History majors/minors can elect a focus in the history of empires and nations. This entirely optional approach allows students the opportunity to add depth and breadth to their understanding of the history of empires and nations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the United States. Department courses include:
- Rise of Islam
- Sultans, Harems, and Slaves: The Ottoman Empire
- Modern Middle East
- Palestine Before Israel
- Israel, Palestine, and their Neighbors
- Colonial America
- Colonial Latin America & the Caribbean
- Visual Culture in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Revolutionary America
- American Foreign Policy
- Africa since 1800
- Mediterranean Encounters
- World War I and Remembrance
- Holocaust in Cinema
- World War II and Memory
- Revolution & the Birth of Modern Europe (c. 1787-1900)
- Civil War, Holocaust, Crisis: Europe 1900-1945
- From Cold War to Unification: Europe 1945-Present
- The French Revolution & Napoleon
- France from Napoleon to the Great War, 1814 – 1914
- Intro to Traditional China
- Modern China
- History of Korea
- Edge of Empire: China and Its Neighbors
- Intro to Traditional Japan
- History of the American West
- Foundations of the British Peoples to c.1485
- From England to the UK c. 1399-c. 1800
- The British Empire/Commonwealth: Rise & Decline, c.1760-c. 2000
