Department of History

Gerald J. Prokopowicz, Chair, A-315 Brewster Building

Students may choose between the BA in history and the BS in public history. Students may also minor in either program.

Faculty

• Department of History Faculty 

History Honors Program

A student desiring to enter the honors program in history must be a second semester junior majoring in history; possess a minimum cumulative and major 3.0 GPA; and have a minimum of 20 s.h. in history (exceptions may be made at the discretion of the dept chair). Furthermore, a student engaged in the history honors program shall be enrolled as a part of the regular curriculum in HIST 4550  and HIST 4551 , starting the sequence the spring semester of the junior year and concluding at the end of the first semester of the senior year. Upon completion of the two courses, the student will receive 6 s.h. credit in advanced history.

Each honors scholar will carry out an extensive program of carefully supervised reading and research in one of nine areas of history: Colonial America; Nineteenth-Century America; Twentieth-Century America; Ancient and Medieval; Europe, 1500- 1815; Europe, 1815 to Present; Asia; Latin America; Africa.

A history honors award is given annually to the history honors program student who completes and defends the most outstanding honors paper.

Programs

• History, BA
• Public History, BS

• History Minor
• Public History Minor

Courses

• HIST 1030 - World Civilizations to 1500
• HIST 1031 - World Civilizations Since 1500
• HIST 1050 - American History to 1877
• HIST 1051 - American History Since 1877
• HIST 1550 - Honors, American History to 1877
• HIST 1551 - Honors, American History Since 1877
• HIST 1552 - Honors, World History to 1500
• HIST 1553 - Honors, World History Since 1500
• HIST 2000 - Introduction to History
• HIST 2012 - American Business History
• HIST 2222 - Western Europe Since 1500
• HIST 2444 - The History of Sports in Western Society
• HIST 2600 - Maritime Heritage of the Outer Banks
• HIST 3000 - History: Its Nature and Method
• HIST 3005 - Selected Topics in History
• HIST 3010 - Constitutional History of the United States to 1888
• HIST 3011 - Constitutional History of the United States Since 1888
• HIST 3031 - Economic History of the United States Since 1865
• HIST 3100 - North Carolina History
• HIST 3110 - History of African-Americans
• HIST 3121 - American Military History to 1900
• HIST 3122 - American Military History Since 1900
• HIST 3130 - Problems in American History
• HIST 3140 - Women in American History
• HIST 3170 - History of Native Americans
• HIST 3200 - Diplomatic History of the United States
• HIST 3205 - History of American Urban Life
• HIST 3210 - Colonial America to 1763
• HIST 3215 - American Revolution and the Federal Era, 1763-1800
• HIST 3225. - The Era of Sectionalism and Civil War, 1848-1877
• HIST 3230 - The Birth of Modern America, 1865-1892
• HIST 3235 - The Era of Populism and Progressivism in American History, 1892-1919
• HIST 3240 - The Age of Franklin Roosevelt, 1919-1945
• HIST 3245 - The United States Since 1945
• HIST 3260 - The United States and the Middle East, 1783 to the Present
• HIST 3300 - History of American Rural Life
• HIST 3333 - Biography and History
• HIST 3350 - War and Society
• HIST 3405 - History of Ancient Greece to 146 BC
• HIST 3406 - War and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome
• HIST 3410 - History of Ancient Rome
• HIST 3412 - A History of Christianity to 1300
• HIST 3413 - A History of Christianity 1300-present
• HIST 3414 - The Celtic World, 700 BC-1601 AD
• HIST 3415 - The Middle Ages
• HIST 3420 - Early Modern Europe to 1648
• HIST 3430 - History of Europe, 1815-1914
• HIST 3435 - History of Europe Since 1914
• HIST 3444 - Old Regime and Revolutionary France
• HIST 3445 - Modern France, 1815-present
• HIST 3460 - Germany, 1790-1914
• HIST 3461 - Germany Since 1914
• HIST 3480 - Britain to 1688
• HIST 3482 - Britain, 1688-1832
• HIST 3484 - Britain from 1832
• HIST 3551 - Medieval Russia, 862-1682
• HIST 3552 - Imperial Russia, 1682-1917
• HIST 3553 - Soviet Russia, 1917-1991
• HIST 3610 - History of East Asia to 1600
• HIST 3611 - History of East Asia Since 1600
• HIST 3615 - History of Traditional Japan
• HIST 3620 - History of Modern Japan
• HIST 3625 - Field Study in Japanese Historical Culture
• HIST 3626 - Field Study in Japanese Historical Texts
• HIST 3627 - History of Japanese Buddhism
• HIST 3629 - History of Traditional China
• HIST 3630 - History of Modern China
• HIST 3669 - History of the Middle East, 600-1500
• HIST 3670 - History of the Middle East Since 1500
• HIST 3680 - Women and Gender in the Middle East
• HIST 3710 - Introduction to Latin-American History: Colonial Period
• HIST 3711 - Introduction to Latin-American History: Since 1808
• HIST 3760 - The ABC Powers: Argentina, Brazil, Chile
• HIST 3780 - Mexico and Central America
• HIST 3810 - History of Africa
• HIST 3820 - History of South Africa
• HIST 3830 - Africa and Islam
• HIST 3900 - Introduction to Public History
• HIST 3920 - Social History of American Medicine
• HIST 3980 - Shipwreck Archaeology
• HIST 3985 - History of American Architecture
• HIST 3993 - Approaches to Historical Objects
• HIST 4000 - Senior Seminar
• HIST 4400 - Science and Religion in Europe and America, 1600-1900
• HIST 4444 - Studies in French History
• HIST 4445 - The European Enlightenments
• HIST 4470 - The Great War: Experience, Memory and Legacy
• HIST 4500 - Political Culture and Community in Eighteenth-century Britain
• HIST 4531 - Directed Readings in History
• HIST 4532 - Directed Readings in History
• HIST 4533 - Directed Readings in History
• HIST 4550 - Honors
• HIST 4551 - Honors
• HIST 4610 - History of Southeast Asia
• HIST 4940 - Internship in Archives and Historical Records Administration
• HIST 4941 - Internship in Archives and Historical Records Administration
• HIST 4942 - Internship in Archives and Historical Records Administration
• HIST 4943 - Internship in Museum Administration
• HIST 4944 - Internship in Museum Administration
• HIST 4945 - Internship in Museum Administration
• HIST 4946 - Internship in Historic Site Administration