HIST 290: The Early Modern Atlantic World

History · 5 credits

This course examines the Atlantic system in an attempt to integrate the normally national histories of European, African, and American nation states. Topics in this course include maritime explorations, imperial expansion and colonization, the establishment of an Atlantic economy and the growth of merchant capitalism, European-Native American encounters and relations, slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, piracy, the maturation of Euro-American colonial societies, and the Age of Revolution.

Offered in 6 of the 26 listed terms (Spring 2021 to Winter 2025).

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Prerequisites

None that Banner enforces.

From Banner's catalog for Spring 2027. Banner lists only the requisites it enforces, so check the catalog entry too.

Required by (6)

HIST 356, HIST 363, HIST 366, HIST 383, HIST 444, WGSS 356

What it leads to

Courses that list it as a prerequisite, then the courses that list those, 2 levels deep.

HIST 356 Gender and History
- HIST 414 The Carolingian Era
- HIST 471 Piracy in the Early Modern Atlantic World
- WGSS 314 Gender Across Borders
HIST 363 The American Revolution
- HIST 414 The Carolingian Era (shown above)
- HIST 471 Piracy in the Early Modern Atlantic World (shown above)
HIST 366 The Early American Republic
- HIST 414 The Carolingian Era (shown above)
- HIST 471 Piracy in the Early Modern Atlantic World (shown above)
HIST 383 Modern Iraq
- HIST 382 The U.S., Neoconservatism, and the Middle East (continues on its page)
- HIST 404 Colonialism and the Middle East (continues on its page)
- HIST 407 History of the Israel/Palestinian Conflict (continues on its page)
- HIST 471 Piracy in the Early Modern Atlantic World (shown above)
HIST 444 Adventures at Sea: Indian Ocean in World History
WGSS 356 Gender and History
- WGSS 314 Gender Across Borders (shown above)

Syllabi and course websites

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Instructors

Instructor	Sections	Terms
Hardesty, Jared	4	Winter 2022 to Winter 2025
Hughes, Michael	2	Spring 2021 to Fall 2021

Every offering in the listed terms (6 sections)

Term	CRN	Type	Meets	Instructor	Enrolled	Delivery
Winter 2025	12397	Lecture	MWF 8:30am-9:50am · BH 415	Hardesty, Jared	27/50	Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2024	12942	Lecture	MWF 1:00pm-2:20pm · HH 253	Hardesty, Jared	46/50	Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2023	13629	Lecture	MWF 10:00am-11:20am · OM 482	Hardesty, Jared	41/50	Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2022	13636	Lecture	MWF 10:00am-11:20am · FR 201	Hardesty, Jared	36/75	Face to Face Instruction
Fall 2021	44681	Lecture	MWF 2:30pm-3:50pm · REMOTE SYNC	Hughes, Michael	42/50	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2021	23833	Lecture	MWF 1:00pm-2:20pm · REMOTE SYNC	Hughes, Michael	33/50	Face to Face Instruction