Dear Students,
Consider taking a History course this Spring 2022! If you’re working on General Education and/or Areas of Knowledge requirements, History or Social Studies teaching endorsements requirements, History minor (or possible major) requirements, or just want to explore History more, the below History courses are some great options for next quarter:
HSTLAC 481 History of Peru and the Andean Region
TTH 10:30am – 12:20pm
SLN: 15450
Instructor: Prof. Adam Warren
During this course we will trace the history of Peru specifically and the Andean highlands generally, from Inca times to the present, examining the shifting relationship between peasants, indigenous peoples, and the state. We will analyze historically why modern forms of peasant and indigenous political power differs radically between Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
- I&S credits and Writing credits optional
HSTAA 351 American Constitutional History: From Colonial Times to the Present
MW 3:30pm – 5:20pm
SLN: 15404
Instructor: Prof. Michael Reagan
European origins; the constitution-making of the American Revolution; the growth of government; Civil War and Reconstruction as constitutional crises; reform and the new federalism; the Supreme Court and civil rights; Congress, the presidency, and modern American constitutionalism.
- I&S credits
HSTCMP 221 Global Environmental History, Feast and Famine
MW 10:30am – 12:20pm (with Friday quiz/discussion section)
SLN: 15427
Instructor: Prof. Purnima Dhavan
This course examines how consumption in societies such as China, India, Japan, Africa, Europe, and the Americas developed between 1500 and the present. The goal is familiarity with the broad patterns of global history and how they fit into debates about environmental history.
- I&S credits, DIV credits, and Writing credits
HSTEU 210 Paris
TTH 10:30am – 12:20pm (with Friday quiz/discussion section)
SLN: 15442
Instructor: Prof. Raymond Jonas
This is an interdisciplinary course spanning the entire history of the city of Paris, from its real and mythical origins to the present. Lectures and readings will emphasize political, cultural, and urban history. We will explore the Parisian landscape, both real and figurative, through a consideration of social geography, cultural and artistic representations, monuments, business practices, political violence, and civic and religious ceremony.
- VLPA/I&S credits and Writing credits
HSTAA 212 The Military History of the U.S. from Colonial Times to the Present
MW 3:30pm – 5:20pm
SLN: 15395
Instructor: Prof. Nathan Roberts
Within this course we will explore the development of American military policies, organizational patterns, tactics, and weaponry from beginnings as a seventeenth-century frontier defense force to the global conflicts and military commitments of the twentieth century. We will look at the interaction and tension between need for an effective military force and concept of civilian control of that force.
- I&S credits
HSTAM 333 Late Middle Ages
TTH 2:30pm – 4:20pm
SLN: 15415
Instructor: Prof. Charity Urbanski
This course will examine the disintegration of the medieval order under the impact of the national state, the secularization of society, and the decline of the church. Additional topics include movements of reform and revolution, and the culture of late gothic Europe.
- I&S credits and Writing credits
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to History academic advising at histadv@uw.edu with any questions! You might be closer to completing a History minor than you think: https://history.washington.edu/minors.