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Capstone (HIST 484) Projections

Fall 2024 – Spring 2026

Upcoming 484 Topics and Lead-in Classes

Students are strongly encouraged to take one lead-in course for each 484. Please note that the enrollment for 484 sections is only 18 students and you may want to be prepared for two different 484 topics. You must ask the faculty member teaching the section of 484 that you wish to enroll in to allow you to register for the course. After the faculty member gives you permission, you still need to register for the course.

Fall 2024

Lawrence – Modern Europe (HIST 209: Twentieth-Century Europe, Fall 2022; HIST 422: Twentieth-Century Germany, Fall 2022; HIST 207: Revolutionary Europe, Spring 2023; HIST 221: Modern Germany, Fall 2023; HIST 314: France Since 1815, Fall 2023; HIST 417: World War II in Europe, Fall 2023; HIST 393: Love and Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 414: The Great War, 1914-18, Spring 2024)

Siekmeier – History of US Foreign Policy (HIST 464: American Foreign Relations, 1941-Present, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, or Spring 2023; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2023; HIST 365: The Vietnam War, Fall 2023; HIST 370: Latin America and the World, Spring 2024)


Spring 2025

Hodge – Imperialism and Decolonization (HIST 241: Latin America – Culture, Conquest, Colonization, Fall 2022; HIST 428: East Africa since 1895, Spring 2023; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 321: Colonial Africa and Independence, Fall 2023; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 493: Love and Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 493:  The Industrial Revolution, Spring 2024)

Luskey – Abraham Lincoln’s America (HIST 454: The Coming of the US Civil War, Spring 2023; HIST 451: African-American History to 1900, Fall 2023; HIST 453: Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2023; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2023; HIST 358: US Cultural History, 1819-1893, Spring 2024)

Flomen – The Atlantic World (HIST 207: Revolutionary Europe, Spring 2023; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 314: France since 1815, Fall 2023; HIST 264: American Indian History, Fall 2024; HIST 204: Renaissance & Reformation, Fall 2024; HIST 433: West Africa to 1885, Fall 2024)


Fall 2025

Gorby – West Virginia History (HIST 250: West Virginia History, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025; HIST 445: History of American Women, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025; HIST 477: Working Class America, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 473: Appalachian Regional History, Fall 2024; HIST 478: American Immigration History, Spring 2025; HIST 453: Civil War & Reconstruction, Fall 2024; HIST 454: The Coming of the US Civil War, Spring 2025)

Smart – Capitalism and Labor in the Modern World (HIST 321: Colonial Africa & Independence, Fall 2023; HIST 493C: History of Global Capitalism, Spring 2024; HIST 209: Modern Europe, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 493B: Love & Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 370: Latin America & the World, Spring 2024; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 493D, History of Epidemics, Fall 2024; HIST 224: History of Climate Change, Spring 2025)


Spring 2026

Vester – Premodern Europe (HIST 293: History of the Person, Fall 2023; HIST 430: Living & Dying in Medieval Europe, Fall 2023; HIST 201: Ancient Times, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025; HIST 424: Britain, 1455-1603, Fall 2025; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Fall 2024; HIST 415: Early Modern Law & Society, Fall 2023; HIST 203: Medieval Europe, Spring 2024; HIST 204: Renaissance & Reformation, Fall 2024; HIST 330: Early Modern Italy, Spring 2025; HIST 493: Golden Age of Piracy, Fall 2026)

McCoy – Twentieth-Century US History (HIST 261: US since 1918, Fall 2023; HIST 493: History of Hip-Hop, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025; HIST 460: World War II in America, Fall 2024; HIST 470: US Civil Rights Movement, Fall 2025; HIST 477: Working Class America, Spring 2024 or Fall 2024; HIST 464: US Foreign Relations since 1941, Spring 2024 or Spring 2025)

M’Bayo – African History (HIST 433: West Africa to 1885, Fall 2024; HIST 434: West Africa from 1885, Spring 2025; HIST 493: Epidemics, Fall 2024; HIST 319: Myth and Culture in Pre-Colonial Africa, Fall 2022; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2022; HIST 320: Pre-Colonial Africa, Spring 2023; HIST 437: Africa in World History, Spring 2024; HIST 321: Colonial Africa & Independence, Fall 2023 or Fall 2025)