Concentration Track 1. American History

Students of American History explore the broad sweep of the history of the United States, looking at the delicate balance between individual freedom and a cohesive national government. How did the United States reconcile an institution of slavery against a belief in human liberty, or the virtues of agricultural society against a rapidly emerging industrial strength? How did the United States go from the concepts of colonialists to the most powerful nation in the world in just 160 years? American History courses survey U.S. history and delve deeply into specific topics.

HST 249 the U.S., The Middle East and the Gulf Wars

HST 271 African American History, 1619-1860

HST 272 African American History Since 1860

HST 280 History of U.S.-Latin America Relations, 1800-Present

HST 291 American Foreign Relations to 1898

HST 292 American Foreign Relations Since 1898

HST 318 The History of Sports in America

HST 319 The History Black Music in America

HST 331 Capitalism: A History

HST 332 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy: Industrialization and the American State, 1877-1920

HST 333 The United States in the Twentieth Century, 1898-1945

HST 334 The United States in the Twentieth Century, Since 1945

HST 359 The Age of Franklin

HST 360 Native America: From Pre-History to the Trail of Tears

HST 361 Native America: 1832 to the Present

HST 362 History of Piracy

HST 363 Naval History:  U.S.S. Constitution

HST 370 Workers in America

HST 371 U.S. Women’s History: Colonial to 1865

HST 372 US Women’s History: 1865 to Present

HST 381 American Colonial History

HST 382 The American Revolution

HST 383 Boston: The Heritage of a City

HST 388 Crime in America: Twentieth Century Case Studies

HST 389 American Constitutional History I

HST 390 Constitutional History II: From the 14th Amendment to the Present

HST 391 The Young Nation: US History, 1789-1850

HST 392 The American Civil War and Reconstruction

HST 393 America: The Old and New South

HST 394 Slavery

HST 395 Race and Ethnicity in American History

HST 469 Research Seminar: African American Life in Slavery and Freedom - Reconstruction and The Freedman’s Bureau Papers

HST 481 Boston in History, Literature, and Film

HST 482 Culture of the Sixties

HST 483 Death, Disease and Healing in American History 

HST 485 History of American Law

HST 486 The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film

HST 487 History, Literature and the South

HST 489 Law, Literature and History

HST 494 Politics and Protest