Undergraduate Fall 2026
Classes meet in person unless otherwise noted.
Lower Division
- HIST 110: History of the Western World I
- HIST 170: World History I
- HIST 171: World History II
- HIST 260: American History to 1865
- HIST 260: American History to 1865 (online asynchronous)
- HIST 261: American History since 1865
Group A
- HIST 310: Spanish Inquisition (online asynchronous)
- HIST 350: Japan to 1600
- HIST 381: Colonial Latin America (online asynchronous)
Group B
- HIST 434: Civil War Era
- HIST 346: Women in Asian History
- HIST 402: Gender and Sexuality in History (online asynchronous)
- HIST 443: History of Islamic Southeast Asia (online asynchronous)
Group C
- HIST 355: History of Black American Music
- HIST 367: U.S. LGBT History
- HIST 374: Latinos/as in the United States History (online asynchronous)
- HIST 467: U.S. in Depression and War, 1929-1960
No assigned group (still count in the major!):
- HIST 359: History of Illinois (online synchronous, Educator Licensure only)
- HIST 384: History of War since 1500 (online asynchronous)
- HIST 395: Historical Methods
- HIST 400: Student Teacher History
- HIST 401: Third Clinical
- HIST 496: History and Social Sciences (online synchronous, Educator Licensure only)
- HIST 495: Senior Thesis
Graduate Fall 2026
Classes meet in person unless otherwise noted.
Graduate classes require permits. Please contact yyarmolovych@niu.edu with your request, including the field below and your Z-ID.
- HIST 502: Gender and Sexuality in History
- HIST 543: History of Islamic Southeast Asia (online asynchronous)
- HIST 567: U.S. in Depression and War, 1929-1960
Graduate Reading Seminars (HIST 610s)
- Indigenous History
- Slavery and Emancipation
- HIST 695: Seminar in College Teaching of History– required for new teaching assistants, recommended for all new students
Graduate Research Seminars (HIST 710s)
- Nation and Empire
- Civil Rights/Human Rights Movements in the Modern World
Independent Study (HIST 736) and Independent Research (HIST 756)
These courses require contracts between the professor and student.
Undergraduate Spring 2027
Classes meet in person unless otherwise noted.
Lower Division
- HIST 110: History of the Western World I
- HIST 170: World History I
- HIST 171: World History II
- HIST 260: American History to 1865
- HIST 261: American History since 1865 (online asynchronous)
Group A
- HIST 323: History of Science (online asynchronous)
- HIST 348: African History to 1600 (online asynchronous)
- HIST 407: Medieval Women
Group B
- HIST 351: Japan Since 1600
- HIST 382: Modern Latin America (online asynchronous)
- HIST 447: History of Burma (online asynchronous)
- HIST 488: Transatlantic Slavery, 1492-1867
Group C
- HIST 375: Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1974
- HIST 379: American Military History (online asynchronous)
- HIST 464: Civil War Era
- HIST 467: The U.S. in Depression and War, 1929-1960
- HIST 494: Oral History (No assigned group. Still counts in the major!)
- HIST 395: Historical Methods
- HIST 396: Internship in History (mode negotiable with instructor)
- HIST 400: Student Teaching in History/Social Sciences for Secondary Educators (Educator Licensure only)
- HIST 401: Third Clinical Secondary School Experience in History/Social Sciences (Educator Licensure only)
- HIST 495: Senior Thesis
- HIST 496: History and Social Science Instruction for Secondary and Middle Grades Educators (Educator Licensure only)
Graduate Spring 2027
Graduate classes require permits. Please contact Sean Farell at sfarrel1@niu.edu and Juliana Yarmolovych at yyarmolovych@niu.edu with your request, including the field below and your Z-ID.
- HIST 507: Medieval Women
- HIST 547: History of Burma (online asynchronous)
- HIST 564: Civil War Era (online asynchronous)
- HIST 567: The U.S. in Depression and War, 1929-1960
- HIST 588: Transatlantic Slavery, 1492-1867
- HIST 594: Oral History
Graduate Reading Seminars (HIST 610s)
Graduate Research Seminars (HIST 710s)
- Atlantic World, 1492-1867
- World War 1
Independent Study (HIST 736) and Independent Research (HIST 756)
These courses require contracts between the professor and student.