The History Department offers numerous courses each semester that cover a broad range of topical areas. Please visit this site often as the contents are updated for each semester's course offerings.
Please visit the Undergraduate Course Catalog for more information on all of our course offerings.
Visit the Texas State Schedule of Classes to register for classes.
To assist in schedule planning, you can also download a PDF version of the Spring 2026 course offerings.
See below for Spring 2026 Course Offerings
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General History Survey
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Group A | World History
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Group B | European History
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Group C | U.S. History
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Group D | Capstone and Teacher Prep
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History 1310 | History of the United States to 1877
Group | General History Survey
A general survey of the history of the United States from its settlement to the end of Reconstruction.
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History 1320 | History of the United States, 1877 to Date
Group | General History Survey
A general survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to present.
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History 2310 | Western Civilization to 1715
Group | General History Survey
A general survey of western civilization from earliest times to the end of the 17th century.
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History 2311 | History of World Civilization to the 17th Century
Group | General History Survey
Term | Fall & Summer 2, 2025A general survey of world civilization from the earliest times to the 17th Century.
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History 2312 | History of World Civilization from the 17th Century
Group | General History Survey
A general survey of world civilization from the 17th Century to the present.
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History 2320 | Western Civilization, 1715 to Date
Group | General History Survey
A general survey of western civilization from the Treaty of Utrecht to the present.
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History 2328 | History of Mexican America from 1865
Group | General History Survey
This course is a survey of the economic, social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of Mexican Americans/Chicanx since 1865. Topics the course addresses include: the making of borders and borderlands, the impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and uses gender to explain migration and citizenship and expulsion, nineteenth-century activism and displacement, industrialization and the making of a transnational Mexican working class, the Mexican Revolution, urbanization, WWII and organized advocacy, the Chicano Movement, changing identifications, globalization, and immigration restriction.
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History 3316 | History of England Since 1603
Group | Group B: European History
The English nation and the British Empire from 1603 through the modern era.
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History 3318 | U.S. Women's History since 1877
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course surveys the diversity of women's experiences in the United States from 1877 to the present. The social, economic, political, and intellectual realms of women's worlds, both public and private, are explored.
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History 3324 | Latin American Independence to Present
Group | Group A: World History
This course examines the history of Latin America from independence to present. Explores the challenges of formation and consolidation of the new states; of economic policy and development; the rise of Populism and the age of reforms; revolutions and revolutionary movements; and present challenges.
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History 3329 | Spanish Borderlands, 1521-1821
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A survey of the history of the Spanish frontier in North America and its hinterlands from the earliest explorations to the end of Spanish rule in 1821.
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History 3341 | History of the United States, 1914-1945
Group | Group C: U.S. History
The study of American history from World War I through World War II with an emphasis on the pertinent historical literature.
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History 3346 | The Civil War and Reconstruction
Group | Group C: U.S. History
The history of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 through the election of 1876.
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History 3352 | Western America
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A general examination of the Trans-Mississippi West, its major cultural, economic, political, and social frontiers, and its development as a region and as a national component, from 1803 to the present.
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History 3353 | The U.S. - Mexico Border and its Communities: A History
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course is a thematic examination of the region including Texas, California and the states that include the Great Basin, the Southern Rockies, and the Sonoran Desert from Mexican Independence in 1821 to the present.
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History 3372 | Texas History: A Survey
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A one-semester survey of Texas History which will emphasize political, economic and social development from prehistory to the twentieth century.
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History 3374A | History of Christianity 1300-1700
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course examines selected individuals and movements that embody key concerns of Christians during the most tumultuous era in Western Church history. The course begins in the fourteenth century so that students may gain perspective on reform efforts predating, and decisively influencing, the break with Rome catalyzed by Martin Luther.
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History 3377 | History of Country Music
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course examines the evolution of country music and how it reflects larger social, cultural, historical economic, political, ethnic, and demographic changes taking place within American society.
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History 3378 | History of the Blues
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course examines the evolution of the blues and other forms of African-American music throughout American history, with an emphasis on how blues music reflects the rich and complex traditions of the African-American community and helped give birth to rock & roll.
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History 3379 | History of Rock and Roll
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course traces the various ethnic, social, cultural, political, economic, and demographic forces in American society that helped shape rock and roll music.
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History 3381 | Democracy and Education
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course provides an overview of the relationship (and tension) between democracy and education in the U.S. between 1865 and 1930, when emancipation, westward expansion, rural poverty, and growing immigrant and working-class populations motivated reassessment and reform of public education in an attempt to meet individual and societal needs.
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History 3384 | History and Culture of Modern India
Group | Group A: World History
This course surveys the history of modern India. The course covers the Mughal Empire, British Colonialism, Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian Independence Movement, the establishment of the nations of India and Pakistan, and recent political and historical developments in India.
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History 4316 | Roman and Medieval Britain
Group | Group B: European History
This course is a study in British history from the arrival of the Romans in Britain to 1603. This course integrates classroom discussions, readings, virtual excursions and discussions of the major events and features of Roman and Medieval history in Britain. Students are introduced to issues, personalities, movements and developments, encompassing political, governmental, constitutional, social, religious, economic and cultural topics.
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History 4318X | Scottish History from the Wars of Independence to the Present
Group | Group B: European History
This class will investigate the history of Scotland from the 13th century (the Wars of Independence from England) to the present day. It will focus on major personalities and important events both within and without Scotland as well as the culture and society of this proud and ancient nation.
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History 4328 | History of India
Group | Group A: World History
This course is an introduction to the history of India from ancient times to the creation of the modern nation-state of India.
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History 4331 | Piracy Through the Ages
Group | Group B: European History
An activity based on greed, and sometimes survival, piracy has existed since humans took to the seas. This course investigates the global history of piracy beginning with the Vikings. The history of piracy in the Caribbean, Asia, and the Mediterranean will be covered and compared to the piracy of today.
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History 4343 | Modern China, 1600 to the Present
Group | Group A: World History
A survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of China from 1600 to the present. Emphasis on the issues of domestic troubles and external aggression, and on the revolutionary changes in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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History 4345 | Postwar Japan
Group | Group A: World History
This course explores Japan’s development from the 1940s through the 1970s. The emphasis is on the continuities and discontinuities from the wartime to the postwar regime, American influence on policies and discourses on post-occupation society, the legacies of the war in culture and society, and the repercussions of economic affluence.
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History 4347 | History of Hong Kong
Group | Group A: World History
This course is a survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of Hong Kong from 1842 to the present. Focus is on British colonial rule, the Handover in 1997, and the current status of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
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History 4360 | History of the United States, 1945 to 1968
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A study of the interplay of economic, social, political, and cultural forces that shaped American society from the end of World War II to the presidential election of 1968.
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History 4362 | Peace and Nonviolence Movements
Group | Group C: U.S. History
This course explores the origins, development, and impact of peace and nonviolence movements globally. It examines the roles that religion, class, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationalism have played in shaping social and political perceptions of injustice and public attitudes toward movement goals.
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History 4364 | Military History of the United States
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A specialized study of the military problems of the United States since 1789 and their impact upon non-military problems.
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History 4365 | Age of Revolution in North America, 1763-1789
Group | Group C: U.S. History
A history of the American people during the age of the American Revolution, from the beginning of the crisis with Britain to the adoption of the Constitution.
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History 4375B | African-American Experience in Texas
Group | Group C: U.S. History
People of African ancestry have played a role in Texas history since Estebanico accompanied Cabeza de Vaca in exploring the region in the 1530s. As slaves, soldiers, and cowboys, Afro-Texans have participated in the state’s development while being at the center of controversies regarding rights, racemixing and economic opportunity.
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History 4399 | Senior Seminiar
Group | Group D: Capstone and Teacher Certification Preparation
This course is required for History majors not seeking teaching certification. In this course students refine skills and techniques essential to the historical profession. Students analyze primary and secondary sources, apply methods, and write a term paper. Prerequisite: 24 semester credit hours in History with a grade point average of at least 2.25 in those hours.
Departmental Approval Required
