History 499
History 499 Pre-registration
2025-26 Pre-registration Open 4/2 - 4/30!
- Do you have 90 credits or more?
- Are you a History, History/Social Studies, or Latin American Studies Major?
- Are you planning to graduate between fall 2025 & fall 2026?
- Have you not taken the required HIST 499 capstone seminar?
If you answered yes to all 4 questions, then you are eligible to pre-register for HIST 499!
The History department has a pre-registration process for HIST 499, the capstone seminar, required for all History and History/Social Studies majors. If you are planning to graduate between fall 2025 and fall 2026, you need to preregister by April 30, 2025.
The department will assign students to a HIST 499 section based on the total number of credit hours each student has earned. Students may not get into their top choice, but every effort is made to enroll them in one of their top three.
The pre-registration survey allows students to choose their top three choices and then rank them by preference. Students will be asked to select the prerequisites that they've taken, or plan to take, for each of their three courses. The prerequisite must be completed (with at least a C- for History Majors or a C for History/Social Studies Majors) prior to the first day of the 499 class and only a single pre-requisite (not all) is required for each 499.
Before opening the link to the survey, review the 2025-26 HIST 499 Courses and Prerequisites below and compile a list of your choices. If you have any questions or need this form in an alternative format, please contact the History Department at history@wwu.edu.
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.
2025-2026 HIST 499 Courses & Prerequisites
Fall 2025
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.
Winter 2026
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.
Spring 2026
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.
Tentative 2025-26 Upper Division Courses
*Courses and other course details are subject to change.
Dept. | Course | CRN | Course | Instructor | Days | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIST | 364 | 30354 | Civil War Era in Film | Price | online | online | online |
HIST | 391 | 30477 | History of the Pacific Northwest | Chard | MTWR | 12:00 | 1:50 |
*Courses and other course details are subject to change.
Dept. | Course | Course | Instructor | Days | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIST | 301 | Doing History: Golden Age of Piracy | Hardesty | MWF | 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM |
HIST | 301 | Doing History: The American Revolution | Neem | MWF | 11:30 AM | 12:50 PM |
HIST | 310 | History of Ancient Mesopotamia | Garfinkle | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
HIST | 312 | Ancient Greece | Staff | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 315 | Europe in the Early Middle Ages: 300-1050 | Diehl | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
HIST | 331 | History of the Holocaust | Zarrow | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 364 | Russian WWII Film | Costanzo | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 374 | Premodern Japanese History | Goosmann | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 380 | Food & Environment in America | Stewart | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 385 | West Africa and the Atlantic World -title doesn't match catalog | Zimmerman | MWF | 2:30 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 390 | Religion in America | Folk | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 392 | Tribal Sovereignty and Wash Hist | Hughes | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 468 | Borderlands and Frontiers of North America | Seltz | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 474 | Topics in LA history | Cameselle | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | Adventures at Sea | Bhattacharjee | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 490 | Canadian History: True Crime | Heslop | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
HIST | 497B | Jewish Immigration | Zarrow | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
*Courses and other course details are subject to change.
Dept. | Course | Course | Instructor | Days | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIST | 301 | Doing History: Global | Costanzo | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 301 | Doing History: Violence in America | Pihos | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 311 | History of Ancient Egypt | Garfinkle | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
HIST | 313 | History of Ancient Rome | Staff | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 322 | Early Modern England | Neem | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 326 | Immigration and Ethnicity in the Americas | Cameselle | MWF | 2:30 PM | 3:50 PM |
HNRS | 350 | Science and Slavery in the Atlantic World | Price | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 351 | The Long Crisis: U.S. History 1865-1920 | Seltz | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 372 | Chinese History: 1800 to Present | Thompson | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 375 | Modern Japanese History or 374 | Bushelle | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 379 | Canadian American Relations | Heslop | MWF | 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM |
HIST | 384 | Palestine, Zionism, and Israel | Anderson | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
HIST | 390 | Modern India | Bhattacharjee | MWF | 8:30 AM | 9:50 AM |
HIST | 390 | Dutch Golden Age | Hardesty | MWF | 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM |
HIST | 390 | Islam in Africa | Miran | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 391 | History of the Pacific Northwest | Chard | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 393 | Introduction to Public History | Johnston | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 408 | World War II: the European War | Thompson | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 451 | Environmental History of U.S. Agriculture | Stewart | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | History of Neoliberalism in the Americas | Lopez | MWF | 2:30 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | Decline (and Fall?) of the American Republic | Neem | T | 2:00 PM | 4:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | The Wanderings of Monk Xuanzang: From History to Myth to Fiction | Pearce | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
*Courses and other course details are subject to change.
Dept. | Course | Course | Instructor | Days | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIST | 301 | Doing History: Colonialism in Canada | Heslop | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 301 | Doing History: Modern Europe | Zarrow | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 320 | War in the Middle Ages | Diehl | MWF | 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM |
HIST | 327 | Soccer in Latin America | Cameselle | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 334 | 20th Century Russia | Costanzo | MWF | 2:30 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 346 | US & International Terrorism | Chard | MWF | 2:30 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 356 | Gender and History | Bhattacharjee | TR | 8:00 AM | 9:50 AM |
HIST | 362 | Civil Rights - Black Power Era in US History | Pihos | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 364 | Latin America at the movies | Lopez | MWF | 11:30 AM | 12:50 PM |
HIST | 365 | History of Sexuality in the United States | Cerretti | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 370 | Chinese History to 600 Ad | Thompson | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 383 | Modern Iraq | Anderson | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 387 | Africa Since the 1960s | Zimmerman | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 390 | Topics in Ancient History | Staff | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 391 | History of the Pacific Northwest | Seltz | MWF | 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM |
HIST | 394 | History of the Salish Sea | Heslop | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |
HIST | 402 | Theory and History | Zimmerman | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 404 | Colonialism and the Middle East | Anderson | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 414 | The Carolingian Era | Diehl | MWF | 1:00 PM | 2:50 PM |
HIST | 463 | Topics in the History of Modern Crime, Policing, and Punishment | Pihos | TR | 2:00 PM | 3:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | Nation and Nationalism in Premodern Japan | Bushelle | TR | 12:00 PM | 1:50 PM |
HIST | 490 | Pilgramage and Travel in Islam | Miran | TR | 10:00 AM | 11:50 AM |