Fall 2022 Courses
Looking for an exciting course this fall? Check out a few of our upcoming history courses.
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Highlighted Fall 2022 Courses
HIST 353: World History for Future Educators
Instructor: Kevin Gosner
Fully online 7W2
This one-semester, 3-unit World History survey introduces History and Education majors to concepts, topics, and methods for teaching World and Comparative history at the appropriate level for K-12 students. The class covers the entire span of human history, from pre-history and antiquity to the medieval and early modern periods to the industrial revolution and the contemporary world. Topics include: the origins of complex human social and political organization; the history of transcontinental and transoceanic migrations; the development of agriculture and early city-states; regional histories and global economies; religion and the rise of early empires; modern state formation; and the cultural impact of technological innovation.
HIST 405C: Food in the Global Middle Ages
Instructor: Paul Milliman
Fully online 7W2
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Food and cuisine are foundational to knowledge of the human past and link the past with the present. In this course we explore the importance of food in its various roles (alimentary, cultural, economic, environmental, religious, social, political, etc.) in shaping the history of the late antique, medieval, and early modern world (ca. 300 to 1700). |
HIST 498: Senior Research Capstone
Options for fall 2022 include:
- HIST 498 (001/021): Sports History as U.S. History (Prof. Erika Pérez) – Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00-3:15 p.m.
- HIST 498 (102/122/202): History of Capitalism or National Parks in History (Prof. Jeremy Vetter) – Fully Online
- HIST 498 (105/125/225): Voices of the Enslaved in Global History or Food and Cuisine in Global History (Prof. Benjamin Lawrance) - Fully Online