History majors/minors can elect a focus in the histories of colonialism and decolonization. This entirely optional approach allows students the opportunity to add depth and breadth to their understanding of the history of colonialism and decolonization in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the United States. Department courses include:
- Colonial Latin America & the Caribbean
- Modern Latin America & the Caribbean
- Race and Ethnicity in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Sex, Beauty, and the Body in Brazil & the Caribbean
- Environmental History of Latin America & the Caribbean
- African Independence and Liberation
- Africa since 1800
- Medicine and Power in African History
- Global Health and African History
- Modern Middle East
- Palestine Before Israel
- Israel, Palestine, and their Neighbors
- Colonial America
- World War I and Remembrance
- World War II and Memory
- From Cold War to Unification: Europe 1945-Present
- American Foreign Policy
