History 499

U.S. and the World Since 1945

Prof. Daniel Chard / Thurs. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisite offered this Summer 2025:

• HIST 391 - History of the Pacific Northwest

Prerequisites:

• HIST 357 - The United States in the Cold War
• HIST 362 - The Civil Rights - Black Power Era in U.S. History
• HIST 365 - History of Sexuality in the U.S.
• HIST 368 - U.S. Women from 1865
• HIST 379 - Canadian American Relations
• HIST 380 - Food & Environment in America
• HIST 382 - The U.S., Neoconservatism, and the Middle East
• HIST 383 - Modern Iraq
• HIST 390 -  U.S. and International Terrorism
• HIST 391 - History of the Pacific Northwest
• HIST 408 - World War II: the European War
• HIST 409 - World War II: the Pacific War
• HIST 453 - U.S. Intellectual History, 1900-Present
• HIST 460 - American Environmental History
• HIST 461 - U.S. Urban History
• HIST 463 - Topics in the History of Modern Crime, Policing, and Punishment
• HIST 474 - U.S. Latin American Relations
• HIST 475 - Topics in North American Indigenous History

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

19th Century U.S. Slavery

Prof. Hunter Price / Thurs. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites:

• HIST 348 - American Slavery
• HIST 349 - History of the U.S. South
• HIST 350 - American Colonial History
• HIST 352 - U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction
• HIST 360 - History of Religion in Early America
• HIST 363 - The American Revolution
• HIST 366 - The Early American Republic
• HIST 468 - Borderlands and Frontiers of North America
• HIST 469 - African Slavery in the Atlantic World, 1450-1804

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

Early Medieval Europe 

Prof. Peter Diehl / Mon. 2:30-5:20pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 315 - Europe in the Early Middle Ages 300-1050

Prerequisites:

• HIST 315 - Europe in the Early Middle Ages 300-1050
• HIST 316 - Europe in the High Middle Ages 1050-10450
• HIST 318 - Medieval England
• HIST 320 - War in the Middle Ages
• HIST 414 - The Carolingian Era

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

The Ancient World 

Prof. Christine Johnston / Thurs. 3-5:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 310 - History of Ancient Mesopotamia
• HIST 312 - History of Ancient Greece

Prerequisites:

• HIST 310 - History of Ancient Mesopotamia
• HIST 311 - History of Ancient Egypt
• HIST 312 - History of Ancient Greece
• HIST 313 - History of Ancient Rome
• HIST 370 - Chinese History to 600 A.D.
• HIST 390 - Ancient Empires
• HIST 390 - Ancient Roman Epic
• HIST 412 - Ancient Rivers and Roads
• HIST 413 - Ancient Mediterranean Economics
• HIST 490 - Ancient Mediterranean in the Media
• HIST 490 - Digital Methods in History
• HIST 490 - Eroticism in Ancient and Medieval Europe

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

U.S. and Global South

Prof. Mart Stewart / Fri. 1-3:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 380 - Food and Environment in America

Prerequisites:

• HIST 348 - American Slavery
• HIST 349 - History of the U.S. South
• HIST 355 - Health and Disease in American History
• HIST 447 - History of the Sciences of Nature
• HIST 451 - Environmental History of U.S. Agriculture
• HIST 380 - Food and Environment in America
• HIST 490 - Environmental History of the Global South

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

African History

Prof. Sarah Zimmerman / Tues. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 385 - West Africa and the Atlantic World

Prerequisites:

• HIST 369 - Women, Gender, & Sexuality in African History
• HIST 385 - West Africa and the Atlantic World
• HIST 386 - Southern Africa
• HIST 387 - Africa since the 1960s
• HIST 390 - African Monarchies Since 1200
• HIST 390 - Islam in Africa
• HIST 469 - African Slavery in the Atlantic World, 1450-1804
• HIST 490 - Public History & Memory Africa
• HIST 490 - War & Militarization in Africa
• HIST 490 - Theory & History (with Prof. Zimmerman)
• REL 342 - Islam and Muslim Societies in Africa

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

U.S.-Latin Relations

Prof. Pedro Cameselle / Tues. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisite offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 474 - U.S. Latin American Relations

Prerequisite offered this Winter 2026:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 326 - Immigration and Ethnicity in the Americas
• HIST 490 - Neoliberalism in the Americas

Prerequisites:

• HIST 326 - Immigration and Ethnicity in the Americas
• HIST 327 - Soccer in Latin America
• HIST 364 - Latin America at the Movies
• HIST 390 - Student Movements in LA
• HIST 390 - Revolutions in Latin America
• HIST 411 - Latin America & WWII
• HIST 474 - U.S. Latin American Relations
• HIST 490 - Neoliberalism in the Americas

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

The Ancient World

Prof. Steven Garfinkle / Wed. 3-5:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 310 - History of Ancient Mesopotamia
• HIST 312 - History of Ancient Greece

Prerequisites offered this Winter 2026:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 311 - History of Ancient Egypt
• HIST 313 - History of Ancient Rome

Prerequisites:

• HIST 310 - History of Ancient Mesopotamia
• HIST 311 - History of Ancient Egypt
• HIST 312 - History of Ancient Greece
• HIST 313 - History of Ancient Rome
• HIST 370 - Chinese History to 600 A.D.
• HIST 390 - Ancient Empires
• HIST 390 - Ancient Roman Epic
• HIST 412 - Ancient Rivers and Roads
• HIST 413 - Ancient Mediterranean Economics
• HIST 490 - Ancient Mediterranean in the Media
• HIST 490 - Digital Methods in History
• HIST 490 - Eroticism in Ancient and Medieval Europe

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

Colonial America/Atlantic World

Prof. Jared Hardesty / Thurs. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 385 - West Africa and the Atlantic World

Prerequisites offered this Winter 2026:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 322 - Early Modern England
• HNRS 350 - Science and Slavery in the Atlantic World
• HIST 390 - Dutch Golden Age
• HIST 490 Decline (and Fall?) of the American Republic

Prerequisites:

• 300- or 400- level Course with Prof. Neem
• 300- or 400- level Course with Prof. Price
• 300- or 400- level Course with Prof. Eurich
• 300- or 400- level Course with Prof. Zimmerman
• 300- or 400- level Course with Prof. Hardesty

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

Holocaust Testimonies, Diaries, and Memoirs

Prof. Sarah Zarrow / Tues. 2-4:50pm

Only a single prerequisite course (not all) is required to register for HIST 499.

Prerequisites offered this Fall 2025:

(Scheduled 2025/26 courses are subject to change.)

• HIST 331 - History of the Holocaust
• HIST 497B - Jewish Immigration

Prerequisites:
 

• HIST 331 - History of the Holocaust
• HIST 424 - Polish-Jewish History
• HIST 497a - Polish-Jewish Encounters
• HIST 497B - Jewish Immigration

AND

New HIST 301 Prerequisite:

Majors Declared 2024-25 or AFTER:

Are required prior to the first day of the 499 class.

Majors Declared BEFORE 2024-25:

Are encouraged but not required.

*Courses and other course details are subject to change.

*Courses and other course details are subject to change.

*Courses and other course details are subject to change.

*Courses and other course details are subject to change.