History (HIST)
History Courses
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A survey of major themes in the social, political, and cultural development of the western world from its ancient origins to 1500.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A survey of major themes in the social, political, and cultural development of the western world from 1500 to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Football as a game and institution in American society and culture. Topics include gender, militarism, patriotism, labor, tax, and race issues in the US.
Prerequisites: none
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Hist 404 with a similar topic.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Global perspective on the development of the civilizations of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from prehistoric times to the dawn of the modern era.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Global perspective on the development and integration of the civilizations of the world from the age of European expansion to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A thematic survey of global history exploring the changing concepts of gender, sexuality, and the family from prehistory to the present. Topics include genealogy, demography, kinship, law, artistic representation, feminist analysis, and sexual diversity studies.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Cross-cultural study of U.S. ethnic and racial identities through materials from literature, history, and the media, with attention to African-, Asian-, Hispanic-, and Native-American experiences.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Cultures and Communities Program course; required service learning component.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of American social, political and economic development to 1877.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of American social, political, diplomatic, and economic development, from 1877 to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of American social, political, diplomatic, and economic development, from 1877 to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the culture, history, and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan from earliest times.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the culture, history, and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan since 1600.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Lecture course designed to familiarize students with the broad parameters of Latin American history, emphasis on themes of continuity and change.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: No cr for students with cr in Hist 388, 389, or 390.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2001.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2008.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
This course examines the historical dimensions and demonstrates the importance of historical thinking for the understanding of contemporary problems and crises.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Mesopotamians, biblical Palestinians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, and Greeks to 323 B.C.E.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have had any Hist courses numbered 121, 303, or 304.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the history of ancient Rome from its beginnings to the time of Constantine the Great.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students who have had any Hist courses numbered 122, 307 or 308.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Studies in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fourth to the tenth centuries.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Studies in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of modern western civilization.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open for cr to students w/cr in Hist 374 or 375.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
War, revolution, colonialism in global perspective; role of science, communication, and technology; shifting concepts of gender, class, race, and authority; internationalization of ideas and commerce.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Examines the role of property rights, technology, forms of enterprise, and business-state relations and the economic benefits and social costs of economic change.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Education and professionalization of minorities in science, medicine, and nursing; minorities as patients and scientific subjects; biographies of minority scientists; scientific theories of racial inferiority.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Natural Science and Wellness
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Celtic period, Roman occupation, the Anglo-Saxons, Christianization of England, Norman conquest, feudalism, medieval peasantry, Black Death, rise of the Tudors, Renaissance, Reformation, English revolution.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Examines change and continuities in British life from 1688 to the present against the backdrop of industrialization, imperial expansion, industrial decline, and decolonization.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The Polish lands and Central Europe in the 19th century, from the Napoleonic era to the First World War.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2007, Spring 1997, Spring 1994.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Social, economic, cultural, religious, and political aspects of the history of women from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Social, economic, cultural, religious and political aspects of the history of women and gender from the Enlightenment to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The changing, economic, social, and political roles of American women, their relationship to public and private life, and their evolving self-consciousness.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open to students who have taken Hist 423.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Origins and course of what became the Great War. The peace settlements. Emphasis on economic and social change as well as military and diplomatic matters.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The origins and course of the war in Europe from 1939 to 1945. Emphasis on political and diplomatic aspects as well as military matters.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A survey of Native American history from aboriginal times to 1887. Emphasis will be placed on American policies and change within Indian societies.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: AIS 262 & HIST 262 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A survey of American Indian history since 1887 with emphasis on federal policies and changing Indian societies in the twentieth century.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: AIS 263 & HIST 263 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A history of racial attitudes and their impact on racial minorities in the United States from 1607 to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open to students with cr in HIST 165(ER).
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 1997, Fall 1995, Summer 1994.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
History and culture of Latinos in the United States from the colonial period to the present; emphasis on Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban experiences.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: HIST 267 and LATINX 267 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The American frontier experience; Indian policy, expansion; fur trade; settlement; communications, mining frontier; cattle frontier, and the impact of westward expansion on the nation.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2008, Fall 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The history of Asians in the United States from 1849 to the present emphasizing the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and southeast Asian experiences of immigration, discrimination, and assimilation in different regions in the United States.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
American historical topics of current importance.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic. Students may take any combination of Hist 250, 270 & 290 not to exceed 9 cr.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Overview of social upheavals; how 1960s shaped racial and ethnic identities, youth culture, sexual mores, community activism, art and fashion, political values; decade's enduring influence.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Culture of Egypt, with particular attention to its literature reflecting social, political, and religious conditions; emphasis on Egyptian-Hebrew contacts during the second millenium.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Classic (Hebr St) 274 & Hist 274 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The rise and spread of Islam in medieval times; its social and political history and its contribution to world civilization.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The challenge of colonialisms--Ottoman, Portuguese, French and British--and the response of nationalisms-Arab, Turkish, Persian, and Zionist; also the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A history of Buddhism from the 5th century BCE to the present, considering Buddhist texts, doctrines, and institutions, and their evolution as Buddhism has spread to new cultures.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Origins, conduct, and meaning of the Korean conflict, 1950-1953.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 1989.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A political, social, and cultural history of the Vietnamese and American dimensions of the war in Vietnam.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: introductory course in history; 2.50 GPA, and written consent of supervising faculty member and department chair.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2012, Spring 2007, Summer 2005, Fall 2002.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Global, comparative, and non-western historical topics of current importance.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic. Students may take any combination of Hist 250, 270, & 290 not to exceed 9 cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The practical problems of historical research: question-framing, research design, use of sources, academic integrity, bibliography, archives, manuscript collections, databases, and online repositories.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Studies in history of contacts and conflicts between differing civilizations. European, Near Eastern, Asian, African, and American topics are treated in cross-cultural perspective.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2008, Spring 2002, Spring 1993, Spring 1992.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: acceptance to UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
Course Rules: One credit for 45 hrs research. May be retaken to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Spring 2006.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program coursework.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 1997, Spring 1995, Summer 1994.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Greek history from prehistoric times to the death of Alexander the Great.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Greek history from prehistoric times to the death of Alexander the Great.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Macedonian state to the death of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic states.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Macedonian state to the death of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic states.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Roman history from the beginnings of the Roman state to the death of Julius Caesar.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Roman history from the beginnings of the Roman state to the death of Julius Caesar.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Roman history from the death of Julius Caesar to the fall of the empire in the west.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P);or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Roman history from the death of Julius Caesar to the fall of the empire in the west.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P);or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The intellectual development of medieval Europe, from the twelfth century to the fourteenth century.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The intellectual development of medieval Europe, from the twelfth century to the fourteenth century.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A consideration of the relationships between western Europe and the East in the period of the Crusades.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
A consideration of the relationships between western Europe and the East in the period of the Crusades.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Evolution of warfare in the Middle Ages; technology, tactics, strategy, and interaction with politics and culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Evolution of warfare in the Middle Ages; technology, tactics, strategy, and interaction with politics and culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Spring 2008.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Spring 2008.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the papacy, the world's most visible and influential religious office, from its origins to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Not open to students with credit in HIST 600 with the same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the papacy, the world's most visible and influential religious office, from its origins to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Not open to students with credit in HIST 600 with the same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of autocracy and expansion of Russia's multi-ethnic empire; Russian economic, political, and intellectual developments under the tsars; reform and revolution.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of autocracy and expansion of Russia's multi-ethnic empire; Russian economic, political, and intellectual developments under the tsars; reform and revolution.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Russian cultural, social, and political history since the revolutions of 1917.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Russian cultural, social, and political history since the revolutions of 1917.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The effects of two world wars in East-Central Europe. The independence and subjugation of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Baltic States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The effects of two world wars in East-Central Europe. The independence and subjugation of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Baltic States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Developments in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary since the Second World War. The origins, development, decline, and fall of communist rule in Central Europe.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Developments in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary since the Second World War. The origins, development, decline, and fall of communist rule in Central Europe.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
France as a political experiment, complex society, intellectual and cultural center, and imperial power since 1815, with emphasis on the period since the late nineteenth century.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
France as a political experiment, complex society, intellectual and cultural center, and imperial power since 1815, with emphasis on the period since the late nineteenth century.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the Jews in Europe from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on their cultural production.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Hist 358 & Jewish 358 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the Jews in Europe from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on their cultural production.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Hist 358 & Jewish 358 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Rise and fall of Third Reich; Weimar Republic and collapse; Hitler's conquest of power, national socialist state, World War II; catastrophe and reconstruction.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Rise and fall of Third Reich; Weimar Republic and collapse; Hitler's conquest of power, national socialist state, World War II; catastrophe and reconstruction.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The rise of Nazism; anti-Semitism; annihilation of Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities; Jewish responses and resistance; legacy of persecution.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with HIST 295 'Historical Encounters: The Holocaust.'
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The rise of Nazism; anti-Semitism; annihilation of Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities; Jewish responses and resistance; legacy of persecution.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with HIST 295 'Historical Encounters: The Holocaust.'
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in the history of religious thought, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Intensive reading and student reports will be stressed.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in the history of religious thought, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Intensive reading and student reports will be stressed.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in European history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in European history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected issues in global history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected issues in global history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in the history of gender, family, and sexuality.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in the history of gender, family, and sexuality.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Cold War; the recovery of Europe; student revolutions and spiritual crisis; economic stagnation; moves toward European unification; breakup of the Soviet bloc.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Cold War; the recovery of Europe; student revolutions and spiritual crisis; economic stagnation; moves toward European unification; breakup of the Soviet bloc.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of China from prehistoric times to 1600; attention to development of distinctive qualities of Chinese philosophy, politics, society, and material culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of China from prehistoric times to 1600; attention to development of distinctive qualities of Chinese philosophy, politics, society, and material culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Opium Wars to the establishment of People's Republic in 1949. Major political, economic and social issues.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Opium Wars to the establishment of People's Republic in 1949. Major political, economic and social issues.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the socialist revolution in China. Background examination of the Chinese communist movement, but major emphasis on People's Republic from 1949 to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the socialist revolution in China. Background examination of the Chinese communist movement, but major emphasis on People's Republic from 1949 to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Historical survey of major currents in Jewish culture and society from antiquity to the present day, with particular focus on the modern era.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: HIST 379 and JEWISH 379 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of Buddhist culture in Asia and contemporary globalized world; intertwining themes of individual purification and Buddhist visions of just and unjust societies.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of Buddhist culture in Asia and contemporary globalized world; intertwining themes of individual purification and Buddhist visions of just and unjust societies.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Honors seminar topics that explore how identities, perspectives, and civic contexts shape people's experiences and participation in society.
Prerequisites: sophomore standing, HONORS 200(P), and consent of Honors College director.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined 9 cr max in HIST 382, HIST 398, & HIST 399. Counts as repeat of HIST 399 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: Civics and Perspectives
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of themes in African history before 1850, prior to the onset of the establishment of widespread 'formal' colonial rule.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of themes in African history before 1850, prior to the onset of the establishment of widespread 'formal' colonial rule.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines prominent themes in African and global history, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines prominent themes in African and global history, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Surveys the history of South Africa and Zimbabwe with special reference to the twentieth century, comparing their struggles for majority rule.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Surveys the history of South Africa and Zimbabwe with special reference to the twentieth century, comparing their struggles for majority rule.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An upper-division survey course spanning all periods of Mexican history, with special emphasis on the historical origins and development of major contemporary issues.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An upper-division survey course spanning all periods of Mexican history, with special emphasis on the historical origins and development of major contemporary issues.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Japanese political, economic, and social development, cultural change, and major historical figures, from ancient times to 1600.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Japanese political, economic, and social development, cultural change, and major historical figures, from ancient times to 1600.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Japan's rise as modern nation-state and economic power; evolution of social, political, cultural institutions from establishment of Tokugawa shogunate through Meji restoration to present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Japan's rise as modern nation-state and economic power; evolution of social, political, cultural institutions from establishment of Tokugawa shogunate through Meji restoration to present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of decolonization and independence in Africa: African adaptations to colonial rule; processes of decolonization; nationalism; and notions of sovereignty. Prereq: Prereq: jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of decolonization and independence in Africa: African adaptations to colonial rule; processes of decolonization; nationalism; and notions of sovereignty. Prereq: Prereq: jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Reading, discussion, and presentation of papers to help students acquire an understanding of important historical problems from a humanities perspective.
Prerequisites: 200-level HONORS course and consent of Honors College Director.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined 9 cr max in HIST 398 & HIST 399. Counts as repeat of HIST 270 & HIST 404 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: Humanities and Arts
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Readings, discussion, and presentation of papers to help students acquire an understanding of important historical problems from a social science perspective.
Prerequisites: 200-level HONORS course and consent of Honors College Director.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined 9 cr max in HIST 398 and HIST 399.
General Education Requirements: Social and Behavioral Science
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in Middle Eastern history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in Middle Eastern history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of Asia.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of Asia.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of the United States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected themes and issues in the history of the United States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Background to revolution; British policy and American protest; political, social, diplomatic, and military phases of the War for Independence; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of 1787.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Background to revolution; British policy and American protest; political, social, diplomatic, and military phases of the War for Independence; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of 1787.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the relationship between sectional conflict and political and social developments; the explanation of the causes and timing of the Civil War.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the relationship between sectional conflict and political and social developments; the explanation of the causes and timing of the Civil War.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The military conflict from Sumter to Appomattox; policies of Lincoln, Reconstruction and aftermath of slavery.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2010, Spring 2010.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The military conflict from Sumter to Appomattox; policies of Lincoln, Reconstruction and aftermath of slavery.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2010, Spring 2010.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Twenties as a transition period; the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; foreign policies and U.S. participation in World War II.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The Twenties as a transition period; the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; foreign policies and U.S. participation in World War II.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Postwar America, including social and economic developments, Cold War rivalries, and the changing political scenes from the Truman years to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Postwar America, including social and economic developments, Cold War rivalries, and the changing political scenes from the Truman years to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Past interactions between human societies and the natural world on the North American continent.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P).
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
How the United States became involved in two world wars and a cold war, while spreading its interests and influence across the globe.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
How the United States became involved in two world wars and a cold war, while spreading its interests and influence across the globe.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of the conflict between cultural diversity and the melting pot, included are theories about and experiences of ethnic groups in America, particularly the bad west.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of the conflict between cultural diversity and the melting pot, included are theories about and experiences of ethnic groups in America, particularly the bad west.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of the conflict between the ideas of cultural diversity and assimilation, stressing the differing reception and settlement of white and non-white immigrants.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The social and occupational composition of the American working classes and their response to capitalism, socialism, and the organized labor movement.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The social and occupational composition of the American working classes and their response to capitalism, socialism, and the organized labor movement.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Relationship between beer and brewing and social, political, and cultural change in the United States, from colonial times to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in HIST 404 with same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Relationship between beer and brewing and social, political, and cultural change in the United States, from colonial times to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in HIST 404 with same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
African-American history from shores of Africa through Atlantic slave trade to plantation slavery and formation of an African-American community in the New World.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2009, Fall 2004.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
African-American history from shores of Africa through Atlantic slave trade to plantation slavery and formation of an African-American community in the New World.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2009, Fall 2004.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The search for justice and equality, from emancipation in 1865 to the civil rights revolution of the 1960's and beyond.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Summer 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The search for justice and equality, from emancipation in 1865 to the civil rights revolution of the 1960's and beyond.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Summer 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The origins and development of baseball in the United States, its rise as a spectator sport, and its place in American life and culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
The origins and development of baseball in the United States, its rise as a spectator sport, and its place in American life and culture.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Popular culture seen through artifacts and the mass media: popular music, newspapers, magazines, dime novels, film, comics, TV, radio, folk heroes, sports, and 'stars.'
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Popular culture seen through artifacts and the mass media: popular music, newspapers, magazines, dime novels, film, comics, TV, radio, folk heroes, sports, and 'stars.'
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the land and peoples of the Milwaukee area, including Native Americans, Yankee-Yorkers, Germans and other immigrants, and African Americans. Attention to municipal governance, annexation, and Milwaukee's unique history of Socialist mayors.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the land and peoples of the Milwaukee area, including Native Americans, Yankee-Yorkers, Germans and other immigrants, and African Americans. Attention to municipal governance, annexation, and Milwaukee's unique history of Socialist mayors.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Political, economic and social development of Wisconsin, especially since 1815, with attention to such major personalities as the La Follettes, Kohlers, Turner, Hoard, Wright, and Gale.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Summer 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Political, economic and social development of Wisconsin, especially since 1815, with attention to such major personalities as the La Follettes, Kohlers, Turner, Hoard, Wright, and Gale.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Summer 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2013, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Major themes in American religious history through their presence in American film and literature.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P).
Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST 453 taken Fall 2020 or Fall 2021.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Social welfare policies and programs (including evolution of social work profession), 1620-present, in light of major developments in American social and intellectual history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2008, Fall 2006.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Social welfare policies and programs (including evolution of social work profession), 1620-present, in light of major developments in American social and intellectual history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2008, Fall 2006.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Character of American urbanization and its social and political consequences; responses to 'urban problems' from the early nineteenth century to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Character of American urbanization and its social and political consequences; responses to 'urban problems' from the early nineteenth century to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the American feminist movement from colonial times to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of the American feminist movement from colonial times to the present.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of Wisconsin tribes from their earliest years to the present, including European contacts, treaties, the fur trade, and wars.
Prerequisites: junior standing, and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement, level 4 on English Placement Test, or ENGLISH 102(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
History of Wisconsin tribes from their earliest years to the present, including European contacts, treaties, the fur trade, and wars.
Prerequisites: junior standing, and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement, level 4 on English Placement Test, or ENGLISH 102(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Detailed examination of such topics as Indian legal status, culture change, Indian education, Pan-Indianism and gender roles.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max. AIS 474 and HIST 474 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Detailed examination of such topics as Indian legal status, culture change, Indian education, Pan-Indianism and gender roles.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max. AIS 474 and HIST 474 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
American Indian political systems; their interaction with U.S. Indian policy. Indigenous systems of governance; European legal justification for colonization; American Indian sovereignty; Federal-Tribal relationship.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in HIST 474 with similar topic. AIS 475 and HIST 475 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
American Indian political systems; their interaction with U.S. Indian policy. Indigenous systems of governance; European legal justification for colonization; American Indian sovereignty; Federal-Tribal relationship.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in HIST 474 with similar topic. AIS 475 and HIST 475 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of advanced principles of history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); 300-level or above course in HIST; 2.25 GPA; and consent of supervising faculty member and department chair.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced-level undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: junior standing; acceptance to UROP; prior or concurrent registration in UROP seminar.
Course Rules: One credit for 45 hrs research. Retakable to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program coursework.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program coursework.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires department and associate dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one additional semester.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Summer 2003, Summer 2001, Summer 2000.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Systematic exploration of the varieties of historical thought and of common problems in writing history, including causation, generalization, objectivity, purpose and value of history.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P).
Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with credit in, and does not count as repeat of, HIST 291. Previously HIST 293.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Methods and historiography in the history of religion; focus on a particular religious-historical complex.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Methods and historiography in the history of religion; focus on a particular religious-historical complex.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Statistical methods and the computer in analysis of historical problems: statistics through regression; use of social science computer package; special techniques for handling historical data.
Prerequisites: junior standing, completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P), and completion of GER Quantitative Literacy Part A (QL-A) requirement, or Math Placement Level 30, or a grade of C or higher in any 100-level Math course (excluding MATH 194 or MATH 199) or MATH 111/PHILOS 111; or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Statistical methods and the computer in analysis of historical problems: statistics through regression; use of social science computer package; special techniques for handling historical data.
Prerequisites: junior standing, completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P), and completion of GER Quantitative Literacy Part A (QL-A) requirement, or Math Placement Level 30, or a grade of C or higher in any 100-level Math course (excluding MATH 194 or MATH 199) or MATH 111/PHILOS 111; or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to maps, both as historical artifacts and as instruments for reinterpreting historical realities.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to maps, both as historical artifacts and as instruments for reinterpreting historical realities.
Prerequisites: junior standing; and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Career opportunities for historians in historical agencies, focusing on the work and methods of archivists, museum curators, historic preservationists, oral historians, and administrators.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); and consent of the coordinator of public history; or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Career opportunities for historians in historical agencies, focusing on the work and methods of archivists, museum curators, historic preservationists, oral historians, and administrators.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); and consent of the coordinator of public history; or graduate standing.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
In-depth investigation of a period or theme in history. Emphasis on designing and writing a research paper based on primary and secondary sources.
Prerequisites: senior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); completion of Quantitative Literacy Part A (QL-A) requirement, or Math Placement Level 30, or a grade of C or higher in any 100-level Math course (excluding MATH 194 or MATH 199) or MATH 111/PHILOS 111; HIST 294 or HIST 593; and declared History major.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic with petition to department chair to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Senior research project for history majors.
Prerequisites: senior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); HIST 294(P) or HIST 593(P); declared History major; and consent of faculty thesis advisor & department chair.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Senior research project for history majors.
Prerequisites: HIST 681(P); and completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced independent work under the supervision of a history faculty member. Students must submit study proposal.
Prerequisites: junior standing; completion of Oral and Written Communication Competency Part A (OWC-A) requirement or ENGLISH 102(P); 2.0 GPA; and consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar in the history, ethics, and practice of public history; explores case studies, audio-visual resources, digital-humanities tools, professional pathways, interdisciplinary approaches to historical interpretation, and the challenges and opportunities of co-creating projects for public audiences.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Graduate internship at a public-history institution; requirements determined and evaluation arranged on an individual basis.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of director of public history.
Course Rules: Total of 6 cr required for the public history specialization of the M.A. degree and the public history minor in the PhD degree.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on history of historical writing and thought, including such theoretical problems as objectivity, generalization, the nature of historical explanation, and the value of history.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar addressing evaluation of evidence, quantitative methods, and application of social science methodology to historical research.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on history and methodology of studying small towns, rural areas, cities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on professional and pedagogical aspects of historical work, including course management, lecture writing, grading, and grant writing.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on uses of new forms of technology in historical research and teaching.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on the major figures and intellectual forces that have shaped multiple approaches to the modern across the academy.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: ENGLISH 740 and HIST 740 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2011, Fall 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on major figures and intellectual forces that have shaped approaches to the modern across periods.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: ENGLISH 741 and HIST 741 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2010, Fall 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on issues and problems in U.S. history. Specific topics announced in Timetable each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on issues and problems in urban development and institutions. Specific topics announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/ chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2009, Fall 2006, Spring 1999.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on historiography and practices of global and comparative history.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Fall 2007, Spring 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on historical developments from a global or comparative perspective. Specific topics announced in Timetable each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on historical developments from a modern studies perspective. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites announced in Timetable each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2008.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on issues and problems in European history. Specific topics announced in Timetable each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Studies in modern European diplomatic history, emphasizing historiography, interpretation, and archival sources.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
0 cr. Graduate.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Topics in U.S. history. Specific topics announced in Timetable each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Research in United States history since 1921.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2010, Spring 1984.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Intellectual and cultural figures and movements in U.S. history.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2010, Spring 2007, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Historical developments from a global or comparative perspective. Specific topics announced in the Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Topics in European history.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max. Specific topics announced in the Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
State, society, revolution, war and empire in European history.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Spring 2009, Fall 2006, Fall 2002.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Historical analysis of the current problems of housing, race relations, the powers and functions of municipal government, law enforcement, and city planning in the United States.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Hist 971 & Urb Std 971 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar in historical, social, and ecological growth and development of urban agglomerations. Comparative framework will be used to examine the urban process.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Hist 980 & Urb Std 980 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2010, Spring 2009.
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1-6 cr. Graduate.
Research credits for MA capstone (thesis, projects, etc.) for all options (A, B, C).
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
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1-3 cr. Graduate.
Independent study on topics selected in agreement with supervising professor.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2022, Spring 2022.
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1-6 cr. Graduate.
Research or dissertation work for students in the doctoral program in History.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Retakable as necessary to fulfill dissertation requirements.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
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1-3 cr. Graduate.
Independent study on topics selected in agreement with supervising professor.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
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