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COURSE CATALOGUE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY
Economic and Social History
4A Lehman Hall
854-3454
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
(class of 2012 and later)
A major in Economic History must complete the following 12 courses or their equivalents:
Economics (5 courses)
Theoretical Perspectives (3 courses) Students must take the following courses or their approved substitutes.
| ECON BC 1003 | Introduction to Economic Reasoning |
| ECON BC 3041 | Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy |
| ECON BC 3033 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (ECON BC3035, ECON W3213, or ECON W3211 may be substituted for ECON BC3033) |
Economic History (2 courses) Students must take 2 of the following courses, including at least one upper-level economic history elective (at the 3000 level or higher).
| ECON BC 2xxx | Globalization and Industrial Revolution |
| ECON BC 2014 | Topics in Economic History |
| ECON BC 3013 | Economic History of the United States (another upper-level economic history course may be substituted, subject to economics adviser’s approval.) |
History (5 courses)
Introductory courses (1 course)
| HIST BC 1xxx | Introductory course in field of historical specialization |
Lecture courses ( 2 courses)
| HIST BC 3116 | Filthy Lucre: A History of Money |
| HIST BC 3180 | Merchants, Pirates, and Slaves in the Formation of Atlantic Capitalism: 1600-1800 |
| HIST BC 3321 | Colonial Encounters |
| HIST W 3411 | American Society in the Age of Capital |
| HIST W 3503 | American Labor in the 20th Century |
| HIST BC 3662 | History of Latin America in the 19th Century |
| HIST W 3665 | Economic History of Latin America |
| HIST W 3029 | Roman Social History |
| HSEA W 4884 | Economic History of Modern China |
Seminars ( 2 courses)
| HIST BC 4062 | Medieval Economic Life and Thought |
| HIST BC 4119 | Capitalism and Enlightenment |
| HIST W 4318 | Globalizing American Consumer Culture |
| HIST BC 4332 | The Politics of Leisure in Modern Europe |
| HIST BC 4335 | Poverty and Social Order in Europe |
| HIST W 4434 | The Atlantic Slave Trade |
| HIST W 3582 | Labor and Class Formation in African-American History, 1865-1950 |
| HIST W 4318 | Globalizing American Consumer Culture |
| HIST W 4327 | Consumer Culture in Modern Europe |
| HIST W 4569 | American Consumer Capitalism |
| HIST W 4766 | Slaves and Subjects in African History |
| HIST W 4884 | Economic History of Modern China |
| HIST BC 4886 | Fashion |
| HIST BC 4905 | Capitalism, Colonialism, and Culture: A Global History |
| AFCV W 4105 | Intellectual Origins of Political Economy |
Other appropriate courses may be substituted subject to the history adviser’s approval.
Senior Thesis Requirement (2 semesters)
| ECHS BC 3066/BC 3067 | Senior Research Seminar |