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History requirements
Explore the reviewed History major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
History Core class, History I or II (one course; required for the Class of 2029 and after, or a 4 or 5 on the European or World History AP exam)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST1001 Europe in the World 1
- HIST1006 Asia in the World II
- HIST1030 Global Environmental History I
- HIST1068 America and the World II
- HIST1078 Globalization II
- HIST1093 Modern History I
- HIST1718 How Sports Explain America: The History of Sports in the United States
- HIST1736 Urban Paradoxes: Histories of Cities, Power, and Environment in the Americas
- HIST1801 The Age of Revolutions
- HIST1822 Core Topics: Europe from the Outside In
- HIST1841 Core Topics: When Worlds Collide: From Contact to the Constitution
- HIST1737 Take Me to the River: The History and Science of U.S. Waterways
- HIST1803 The American Pacific
- HIST1810 The History of the End of the World
- HIST1012 Atlantic Worlds II: Race, Religion, and the Struggle for Democracy
- HIST1027 Modern History I
- HIST1028 Modern History II
- HIST1077 Globalization I
- HIST1505 Planet in Peril: The History and Future of Human Impacts on the Planet
- HIST1627 Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering
- HIST1630 The Meaning of Boston: History and Memory
- HIST1710 Nature and Power: Making the Modern World
- HIST1717 Consumer Culture: Past, Present, and Sustainable Futures
- HIST1731 Creative Women: Society and Culture During the Renaissance
- HIST1833 Resisting and Rebelling II
- HIST1091 Roman History
- HIST1739 Data, Power, and the Making of Modern Science: Historical Perspectives
U.S. History elective (one course at the 2000 or 4000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST2001 Early to Feudal Japan: Peasants, Nobles, & Shoguns
- HIST2180 Africa Since 1850
- HIST2245 Horrors!
- HIST2254 A Social History of Money in the World
- HIST2259 When Women Ruled the British World: From Tudor England to Stuart Britain
- HIST2297 The Russian Empire under the Tsars
- HIST2302 Modern Latin America
- HIST2402 U.S. History II
- HIST2412 The Pacific Northwest
- HIST2414 Dutch and Nordic America: Balancing the Individual and Community
- HIST2463 We Gon' Be Alright: A Pop History of America
- HIST4047 Framing Modern China: A Century of Revolution and Change Through Photography
- HIST4221 The Vikings
- HIST4227 Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism
- HIST4244 Global Political Catholicism
- HIST4268 Brave New Worlds: Communist Utopias and Dystopias
- HIST4281 Film, Media, and Modern Ireland
- HIST4291 War Crimes Trials
- HIST4292 War and Genocide
- HIST4415 U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST4443 America in the 1990s
- HIST4496 U.S. Foreign Policy II, 1945-Present
- HIST4513 Neurodiversity Past and Present
- HIST4807 Religious Freedom in South Asia and Middle East
- HIST2052 The People's Republic of China, 1949-present
- HIST2201 Greek History
- HIST2203 Greco-Roman Egypt
- HIST2232 Imperialism and Decolonization in the Modern World
- HIST2270 Germany Divided and Reunited
- HIST2442 Fire and Disaster in American History
- HIST2454 The FBI: A Legal & Cultural History
- HIST2489 The Contested American South
- HIST2502 Introduction to Feminisms
- HIST2521 The Deep Past: History, Biology, Culture
- HIST2807 Ireland and Empire
- HIST2855 Human Rights in East Asia
- HIST2857 Global History of Colonialism since 1800
- HIST4211 Roman Religion
- HIST4235 A Nation Once Again: Irish Cultural Nationalism
- HIST4236 Britain in the Great War 1914-1918
- HIST4294 Holocaust Literature: History, Memory, Legacy
- HIST4838 Newsworthy Women: British & Irish Women's Press History
- HIST4901 Readings and Research: Independent Study
- HIST4922 Advanced Independent Research
- HIST4962 Honors Thesis
- HIST2230 Science before the Scientific Revolution
- HIST2258 The British Empire: Its Rise and Fall
- HIST2304 Latinx History
- HIST2401 U.S. History I
- HIST2406 This Land is Your Land: U. S. Environmental History
- HIST2453 Counterintelligence: An American Social History
- HIST2475 America's War in Vietnam
- HIST2481 African American History I
- HIST2702 Colonial Pasts/Global Presents
- HIST2703 Is All Commerce Capitalism? Global Histories of Production Exchange and Power
- HIST2804 Irish America
- HIST2817 The U.S. Presidency
- HIST2824 American Urban and Suburban History
- HIST2850 Business, History, and the Politics of Sport
- HIST4005 The Asia Pacific War: A Transnational History
- HIST4090 From the Mughals to Modi: The Making of Modern South Asia
- HIST4122 Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions
- HIST4140 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- HIST4225 The Witch, the Church, and the Law
- HIST4258 Suspicious Minds: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- HIST4267 Life and Death under Stalin
- HIST4282 The Northern Ireland Troubles Through Film and Media
- HIST4458 Nannies, Maids, and Mail Order Brides: Gender and Migration in U.S. History
- HIST4495 U.S. Foreign Policy I
- HIST4497 Terrorism in America
- HIST4703 Environmental Histories of Water
- HIST4705 In the Eye of the Hurricane: An Environmental History of Latin America
- HIST4961 Honors Seminar
- HIST2250 Buddhism and Western Thought
- HIST2260 Britain in the reign of Queen Victoria until World War I
- HIST2469 Korean America
- HIST2520 Industrial Revolution in the World
- HIST2837 Multiculturalism in the Roman Empire
- HIST2875 Development and Social Justice in Korea
- HIST4202 The Culture of Athenian Democracy
- HIST4412 Age of the American Revolution
- HIST4454 Early American Women
- HIST4808 Race, Religion and Labor Migration in the Indian Ocean
- HIST4837 Women in Ireland, 1880-1945: The Rights and Duties of Citizenship
- HIST4921 Advanced Independent Research
The Study and Writing of History (one course; 3000-level, history majors only)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST3256 Study and Writing of History: Odd Women to the New Women
- HIST3321 Study and Writing of History: Resisting Dictatorship in Latin America
- HIST3473 Study and Writing of History: Immigration and Citizenship in Modern America
- HIST3160 The Study and Writing of History: African Decolonization in Global Perspective
- HIST3493 The Study and Writing of History: Post-1950s Boston Social Movements
- HIST3506 The Study and Writing of History: Total Institutions: Prisons, Camps, and Ghettos
Free history electives (two courses at the 2000 or 4000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST2001 Early to Feudal Japan: Peasants, Nobles, & Shoguns
- HIST2180 Africa Since 1850
- HIST2245 Horrors!
- HIST2254 A Social History of Money in the World
- HIST2259 When Women Ruled the British World: From Tudor England to Stuart Britain
- HIST2297 The Russian Empire under the Tsars
- HIST2302 Modern Latin America
- HIST2402 U.S. History II
- HIST2412 The Pacific Northwest
- HIST2414 Dutch and Nordic America: Balancing the Individual and Community
- HIST2463 We Gon' Be Alright: A Pop History of America
- HIST4047 Framing Modern China: A Century of Revolution and Change Through Photography
- HIST4221 The Vikings
- HIST4227 Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism
- HIST4244 Global Political Catholicism
- HIST4268 Brave New Worlds: Communist Utopias and Dystopias
- HIST4281 Film, Media, and Modern Ireland
- HIST4291 War Crimes Trials
- HIST4292 War and Genocide
- HIST4415 U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST4443 America in the 1990s
- HIST4496 U.S. Foreign Policy II, 1945-Present
- HIST4513 Neurodiversity Past and Present
- HIST4807 Religious Freedom in South Asia and Middle East
- HIST2052 The People's Republic of China, 1949-present
- HIST2201 Greek History
- HIST2203 Greco-Roman Egypt
- HIST2232 Imperialism and Decolonization in the Modern World
- HIST2270 Germany Divided and Reunited
- HIST2442 Fire and Disaster in American History
- HIST2454 The FBI: A Legal & Cultural History
- HIST2489 The Contested American South
- HIST2502 Introduction to Feminisms
- HIST2521 The Deep Past: History, Biology, Culture
- HIST2807 Ireland and Empire
- HIST2855 Human Rights in East Asia
- HIST2857 Global History of Colonialism since 1800
- HIST4211 Roman Religion
- HIST4235 A Nation Once Again: Irish Cultural Nationalism
- HIST4236 Britain in the Great War 1914-1918
- HIST4294 Holocaust Literature: History, Memory, Legacy
- HIST4838 Newsworthy Women: British & Irish Women's Press History
- HIST4901 Readings and Research: Independent Study
- HIST4922 Advanced Independent Research
- HIST4962 Honors Thesis
- HIST2230 Science before the Scientific Revolution
- HIST2258 The British Empire: Its Rise and Fall
- HIST2304 Latinx History
- HIST2401 U.S. History I
- HIST2406 This Land is Your Land: U. S. Environmental History
- HIST2453 Counterintelligence: An American Social History
- HIST2475 America's War in Vietnam
- HIST2481 African American History I
- HIST2702 Colonial Pasts/Global Presents
- HIST2703 Is All Commerce Capitalism? Global Histories of Production Exchange and Power
- HIST2804 Irish America
- HIST2817 The U.S. Presidency
- HIST2824 American Urban and Suburban History
- HIST2850 Business, History, and the Politics of Sport
- HIST4005 The Asia Pacific War: A Transnational History
- HIST4090 From the Mughals to Modi: The Making of Modern South Asia
- HIST4122 Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions
- HIST4140 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- HIST4225 The Witch, the Church, and the Law
- HIST4258 Suspicious Minds: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- HIST4267 Life and Death under Stalin
- HIST4282 The Northern Ireland Troubles Through Film and Media
- HIST4458 Nannies, Maids, and Mail Order Brides: Gender and Migration in U.S. History
- HIST4495 U.S. Foreign Policy I
- HIST4497 Terrorism in America
- HIST4703 Environmental Histories of Water
- HIST4705 In the Eye of the Hurricane: An Environmental History of Latin America
- HIST4961 Honors Seminar
- HIST2250 Buddhism and Western Thought
- HIST2260 Britain in the reign of Queen Victoria until World War I
- HIST2469 Korean America
- HIST2520 Industrial Revolution in the World
- HIST2837 Multiculturalism in the Roman Empire
- HIST2875 Development and Social Justice in Korea
- HIST4202 The Culture of Athenian Democracy
- HIST4412 Age of the American Revolution
- HIST4454 Early American Women
- HIST4808 Race, Religion and Labor Migration in the Indian Ocean
- HIST4837 Women in Ireland, 1880-1945: The Rights and Duties of Citizenship
- HIST4921 Advanced Independent Research
LAMA electives in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, or Africa (two courses at the 2000 or 4000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST2001 Early to Feudal Japan: Peasants, Nobles, & Shoguns
- HIST2180 Africa Since 1850
- HIST2245 Horrors!
- HIST2254 A Social History of Money in the World
- HIST2259 When Women Ruled the British World: From Tudor England to Stuart Britain
- HIST2297 The Russian Empire under the Tsars
- HIST2302 Modern Latin America
- HIST2402 U.S. History II
- HIST2412 The Pacific Northwest
- HIST2414 Dutch and Nordic America: Balancing the Individual and Community
- HIST2463 We Gon' Be Alright: A Pop History of America
- HIST4047 Framing Modern China: A Century of Revolution and Change Through Photography
- HIST4221 The Vikings
- HIST4227 Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism
- HIST4244 Global Political Catholicism
- HIST4268 Brave New Worlds: Communist Utopias and Dystopias
- HIST4281 Film, Media, and Modern Ireland
- HIST4291 War Crimes Trials
- HIST4292 War and Genocide
- HIST4415 U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST4443 America in the 1990s
- HIST4496 U.S. Foreign Policy II, 1945-Present
- HIST4513 Neurodiversity Past and Present
- HIST4807 Religious Freedom in South Asia and Middle East
- HIST2052 The People's Republic of China, 1949-present
- HIST2201 Greek History
- HIST2203 Greco-Roman Egypt
- HIST2232 Imperialism and Decolonization in the Modern World
- HIST2270 Germany Divided and Reunited
- HIST2442 Fire and Disaster in American History
- HIST2454 The FBI: A Legal & Cultural History
- HIST2489 The Contested American South
- HIST2502 Introduction to Feminisms
- HIST2521 The Deep Past: History, Biology, Culture
- HIST2807 Ireland and Empire
- HIST2855 Human Rights in East Asia
- HIST2857 Global History of Colonialism since 1800
- HIST4211 Roman Religion
- HIST4235 A Nation Once Again: Irish Cultural Nationalism
- HIST4236 Britain in the Great War 1914-1918
- HIST4294 Holocaust Literature: History, Memory, Legacy
- HIST4838 Newsworthy Women: British & Irish Women's Press History
- HIST4901 Readings and Research: Independent Study
- HIST4922 Advanced Independent Research
- HIST4962 Honors Thesis
- HIST2230 Science before the Scientific Revolution
- HIST2258 The British Empire: Its Rise and Fall
- HIST2304 Latinx History
- HIST2401 U.S. History I
- HIST2406 This Land is Your Land: U. S. Environmental History
- HIST2453 Counterintelligence: An American Social History
- HIST2475 America's War in Vietnam
- HIST2481 African American History I
- HIST2702 Colonial Pasts/Global Presents
- HIST2703 Is All Commerce Capitalism? Global Histories of Production Exchange and Power
- HIST2804 Irish America
- HIST2817 The U.S. Presidency
- HIST2824 American Urban and Suburban History
- HIST2850 Business, History, and the Politics of Sport
- HIST4005 The Asia Pacific War: A Transnational History
- HIST4090 From the Mughals to Modi: The Making of Modern South Asia
- HIST4122 Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions
- HIST4140 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- HIST4225 The Witch, the Church, and the Law
- HIST4258 Suspicious Minds: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- HIST4267 Life and Death under Stalin
- HIST4282 The Northern Ireland Troubles Through Film and Media
- HIST4458 Nannies, Maids, and Mail Order Brides: Gender and Migration in U.S. History
- HIST4495 U.S. Foreign Policy I
- HIST4497 Terrorism in America
- HIST4703 Environmental Histories of Water
- HIST4705 In the Eye of the Hurricane: An Environmental History of Latin America
- HIST4961 Honors Seminar
- HIST2250 Buddhism and Western Thought
- HIST2260 Britain in the reign of Queen Victoria until World War I
- HIST2469 Korean America
- HIST2520 Industrial Revolution in the World
- HIST2837 Multiculturalism in the Roman Empire
- HIST2875 Development and Social Justice in Korea
- HIST4202 The Culture of Athenian Democracy
- HIST4412 Age of the American Revolution
- HIST4454 Early American Women
- HIST4808 Race, Religion and Labor Migration in the Indian Ocean
- HIST4837 Women in Ireland, 1880-1945: The Rights and Duties of Citizenship
- HIST4921 Advanced Independent Research
Upper-division history electives (three courses at the 4000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- HIST4047 Framing Modern China: A Century of Revolution and Change Through Photography
- HIST4221 The Vikings
- HIST4227 Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism
- HIST4244 Global Political Catholicism
- HIST4268 Brave New Worlds: Communist Utopias and Dystopias
- HIST4281 Film, Media, and Modern Ireland
- HIST4291 War Crimes Trials
- HIST4292 War and Genocide
- HIST4415 U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST4443 America in the 1990s
- HIST4496 U.S. Foreign Policy II, 1945-Present
- HIST4513 Neurodiversity Past and Present
- HIST4807 Religious Freedom in South Asia and Middle East
- HIST4211 Roman Religion
- HIST4235 A Nation Once Again: Irish Cultural Nationalism
- HIST4236 Britain in the Great War 1914-1918
- HIST4294 Holocaust Literature: History, Memory, Legacy
- HIST4838 Newsworthy Women: British & Irish Women's Press History
- HIST4901 Readings and Research: Independent Study
- HIST4922 Advanced Independent Research
- HIST4962 Honors Thesis
- HIST4005 The Asia Pacific War: A Transnational History
- HIST4090 From the Mughals to Modi: The Making of Modern South Asia
- HIST4122 Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions
- HIST4140 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
- HIST4225 The Witch, the Church, and the Law
- HIST4258 Suspicious Minds: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- HIST4267 Life and Death under Stalin
- HIST4282 The Northern Ireland Troubles Through Film and Media
- HIST4458 Nannies, Maids, and Mail Order Brides: Gender and Migration in U.S. History
- HIST4495 U.S. Foreign Policy I
- HIST4497 Terrorism in America
- HIST4703 Environmental Histories of Water
- HIST4705 In the Eye of the Hurricane: An Environmental History of Latin America
- HIST4961 Honors Seminar
- HIST4202 The Culture of Athenian Democracy
- HIST4412 Age of the American Revolution
- HIST4454 Early American Women
- HIST4808 Race, Religion and Labor Migration in the Indian Ocean
- HIST4837 Women in Ireland, 1880-1945: The Rights and Duties of Citizenship
- HIST4921 Advanced Independent Research
Senior Honors Thesis, Senior Colloquium, or Making History Public (one course; 5000-level, history majors only)
Choose from these approved options.
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — History.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
122 courses across 7 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.