4/7/2016
History Department Courses
Fall 2016
Major Requirements
6 credits of history core (HIST1001-1109): 3 credits in each half of sequence
Plus at least 30 credits, including:
6 credits of U.S. History Survey (HIST2401-2402);
3 credits of The Study and Writing of History (HIST3001-3899);
at least 6 credits of non-Western history;
and at least 12 credits of upper-division history electives (courses numbered HIST4001 and higher)
For all students except those writing a senior Honors thesis, 3 of these upper-division credits must come in the
form of a senior colloquium (HIST5001-5499).
Note:
 Students may not take evening courses for major credit.
 The department may give permission to take summer courses to fulfill major requirements, but summer courses
cannot take the place of upper-division electives.
 A maximum of 12 credits, and no more than 6 upper-division credits, may be earned abroad.
 At least 18 of the required 30 credits beyond the core (including The Study and Writing of History) must be taken
at Boston College during the regular academic year (i.e., during the fall or spring semester).
 A maximum of 2 Readings and Research courses (HIST4901) may be substituted for upper-division electives.
 Non-Western courses numbered HIST4001-4199 and HIST4301-4399) are also upper-division courses and can be
used to fulfill both requirements (non-Western and upper-division). However, the credits for each such course
only count once toward the 30 credits required to complete the major. A three-credit course represents three (not
six) of those 30 credits, even if it counts toward both non-Western and upper-division requirements. If you have
questions about how your audit treats major courses, see Colleen O’Reilly, Stokes South, 301-A.
HIST2401
United States History I
(Please note: students must register for a Friday discussion section)
Richardson
MW 10
Sajdi
Levenson
Lyerly
O’Toole
Th 4:30-6:50
T 3-5:25
M 3-5:25
W 3-5:20
Ismay
W 3-5:20
Cronin
Johnson
Kenny
T 3:30-5:55
Th 4:30-6:55
T 9:30-11:55
Making History Public (Research & Exhibition Seminar)
HIST5504.01 Righting Historical Wrongs since the 1990s
Seraphim
Th 3-5:25
Non-Western Courses (History Major Requirement)
HIST2044.01 Chinese Environmental History
HIST2045.01 History of Food in China
HIST4005.01 Asian Pacific War
HIST4076.01 Tian’anmen Movement
HIST4133.01 Mid-East Nationalisms Compared
Zhang
Zhang
Mo/Seraphim
Mo
Braude
T/Th 9*
T/Th 4:30*
TTh 12*
TTh 9*
T 3-5:25
Study and Writing of History (History Major Standing)
HIST3199.01 Social Biography
HIST3803.01 Understanding Visual Culture in the Americas
HIST3435.01 The WPA Narratives & Antebellum Slavery
HIST3501.01 Jesuits and Slavery
Senior Colloquium (Senior History Major Standing)
HIST5270.01 A History of Social Trust: Revolution & Society
in Modern Europe
HIST5290.01 Regan and Thatcher: Together Against the World
HIST5480.01 Contested Cities: Race, Class & Sexuality
HIST5490.01 American Immigration
HIST4134.01
HIST4135.01
HIST4150.01
HIST4336.01
HIST4370.01
Electives
HIST2044.01
HIST2045.01
HIST2205.01
HIST2221.01
HIST2254.01
HIST2255.01
HIST2840.01
HIST2421.01
HIST2475.01
HIST2481.01
HIST2484.01
HIST2502.01
HIST2502.02
Ottoman Empire, 1300-1924
Arab-Israeli Conflict
History of Modern Iran
Latin American Women Represent Themselves
Travelers in Latin America
Braude
Sajdi
Banuazizi
Levenson
Sellers-Garcia
TTh 12*
TTh 1:30*
TTh 10:30*
TTh 10:30*
TTh 4:30*
Chinese Environmental History
History of Food in China
Roman History
An Outsider’s History of the High and
Late Middle Ages
A Social History of Money in the World
History of Terrorism
World War I
American Presidency
America’s War in Viet Nam
African American History I
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Introduction to Feminisms
Introduction to Feminisms
Zhang
Zhang
Eshleman
Matus
T/Th 9*
T/Th 4:30*
MWF 1
MWF 10
Ismay
Bourg
Monaghan
Gelfand
Jacobs
Miller
Miller
Owens
Owens
MWF 1
TTh 1:30*
TTh 9*
TTh 12*
MWF 12
MWF 11
MWF 1
MW 3*
MW 4:30*
Mo/Seraphim
Mo
Braude
Braude
Sajdi
Banuazizi
Matus
Reinburg
O’Neill
Savage
Cronin
Eaton
Levenson
Sellers-Garcia
Lyerly
Rogers
Gelfand
Quigley/Rotella
Johnson
Miller
Summers
TTh 12*
TTh 9*
T 3-5:25
TTh 12*
TTh 1:30*
TTh 10:30*
W 3-5:25
W 3-5:25
TTh 3*
MW 3*
TTh 1:30
MWF 10
TTh 10:30*
TTh 4:30*
MWF 1
TTh 10:30*
TTh 9*
TTh 3*
TTh 12*
MW 3*
MWF 9
Jacobs
Rafferty
Maryks
O’Neill
Rafferty
MWF 2
TTh 1:30*
M 3-5:25
TTh 12*
TTh 10:30*
Upper-Division Electives (Pre-requisite: History Core, Parts I and II)
HIST4005.01 Asia Pacific War
HIST4076.01 Tian’anmen Movement
HIST4133.01 Mid-East Nationalisms Compared
HIST4134.01 Ottoman Empire, 1300-1924
HIST4135.01 Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIST4150.01 Modern Iran
HIST4224.01 Health & Healing in the Middle Ages
HIST4239.01 Early Printed Books & Readers
HIST4269.01 Irish Revolutions
HIST4283.01 Disunited Kingdom
HIST4295.01 The End of History
HIST4298.01 The Soviet Experiment
HIST4336.01 Latin American Women Represent Themselves
HIST4370.01 Travelers in Latin America
HIST4454.01 Early American Women
HIST4464.01 Death Penalty in American History
HIST4465.01 Law & American Society
HIST4472.01 Boston: History, Literature and Culture
HIST4475.01 History of the American West
HIST4483.01 African American Life Stories
HIST4485.01 History of Medicine & Public Health in the
African Diaspora
HIST4495.01 U.S. Foreign Policy I
HIST4503.01 The Papacy since its Origins to 1216
HIST4507.01 Jesuits & Religious Pluralism
HIST4701.01 Ecological History of the Atlantic World
HIST4823.01 Ireland at War in the 20th Century