Undergraduate Programs
Our Program
In CSU’s undergraduate program, students learn about the political, social, environmental, and cultural forces that shape human history. We analyze written and archaeological evidence from regions around the world in order to understand choices made at critical moments, interactions across boundaries, and the perspectives of diverse communities. Our program has special strengths in the history of the American West, Environmental History, and the practice of Public History
Major Concentrations
Add an area of focus to your Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History
General History
Focus on specific time periods or geographical regions and explore historical themes such as race and gender, humans and the environment, frontiers and borderlands, and empire and revolution.
Social Studies & Teaching
Study historical themes, time periods, and geographical regions as you pursue the requirements for the social studies undergraduate teaching licensure.
Language
Focus on historical themes in regions that share a language and other cultural background.
Digital & Public History
Discover and use emerging digital research tools and learn how historians inform and engage the public in museums, documentaries, podcasts, and more. This concentration requires an internship
Blaze Your Trail
How to Choose a Major and degree path that aligns with your interests
Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts in History at CSU can easily combine their career goals with their interests, by selecting courses broken out into specific world shaping categories like war and diplomacy, women and gender, the environment, religion, and more.
Mapping out your undergraduate degree in history using this trail-style method is optional, and can be guided by Stephanie Nielsen, the Academic Success Coordinator for the Department of History.
STEP 1: FIND YOUR FOOTING
- HIST 300: ANCIENT GREECE
- HIST 301: ROMAN REPUBLIC
- HIST 329: EUROPE IN CONFLICT 1914-42
- HIST 339: WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE
- HIST 357: AMERICAN MILITARY EXPERIENCE
- HIST 345: U.S. CIVIL WAR
- HIST 347: U.S. 1917-1945
- HIST 350: AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE 1914
- HIST 438: MODERN MIDDLE EAST
- HIST 464: PACIFIC WARS–PHILIPPINES AND WWII
- HIST 465: PACIFIC WARS–KOREA AND VIETNAM
- HIST 472A: WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE–NORMANDY CAMPAIGN
- HIST 338: HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- HIST 340: COLONIAL AM BORDERLANDS (COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA)
- HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
- HIST 345: CIVIL WAR
- HIST 360: U.S. IMMIGRATION (RACE & ETHNICITY IN U.S.
- IMMIGRATION HISTORY)
- HIST 366: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
- HIST 367: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865
- HIST 371: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
- HIST 467: MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
- HIST 354: AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
- HIST 355: AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL
- HIST 381A3: PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- (HUMANS AND NATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES)
- HIST 439: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- HIST 476: HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
- HIST 481A: HISTORY OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
- HIST 304: WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE & ROME
- HIST 320: WOMEN & GENDER IN EUROPE, 1450-1789
- HIST 358: AMERICAN WOMEN TO 1800
- HIST 359: AMERICAN WOMEN SINCE 1800
- HIST 369: SEXUALITY IN AMERICA
- HIST 371: CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA
- HIST 302: ROMAN EMPIRE
- HIST 303: HELLENISTIC GREECE
- HIST 324: IMPERIAL RUSSIA
- HIST 325: IRELAND
- HIST 328: EUROPE 1815-1914
- HIST 333: CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
- HIST 340: COLONIAL AMERICAN BORDERLANDS (COLONIAL
- NORTH AMERICA)
- HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
- HIST 353 U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS
- HIST 361: AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE AGE OF CONQUEST
- HIST 410: COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
- HIST 420: AFRICAN STATES & EMPIRES
- HIST 421: AFRICA–COLONIALISM TO INDEPENDENCE
- HIST 433: MUHAMMAD AND THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM
- HIST 436: THE LAND OF ISRAEL–PAST AND PRESENT
- HIST 438: MODERN MIDDLE EAST
- HIST 440: MODERN SOUTH ASIA–COLONIALISM & NATIONALISM
- HIST 456: EAST ASIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
- HIST 461: RISE & FALL OF THE
- HIST 301: ROMAN REPUBLIC
- HIST 324: IMPERIAL RUSSIA
- HIST 325: IRELAND–CULTURE POLITICS
- HIST 331: SOVIET UNION
- HIST 341: EMPIRE, RACE, & REVOLUTION (18TH C. AMERICA)
- HIST 414: REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
- HIST 452: CHINA IN THE MODERN WORLD
- HIST 308: ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY
- HIST 309: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
- HIST 317: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION EUROPE
- HIST 431: ANCIENT ISRAEL
- HIST 432: SACRED HISTORY IN THE BIBLE & THE QUR’AN
- HIST 433: MUHAMMAD & THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM
- HIST 435: JIHAD & REFORM IN ISLAMIC HISTORY
- HIST 436: THE LAND OF ISRAEL–PAST & PRESENT
- HIST 438: MODERN MIDDLE EAST
- HIST467: MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
STEP 2
Start Down A Trail
When you find a trail that appeals to your interests, enroll in courses linked to the trail. Use the courses to fulfill your degree requirements.
STEP 3
Discover Connections
In your coursework, make connections along the trails you’ve journeyed. Consider research projects that connect to your trail’s theme. Talk to faculty and your peers to make more connections outside the classroom.
STEP 4
Complete Your Degree
Consider doing a capstone project that coordinates with your trail. Use the courses that you’ve completed along your trail to fulfill your history requirements and electives.
Our Minors
General History
Focus on specific time periods or geographical regions and explore historical themes such as race and gender, humans and the environment, frontiers and borderlands, and empire and revolution.
For questions about a History minor, contact Caitlyn Mlodzik.
Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Studies
Research the major religious traditions across the globe. Analyze religious phenomena and experience from the perspective of different disciplines and through a variety of media, including music, art, literature, and historical texts. For questions about the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, contact Dr. James Lindsay.
Do You Have Questions About Our History Program?
Questions about courses and checklists?
- Contact Carol Erwin for academic advising and guidance on check sheets, Carol.Erwin@colostate.edu.
- You can also contact Caitlyn Mlodzik to add a history minor at caitlyn.mlodzik@colostate.edu.
- To declare or change a major, please contact the Academic Support Center.
Questions about the History program?
Dr. Doug Yarrington is the Undergraduate Studies Coordinator for the History Department. Contact him for any questions about the History program.
Interested in Joining the History Department?
Future Students
Change Your Major
Contact the CLA Academic Support Center at 970-491-3117 or stop by Clark C207