Department of History

Location: Central Classroom Building, Room 211

Phone: 303-615-0500

E-Mail: history@msudenver.edu

Website: History Department Website

Programs

• History Major, B.A.

• History Minor

• History Major, B.A. with Secondary Social Studies Teacher Licensure Concentration

Courses

• HIS 1005 - Ancient Civilizations
• HIS 1030 - World History to 1500
• HIS 1032 - Islam in History: From the Prophet to the Present
• HIS 1035 - The Medieval World
• HIS 1040 - World History since 1500
• HIS 1045 - Europe, Renaissance to the Present
• HIS 1150 - Race and Social Justice in U.S. History
• HIS 1210 - American History to 1865
• HIS 1220 - American History since 1865
• HIS 1250 - China and East Asia
• HIS 1260 - Asia in Global Perspective
• HIS 1270 - India and South Asia
• HIS 1300 - Introduction to Latin American History
• HIS 1600 - Women in World History
• HIS 1700 - Nature and Society
• HIS 1940 - Survey of African History
• HIS 2090 - The Black Lives Matter Movement and the Origins of Modern Black Protest
• HIS 3000 - Historical Writing and Thinking
• HIS 3001 - Magic in the British Isles, 1500-1700 (HWT)
• HIS 3120 - Medieval Europe and its Neighbors
• HIS 3130 - History of Cyprus
• HIS 3131 - Ancient Greece
• HIS 3132 - Age of Alexander and the Ancient Mediterranean World
• HIS 3140 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIS 3160 - Rome and the Caesars
• HIS 3170 - Early Christianity to 500 C.E.
• HIS 3200 - Early Modern Europe, 1648-1789
• HIS 3210 - French Revolution and Napoleon 1715-1815
• HIS 3230 - Nineteenth-Century Europe
• HIS 3245 - Russian History from Princes to Putin
• HIS 3260 - Twentieth-Century Europe, 1914-2000
• HIS 3270 - Issues in European History: Variable Topics
• HIS 3290 - Nazi Germany
• HIS 3320 - Britain since 1714
• HIS 3330 - Medieval England
• HIS 3331 - Tudor and Stuart England
• HIS 3340 - Ireland and the Irish
• HIS 3360 - Women in European History
• HIS 3400 - Issues in American History: Variable Topics
• HIS 3410 - American Colonial History
• HIS 3420 - American West
• HIS 3425 - Colorado and the Nation
• HIS 3426 - Colorado Water and the American West
• HIS 3427 - History of Denver
• HIS 3430 - American Revolution and Early National Period, 1763-1848
• HIS 3440 - American Slavery
• HIS 3463 - Getting Schooled: A History of American Education
• HIS 3490 - Native American History
• HIS 3520 - Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIS 3530 - American Baseball History
• HIS 3540 - Emergence of Modern U.S., 1877-1920
• HIS 3560 - Chicana/o History, 1836 to the Present
• HIS 3570 - African American History I
• HIS 3580 - African American History II
• HIS 3590 - American Immigration History
• HIS 3625 - American Environmental History
• HIS 3640 - U.S. World War I through World War II
• HIS 3650 - U.S. Women’s History
• HIS 3655 - Women of the American West
• HIS 3660 - American Protest: The History of Social Movements from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century
• HIS 3670 - U.S. Foreign Relations: Variable Topics
• HIS 3675 - The American Presidency
• HIS 3681 - Film as Social History
• HIS 3683 - American Religious History
• HIS 3690 - American Military History
• HIS 3700 - Modern China
• HIS 3705 - 100,000 Years of War
• HIS 3706 - Holy Land Archaeology
• HIS 3707 - Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
• HIS 3711 - Caribbean History and Culture
• HIS 3715 - Food in World History
• HIS 3720 - Themes in World History: Variable Topics
• HIS 3725 - The World since 1900
• HIS 3734 - World War I and the Making of the Modern World
• HIS 3735 - World War II, 1939-1948
• HIS 3740 - Modern Japan
• HIS 3745 - History of Meso-America: Pre-Columbian and Colonial Periods
• HIS 3746 - History of Modern Mexico
• HIS 3747 - Latin American Revolutions
• HIS 3750 - India and South Asia since 1500
• HIS 3760 - Modern Middle East
• HIS 3770 - World of Islam [ARCHIVED FALL 2025]
• HIS 3780 - Issues in World History: Variable Topics
• HIS 3781 - Holocaust and Genocide: Memory and Method
• HIS 3782 - History of Human Rights
• HIS 3785 - Science and Technology in World History
• HIS 3790 - The United States and Vietnam
• HIS 3830 - The Mexican Revolution
• HIS 3855 - History of Sexuality
• HIS 3890 - Readings in History: Variable Topics
• HIS 3920 - Hip-Hop Culture and Rap Music
• HIS 3930 - Public History
• HIS 3980 - Internship in History
• HIS 3990 - History Pedagogy Laboratory
• HIS 3991 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
• HIS 4010 - Methods of Teaching Social Science: Secondary School
• HIS 4020 - Field Experience in Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools
• HIS 4820 - Senior Seminar