Survey Sequences

The foundation of the history concentration is a two-part survey sequence. The Department offers a range of pre-approved sequences in various geographical, chronological, and thematic areas, but students can also develop their own pairings in consultation with a faculty mentor and with the approval of the Department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. A frequently updated list of possible pairings will be available on the History Department website. For a sequence to be approved, the two classes must have a clear and well conceptualized link, and they must fit within a broader theme.

Courses selected for the sequence may not be used to satisfy the regional or pre-1800 concentration requirements.

Possible Survey Sequences

  • 200-201: Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
  • 204-205: East Asia
  • 206-207: South and Southeast Asia
  • 210-211: The European Middle Ages
  • 212-213: The Renaissance and the Reformation
  • 220-221: Britain
  • 218, 241, 266: Modern American Wars (select any two)
  • 234, 284, 285, 355, 376: Medicine (select any two)
  • 246-247: Africa
  • 260-261: The United States
  • 263-264: Encountering and Exploring America
  • 270, 271, 421, 489: Comparative Religion (select any two)
  • 274-275: African American
  • 277-244: Israel and Palestine
  • 300-301: Astronomy and Cosmology
  • 306-307: Ancient Israel
  • 313-314: France
  • 316-317: Women and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
  • 318-319: Modern Europe from the mid-19th Century to the Present
  • 320-321: Britain from 1901 to the Present
  • 330-331: Poland
  • 340-495: Central Eurasia
  • 347-348: Latin America
  • 351, 352, 354: China (select any two)
  • 274, 275, 338, 367, 377, 378: Race and Ethnicity in US History (select any two)
  • 383-384: Jewish History, 1700-1948
  • 384-386: Jewish History, 1880 -The Holocaust
  • 408-409: Byzantine Empire, 284-1453
  • 416-417: European Intellectual History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • 419-420: Modern Germany
  • 432, 433, 434: Russia and the Soviet Union (select any two)
  • 450-451: Japan
  • 452-453: Southeast Asia from 1780 to the Present
  • 457-458: India from 1750 to the Present
  • 460-461: Colonial and Revolutionary America
  • 463-464: Antebellum Society and the US Civil War
  • 465, 466, 467: The US from the Civil War to the Present (select any two)