Capstone (HIST 484) Projections
Spring 2023 – Fall 2025
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 2023
Gorby – West Virginia History (HIST 478: American Immigration, Fall 2021; HIST 473: Appalachian Regional History, Fall 2022; HIST 250: West Virginia History, Spring 2023)
M’Bayo – African History (HIST 433: West Africa to 1885, Fall 2021; HIST 434: West Africa from 1885, Spring 2022; HIST 293: Epidemics, Fall 2022; HIST 319: Myth and Culture in Pre-Colonial Africa, Fall 2022; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2022; HIST 320: Pre-Colonial Africa, Spring 2023)
Spring 2024
Smart – The Global South (HIST 242: Latin America – Reform and Revolution,
Spring 2022; HIST 439: History of Modern Mexico, Spring 2022; HIST 241: Latin
America – Culture, Conquest, Colonization, Fall 2022; HIST 319: Myth and Culture
in Pre-colonial Africa, Fall 2022; HIST 320: Pre-Colonial Africa, Spring 2023;
HIST 393: History of Climate Change, Spring 2023; HIST 428: East Africa since
1895, Spring 2023; HIST 321: Colonial Africa and Independence, Fall 2023)
Vester – Early Modern History (HIST 416: French Wars of Religion, Fall 2020; HIST 204: Renaissance and Reformation, Spring 2021; HIST 330: History of Italy, 1200-1800, Spring 2021, HIST 205: Absolutism and Enlightenment, Fall 2021; HIST 393: History of the Christian Church, Fall 2021).
Phillips – US History / African-American History (HIST 451: African-American History-1900, Fall 2021; HIST 452: African-American History Since 1900, Spring 2022; HIST 470: US Civil Rights Movement, Fall 2022; HIST 261: Recent America: The US Since 1918, Spring 2023; HIST 293: History of Hip-Hop, Fall 2023)
Fall 2024
Durham – 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 – US Foreign Relations in the 20th Century (HIST 276: American Foreign Relations, Spring 2020; HIST 463: American Foreign Relations to 1941, Fall 2019; HIST 464: American Foreign Relations, 1941-Present, Spring 2020, Spring 2021 or Spring 2022; HIST 370: Latin America and the World, Fall 2019).
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, Spring 2023; 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)
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)
Lawrence – Modern Europe (HIST 209: Twentieth-Century Europe, Fall 2022; HIST 207: Revolutionary Europe, Spring 2023; HIST 432: Eighteenth-Century Britain, Spring 2023; HIST 221: History of Modern Germany, Fall 2023; HIST 314: France since 1815, Fall 2023; HIST 417: World War II in Europe, Fall 2023; HIST 493: Decolonization, Fall 2024; HIST 414: The Great War, 1914-1918, Spring 2024; HIST 493: Love and Lust in the French Empire, Spring 2024)