Northern Illinois University
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Undergraduate and graduate classes summer 2023
• Undergraduate classes fall 2023
• Graduate classes fall 2023

Graduate Classes Spring 2024

Graduate classes require permits. Please email pchalland1@niu.edu, yyarmolovych@niu.edu and abruno2@niu.edu with your request, including your Z-ID. 

• HIST 566: Corporate America
• HIST 568: America since 1960
• HIST 580: Spies, Lies and Secret Wars: CIA in the World
• HIST 588: Transatlantic Slavery, 1492-1867
• HIST 591: Special Topics—Early Modern France
• HIST 610-01: Reading Seminar on Religious Violence
• HIST 610-02: Reading Seminar on Environmental History
• HIST 710-01: Research Seminar on Popular Culture
• HIST 710-01: Research Seminar on Labor and Capitalism

Independent Study (HIST 736), Directed Research (HIST 756) and Doctoral Research and Dissertation (HIST 799) require contracts between the professor and student.

Undergraduate and Graduate Classes Summer 2023

All summer classes are online and asynchronous. For classes with multiple numbers, undergraduates should register at the 300/400 level and graduate students at the 500 level.

• HIST 170: World History I (undergraduate only)
• HIST 261: American History since 1865 (undergraduate only)
• HIST 349 and HIST 591-003: African History since 1600 (B group)
• HIST 374 and HIST 591-001: Latinos/as in the U.S. (C group)
• HIST 481 and HIST 581: Indigenous Mexico (A group)

Undergraduate Classes Fall 2023

Classes meet in person unless otherwise noted.

*online asynchronous; #online synchronous; ^ in-person and online synchronous hybrid

Lower Division:

• HIST 110: History of the Western World I (* and in-person options)
• HIST 170: World History I (* and in-person options)
• HIST 171: World History II
• HIST 260: American History to 1865 (* and in-person options)
• HIST 261: American History since 1865 (* and in-person options)

Group A:

• HIST 304: Late Antiquity and the Fall of Rome
• HIST 348: African History to 1600*
• HIST 360: Early Encounters in Native North America
• HIST 416: The Age of Enlightenment
• HIST 420: The Renaissance

Group B:

• HIST 383: Latin American History Through Film
• HIST 387: History of Genocide

Group C:

• HIST 355: History of Black American Music
• HIST 359: History of Illinois (Educator Licensure only)
• HIST 366: Farms, Food, and Rural America
• HIST 374: Latinos/as in the U.S.*
• HIST 379: American Military History*
• HIST 452: British Empire
• HIST 465: Gilded Era and Progressive Age

No assigned group (still count in the major!):

• HIST 395: Historical Methods (History majors only)
• HIST 396: Internship in History (mode negotiable with instructor)
• HIST 399H: Rebel Music (Honors only)
• HIST 492: Introduction to Public History*
• HIST 495: Senior Thesis (History majors only)
• HIST 496: History and Social Science Instruction for Secondary and Middle Grades Educators # (Educator Licensure only)

Graduate Classes Fall 2023

Classes meet in person unless otherwise noted.

*online asynchronous; #online synchronous; ^ in-person and online synchronous hybrid

Graduate classes require permits. Please email yyarmolovych@niu.edu with your request, including the field below and your Z-ID.

• HIST 516: The Age of Enlightenment
• HIST 520: The Renaissance
• HIST 552: British Empire
• HIST 565: Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• HIST 592: Introduction to Public History*

Graduate Reading Seminars (HIST 610s)

• Disasters
• Popular Culture

Graduate Research Seminars (HIST 710s)

• Rebellion
• Urban History

Independent Study (HIST 736) and Independent Research (HIST 756)

These courses require contracts between the professor and student.