New and Upcoming Courses

HIST 157: Global Environmental History (FGC)
Explores the influence of nature—climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms—on human history and the way people, in turn, have influenced the natural world around them.

HIST 368: Global History of Sport
Explores the relationship between sport and society in historical perspective. It analyzes global processes of imperialism, nationalism, globalization, and international relations, and studies themes such as the politics of race, class, and gender.

HIST 430: Persia, Greece, and Rome in the Classical Age
A historical examination of the interaction between the Achaemenid and Parthian empires of Persia and the classical societies of the Mediterranean, such as the Greek city-states, Macedonia, the Hellenistic and Roman Empires.