These courses satisfy the public policy major's history elective requirement.
Fall 2026
PUBPOL 171FS (5618) Beyond Denial — A Thriving Future
PUBPOL 296 Wars of Empire: Europe's Small Wars of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
PUBPOL 320 Statecraft and Strategy
PUBPOL 501S American Grand Strategy
HISTORY 114 Introduction to History of Modern Warfare - COURSE CANCELLED
HISTORY 124 History of the Present
HISTORY 288 History of Inequality
HISTORY 352 Immigrant Dreams, U.S. Realities: Immigration Policy History
HISTORY 386S Apartheid South Africa and Struggles for Democracy
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
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
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
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