Committee on Degrees in History and Literature at Harvard

Colonial American HistoryBack to Top »

• [Historical Study B-39. American Revolutions in the Atlantic World. Brown]
• [Historical Study B-40. Pursuits of Happiness in Revolutionary America. Ulrich]
• *History 74e. North American Borderlands History. St. John
• *History 74o. Colonial Lives. Ulrich
• *History 84a (formerly *History 1605). Early American Slave Revolts. Brown
• *History 84b. The American Revolution. Lepore
• [*History 84c (formerly *History 1610). Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America. Ulrich and Gaskell]
• History 1415 (formerly *History 84d). The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin. Chaplin
• *History and Literature 90aa. Possessions and Belongings: The Consumer Revolution in 18th-Century America. Stebbins McCaffrey
• *History and Literature 90ac. The British & American Revolutions. van der Woude
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy
• [United States in the World 12 (formerly History of Art and Architecture 17y). American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860. Roberts]

Colonial American LiteratureBack to Top »

• *History and Literature 90aa. Possessions and Belongings: The Consumer Revolution in 18th-Century America. Stebbins McCaffrey
• *History and Literature 90ac. The British & American Revolutions. van der Woude
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy

19th Century American HistoryBack to Top »

• African and African American Studies 118. African American History from the Slave Trade to 1900. Sokol
• [Historical Study A-84. American Constitutional History from the Framing to the Present. Horwitz]
• Historical Study B-43. Slavery/Capitalism/Imperialism: The US in the Nineteenth Century. Johnson
• *History 74e. North American Borderlands History. St. John
• *History 74f. U.S. Environmental History. St. John
• *History 84l (formerly History 1666). The World of William James. Kloppenberg and Follansbee Quinn
• *History 84o. Woodrow Wilson’s America: The Emergence of the Modern United States, 1856-1924. Throntveit
• [History 1440 (formerly History 1639). The Expanding United States, 1803-1917. St. John]
• History 1441 (formerly History 1641). History of the US West. St. John
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy
• *History and Literature 90q. Performing America. Bernstein
• [Religion 1517. American Liberal Religious Thought. Lamberth]

19th Century American LiteratureBack to Top »

• African and African American Studies 131. African American Literature to 1920s. Carpio
• *English 62. Diffusions: Castaways and Renegades. Stauffer
• *English 90at. The American Transcendentalists. Buell
• English 174. The Rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln. Zareksy
• *History 84l (formerly History 1666). The World of William James. Kloppenberg and Follansbee Quinn
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy
• *History and Literature 90q. Performing America. Bernstein
• [Literature and Arts A-86. American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac. Stauffer]

20th Century American HistoryBack to Top »

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 26 (formerly Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1133). Gender and Performance. Bernstein
• [African and African American Studies 128. Black Nationalism. Shelby]
• African and African American Studies 193. Religion and Social Change in Black America. Frederick
• [Historical Study A-84. American Constitutional History from the Framing to the Present. Horwitz]
• Historical Study A-86. Men and Women in Public and Private: the US in the 20th-Century. Cott
• Historical Study B-61. The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 1953-1969. Horwitz
• Historical Study B-68. America and Vietnam. Ho Tai and Flehinger
• History 1441 (formerly History 1641). History of the US West. St. JohnM
• History 1330 (formerly History 1661). Social Thought in Modern America. Kloppenberg
• *History 74f. U.S. Environmental History. St. John
• [*History 74g (formerly *History 1679). Making America Modern: The US during the 1920s. McGirr]
• [*History 74h. Intellectual, Cultural, and Political Origins of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1898. Throntveit]
• *History 74n. U.S. History: Major Themes in the Twentieth Century. McGirr
• [*History 84h (formerly *History 1667). The Northern Side of the Civil Rights Movement. Higginbotham]
• [*History 84j. Pragmatism and Reform in American Social Thought. Throntveit]
• *History 84l (formerly History 1666). The World of William James. Kloppenberg and Follansbee Quinn
• *History 84m (formerly History 1670). The New Deal: The United States During the Roosevelt Years. McGirr
• *History 84o. Woodrow Wilson’s America: The Emergence of the Modern United States, 1856-1924. Throntveit
• History 1495 (formerly History 1672). The US in the 1960s. McGirr
• *History and Literature 90a. "The Golden State" as North, East, and West. Biel
• *History and Literature 90i. American Road Narratives. Spellacy
• *History and Literature 90q. Performing America. Bernstein
• *History and Literature 90u. Culture in Depression-Era America. Follansbee Quinn
• [Literature and Arts B-20. Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form. Krieger]
• Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1154. I Like Ike, But I Love Lucy: Women, Popular Culture and the 1950s. Jardine

20th Century American LiteratureBack to Top »

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 12. Poetry in America. New
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 26 (formerly Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1133). Gender and Performance. Bernstein
• [African and African American Studies 117. The Harlem Renaissance. Carpio]
• African and African American Studies 133. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Sollors and Carpio.
• *English 61. Diffusions: Not on Native Grounds. Sollors
• *English 90ap. Theology, Aesthetics, and History: Protestantism in American Literature. Stevens
• *English 90f (formerly English 174f). Faulkner: The Major Works. Stevens
• *English 90qb. 21st-Century American Poetry. Burt
• *English 90qf. Stevens and Pound. Durantaye
• *English 90qo. T.S. Eliot. Sacks
• English 167. Stevens, Plath, Lowell. Vendler
• English 173. Southern Literature and Culture in the United States. Stauffer and Stevens
• English 179. American Drama Since 1945. Scanlan
• English 180. Modern American Crime Narratives. Stevens
• English 181. Asian American Literature. Hsu
• English 187. Native American Literary Traditions. Brooks
• English 195x. Contemporary African American Literature. Carpio
• [Folklore and Mythology 126. Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature. Brooks]
• *History 84l (formerly History 1666). The World of William James. Kloppenberg and Follansbee Quinn
• *History and Literature 90a. "The Golden State" as North, East, and West. Biel
• *History and Literature 90i. American Road Narratives. Spellacy
• *History and Literature 90q. Performing America. Bernstein
• *History and Literature 90u. Culture in Depression-Era America. Follansbee Quinn
• Literature 153. Saul Bellow and the New York Intellectuals. Wisse
• Literature and Arts A-64. American Literature and the American Environment. Buell
• [Literature and Arts A-86. American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac. Stauffer]
• United States in the World 23 (formerly English 177). Art and Thought of the Cold War. Menand

Survey HistoryBack to Top »

Survey courses in history that substantially cover at least one century (requirement for Class of 2011, 2012, 2013). Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• [Historical Study A-84. American Constitutional History from the Framing to the Present. Horwitz]
• Historical Study A-86. Men and Women in Public and Private: the US in the 20th-Century. Cott
• Historical Study B-43. Slavery/Capitalism/Imperialism: The US in the Nineteenth Century. Johnson
• *History 74n. U.S. History: Major Themes in the Twentieth Century. McGirr
• [History 1440 (formerly History 1639). The Expanding United States, 1803-1917. St. John]
• History 1457. History of American Capitalism. Beckert

Survey LiteratureBack to Top »

Survey courses in literature that substantially cover at least one century (requirement for Class of 2011, 2012, 2013). Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 12. Poetry in America. New
• *English 60. Diffusions: Fictions of America. New
• *English 61. Diffusions: Not on Native Grounds. Sollors
• *English 62. Diffusions: Castaways and Renegades. Stauffer
• *English 90qb. 21st-Century American Poetry. Burt
• English 173. Southern Literature and Culture in the United States. Stauffer and Stevens
• [Literature and Arts A-86. American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac. Stauffer]

History Comparative/MulticulturalBack to Top »

History courses that emphasize the relationship between America and its neighbors, or current territories and former colonies, or examine multilingual/multicultural populations within America (requirement for Class of 2011, 2012, 2013). Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• African and African American Studies 118. African American History from the Slave Trade to 1900. Sokol
• [Historical Study B-39. American Revolutions in the Atlantic World. Brown]
• Historical Study B-43. Slavery/Capitalism/Imperialism: The US in the Nineteenth Century. Johnson
• *History 74e. North American Borderlands History. St. John
• History 1437. Asian American History. Khor
• [History 1455 (formerly History 1650a). The United States in the World, to 1920. Manela]
• History 1465 (formerly History 1650b). The United States in the World, since 1900. Manela
• United States in the World 19. American Food: A Global History. Chaplin

Literature Comparative/MulticulturalBack to Top »

Literature courses that emphasize the relationship between America and its neighbors, or current territories and former colonies, or examine multilingual/multicultural populations within America (requirement for Class of 2011, 2012, 2013). Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• [African and African American Studies 117. The Harlem Renaissance. Carpio]
• African and African American Studies 133. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Sollors and Carpio.
• *English 61. Diffusions: Not on Native Grounds. Sollors
• English 181. Asian American Literature. Hsu
• English 187. Native American Literary Traditions. Brooks
• English 195x. Contemporary African American Literature. Carpio
• [Folklore and Mythology 126. Continuing Oral Tradition in Native American Literature. Brooks]
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy
• Literature and Arts A-86. American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac. Stauffer]
• United States in the World 23 (formerly English 177). Art and Thought of the Cold War. Menand