Students must take at least one elective from each of the four categories below. Courses that appear in more than one category can be used to fulfill this requirement in one category only.
(You may click the course code to view the syllabus.) |
Category 1: China and Hong Kong |
Courses
|
|
Number of Credits
|
HST1115 |
Introduction to Chinese History |
3 |
HST2003 |
History of Early China: From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty |
3 |
HST2203 |
History of China in the Twentieth Century |
3 |
HST2251 |
History of Hong Kong before 1841 |
3 |
HST2252 |
History of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1941 |
3 |
HST2353 |
Chinese Social and Economic History |
3 |
HST2354 |
History of Science and Technology in China |
3 |
HST3005 |
Early Chinese Political and Ethical Thought |
3 |
HST3006 |
Late Imperial and Modern China: Issues and Approaches |
3 |
HST3202 |
History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
3 |
HST3208 |
History of Hong Kong from 1941 |
3 |
HST3209 |
Hong Kong Public History |
3 |
HST3311 |
Critical Themes in the History of China’s Cultural Interchange |
3 |
HST3352 |
History of Religions in China |
3 |
HST3355 |
History of U.S.-China Relations |
3 |
HST3359 |
History of Women and Children in China |
3 |
HST4002 |
Chinese Historiography |
3 |
HST4003 |
China and the Global Opium Trade |
3 |
HST4360 |
Historical Geography of China |
3 |
HST4361 |
Critical Themes in Pre-Modern Chinese History |
3 |
Category 2: China's Neighbors |
|
History of Modern East Asia |
3 |
HST1365 |
History of Russia and Central Asia |
3 |
|
Russia and Eastern Europe: History through the Arts |
3 |
|
Introduction to Japanese History |
3 |
HST2259 |
Introduction to Korean History |
3 |
HST2260 |
Introduction to Southeast Asian History |
3 |
HST2263 |
History of the Modern Middle East |
3 |
HST2264 |
Introduction to South Asian History |
3 |
HST2265 |
History of Modern Islamic Societies |
3 |
HST3003 |
History of Central Asia: From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road |
3 |
HST3312 |
Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Politics, Economy and Society |
3 |
HST4003 |
China and the Global Opium Trade |
3 |
HST4004 |
Cities in East Asian History |
3 |
Category 3: West |
|
Introduction to the History of the USA |
3 |
|
Introduction to European History |
3 |
|
Russia and Eastern Europe: History through the Arts |
3 |
|
History of Nineteenth Century Europe |
3 |
|
History of Twentieth Century Europe |
3 |
|
History of Modern Germany |
3 |
|
History of Modern Britain |
3 |
|
Empire, Slavery, and Capitalism in North America to 1865 |
3 |
|
Critical Intersections in U.S. History since 1865: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
|
3 |
|
Europe and Europeans in Historical Perspective |
3 |
|
Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Politics, Economy and Society |
3 |
HST4005 |
War, Gender and Society in 20th-century Europe |
3 |
Category 4: Comparative and Transnational |
HST1194 |
East-West Value Clashes in Modern History |
3 |
HST1196 |
Human-Animal Relationship in History |
3 |
HST2001 |
Modern Revolutions and Musical Performance |
3 |
HST2002 |
Aerial Technologies in History |
3 |
HST2153 |
Ancient Civilisations |
3 |
HST2261 |
World Environmental History |
3 |
HST2265 |
History of Modern Islamic Societies |
3 |
HST3002 |
The ‘Long 1970s’: Britain, Hong Kong, and the United States |
3 |
HST3007 |
Varieties of History: Global History of Historical Writings |
3 |
HST3008 |
Gender and Sexuality in History |
3 |
HST3009 |
History of Human Rights |
3 |
HST3010 |
Gender and Religion in History |
3 |
HST3012 |
History of Information |
3 |
HST3268 |
Cities Across Civilisations |
3 |
HST3269 |
A Cultural History of Water |
3 |
HST3311 |
Critical Themes in the History of China’s Cultural Interchange |
3 |
HST3355 |
History of U.S.-China Relations |
3 |
HST4001 |
Development Theories and Development Aid in History |
3 |
HST4003 |
China and the Global Opium Trade |
3 |
HST4006 |
Gender and the British Empire |
3 |
HST4007 |
Comparative Modern Revolutions |
3 |
HST4367 |
The End of the British Empire |
3 |
|
|
Other Electives: |
HST3399 |
Special Topics in History |
3 |
HST4302 |
Senior History Directed Research Project |
6 |
|
|