History Course Preview – Fall 2024

Pre-Registration Advising March 18 – 29Registration April 2 – 5 Take a look at our upcoming offerings as you begin to plan. Be sure to make an appointment with your advisor if you are not sure which History classes to take in the Fall.

History Course Preview – Spring 2024

Advising week starts October 16thRegistration begins  October 30th Take a look at our upcoming offerings as you begin to plan. Be sure to make an appointment with your advisor if you are not sure which History classes to take in the Spring.

History Course Preview – Spring 2023

The time has come: Spring 2023 courses are here! Registration begins on November 7th Take a look at our upcoming offerings as you begin to plan. For a complete list of upcoming classes or to see course details, including dates, times and professors, please see the Registrar’s course schedule. HIST 130 – 01 Intro Ancient CivilizationTR 3:00 pm – …

“What I Did This Summer – Part 2”

Hope College History Department Dr. Jeanne Petit Dr. Jeanne Petit spent the previous year on sabbatical, and in the Spring she got the opportunity to attend a conference in Scranton, Pennsylvania. While there, she took a tour of a now-defunct anthracite coal mine, and got a taste of the brutal conditions miners faced there in the …

Hope College Returns to Vietnam

Dr. Fred Johnson, full professor of History, and his students are spending May term in Vietnam. After a two-year absence, it’s great to be back! Preparation: Students met once a week during the spring semester to get a thorough historical foundation of the US-Vietnam relationship. Students taking this course for Senior Seminar also prepared for …

Fall 2021 History Course Preview

We’re sharing some of our Fall 2021 course descriptions this week. Remember, Fall 2021 Registration starts Monday, March 29th! HIST 141: The Historian’s Vocations | Dr. Lauren Janes | MW 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm What are you going to do with a history major? Join us to start articulating some answers. This course introduces …

Next Up: Spring 2021 Courses!

Registration for next semester courses starts the week of October 26th. Here’s a quick preview of what the History Department will be offering! HIST 130 – Intro to Ancient Civilization – Maggie Burr Online Synchronous, TR 1:30 pm – 2:50 This course will focus on significant developments in history from its Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greek …