These courses satisfy the public policy major's history elective requirement.
SPRING 2026
PUBPOL 224-01 (8282) Russia in the World: From Cold War to Putin's Wars
PUBPOL 278S-01 (4196) North American Environmental History
PUBPOL 249-01 (7312) Life Within Capitalism
PUBPOL 290 America at 250: Founding and Forging a Democracy
PUBPOL 509-01 (7357) Modern Intelligence History
PUBPOL 546-01 (7345) Well-Being Economics
HISTORY 121 Introduction to Contemporary Latin America
HISTORY 201 Globalization and History
HISTORY 218 Modern and Global India
HISTORY 348 The Civil Rights Movement
Fall 2025
PUBPOL 171FS (5618) Beyond Denial - A Thriving Future
PUBPOL 190S-02 (5603) War and Diplomacy Fact/Fiction
PUBPOL 205 (8695) The United States & the World, 1898 to the Present
PUBPOL 297 (5627) Great Powers Diplomacy, 1789-1914
PUBPOL 320 (8670) Statecraft and Strategy
PUBPOL 501 (8524) American Grand Strategy
PUBPOL 546 (5615) Well-Being Economics
HISTORY 124 History of the Present
HISTORY 147 Global History of the Prison
HISTORY 189 Gateway Seminar: Slavery and Its Afterlives
HISTORY 317 The National Parks in American Life
HISTORY 352 Immigrant Dreams, U.S. Realities: Immigration Policy History
HISTORY 365 The Modern Regulatory State
HISTORY 547 The Political Economy of Care: Sustaining Households, Communities, and Environments
SPRING 2025
PUBPOL 249 Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles
PUBPOL 288-01 (6131) International Trade
PUBPOL 296-01 (8009) Wars of Empires: Europe's Small Wars of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
PUBPOL 509-01 (7371) Modern Intelligence History from John Buchan to James Bond
HISTORY 120-01 (4990) History of American Democracy
HISTORY 156S-01 (4977) - Cold War America
HISTORY 189S-01 (5011) Gateway Seminar: Slavery and Its Afterlives
HISTORY 201-01 (4967) Globalization and History
HISTORY 288-01 (4995) History of Inequality
HISTORY 295S-01 (7982) The History of Gardening in North America, 1607-Present
HISTORY 317S-01 (7979) The National Parks in American Life
HISTORY 363-01 (7767) History of Capitalism in the United States
Please Note
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Not all history courses will satisfy the requirement, only the courses listed on this webpage.
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The history elective must be taken on campus at Duke; it cannot be a transfer or study abroad course.
Previous Semesters
History 147 Global History of the Prison
PUBPOL 248S (7936) History of Political Nonviolence
PUBPOL 321S-01 (5335) Contemporary South Africa
PUBPOL 249-01 (6172) Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles
History 286-01 (3531) Europe in the Twentieth Century
History 288-01 (3591) History of Inequality
History 307-01 (4586) History of Economic Thought
PUBPOL 282S-01 (5112) Social Engineering and Social Movements in Eastern Europe and Asia
PUBPOL 344-01 (3545) History of U.S. Social Movements
PUBPOL 278-01 (3500) North American Environmental History
History 348-01 (3520) The Civil Rights Movement
History 357S The Insurgent South: Movements for Social Change
History 363-01 (3563) History of Capitalism in the United States
PUBPOL 219D-001 (3567) The Modern Regulatory State
PUBPOL 411S-01 (6160) Historicizing Whiteness
History 476S-01 (3579) Capstone Seminar: American Militarism
PUBPOL 509-01 Modern Intelligence History
History 147 Global History of the Prison
PUBPOL 248S (7936) History of Political Nonviolence
PUBPOL 321S-01 (5335) Contemporary South Africa
PUBPOL 249-01 (6172) Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles
History 286-01 (3531) Europe in the Twentieth Century
History 288-01 (3591) History of Inequality
History 307-01 (4586) History of Economic Thought
PUBPOL 282S-01 (5112) Social Engineering and Social Movements in Eastern Europe and Asia
PUBPOL 344-01 (3545) History of U.S. Social Movements
PUBPOL 278-01 (3500) North American Environmental History
History 348-01 (3520) The Civil Rights Movement
History 357S The Insurgent South: Movements for Social Change
History 363-01 (3563) History of Capitalism in the United States
PUBPOL 219D-001 (3567) The Modern Regulatory State
PUBPOL 411S-01 (6160) Historicizing Whiteness
History 476S-01 (3579) Capstone Seminar: American Militarism
PUBPOL 509-01 Modern Intelligence History