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The MIT History Faculty offers about 70 subjects in the areas of Ancient, North American, European, East Asian, and Middle Eastern history. Read more about History at MIT.

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Undergraduate Courses

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 Course #Course TitleTerm
 
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21H.001How to Stage a RevolutionFall 2007
 
21H.101American History to 1865Fall 2005
 
21H.102The Emergence of Modern America 1865-PresentSpring 2003
 
21H.104JRiots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American HistoryFall 2004
 
21H.105American ClassicsFall 2002
 
21H.105American ClassicsSpring 2006
 
21H.112The American RevolutionSpring 2006
 
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21H.116JThe Civil War and ReconstructionFall 2005
 
21H.126America in Depression and WarSpring 2003
 
21H.131America in the Nuclear AgeFall 2000
 
21H.150JIntroduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical ExperienceFall 2005
 
21H.153JRace and Gender in Asian AmericaSpring 2006
 
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21H.206American Consumer CultureFall 2007
 
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21H.221The Places of Migration in United States HistoryFall 2006
 
21H.223War & American SocietyFall 2002
 
21H.224Law and Society in US HistorySpring 2003
 
21H.225JGender and the Law in U.S. HistorySpring 2004
 
21H.231JAmerican Urban History ISpring 2005
 
21H.232JAmerican Urban History IIFall 2004
 
21H.234JDowntownSpring 2005
 
21H.301The Ancient World: GreeceFall 2004
 
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21H.302The Ancient World: RomeSpring 2005
 
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21H.306The Emergence of Europe: 500-1300Fall 2003
 
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21H.311The Renaissance, 1300-1600Fall 2004
 
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21H.326The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and EuropeSpring 1998
 
21H.342The Royal FamilyFall 2003
 
21H.346France 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, NapoleonFall 2005
 
21H.402The Making of a Roman EmperorFall 2005
 
21H.405JThe Ancient CitySpring 2005
 
21H.411History of Western Thought, 500-1300Fall 2004
 
21H.416JMedieval Economic History in Comparative PerspectiveSpring 2006
 
21H.418From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-PresentFall 2005
 
21H.421Introduction to Environmental HistorySpring 2004
 
21H.433The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th CenturiesSpring 2005
 
21H.443European Imperialism in the 19th and 20th CenturiesSpring 2006
 
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21H.447Nazi Germany and the HolocaustFall 2004
 
21H.466Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and PoliticsFall 2008
 
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21H.467JSoviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991Spring 2003
 
21H.504East Asia in the WorldSpring 2003
 
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21H.522Japan in the Age of the Samurai: History and FilmFall 2006
 
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21H.560Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East AsiaFall 2004
 
21H.571The Making of Modern South AsiaFall 2006
 
21H.575JWomen in South Asia from 1800 to PresentFall 2006
 
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21H.580From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central EurasiaFall 2003
 
21H.601Islam, the Middle East, and the WestFall 2006
 
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21H.615The Middle East in 20th CenturySpring 2003
 
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21H.802Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, DemocracySpring 2005
 
21H.907Trials in HistoryFall 2000
 
21H.909People and Other AnimalsFall 2005
 
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21H.912The World Since 1492Spring 2003
 
21H.912The World Since 1492Fall 2004
 
21H.914Jewish History from Biblical to Modern TimesFall 2007
 
21H.917JVisualizing CulturesSpring 2008
 
21H.927JThe Economic History of Work and FamilySpring 2005
 
21H.931Seminar in Historical MethodsSpring 2002
 
21H.931Seminar in Historical MethodsSpring 2003
 
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21H.931Seminar in Historical MethodsSpring 2004
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Graduate Courses

Updated within the past 180 days

 Course #Course TitleTerm
 
21H.234JDowntownSpring 2005
 
21H.418From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-PresentFall 2005
 
21H.952JReadings in American History Since 1877Fall 2003
 
21H.968JNature, Environment, and EmpireSpring 2005
 
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21H.991JTheories and Methods in the Study of HistoryFall 2003
 
21H.991JTheories and Methods in the Study of HistoryFall 2004
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