Course Offerings

Important note for students who entered Loyola prior to Academic Year 2022-23:

The History Department is in the process of transitioning to a new curriculum. For all of our students who have entered Loyola prior to 2022 - 2023 and have not changed to Academic Catalogue 2022 - 2023, nothing has changed.

Please note that the note “closed to catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond” refers to students who have entered Loyola in the Fall 2022 (considered Academic Year 2022 - 2023).

Here are the classes that are offered Fall 2024

Important note for students who entered Loyola in and after Academic Year 2022 - 2023:

Students entering Loyola in the Fall of 2022 and beyond will take HS 100: Encountering the Past as their first history core and a 200-level history course as their second history core.

Each section of HS100: Encountering the Past will take on a different historical subject as a case study. Here is a list of upcoming topics.

Below is a tentative listing of courses that will be offered in Spring 2024. Majors should take HS 400 The Historian's Craft in their sophomore year if at all possible. For Course descriptions, please go to Course Catalog.

FALL 2024

Only for students who entered Loyola in the Fall of 2022 or are under the 2022-2023 Academic Catalogue:

HS 100 Encountering the Past open only to students who entered Loyola in the Fall 2022 (Borges, DeVries, Parlopiano, Parks, Carey-Ageymang, Jalali, Dufendach and Staff) See our HS100 course description page for details on sections.
HS 212 America Since 1945: Cold War Years (Staff)
HS 220 Colonial Africa (Okoh)
HS 227 Introduction to Modern Latin America (Dufendach)
HS 232 Law, Lawyers, and Litigants in European History (Parlopiano)
HS 254 History of Christmas (Walsh)
HS 263 Empires in East Asia from the 18th Century to Present (Parks)
HS 270 History of Science, Medicine, and Health (Staff)
HS 281 Search for the Divine (Borges)
HS 314 Disasters in American History (Mulcahy)
HS 325 Race and Childhood in America (Carey-Agyemang)
HS 336 Medieval Military History (DeVries)
HS 389 Gender & Power in Modern Africa (Okoh)
HS 400 The Historian's Craft (Okoh)
HS 474 Seminar: Holocaust Memory in Germany and America (Sandler) *Needs written permission from the instructor to register
HS 489 Seminar: America in the Middle East (Jalali) *Needs written permission from the instructor to register

Only for students who entered Loyola prior to 2022 -2023

HS 309 Law, Lawyers, & Litigants in European History (Parlopiano)
HS 313 History of Chrismas (Walsh)
HS 352 America Since 1945: Cold War Years (Staff)
HS 370 History of Science, Medicine and Health (Staff)
HS 376 Empires in East Asia from the 18th Century to Present (Parks)
HS 381 Search for the Devine (Borges)
HS 388 Colonial Africa (Okoh)
HS 400 The Historian's Craft (Okoh)
HS 413 Medieval Military History (DeVries)
HS 423 Disasters in American History (Mulcahy)
HS 425 Race and Childhood in America (Carey-Agyemang)
HS 441 Gender & Power in Modern Africa (Okoh)
HS 474 Seminar: Holocaust Memory in Germany and America (Sandler) *Needs instructor permission to register
HS 489 Seminar: America in Middle East (Jalali) *Needs instructor permission to register.

What's New

Visit Student Planning for a list of the courses offered by the History department in Fall 2023. Students wishing to register for a closed (full) course must visit the Academic Advising Website and submit a course override request form (the link will be on the page under Fall 2023 Course Override Requests) requesting an override. Please do not submit your request directly to the course instructor or to the Department Chair. All course overrides are reviewed by the department chair and are only approved if there are extenuating circumstances. The override request will not be processed if there is a time conflict with your existing schedule, you do not have 6th course permission from your advisor, or if there is a financial hold on your account.