealand do not count as Category I courses unless they focus on aboriginal societies.
5.    To count as one of the twelve required history courses, a class must normally award at least three credits. Exceptions are two-credit JanPlans.
6.    An independent study with History faculty (including HI 483 and HI 484) will count toward the twelve required courses and area requirements if it carries at least 3 credits (2 for JanPlan) and is graded. However, no more than two independent studies can count.
7.    Ask the professor for the course or chair of the department if there is any doubt about how to count a particular course you are taking.
8.    AP courses, while receiving all-college credit, do not count for the history major. However, we encourage and allow first-year students with AP history credit to enter 200-level courses in the field of their AP course.


NOTE: Students can count courses marked by an asterisk (*) in either of two fields, but not both.  

Revised: RS, April 2008.

AREA REQUIREMENTS:

(1)    At least two courses in all three areas (Category I, Category II, Category III). Please note: Because of its geographical scope, complexity, and extraordinary cultural and historical diversity, students are strongly encouraged, but are not required, to take a minimum of three courses in Category I.

(2)    Within each area, one course above the 100 level

(3) Within each area, one course in early and one course in modern history (E or M)

(4) College rules allow no course to count for a major if the grade is below C-

Note: The 300- and 400-level seminars may count for area requirements

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Courses taken abroad or in other disciplines at Colby (maximum of four; no more than two from other disciplines. (All these courses must be approved by the Department Chair.)
Note that cross-listed courses that appear in the history section of the catalogue count as regular history courses. *Indicate "E" for "early" and "M" for "modern"

COURSES BY CATEGORY
Note: courses with asterisks fulfill more than one regional and/or temporal category

CATEGORY I (World Regions other than North America and Europe)

EARLY

MODERN

EA 151  Intro East Asia I HI 173*  Introduction to the History of Latin America HI 181*  Jewish History I HI 183   History of the Premodern Middle East HI 227*  Russia, 1613-1905 HI 241*  Judaism (RE 241) HI 252   Medieval China HI 253j  World of Thought in Ancient China HI 254j  Ming China HI 256   Heian and Medieval Japan HI 261*  African History HI 271*  Latin America: Classic Texts/Intro to Latin American Studies HI 272*  Law, Society, and Disorder in Mexico HI 273*  Women, Gender, and Family in Latin America HI 274*  Iberian Civilization and Colonization HI 276*  Patterns and Processes in World History HI 277*  History of the Maya HI 285*  Foundations of Islam HI 297   Ancient Egypt (Thompson, 2008-9) HI 298*  Egypt from the Muslim Conquest to the Present (Thompson, 2008-9) HI 355   Culture, Wealth, and Power in Tokugawa Japan HI 364*  Ecological and Economic History of Africa HI 381*  Women and Gender in Islam HI 388*  History of the Crusades HI 393*  Judaism Past and Present HI 394*  Ecological History HI 446*  Historical Epidemiology HI 454   Culture and Change in 17th Century China

EA 152  Intro East Asia II HI 173*  Introduction to the History of Latin America HI 174   Introduction to Latin American Studies (previously HI 171) HI 184   History of the Modern Middle East HI 257   Modern Japan HI 261*  African History HI 272*  Law, Society, and Disorder in Mexico HI 273*  Women, Gender, and Family in Latin America HI 275j  Strongmen and Populism in Modern Spain and Latin America HI 276*  Patterns and Processes in World History HI 277*  History of the Maya HI 284*  Zionism HI 285*  Foundations of Islam HI 298*  Egypt from the Muslim Conquest to the Present (Thompson, 2008-9) HI 298*  British Empire (Thompson, 2008-9) HI 347*  America in Vietnam HI 364*  Ecological and Economic History of Africa HI 381*  Women and Gender in Islam HI 389   History of Modern Iran HI 394*  Ecological History HI 397   History of Israel and Zionism (Abosch, 2007-8) HI 446*  Historical Epidemiology HI 452   Rise of Modern East Asia HI 473   Political Violence and Ethnic Conflict in Latin America

Category II (Europe)

EARLY

MODERN

AN139   Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem  (also listed as CL 139j) AN 154   Roman History AN 158   Greek History AN 297   Fall of Ancient Rome AN 351   Law, Society, and Politics in Ancient Athens AN 352   Athens in the Fifth Century AN 356   Alexander the Great AN 398   Athens vs. Sparta CL 135   History and Homeric Epics CL 141   Killing Agamemnon CL 145   Julius Caesar and Augustus (also listed as AN 145) CL 197j  Life and Death in Ancient Rome CL 197j  Conquerors and Conquered CL 234   Fourth-Century Greece HI 111   Europe from Late Antiquity to 1715 HI 181*  Jewish History I (now RE 181) HI 182*  Jewish History II (now RE 182) HI 208   Romans and Jews: History and Religion (also listed as AN 258) HI 209   History as Fiction HI 212   Medieval England (now HI 312) HI 214   Italian Renaissance (now HI 314) HI 215   Heresy, Humanism, and Reform (now HI 315) HI 216   Medieval Church History and Theology  HI 227*  Russia, 1613-1905 HI 241*  Judaism (RE 241) HI 244*  Changing Notions of Progress HI 274*  Iberian Civilization and Colonization HI 312   Medieval England HI 313   Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe HI 314   Italian Renaissance HI 315   Heresy, Humanism, and Reform HI 317   Gothic Moment HI 318*  France: Enlightenment and Revolution HI 385*  Kabbalah HI 388*  History of the Crusades HI 393*  Judaism Past and Present HI 411   Sainthood and Popular Devotion in the Middle Ages HI 413   Joan of Arc HI 498*  Peasants and Modernization

HI 112   Survey of Modern Europe HI 182*  Jewish History II HI 186   The Holocaust (Integrated Studies; R. Weisbrot) HI 199*  Crisis of Liberal Democracy, 1919-1945 HI 220   Yugoslavia: Emergence, History, Dissolution HI 224   Germany and Europe, 1871-1945 HI 228   Russia, 1905-Present HI 244*  Changing Notions of Progress HI 284*  Zionism HI 297   Eastern European Jewish History and Culture HI 298   Religion, Toleration, and Repression in the Russian Empire (Avrutin) HI 298*  British Empire (Thompson, 2009) HI 318*  France Enlightenment and Revolution HI 321   The First World War HI 322j  Europe and the Second World War HI 327   Daily Life under Stalin HI 328   Soviet Cultural and Intellectual History HI 343   Russian History Through Novel and Film HI 382   Women in Modern Jewish History HI 384   Dilemmas of Modern Jewish Identity HI 385*  Kabbalah HI 386   Anti-Semitism HI 398   Socialist and Post-Socialist Women (Miller, 2007-8) HI 398   Jewish Autobiography (Avrutin) HI 421   Debating the Nazi Past HI 444   Big Science and Technology HI 445*  Nuclear Madness HI 471*  Science, Government, and Culture HI 479*  Jews and the City HI 498   History of the Jews in England (Abosch, 2007-8)

Category III (North America)

EARLY

MODERN

HI 131   U.S., to 1865 HI 230A*  Religion in the U.S.A. (also listed as RE 217) HI 230B*  Women in American Religion (also listed as RE 257) HI 231   U.S. Women, to 1870 HI 234   American Revolution HI 235*  American Families, 1600-present HI 236   American Frontier, 1600-1900 HI 238*  American Political History HI 239*  The Era of the Civil War HI 241*  History of Science in America  (also listed as ST 271) HI 247*  African-American History HI 331   Markets, Morals, and Greed in Early America, 1600-1800 HI 332   France in North America HI 335   Antebellum American Histories HI 337   Age of the American Revolution HI 340*  Biographies and Autobiographies of Great American Women HI 434*  American Moral Philosophy HI 435*  The American Civil War HI 498*  Peasants and Modernization

HI 132  U.S., 1865 to the Present HI 136   American Superpower, 1945-1970 (integrated studies) HI 197J  Vietnam War on Film (Lewis-Colman; 2005) HI 230A*  Religion in the U.S.A. also listed as RE 217 HI 230B*  Women in American Religion – also listed as RE 257 HI 232   U.S. Women, since 1870 HI 235*  American Families, 1600-present HI 238*  American Political History HI 239*  The Era of the Civil War HI 241*  History of Science in America (also listed as ST 271) HI 244*  Changing Notions of Progress HI 245   Science, Race, and Gender HI 246   Luddite Rantings HI 247*  African-American History HI 281   Jews and Judaism in America HI 297   Black Metropolis: African Americans and the Northern City HI 297   The U. S. and World Affairs, 1898-present HI 298   The American Jewish Experience (Abosch) HI 299*  Changing Notions of Progress HI 340*  Biographies and Autobiographies of Great American Women HI 342   American Society and Politics in the 1960s HI 347*  America in Vietnam HI 434*  American Moral Philosophy HI 435*  The American Civil War HI 445*  Nuclear Madness HI 447   The Cold War HI 471*  Science, Government, and Culture HI 479*  Jews and the City ST 216   Aeronautics in America ST 217   The Automobile in America ST 271*  History of Science in America (also listed as HI 241)