These courses satisfy the public policy major's history elective requirement.
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
History 89S-01 (6618) - US History Fact/Fiction
History 111FS-01 (6685) - History of Global Health
History 114-01 (6656) - Intro to the History of Modern Warfare
History 119FS-01 (6686) - Religious Freedom in America
History 120-01 (6664) - History of American Democracy
History 124-01 (6668) - History of the Present
History 166S-01 (6654) - Anarchism and its Discontents
History 170FS-01 (4982) - Beyond Denial - A Thriving Future
History 189S-01 (6684) - Slavery and Its Afterlives
History 198-01 (6682) - Intro to Asian American History
History 237-01 (8302) - Russia in the World: From Cold War to Putin's Wars
History 263-01 (8382) - Politics and Modern Architecture
History 279-01 (6620) - The Foundations of Modern Terrorism
History 290-02 (4860) - Wars of Empire
History 307-01 (5958) - History of Economic Thought
History 331S-01 (5873) - Illiberal NonDemocracies: Focus on Eastern Europe and Asia
History 352-01 (6651) - Immigrant Dreams, U.S. Realities: Immigration Policy History
History 355-01 (6660) - American Indians to 1815
History 360S-01 (5640) - Writing American Politics
History 362-01 (6639) - US Political History 1900-Present
History 366S-01 (6674) - Latinx Social Movements
History 371-01 (6658) - Food in Global History
History 375-01 (4841) - The United States and the World, 1898 to the Present
History 386S-01 (7189) - Apartheid South Africa and the Struggles for Democracy
History 416S (8393) - Geopolitics and Culture
History 548S-01 (6665) - Global History of Medicine
History 567S-01 (3881) - American Grand Strategy
History 311S Men, Women, and Sports: Topics in US Sports History
History 116-01 Introduction to Human Rights
History 125S-01 (3114) - The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
History 175S-01 The United States and the World
History 186S-01 Living Through the Great War
History 188S-01 The Price of Sex: Gender and the Global Political Economy
History 201-01 Globalization and History
History 259S-01 Contemporary South Africa
History 280S-01 Masculinities & Global Politics
History 286-01 Europe in the Twentieth Century
History 344-01 History of U.S. Social Movements
History 345-01 (8277) – North American Environmental History
History 352-01 Immigrant Dreams, U.S. Realities: Immigration Policy History
History 357S-01 The Insurgent South: Movements for Social Change
History 358-01 The South in Black and White
History 363-01 History of Capitalism in the United States
History 383-01 Engineering the Global Middle East
History 390S-02 What Might Have Been
History 411S-01 Historicizing Whiteness
History 482S-01 Post-Civil Rights America: The Search for Social Justice, 1968-Present
History 488S-01 Capstone: Research in Human Rights
History 114-01 (6755) - Intro to the History of Modern Warfare
History 124-01 (6779) - History of the Present
History 125S-01 (3114) - The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
History 190FS-04 (6714) - Religious Freedom in America
History 214-01 (6667) - The Modern Middle East
History 238S-01 (6766) - History of Political Nonviolence
History 290-02 (8072) - Wars of Empire
History 325-01 (4695) - Denial, Faith, Reason: Sustainability and Survival
History 331S-01 (7857) - Illiberal Nondemocracies: Focus on Eastern Europe and Asia
History 334S-01 (5952) - The University as a Culture: A Survivors Guide
History 345-01 (8277) – North American Environmental History
History 347-01 (6666) - African Americans Since 1865
History 365D-001 – The Modern Regulatory State
History 374D-001 (6727) - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History
History 386S-01 (2982) - Apartheid South Africa and the Struggles for Democracy
History 389S-01 (6759) - Family Rights/Human Rights
History 449S-01 (8173) - Syria, 1921-2021
History 450S-01 (2972) - South African Life Histories
History 567S-01 (7793) - American Grand Strategy
History 116-01 (3210) – Introduction to Human Rights
History 125S-01 (4961) – The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
History 201-01 (5240) – Globalization and History
History 259S-01 (2708) – Contemporary South Africa
History 284-01 (4386) – Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles
History 290-01 (3184) – Race and College Sports
History 333S-01 (7838) – Social Engineering & Movements
History 345-01 (6999) – North American Environmental History
History 358-01 (4989) – The South in Black and White
History 365D-001 (9086) – The Modern Regulatory State
History 383-01 (5265) – Engineering Global Middle East
History 390S-02 (7844) – What Might Have Been
History 469S-01 (8867) – Islamic Law in History
History 548S-01 (5259) – Global History of Medicine
HISTORY 89S-01(6954)- First Year Seminar: History Fact/Fiction
HISTORY 114-01(6995)- Intro to the History of Modern Warfare
HISTORY 124-01(7020)- History of the Present
HISTORY 125S-01(6635)- The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
HISTORY 127FS-01(7294)- Globalization and Corporate Citizenship
HISTORY 143S-01(7034)- History of the South
HISTORY 166S-01(6993)- Anarchism and its Discontents
HISTORY 186S-01(7015)- Living Through the Great War
HISTORY 188S-01(7016)- The Price of Sex: Gender and the Global Political Economy
HISTORY 190FS-06(6982)- Topics in Focus Program: Religious Freedom in America
HISTORY 203-01(7011)- History of Global Health
HISTORY 239-01(7008)- History of Chinese Medicine
HISTORY 279-01(6955)- Foundations of Modern Terrorism
HISTORY 301T-01(7032)- Applied Historical Research
HISTORY 309-01(7014)- Alexander Hamilton and the World
HISTORY 311S-01(7000)- Men, Women, and Sports
HISTORY 322-01(8006)- Statecraft and Strategy
HISTORY 325-01(7975)- Denial, Faith, Reason: Sustainability and Survival
HISTORY 363-01(6992)- History of Capitalism in the United States
HISTORY 386S-01(7379)- Apartheid South Africa and Struggles for Democracy
HISTORY 389S-01(7005)- Family Rights/Human Rights
HISTORY 390-01(6957)- Slavery and Freedom in the US
HISTORY 410S- History of Death
HISTORY 411S-01(7959)- Historicizing Whiteness
HISTORY 450S-01(7361)- South African Life Histories
History 242 (1244) Race in the 20th Century US
- History 125S (3114 & 3119) The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
- History 156S (6975) Gateway Seminar: Cold War America
- History 160S (6977) Gateway Seminar: The Global Sixties
- History 183S (6978) Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights and Asian Americans
- History 201 (6980) Globalization and History
- History 238S (6985) Political Nonviolence
- History 259S (9743) Contemporary South Africa
- History 280S (5185) Masculinities and Politics
- History 284 (9120) Life Within Capitalism
- History 286 (6992) Europe in Twentieth Century
- History 296S (9748) Race and Society
- History 322 (9760) Statecraft and Strategy
- History 334S (5878) The University as a Culture
- History 345 (7000) North American Environmental History
- History 358S (3146) The South in Black and White
- History 359 (7001) Violent Jihad in 20th Century
- History 365D (7002) The Modern Regulatory State
- History 374 (7007) Women/Gender/Sexuality in US
- History 389S (7008) Family Rights/Human Rights
- History 390S.02 (7009) What Might Have Been
- History 548S (7047) Global History of Medicine