History at University of Colorado Boulder

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. HIST 1800Introduction to Global History
  2. ARSC 1080College Writing and Research
  3. HIST 3020Historical Thinking & Writing
• 1. HIST 1830Global History of Holocaust and Genocide
  2. ARSC 1080College Writing and Research
  3. HIST 3020Historical Thinking & Writing
• 1. HIST 1012Empire, Revolution and Global War: European History Since 1600
  2. HIST 4423German History 1848-1989: Weimar Republic, Nazism, State Socialism
• 1. HIST 1228Introduction to Sub-Saharan African History Since 1850
  2. HIST 4258Africa under European Colonial Rule

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HIST coursework.

• HIST 3020Historical Thinking & Writingopens 25 courses (19.5 directly)
• HIST 4258Africa under European Colonial Ruleopens 2 courses (0.2 directly)
• HIST 3109Seminar in Asian Historyopens 2 courses (0.1 directly)
• HIST 3110Honors Seminaropens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIST 4423German History 1848-1989: Weimar Republic, Nazism, State Socialismopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HIST 4733The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Regimeopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HIST work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 148 HIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 155 more HIST courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HIST, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at HIST 4349

  1. ARSC 1080College Writing and Research
  2. HIST 3020Historical Thinking & Writing
  3. HIST 3109Seminar in Asian History
  4. HIST 4238History of Southern Africa
  5. HIST 4349Decolonization of the British Empire

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIST 3120

  1. ARSC 1080College Writing and Research
  2. HIST 3020Historical Thinking & Writing
  3. HIST 3110Honors Seminar

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 4320

  1. HIST 1011Greeks, Romans, Kings & Crusaders: European History to 1600
  2. HIST 4711The Medieval Crusades: Holy War and Its History, 1095-1400
  3. HIST 4320The History of the Mediterranean, 600 CE-1600 CE

• 3 courses deep, ending at HIST 4554

  1. HIST 1012Empire, Revolution and Global War: European History Since 1600
  2. HIST 4423German History 1848-1989: Weimar Republic, Nazism, State Socialism
  3. HIST 4554Researching European Jewish Life

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIST yet.

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Department events

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