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Students give HIS courses 3.5 out of 5, and 57% would take one again.

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Easiest course

AFS381

AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community · 44/100 difficulty

Most challenging

HIS371

Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877 · 79/100 difficulty

All History Courses (121)

HIS396Topics in U.S. History

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 116 ratings

HIS103American History to 1877

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 76 ratings

HIS 104United States History to 1877

3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 63 ratings

HIS241Nazi Genocide and the Holocaust

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 61 ratings

HIS301Reading and Writing History

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 47 ratings

HIS393Topics in Modern European History

3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 44 ratings

HIS250The Second World War, 1939-1945

4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 34 ratings

HIS264The Early Republic

1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 25 ratings

HIS235The Heirs of Rome: The Early Medieval World, 300-1000

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 24 ratings

HIS371Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877

1.3 out of 5 stars1.3· 23 ratings

HIS102Modern European History, 18th c. to the Present

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 22 ratings

HIS265Civil War and Reconstruction

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 22 ratings

HIS390Topics in Ancient History

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 22 ratings

HIS213Colonial Latin America

2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 19 ratings

HIS268

3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 18 ratings

HIS220Japan in the Age of Courtier and Samurai

2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 17 ratings

HIS281Global History and Geography

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 17 ratings

HIS312From Empire to Third Reich: Germany, 1890-1945

1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 17 ratings

HIS219Introduction to Chinese History and Civilization

2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 16 ratings

HIS227Islamic Civilization & Muslim Societies

3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 16 ratings

HIS266History of the United States West

3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 16 ratings

HIS318Modern European Intellectual History

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 15 ratings

HIS325Civil Rights and Black Power

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 15 ratings

HIS209

3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 14 ratings

HIS237Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization I

2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 14 ratings

HIS238Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization II

1.9 out of 5 stars1.9· 14 ratings

HIS263Age of the American Revolution

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 14 ratings

HIS369Religion and Politics in Africa

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 14 ratings

HIS377

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 14 ratings

SBC307

4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 14 ratings

HIS210Soviet Russia

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 13 ratings

HIS321

3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 13 ratings

HIS340Topics in Asian History

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 13 ratings

AFS381AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 12 ratings

HIS225Jewish History from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings

HIS236The World of the Later Middle Ages, 1000-1500

3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 12 ratings

HIS249Modern Europe, 1914-1945

3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 12 ratings

HIS348Colonial South Asia

4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 12 ratings

HIS361Slavery and Freedom in the Making of the Atlantic

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings

HIS333

4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 11 ratings

HIS341

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 11 ratings

HIS202Ancient Greece

4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 10 ratings

HIS300Topics in Global History

2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 10 ratings

HIS344Modern Japan

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 10 ratings

HIS360Changing Families: US History to 1860

3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 10 ratings

HIS370US Social History from 1860 to 1940

4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 10 ratings

HIS381Chocolate, Coffee & Cocaine: Global Commodities

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 10 ratings

RLS230

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 10 ratings

HIS201The Ancient Near East

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 9 ratings

HIS203Ancient Rome

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 9 ratings

HIS262American Colonial Society

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 9 ratings

HIS362Unsettled Decade: The Sixties

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 9 ratings

HIS383The World of Jane Austen; Jane Austen in the World

3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings

HIS394

3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings

HIS208

4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 8 ratings

HIS289Wealth and Inequality in America's Corporate Age

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 8 ratings

HIS389Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-2020

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 8 ratings

HIS397Topics in History of U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity

2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 8 ratings

HIS401Senior Colloquium

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 8 ratings

HIS411

4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings

HIS414

2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 8 ratings

HIS368Health and Disease in Africa

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings

HIS376

4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings

HIS500Historiography

3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 7 ratings

HIST393

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 7 ratings

HIS280The History of the U.S. Working Class

3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 6 ratings

HIS285Games, Burlesques, and Spectacles: Popular Culture in 19th-Century America

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings

HIS326

3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 6 ratings

HIS353Postwar Japan

2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 6 ratings

HIS373Global 1960s

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings

HIS375

4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 6 ratings

HIS391Topics in Ancient and Medieval Europe

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings

HIS392Topics in Early Modern Europe

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 6 ratings

HIS395

3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings

HIS398Topics in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings

HIS441

4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings

HUI390Italian-American Studies in the Humanities

4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 6 ratings

HIS251Europe Since 1945

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings

HIS303The Crusades and Medieval Society

4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings

HIS308Britain and France in the Age of Revolution

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings

HIS310Britain Since 1945: Postcolonial Disruptions

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings

HIS316

3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings

HIS330European Intellectual History, 1870-1945

2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 5 ratings

HIS374Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings

HIS399Topics in U.S. History

3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings

CEG523Historiography

2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 4 ratings

HIS226Modern Jewish History: Dilemmas of Difference

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings

HIS248Modern Europe, 1815-1914

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings

HIS306

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings

HIS314Indigenous-Settler Relations in the United States

3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings

HIS323Women of Color in the U.S

2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 4 ratings

HIS332Postcolonial South Asia

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings

HIS365Environmental History of North America

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings

HIS402

4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings

LRN131

5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings

SCH102University Scholars Seminar

2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings

SUS201Systems and Models

5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings

WST333

4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings

AFS400

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings

HIS 105United States History Since 1877

5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings

HIS01

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings

HIS1O4United States Since 1877

2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 3 ratings

HIS250WWII

1.4 out of 5 stars1.4· 3 ratings

HIS319

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

HIS328History of New York City

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 3 ratings

HIS334Women and Gender in Pre-Modern European History

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

HIS347

3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings

HIS400

3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings

HIS412

5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings

HIS422

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

HIST103

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings

HIST268

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

HON401Global Issues

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

JDS241Nazi Genocide and the Holocaust

2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings

JRN208

3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings

WST345

4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings

HIS 216History of the Middle East

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HIS247Modern Korea through Visual Culture

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HIS302Environmental History in Global Perspective

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HIS304Religion, Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

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WST360Women and Gender in Pre-Modern European History

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